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Hello everyone
and welcome to 'The Week Ahead'.
Regular updates will be given on social media
pages and
on the website.
The media support line is available on 020 7467 5170.
Yours, in prayer,
the Communications team
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Worship
during the pandemic
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 Suggestions
for worship opportunities and how to help others in worship can be
found here, including service sheets to be printed at home. For
those Methodists feeling the loss of communion, a short act of spiritual communion is
available.
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Regular
streamed services
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 A selection of
streamed Methodist services are taking place online. The list of
services, produced with current guidelines in place, can be found here.
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 The Revd Helen
Cameron, chair of the Northampton District, reflects on Low Sunday,
the Sunday after Easter. In this blog she
encourages us to remember that the joy
of Easter is for life, not just for one day.
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 This week’s
Methodist Podcast talks to a member of the Diaconal Order working as
an NHS hospital chaplain, All We Can launches a campaign to support
those in the developing world and we talk to the incoming Principal
of the Queen’s Foundation, Clive Marsh. Listen here.
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 The Governors
of the Queen’s Foundation have announced the
appointment of Professor Clive Marsh to the role of Principal. Clive
will succeed the Revd Canon Dr David Hewlett who retires this summer.
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 In the world’s
poorest communities people are having to face coronavirus without
access to running water and soap. Living in cramped and unhygienic
conditions, social distancing simply isn’t possible. All We Can and
the Methodist Church in Britain have launched an Emergency Coronavirus
Appeal to help equip vulnerable communities across the
globe to combat coronavirus.
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 The coronavirus
pandemic has forced many of us to take the plunge into video and
live-streaming. It is easy to get started just using a smartphone and
Facebook but how do we take things to the next level? Read our tips here
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 3Generate, the
Methodist Children and Youth Assembly, is still preparing to
take place 30 October to 1 November 2020 at the NEC Birmingham. The
volunteer recruitment and planning process is already underway. You
can find out more, apply to volunteer or to join one of
the satellite planing groups on the 3Generate
website pages.
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 During this
crisis the West London Mission are doing all they can to keep the
vulnerable safe. Many have suffered trauma in the past and have
underlying health conditions, they are struggling and are deeply
anxious. You can read more about the WLM response to the crisis and
their appeal here.
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Ordination
Exploration Day
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 The next
Ordination Exploration Day takes place on Saturday 2 May for those
who wish explore a call to ordained ministry. Due to the current
limitations, this event will be held online with additional resources
to help you prepare. If you feel you would like to explore a call to
ordained ministry, then click here to
book your place.
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 The Revd Dr
Barbara Glasson and Prof Clive Marsh, President and Vice-President of
the Methodist Conference, have released a statement to
support a global ceasefire to help those whose lives have been
disrupted by war and who now have to protect themselves from a new,
deadly threat.
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In an open letter to Methodists,
the Chief Executive of MHA, Sam Monaghan, has appealed for support
for the work they’re doing in what can be difficult and challenging
conditions which can include prayer and volunteering. The President and
Vice-President are praying for the work of the MHA and the safety of
staff and clients. Chris
Swift, MHA Director of Chaplaincy and Spirituality, offers a
refelection and prayer below.
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Video Thursday: In Christ Alone
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On Easter Sunday, the
National Methodist Choir of Great Britain performed its first
virtual performance, marking the launch of the All We Can Emergency
Coronavirus Appeal, with a powerful and moving rendition of In Christ
Alone.
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 You can find
details of the UK Parliament here. If you
want to find out about the Scottish Parliamentary calendar, click here and the
timetable for the National Assembly for Wales, click here.
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'The Week Ahead' is a regular mailing that gives you
a heads-up on forthcoming events and opportunities, as well as
highlighting new information and resources across the Methodist
Church. We cannot know about everything that’s going on, so please do email us if you have any
feedback or ideas for items to include.
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In the coming week, the 2019/2020 Methodist Prayer Handbook,
