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Methodist News

March 2010

- Churches put pressure on the Government to enforce workers’ rights  

- Only a decade to bring nuclear weapons under control, says PM’s advisor on nuclear proliferation  

- Church leaders urge politicians to take the Pledge  

 

February 2010

- Methodists raise more than £70,000 to help victims of the Cumbria floods  

- Text PRAYNOW to 82088  

- Methodist Church welcomes alcohol labeling proposals  

- Methodists encouraged to fast for Fiji  

- Methodist President and Vice-President affirm commitment to a covenant relationship with the Church of England - Haiti: More than £270,000 raised by Methodist appeals

- Church progress on visas for overseas visitors  

 

January 2010

- Church establishes independent Education Commission  

- Haiti appeal passes £80,000 mark  

- Churches say “There is enough for everyone” - Homelessness and Poverty Action Week  

- Churches launch guide to prepare for the 2010 General Election

- Christian magazine MAGNET reaches out to broader Church

- Appeal launched to help thousands struck by devastating Haiti earthquake  

- Methodists’ New Year’s Resolution - to cut carbon emissions by 10 per cent within a year