Wesley
House Centenary Events
Click
here
to find attached details of Wesley House Centenary inaugural
event For
the World: Living Faithfully in Contemporary Cultures
running 7-9 July 2021.
Click here
for future events we have planned over the forthcoming year.
We
hope to be able to welcome you to one of our events and encourage
you to register at www.wesleyhouse100.com/centenary-events
With
best wishes,
Dan
Stow
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Delta
Variant Q&A session
This session will be led by Dr Masood Ahmed - the Chief Medical
Officer at NHS Black Country & West Birmingham CCG,
who will present to us and then answer your questions.
The event will be jointly Chaired by:
- Shaz Akhtar :
TCT's Black Country Near Neighbours Coordinator
- Mohammed Yasin:
Senior Development Worker - Black Country Healthcare NHS
Foundation Trust
Please
note: The main session will be recorded, but not the Q&A's.
For more info on TCT, please visit www.tctogether.org.uk
- supporting people and communities to
thrive and flourish.
Book your FREE place now at https://covid19-delta-strain.eventbrite.co.uk
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Circuit
Finance Administrator vacancy
The
Birmingham Methodist Circuit has a vacancy for a Circuit
Administrator (Finance) (25hrs)
Salary is £12.14 - £13.18 per hour, depending on
qualifications and experience.
Office base is Selly Oak Methodist Church, B29 6HT.
We require someone who has the ability to do the following:
The day to day book-keeping for the Circuit. Payment of
bills, expenses and collection of payments due. Production
of draft budget and management accounts and draft end of year
accounts. Any other financial duties required, liaising
with and working closely with the Circuit Treasurer.
For more information and an Application form contact Sue
Saunderson (Circuit Administrator) at ssaunderson@birminghammethodistcircuit.org.uk
or download the information from the Circuit website.
http://birminghammethodistcircuit.org.uk/index.php?page=vacancies
Closing date for applications is 12 noon on Friday 2nd
July 2021.
Interviews will be held on Monday 12th July 2021
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Holiday
Club Resources
Are your
churches planning a Holiday Club this year?
If so, you may have some concerns about how to do so in a
post-COVID world, even with social distancing measures and
restrictions relaxed, there will no doubt still be obstacles to
navigate. I’m writing to let you know we’ve released an online
resource which we hope will be invaluable to local churches
organising IN-PERSON events across the UK – Virtual Holiday Club!
Virtual Holiday Club is an online resource featuring dramatized
bible stories, crafts, songs, games and competitions.
Streamed live on YouTube from Monday 9th – Friday 13th
August, our virtual holiday club is available to watch for FREE
from home or your church building.
Following the success of last year’s VHC (which over 15,000
children and families tuned in to – you can check out a highlight
reel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i80WXJY4qgI
) we’re bringing it back bigger and better than ever, but this
year we’re looking to partner with local churches for IN-PERSON
events.
We have designed a church pack full of all the information and
details you will need to run a local holiday club alongside
Virtual Holiday Club. The pack is £15 and is available to
download from our website https://www.virtualsundayschooluk.com/products/virtual-holiday-club-church-pack–
you can even get a shoutout for your church LIVE on the show!
Virtual Holiday Club has been designed by the team at 4Front
Theatre. We are a charity that aims to produce shows and
performances that are entertaining and thought-provoking for
people of all ages, yet ultimately, we exist to create theatre
that puts faith at the 4front.
During the past year we have also produced Virtual Sunday School,
a free weekly resource available for free on our YouTube Channel,
we now have over 6K subscribers and our videos receive over 1k
views each week. Check out our YouTube channel here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMu2bG8L2dp7ywUZVa9uXDA
We look forward to you joining us as a church this year for
Virtual Holiday Club!
Every Blessing,
Lydia
Lydia Martin
Operations Assistant
4Front Theatre
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Homelessness
and Housing Half Day Conference
The Conference will kick off with a keynote speech
on "Partnership Working" from Kathy Mohan the
CEO of Housing Justice. We will then have a series of spotlight
interviews on making the connections in our place, working
with local authorities, co-production, getting started and
praying with vision, followed by a Networking 1 to 1 and a
resources exhibition.
After a short break we will be joined by Bishop Guli
Francis-Dehqani, the newly appointed Bishop for
Housing who will unpack some of the key theological foundations
and recommendations from the Archbishop`s Commission. We will then
choose a workshop to follow up some of the learning from the
first session, have another Networking 1 to 1 and move into
regional get-togethers to discuss how we progress the actions
that arise from the Conference.
Kathy will bring a final response and we will close with an Act
of Commitment.
It
would be wonderful if you could be with us on the day and
please pass on the details of this conference to your relevant
contacts and networks. Please register on the link below to be
with us on 7 July.
When: Jul 7, 2021 10:00 AM London
Please
register for this meeting:
https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0ocuGuqj0jHdIlzLOQyZzjOH9DbHC1jRmW
God bless
Ian
Rev.
Ian Rutherford
City
Centre Minister
Methodist
Central Hall, Manchester
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Young
Evangelist Officer Vacancy at Cliff College
Cliff
College, located in the Peak District, has been training people
in evangelism and mission since 1903. Today it continues in its
mission to equip the church in evangelism and mission through a
range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, a wide
selection of short courses, an annual Festival, partnerships with
other institutions globally and churches locally and a busy
conference centre and leisure business.
Cliff is now seeking to appoint to the new role of Young
Evangelism Officer within its Evangelism and Mission team. This
will be a key role at Cliff College but will also have
significant responsibilities within the Methodist Church’s
Evangelism and Growth team. This is an exciting time in both
organisations as the College is about to launch Vision 21, a
strategy that takes the College on a journey to become a global
centre of evangelism and mission, and Methodism continues to
implement its God for All strategy, that commits the Church
theologically, culturally, and financially to deepen its mission
to be a growing, evangelistic, justice-seeking, and inclusive
Church.
This collaborative role will focus on evangelism amongst the
young in a variety of contexts and we are looking for someone
who:
• is an effective communicator of the Gospel
• is passionate about encouraging, developing and supporting
young Christians
• has experience of working with young people, in a missional
role or as an evangelist
• has a heart for mission and evangelism
• is willing to play a key role in the life of Cliff College and
the Methodist Church
If this is you then please contact the Michelle Foulkes for more
information or download the details from our website: https://cliffcollege.ac.uk/news-events/hiring-young-evangelism-officer
Salary: £30,000
Closing date: 12 noon on Monday 28 June 2021
Interviews: Monday 12 July 2021
Applications are welcomed on a College application form or
through a CV with covering letter, outlining suitability for the
criteria required.
For more information or to arrange an informal conversation about
this post please contact Michelle at m.foulkes@cliffcollege.ac.uk
or 01246 584200.
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Action
For Children News
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 Webinar - Childhood
during coronavirus: protecting children
from the effects of poverty
Action for Children invites you to an
online webinar, ‘Childhood during
coronavirus: protecting children from
the effects of poverty’.
Staff will talk about the impact of the
lockdown on families drawing on
research in our report, 'End
Childhood Crisis' and
our campaigning work. They will also
explain what they are asking the
Government to do and how you can add
your voice.
To sign up, visit http://bit.ly/Childhood-1
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Children’s
Drawing Challenge - Boycott Your Bed
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There is still time to
sign up to Boycott Your Bed on
Friday 9 July to raise money for vulnerable
children and young people.
Children can also get involved by taking part
in the Children's Drawing
Challenge, which asks
them to draw the most fantastical,
imaginative, exciting place to boycott their
beds. Invite children in your churches to
sign up here: http://bit.ly/BYBchildren
before entries close on Friday 25
June.
Children's author and illustrator Rob
Biddulph is one of the judges for the challenge
and with others will pick a winner to be
announced on Friday 9 July.
Rob drew his dream bed live on BBC Breakfast
- atop a diplodocus named Wilf! (See picture)
Every £1 raised will help us support the UK's
most vulnerable children and you people. Sign
up today at: boycottyourbed.co.uk/faith
Action
for Children Sunday worship materials
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Worship materials for
this year's Action for Children Sunday on
11th July are now available to download.
The theme is ‘Peace within, peace around'.
You'll be pleased to see activities that
children can do whether they are
worshipping at home or meeting in a church
building. Our thanks to Vickie and Chris
Heydon-Matterface (Wolverhampton and
Shrewsbury District) who did an amazing job
creating such engaging activities for
children of different ages.
To download, worship materials visit https://bit.ly/FaithFR
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District
Children's Support Fund
The funding allocated
specifically to the support of children and families in the
District - particularly those experiencing some form of
deprivation - is still open to accept applications at the moment.
Are there projects you might consider which could offer
support even during the lockdown?
The
maximum amount of any claim is £500 and a Church can apply at any
time using the attached form
and send it electronically to Tim Lorimer who will process your
application and give a decision within six weeks of receipt. The
application will need the support of the hosting Church and
circuit superintendent. Church’s cannot apply for retrospective
funding.
We would hope that individuals and groups that have contributed
in the past to the Holiday Fund will still wish to do so knowing
that there money will still be used for Children’s Projects.
For more information please contact Tim Lorimer
on lorimertim@yahoo.co.uk
07971899084.
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