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Methodists and job losses in the defence industry
What should Methodists think about the arms trade?My friend John on Facebook rather than his blog (where I hope he posts soon) has expressed concern at the recent statement by local Methodists in...
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A big welcome to 5772
As the sun sets, I wish my Jewish visitors a happy and peaceful new year.Methodists everywhere continue to pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
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Have you done your poo test?
This blog has never been afraid of pushing at the boundaries and taking on taboo subjects. Today I've decided to break a real live taboo and write about the bowel cancer screening programme currently...
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What it means to be a discipleship movement shaped for mission
The General Secretary of the Methodist Church, Martyn Atkins has been putting some more flesh on the bones of his aspiration for Methodism to be a discipleship movement shaped for mission. Martyn...
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Letting us down on and off the field
Yesterday's English performance against Scotland was hardly the highlight of the rugby world cup.It seems that the problems lay in a little too much off the field activity. The latest allegations only...
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The Labour Party and our Methodist roots
Former Prime Minister Harold Wilson famously said that the British Labour Party owed more to Methodism than to Marx. I was unable to get up to last week's conference in Liverpool so can't give a first...
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Attention Warley Woods community force voters
Not time to blog at present but a quick note to anyone who loves Warley Woods. If you register with the Nat West Community Force site you can help them distribute small packages of money some of which...
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They shall not pass: the legacy of Cable Street
History says that World War 2 started on Sunday 3 September 1939. The truth is that the battle against fascism had started several years before as working class people stood up for dignity and...
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Ice rink plan for Lightwoods Park
There are plans to bring the ice rink normally located at Centenary Square in Birmingham up to Lightwoods Park this Winterval. Full details are on the Bearwood blog. Now this is my back yard so I will...
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QE2 and our local health centres
The FT calls it "shock and awe" as the Bank of England, unelected guardians of our economic well being, launch a second tranche of "quantitative easing" (hence QE2) in a desperate attempt to improve...
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Anti-Semitism openly expressed at meeting in Methodist church
A pro-Palestinian meeting at a Methodist church in Hammersmith turned into an opportunity for the anti-Semites to express their bigoted views. A Jewish Chronicle blog report says One was recorded as...
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Why did I miss that extra half hour in bed?
Getting up early enough on a Saturday to see England played off the field by a none too good French rugby side is not my idea of a good start to the weekend! Grump, grump!
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How the pictures get on the front page
Ever been on a "peaceful" demonstration, only to find the headlines and front pages dominated by violent images which distorted what you were trying to achieve? This short documentary looks at how...
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Anti-Semitic views WERE expressed in Methodist Church - official
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign has admitted that anti-Semitic views were expressed by people attending a meeting on Methodist church premises in West London earlier this month. Their full...
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Metal thefts - letter in the Recorder
This week's Methodist Recorder carries a letter from Methodist Preacher on the growing problem of metal thefts:The Recorder’s welcome coverage of metal thefts from churches (MR 6 October 2011)...
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At 9.00 BST tomorrow we will all be Welsh
After last week's pathetic display by the English rugby team we will all be hoping that our friends in Wales will keep the home nations' hopes alive tomorrow morning.I'm due at the church at 10.00 am,...
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Well done Methodist comms team
The Methodist Church communications team have scooped a prestigious first prize tonight at a Christian media awards bash for their viral video Tell Show Be. Full story here. Well done! TELL.SHOW.BE....
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The Palestine Solidarity Campaign attracts anti-Semites
Does the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, which attracts many Methodists, also attract anti-Semites? Should PSC meetings be held on Methodist premises?Over the last week this blog has carried the news...
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The church annual accounts are done, well, er, sort of
Regular readers will know that I've been a bit "off the boil" lately. It seems that I have spent every minute of the waking day over the last three weeks trying to sort out the church books ready for...
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Cameo role
Amazingly busy time sorting out insurances, gas companies and future business contracts so little time to report or contribute here. However my friends - some of whom read this blog - may be interested...
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