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As many of you will know, our Church in Clydebank will gather in the Church building for the final time on Easter Sunday.

To mark this deeply significant moment, Clydebank will host a special closing service on Easter Morning, Sunday 5 April 2026 at 9.30am. This service will celebrate the joy and hope of Easter, while also acknowledging—with gratitude and tenderness—the extraordinary role this Church building has played in the life of our community. For generations, it has been a place of faith, comfort, celebration and refuge, woven into countless personal stories and shared memories.

While it is with real sadness that we say goodbye to the building itself, we come together to give thanks for all it has meant and all it has witnessed over the years and the life of Glasgow West Methodist Church.

The service will be followed by a light breakfast, offering time to reflect, reconnect and share memories together.

The service is open to all, and everyone is warmly welcome to join us for this poignant and meaningful occasion.

The service will be led by Rev. Helen Garton, Rev. Laurent Vernet and Rev. Elizabeth Oliver.

If you are unable to join in person, please remember members of Glasgow West Clydebank in prayer.

This year’s theme will be ‘One Body, Many Parts: Independence or Interdependence?’  Triona Brading (pictured), an author and ministry trainee, who discovered at age 21 that she was autistic,  is teaming up with Through the Roof on a new free resource for churches. The resource will explore how all types of people are needed in God’s Church – including those who are disabled or neurodivergent.

More information and free resources

Across the Methodist Church, hundreds of churches are streaming worship every week – but most are figuring it out
alone.
What equipment works? Which platform? What about copyright? Can we legally stream that hymn? What if
someone in the congregation doesn’t want to be on camera?
We’re putting together an Online Worship Toolkit to bring all of this together in one place: practical guidance on copyright,
platform comparisons, consent templates, accessibility tips and real examples from churches that are making it work.
If your church streams or records services, please take ten minutes to fill in our survey. Whether you’ve
been doing this for years or you’re just getting started, your experience will shape what we produce.

Access the survey

“Palestinians are exhausted and worn down. They have not lost hope but hope hangs by a thread. There is real urgency in the request our Palestinian brothers and sisters in Christ make of us.”
The Revd Mark Slaney, President Designate and Chair of the Scotland Synod, visited the Methodist Liaison Office in Jerusalem and partners in Israel/Palestine from 5 to 17 February.
Here is his report on the visit.

“As an ethnically diverse fellowship whose members bear the histories, memories and wounds of many nations, we feel the shock waves of this conflict in our bones; its poison curdles our blood.”
As the conflict in the Middle East continues, Methodists around the world have been reflecting on the situation. The Revd Dr Vincent Jambawo from the Belonging Together Ministers’ Group wrote this reflection.

“As Christians, we do not recognise any divine licence to kill, destroy, displace or occupy. We proclaim the God-given human dignity and rights of all people, equally and without discrimination. We reject the brutal logic of war and domination. We seek the gift of peace.”
The World Methodist Council joined the Anglican Communion, the Lutheran World Federation and the World Communion of Reformed Churches in releasing an ecumenical statement on the widening conflict.

If anyone requires to refresh their foundation module or complete it for the first time there is an online session being held  on the morning of Saturday 21^st March. Please use the link below to register. Online Foundation Module Safeguarding Training- Saturday 21st March 9.30am -12.30pm – Fill in form

The government has announced plans to permanently restrict refugee family reunion. Faith leaders are invited to support the Joint Public Issues Team’s letter urging the Home Secretary to reconsider. Family reunion has long ensured that people granted refugee protection in the UK can be joined by their closest relatives, recognising that family unity is vital for stability and integration.

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The Easter Offering 2026 service focuses on freedom. Jesus talks about God’s kingdom as a place of release from captivity, and this year’s Offering, Unbound: a gospel that breaks barriers, tells stories of how this is true.

People across the world might be trapped in many ways – by poverty, by violence, by the actions of others or by their own past. Sometimes the things that bind us are in our hearts. Through Bible study, worship and story, Unbound: a gospel that breaks barriers offers inspiration and prayer for all those struggling for liberation.

For over 100 years, the Easter Offering service has been a key fundraiser for the Methodist Church’s World Mission Fund.

The Unbound Easter Offering materials provide flexible, easy-to-use resources for local services.

These materials can be used at any time, but particularly as a response to the Easter celebration of the new life of the Resurrection.

Easter Offering materials are now available.

• Glasgow, Saturday 25 April (14-mile only) & Sunday 26 April
• Aberdeen, Sunday 7 June
• Dundee, Sunday 16 August
• Edinburgh, Sunday 13 September