The latest issue of the connexion magazine is out now illustrating how local churches have prevailed during the COVID-19 lockdown to sing a new song.
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The Methodist Conference is underway. The Conference is the governing body of the Methodist Church and meets annually to discuss matters affecting the life of the Church, the nation and the world. This year the Conference is meeting online from 25th June to 1st July. Watch the livestream and find all the documentation by starting here.
25th June – 2nd July, 2020. Information and Livestream available here.
Thought for the day – Friday 26th June 2020 Bible reading : Psalm 139:13 (The Message) You know me inside and out, you know every bone in my body. You know exactly how I was made, bit by bit, how I was sculpted from nothing into something Did you know there are more than 270000 different…
Thought for the day – Monday 22nd June 2020 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future Jeremiah 29:11 In these unprecedented times we have had to, and are continuing to have to, face many new challenges…
You may have heard that the government is allowing church buildings to open for private prayer from Monday 15th June and for community worship at the earliest from sometime in July. Our Methodist Connexion has advised us not to open for private prayer unless it is essential to our ministry, which at this point, we do not deem it to be. There is a long and complex checklist that we will have to follow whenever we do decide that we are ready to open our buildings, and it will take time to prepare the building and provide training.
Little Lambs Toddler Group is based at Landseer Road Methodist Church and has continued to meet, online every week since the lock-down began. The first few weeks were definitely a learning process as we had to adapt to using technology to communicate with the members of the group in new ways. A weekly session now…
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time 21.6.2020 Lectionary Readings:Jeremiah 20 v7-13 Jeremiah complains to God.Romans 6 v1b-11 Dead to sin but alive because of Christ.Matthew 10 v24-39 The one to fear. When the going gets tough…….. In the Old Testament passage, Jeremiah is being honest with God about how he is feeling.Jeremiah is blaming God for…
During the current lock-down our Lay Employees have had to learn new ways of doing things so that they can continue to reach out to people at various clubs and activities
The following message has been received from Ruth Loggie : “Last week we started visits again at Norwood, which is at once a joy and a worry. It is arranged so that the resident sits in our Family Room by the patio doors and their visitors sit outside under a gazebo at 2 metres distance.…