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We hear from Methodist Central Hall Westminster about plans for her funeral, consider the relationship between the monarchy and the Methodist Church, talk to a minister from Canada about the Commonwealth and Lord Leslie Griffiths shares his memories of the Queen and her faith.
We are facing an economic crisis the like of which Britain hasn’t seen in decades. As living costs continue to skyrocket, families are unable bridge the gap. Despite the additional support from government, millions of people are at risk of being pushed deeper into poverty by forces outside of their control.
In this week’s podcast, we chat with two people who are living in the benefits gap and hear how they are planning on coping with the cost of living rises. We talk to a Deacon from Gateshead on how her church will be providing a warm space for people.
Supported by the Methodist Church, dozens of faith groups, charities and politicians have joined the former prime minister Gordon Brown in calling on the government to take urgent action to bridge the cost of living gap.
In this week’s podcast we talk to the author of a report that illustrates the perilous situation for those on low incomes and the Joint Public Issues Team explains what the findings of the report could mean for families and the churches that support them.
Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown talks to President of the Conference the Revd Graham Thompson about the cost of living crisis in the UK.
Following Covid and the Methodist Church vote for same sex marriage, this week's podcast celebrates a special wedding season. We hear from one of the first same sex couples to be married in a Methodist church, we talk to a minister about how to plan for the day and we hear from a couple whose wedding is yet to come.
The Methodist Conference met in Telford 23 to 30 June.
In this week's Methodist Podcast, we talk with the Secretary of the Methodist Conference, the Revd Dr Jonathan Hustler, about how the Conference went, we meet the new President and Vice President of the Methodist Conference and we chat with Lord Paul Boateng, speaker at this year's Beckly Lecture.
For this week's podcast we join the service of celebration and commitment held at St Michael’s Garrison Church, Tidworth on Sunday 12 June to welcome Revd Michael D Parker as the new Chaplain General and Revd David Barrett as the Deputy Chaplain General to Her Majesty’s Land Forces.
The Revd Dr Jonathan Hustler previews this year's Methodist Conference, taking place in Telford, 23-30 June and considers the discussion on oversight and trusteeship.
In this Methodist Podcast we report on the how the United Methodist Church in Poland is taking care of its guests from Ukraine finding them accommodation in chapels and officers and we hear from the Methodist Charity All We Can about the joint appeal with the Methodist Church in Britain.
#MyJusticeJourney is a social media campaign, organised by the Methodist Walking with Micah justice project and Methodist Heritage, to share stories and artefacts of personal “justice journeys” past and present. The idea brings together Methodist organisations, heritage sites, churches and individuals, and illustrates our response over time to the Christian call to be a justice-seeking people.
In this podcast we hear about the history of justice in the Methodist Church and discover some of the objects that reveal some surprising stories of Justice Journeys
In this week's podcast, the Revd Jenny Pathmarajah considers Aldersgate Sunday, a day when Methodists celebrate the occasion in May 1738 when John Wesley attended worship in Aldersgate Street, London and felt his "heart strangely warmed", experiencing God's love in a most personal and life-giving way.
In this podcast, we learn about the historic significance of Aldersgate Sunday, its place in Methodism and we hear from Methodist members on the island of Jersey, who share testimony about those times when they have felt their hearts warmed.
In this first of two special podcasts we travel to Poland to hear how the Methodist Church is coming together to provide those escaping Ukraine with safety and sanctuary as the war there continues.
In the week's Methodist Podcast, the Revd Jenny Pathmarajah talks with friends and family about the impact the choices we make each day have on the planet.
As the war in Ukraine continues, this week’s podcast talks to a Methodist minister who has returned from Poland matching families seeking sanctuary with offers of homes here in the UK, we hear from a learning network coordinator who is waiting for a family of 11 to join her and we talk to a minister from Birmingham who supported a family from Syria about how we welcome people escaping war.
In this week's Methodist Podcast we learn about the Eco Church scheme, and visit an eco-award winning Methodist Church in Yorkshire.
In this week's Methodist Podcast learn how we are working to be an inclusive Methodist Church and hear from some of our diverse communities.
In this week's Methodist Podcast we talk to two Methodists in Ukraine who are fleeing from the invasion to find safety, we hear how peace can stand up to aggression and learn how to talk to children about worrying news events.
In this week's Methodist Podcast we explore Walking With Micah, the Methodist Church's new initiative to explore Justice. We hear about justice conversations, how justice works locally and consider justice theology.
In the second podcast for LGBT+ history month, we visit the Inclusive Gathering in Birmingham and learn about Queer Theology.
February is LGBT+ history month and we celebrate by taking a look at the background to last year’s historic vote permitting same sex marriage within the Methodist Church.
We talk to Revd Ken Howcroft who chaired the group behind the God in Love Unites us report considered by the Conference and we chat with a couple whose lives have been changed by the vote and who plan to marry this summer.
A Methodist Way of Life provides a set of commitments and practices that encourage and equip people to live a Christian life. In this podcast we learn what it means to lead A Methodist Way of Life.
Christmas is busy for ministers everywhere. The Revd Jenny Pathmarajah, chats about this most wonderful time of the year with two friends and colleagues.
In this week's podcast we hear how people of faith around the world are persecuted for their beliefs.
We talk to people who have experienced oppression and prejudice because of their religion, those who are raising awareness of the situation and hearing how some are bringing people of faith together.
To mark Remembrance, this week's Methodist Podcast hears from a military chaplain and those serving past and present, plus we learn of the sacrifices made by animals during conflict and the legacy of the German graves on the island of Jersey.
The Methodist Podcast talks to some of the Methodists involved in the COP 26 climate change summit taking place in Glasgow.
Whilst interviewing the Leadership on a Journey nominees about their lives and work, Deanna Lyncook, Oral History and Project Officer at Wesley’s Chapel and Leysian Mission, also asked them whether the murder of George Floyd and the subsequent reignition of the Black Lives Matter movement had an impact on them.
Whilst some spoke of the impact it had on them personally, a few spoke about their reaction to the movement at the time, and others what it meant for their work. This episode shares and explores their response, featuring conversations with Revd Sonia Hicks, Revd Inderjit Bhogal OBE, Mr Norman Mullings MBE, Dr Margaret Byron and Mr Bala Gnanapragasam.
We look at Harvest on the 250th anniversary of the corn riots, what Harvest means for city centre churches, and what happens at a foodbank during Harvest.
Celebrations have been taking place to mark 250 years since Francis Asbury’s missional journey from England to America. In this week's podcast we learn more about the life and legacy of Francis Asbury from Sarah Hollingdale, Methodist Heritage Officer and Ashley Boggan Dreff, General Secretary of the UMC Commission on Archives and History. The Vice-President of the Methodist Conference, Barbara Easton, explains why she is one of Asbury's biggest fans.
This week we look at the relaunch of the Methodist Modern art Collection. Selected works from the collection will go on show in churches across Coventry this weekend as part of the city’s celebration as designated UK City of Culture.
The Revd Jenny Pathmaraja, a minister stationed on Jersey, talks with colleagues about the sometimes difficult subject of funerals.
Parents are already having to think about how they will afford uniforms for the return to school this September. With schools now considering themselves "brands", the costs involved in meeting a school's demands can be considerable. In this week's Methodist Podcast we talk to two Methodist churches who are helping families by recycling school uniforms.
In this week's Methodist podcast, we chat with Paul Chilcote, a Methodist theologian and the Director of the Centre for Global Wesleyan theology at Wesley House Cambridge.
Paul has written a new course, Living the Wesleyan Way, that evaluates and explores the Wesley's impact on our lives.
The Theology of Safeguarding report received by the Methodist Conference considered safeguarding in the context of faith.
To discuss the report, the Methodist Podcast talks with
- Tim Carter, Director of Safeguarding;
- Vivian a survivor of abuse, a local preacher and member of the Methodist survivor's group
- and Nicola Price-Tebbutt the secretary of Faith and Order Committee.
The Methodist podcast reports from the Methodist Conference 2021 held in Birmingham.
We hear about the historic vote on marriage and relationships, discuss online communion, cosider the Justice, Dignity and Solidarity report and hear from the Methodist Youth President.
A special podcast for Refugee Week, highlighting the challenges that people seeking sanctuary face and including conversations with those who advocate for them.
The Methodist Church has launched a Reconciliation and Mediation pilot project in partnership with the charity Place for Hope.
The pilot, running from 2021-2023, will provide a trained team of 20 accredited reconcilers and mediators to support groups and individuals at times of change or conflict, and to accompany sensitive or difficult group conversations and will deliver services within the Learning Network regions of the Eastern England, London, North West and Mann.
In this podcast we discuss the need for the service, how it is going to operate and talk to those who will be staffing the scheme.
As we continue to consider vocation, podcast co-presenter Revd Jenny Pathmarajah lets us accompany her on an average weekday ministering to the people of Jersey in the Channel Islands
In this podcast we consider vocation and calling.
What is a vocation, what is a calling and how do we respond? We talk to Alison Ransome, Connexional Vocations Advisor and hear from people around the Connexion who share their vocations, both inside and outside of the Church.
In this podcast to mark Earth Day, we hear about the eco-district initiative and the importance of the COP 26 climate summit. The youth president tells us how young Methodists feel about the planet they are going to inherit and we consider meta ethics, faith and the environment over the kitchen table.
In this week's podcast we consider prayer.
We hear what defines prayer from The Revd Carole Irwin, Director of Studies at Wesley House. The Revd Dr Roger Walton discusses prayer and Methodism and we talk to experts about three distinct types of prayer; liturgical, meditative and extemporary.
An estimated six million people in the UK have fallen behind on one or more household bill as a result of Covid-19.
With the biggest increases in debt amongst the poorest households, the Methodist Podcast hears from JPIT about the Reset the Debt campaign and talks to Methodists in Walsall and Newcastle about the practical and emotional impact of debt.
As some children and young people return to school, the latest edition of The Methodist Podcast considers the impact of the pandemic on education. We talk to a head teacher, a parent, pupils, the Methodist Youth President and the principal of Cliff College.
To mark the end of this year's LGBT+ history month, this week's Methodist Podcast reflects on some of the personal stories we have heard with the help of the Rev'd Delyth Liddell and includes a message from the Secretary of the Methodist Conference.
You can find all of the resources and materials from the month here.
In this special Methodist Podcast, we explore vaccination and faith.
- We talk to a Methodist on the frontline working in an A&E Unit about the importance of all communities participating in the Covid vaccination programme.
- We hear from a Methodist Church that has become a vaccination hub.
- We hear about the science behind the vaccine and a theologian explores the relationship between God and inoculation.
In this podcast:
- Mental health and chaplaincy, a presbyter's personal story
- Peer Talk, a Methodist supported national charity encouraging conversations around mental well-being
- A Connexional Well-being Officer offers advice on taking care of ourselves at work
A special edition of the Methodist Podcast. The first of two episodes looking at how we can maintain good mental health during lockdown.
In this week's episode
- A minister responds to the extreme poverty in her Middlesbrough community
- We talk Youth President Elections
- The new 5:17 prayer initiative
- Drive-in carols
- Christmas messages from the President and Vice-President
In this week's episode:
- Christmas Covid guidance for churches
- Youth Rep Elections
- Queen Victoria Seamen’s Rest
- Church Covid Cartoons
In this week's episode:
- We hear about the Methodist Christmas campaign for 2020, #GodIsWithUs
- We learn about a service to remember those who have died in hospital
- The winner of this year's Bake Off
In this week's episode:
- How churches can support EU nationals wishing to stay in the UK after transition from the European Union
- The Methodist Youth President tells us about the 3Generate 365 Tune In
- Carols on the doorstep
- Wandering wise men
In this week's episode:
- The pilot of a new twinning scheme that brings together Muslims and Christians
- Families in Hull living in poverty will receive a hamper this Christmas courtesy of the Methodist Church
- And we rock with the Metal Methodist
In this week's Methodist Podcast,
- The Vice-President of the Methodist Conference responds to the new coronavirus restrictions
- Methodist life on the English Welsh border
- Ahead of Remembrance, we talk with a local preacher who is also a Royal Navy Commander
- We hear about forgiveness from a cemetery on the island of Jersey
In this week's Methodist Podcast,
- The death of refugees crossing the English Channel
- Preventing holiday hunger
- Young Methodists and Church leadership as part of Black History Month
- The Methodist Church on the Isle of Man
In this week's Podcast
- We hear an update from the property team on how churches should work with the new system of local coronavirus restrictions
- We hear about the multibillion pound social value of churches
- As part of Black History Month, we talk to two black ministers about their ministry
- As part of the Year of Prayer, we hear from the Methodist Youth President.
In this week's Methodist Podcast:
- We hear the news from Methodist Council
- MHA update us on the situation in care homes as Covid continues
- We hear how a story from the Bible is helping prisoners
- We talk with the leading black theologian and local preacher, Anthony Reddie
- We discuss how churches can support those with eating disorders
In this week's podcast
- We hear from the Joint Public Issues Team who are launching a campaign to reset household Covid debt
- We mark the start of Black History Month with an interview with Inderjit Bhogal
- And we hear from a Performing Arts Mission Enabler.
In this week's episode:
- We talk to a witness in Cameroon about the deteriorating situation in the country
- We talk to the President of the Methodist Conference about new resources from Global Relationships
- We hear of the refugees making the perilous crossing of the Mediterranean Sea
- And we hear the latest release from the National Methodist Choir of Great Britain
In this week's episode:
- We talk to Action for Children about child poverty
- We consider Harvest and our rural communities
- We discuss the strategic direction of All We Can
- And we hear about the Vice-President's personal connection to the Mayflower that set off for America 400 years ago this week.
In this week's episode:
- We talk to a university chaplain about the challenges of the new academic year
- We chat with the incoming Youth President about her role
- We discuss 3Generate 365
- And we hear mission in a Norfolk dialect
In this week's episode:
- We get an update on the situation for refugees in Calais
- We hear about Climate Sunday and Eco-church
- We explore the Mission Planning toolkit
- and talk to Barbara Glasson about her chart success.
In this week's episode
- How care homes are recovering from coronavirus
- Children returning to education
- The Vice-President of the Methodist Conference talks about prayer
- How allotments are helping a church become rooted in its community
In this week's Methodist Podcast:
- We talk to two Methodist Schools about the challenges of exam results
- We preview the Year of Prayer
- We learn about the monitoring of religious freedom
- We hear about this year's Harvest resources from All We Can
This week:
- We hear about All We Can’s emergency appeal for Beirut
- We review the year of the outgoing Methodist Youth President
- We hear about the role of the COP 26 climate change campaign workers
- We learn about Coffee Shop Sunday
- and we sing a Million Dreams
This week:
- We talk to the Central Finance Board of the Methodist Church about the letter to HSBC, signed by themselves and the Methodist Church, challenging its position on the situation in Hong Kong.
- We consider the legacy of the atomic weapons detonated above Japan 75 years ago
- We hear how the Learning Network are engaging young people with issues of faith through online fitness videos.
The Methodist Podcast returns this week. We discuss:
- the impact of Covid-19 on the work of Action for Children
- the relaunch of the British Methodist Youth Choir
- The Church in North and South Korea.
In this week's podcast:
- we discuss a survey that indicates young people may be getting fatigued of online church
- we hear how churches are fighting holiday hunger
- we consider the pilot of a new mediation service for the Connexion
- we hear a song to fight racism.
In this week's podcast:
- we talk about mission and the practicalities of reopening churches
- we hear how lock down has continued for the people of Leicester
- we look at buying a new church
- running services via conference call
This week
- we talk to the new President and Vice-President of the Methodist Conference
- we hear a response to the Methodist Conference debate around race
- we discuss churches returning to worship
- we hear from some of those who have been received into full Connexion
This week:
- we talk to the current President and Vice President of the Methodist Conference on their year in office
- we talk twinning
- we learn about the Methodist Youth Brass Band
- we meet a man who is, virtually, walking the length of the country.
This week
- we preview the Methodist Conference
- we hear about new guidelines to tackle sexual harassment
- we consider the impact of the coronavirus on mental health
- we discuss how the pandemic has changed bereavement
- we celebrate a 120th birthday.
This week:
- we consider the statement on race made by the Secretary of the Methodist Conference
- we discuss John Wesley and slavery following events in Bristol
- we talk to the Minister at Notting Hill Methodist Church on the third anniversary of the Grenfell tragedy
- and, ahead of this weekend’s MHA Sunday, we hear an update on the situation in care homes
In this week's podcast:
- We have a response to the death of George Floyd
- the Methodist Academies and Schools Trust on returning to school post Covid-19
- the launch of Climate Sunday
- Eco Church
- News on the divestment of oil companies by the CFB
In this week's Methodist Podcast:
- we hear from the President of the Methodist Conference on politics and responsibility
- we talk to some of the young people taking part in the One Programme: Connexion
- we also hear about changes to 3Generate
- and we learn how a weather vane restoration made national television.
In this week's Methodist Podcast:
- We hear from Calais on the situation for refugees during the coronavirus crisis
- We preview this weekend's Cliff Festival
- We hear about Ramadan under lockdown
- We learn how a district has handmade 6,000 pieces of protective equipment for the NHS
- A prayer for Aldersgate Sunday from the Revd Dr Martyn Atkins
In this week's Methodist Podcast
- We consider the poverty that is resulting from the coronavirus and how the Methodist people are responding
- We also hear from the Shieldfield Art Works project (SAW) on how they are using art to help people's wellbeing
In this week's podcast:
- The UK has now been in lockdown for six weeks and during that time many Methodist churches have been working hard providing for the spiritual and practical needs of their communities.
- We’ll also be hearing from the President and Vice-President of the Methodist Conference, the Secretary of the Conference and from the Youth President on their thoughts of how the Connexion has faced up to the coronavirus crisis.
In this week's Methodist Podcast:
- In advance of next week's commemoration of the 75th anniversary of VE Day we talk to Methodists from Jersey who were liberated from occupation.
- We talk to a mental health chaplain
- We learn how a mission for the homeless is coping under Coronoavirus
In this week's Methodist Podcast
- MHA is asking for support in prayer, volunteering and donations to help fund vital PPE. We feature an interview with Barbara Glasson who joined their Silver Command planning meeting to hear at first-hand how they are dealing with the crisis.
- We hear about the impact of the coronavirus on seafarers
- We learn about a new social media campaign to help us love ourselves and love our neighbours
- We discover how puppets are taking the good news to new places.
In this week’s podcast
- We talk to a member of the Diaconal Order working as an NHS hospital chaplain on the challenges they are facing
- The CEO of All We Can launches a campaign to support those in the developing world
- We talk to the incoming Principal of the Queen’s Foundation
In this week's podcast:
- we talk with MHA about how they are taking care of their residents
- we discuss the coronavirus in Uganda
- we talk about how to find God in a culture of fear
- we also round up some of the work being done around the Connexion to support communities, both practically and spiritually
This week in the Methodist Podcast:
- we discuss how the Methodist Church is continuing to respond to the coronavirus crisis
- we find out how families can be supported at this time
- we hear an update from the Methodist Church in Italy
- and we hear how the National Methodist Great British choir is bringing the world together in song.
In this week's Methodist Podcast:
- we discuss what the Coronavirus pandemic will mean for the Methodist Church
- we talk to a Mission Enabler for Older People and we consider the impact of the crisis on foodbanks
- we also talk about serving the spiritual needs of ourselves and others during the crisis, and share a prayer from the President of the Methodist Conference.
In this week's Methodist podcast:
- In addition to the advice for UK churches, we speak to British Methodists living in Rome and Bethlehem who are in lock-down.
- To mark this week’s anniversary of the war in Syria, we talk to a family of refugees who have been given a home by the Methodist Church in Birmingham thanks to the Community Sponsorship programme.
- We review the Joint Public Issues Team conference from last weekend and talk to some of those were present about how churches can have an influence politicians around environmental issues.
In this week's Methodist podcast
- we learn about the work of the Whitechapel Mission with the homeless
- we preview this weekend's JPIT Conference - Renewal and Rebellion: Faith, Economy and Climate
- we learn about Daffodil Day
- we mark the World Day of Prayer
In this week's Methodist Podcast
- Youth President Thelma Commey discusses her Lent tour and reflections
- we talk church twinning with Global Relationships
- we meet an Intern working with The Archbishop of Canterbury's Commission on Housing, Church and Community.
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In this week's Methodist Podcast:
- we talk to those supporting communities affected by this week's flooding
- interview a mission partner who has been working in Japan for almost 30 years
- take a look at Lent resources from All We Can
- find out why JPIT is scouring the globe looking for six young Methodists to tackle climate change.
In this week's Methodist Podcast:
- The Chinese Methodist community considers the impact of Coronavirus on its membership
- We meet the new Church at the Margins Officer
- We preview this year's Lent resources from the Joint Public Issues Team.
This week's Methodist Podcast features
- a preview of the Methodist gathering taking place in Birmingham this Saturday to consider homelessness and housing
- a look at the newly published 3Generate Manifesto
- new forms of church and church planting.
This week's podcast features
- an interview with the Revd Dr Jonathan Hustler following news of his nomination as Secretary of the Conference
- we consider what Brexit means for Methodist relationships with partner churches across Europe
- we explore the Methodist Diaconal Order
The first in a new series of weekly podcasts considering the life of the Methodist Church in Britain. In this week's podcast, we feature
- an account of the demonstrations in Chile
- a pilot project tackling rural isolation
- the Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity.