https://www.methodist.org.uk/about/our-stories/Stories from around the Methodist Church.enFri, 01 May 2026 13:32:17 +0000https://www.methodist.org.uk/about/our-stories/the-church-has-stuck-around-where-everything-else-has-moved-away/“The church has stuck around when everything else has moved away. That is witness in itself, God hasn’t given up on this community.” When the mines closed, it took more than the jobs. It stripped the village of its identity, its security and tore through the fabric of the close-knit community. The Methodist Church at Willington has adapted to the challengeFri, 01 May 2026 11:08:00 +0000https://www.methodist.org.uk/about/our-stories/the-church-has-stuck-around-where-everything-else-has-moved-away/https://www.methodist.org.uk/about/our-stories/the-ethos-group/The calling of the Methodist Church is to respond to the gospel of God’s love in Christ and to live out its discipleship in worship and mission. Resources published to support Our Calling for use across the Methodist Church are scrutinised by the Ethos Group.Thu, 30 Apr 2026 10:18:00 +0000https://www.methodist.org.uk/about/our-stories/the-ethos-group/https://www.methodist.org.uk/about/our-stories/channel-islands-anniversary/Methodist churches on the Channel Islands celebrated a combined nearly 300 years with anniversaries as the President and Vice-President of the Methodist Conference paid a special visit.Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:07:58 +0000https://www.methodist.org.uk/about/our-stories/channel-islands-anniversary/https://www.methodist.org.uk/about/our-stories/faith-and-work-in-cambridge/Cambridge is a global center of learning and excellence. Castle Street Methodist in the city has become a melting pot of professionals from a wide range of disciplines.Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:05:00 +0000https://www.methodist.org.uk/about/our-stories/faith-and-work-in-cambridge/https://www.methodist.org.uk/about/our-stories/growing-mission-to-families/A chapel outside the town of Nantwich in Cheshire has shown how mission can grow when a church chooses to welcome young families and listen to its community.Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:59:00 +0000https://www.methodist.org.uk/about/our-stories/growing-mission-to-families/https://www.methodist.org.uk/about/our-stories/the-book-room/Tucked inside Hathersage Methodist Church, a quiet revolution is taking place – one made not of noise, but of pages turning.Wed, 22 Apr 2026 15:20:00 +0000https://www.methodist.org.uk/about/our-stories/the-book-room/https://www.methodist.org.uk/about/our-stories/walking-the-walk/Keen walkers are being sought to test parts of a new pilgrimage route designed by a Past President of the Methodist Conference and launched in honour of a pioneering abolitionist. The 80-mile Equiano Way is due to open next March and runs from Sheffield to Hull via the Epworth Old Rectory.Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:28:00 +0000https://www.methodist.org.uk/about/our-stories/walking-the-walk/https://www.methodist.org.uk/about/our-stories/the-positives-of-safeguarding-working-with-the-media-team/Karen Allen, Regional Safeguarding Manager for the North East, shares this blog in the series reflecting on ten years since the Past Cases Review.Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:32:00 +0000https://www.methodist.org.uk/about/our-stories/the-positives-of-safeguarding-working-with-the-media-team/https://www.methodist.org.uk/about/our-stories/not-your-ordinary-marriage/Last weekend, 11 and 12 April, the Methodist Church attended the National Wedding Show in London for the first time. A team of six people from across the Connexion helped celebrate the Methodist Church as a loving, inclusive and welcoming denomination, the perfect place to consider getting married.Tue, 14 Apr 2026 17:47:00 +0000https://www.methodist.org.uk/about/our-stories/not-your-ordinary-marriage/https://www.methodist.org.uk/about/our-stories/building-relationships-with-zimbabwe/The West Norfolk Methodist Circuit has been strengthening its relationship with its twin circuit in Matjinge in Zimbabwe.Thu, 02 Apr 2026 17:09:00 +0000https://www.methodist.org.uk/about/our-stories/building-relationships-with-zimbabwe/https://www.methodist.org.uk/about/our-stories/renovation-of-bostons-centenary-church-celebrated/Celebrations have been held at Centenary Methodist Church in Boston, Lincolnshire, to mark the completion of the building’s renovation.Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:32:00 +0000https://www.methodist.org.uk/about/our-stories/renovation-of-bostons-centenary-church-celebrated/https://www.methodist.org.uk/about/our-stories/sharing-the-easter-story-on-the-big-screen/More than 1,000 schoolchildren from Staffordshire have seen the resurrection story thanks to a Christian schools’ worker and the local churches who have been sponsoring a free cinema project.Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:29:00 +0000https://www.methodist.org.uk/about/our-stories/sharing-the-easter-story-on-the-big-screen/