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We are pleased to launch The Treasurer’s Handbook to support our treasurers across the Connexion. The Handbook offers clear guidance on responsibilities and compliance, and practical assistance with key financial tasks, helping new treasurers to hit the ground running.

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As part of the launch, the Finance web pages have been updated to include relevant information for treasurers and as a result, some pages have been moved elsewhere on the website. 

The primary changes are:Ministerial Grants, Methodist Ministers’ Pension Scheme and Accessing Payslips has moved under Ministries

Information about PASLEMC information has moved to Employees and Volunteers

The Financial Accounts and Trustees Report has moved under the About The Methodist Church section.

The Standard Form of Accounts can be found under Annual Reporting.

If you have any feedback regarding the changes, please click here to contact the finance team.

Resources for the day have been prepared by women of Nigeria. -“I will give you rest -come!”

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This year marks the sixth cycle of the mandatory Annual Checklist. Just like the Connexional Annual Returns, completing the Checklist is not optional.

Every set of Managing Trustees  who rely on TMCP’s registration with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is required to submit it each year.

The following Ash Wednesday services will take place:

• Aberdeen Methodist Church – 5pm
  (preceded by Open House from 2pm to 4pm)
• Calman Centre (Glasgow) – 6pm
• Stirling Methodist Church – 7pm

Please also check your local church notices for any other services taking place.

For those who have already completed the Foundation Module, and need a refresher, there is now the option to do this online at your own pace, via Theology X.

It is anticipated that it will take between 2 and 3 hours to complete the course. It is not recommended for those completing the course for the first time, as some items may trigger difficult memories. The training will serve as a refresher course for those who have already attended the Foundation Module in-person or via Zoom. Please make sure that you can access pastoral support, by contacting your minister or someone else who you trust, if it is needed during the course.

The training’s overall aim is to increase safeguarding awareness, so that the Church can exercise its duty of care to all: its members, office-holders and anyone who is part of the church community. We create a safer Church by developing your understanding of, and confidence in, our safeguarding processes and your individual place within these processes.

Please follow the link to the Foundation Module 2024 materials on MCBX:https://mcb.theologyx.com/course/creating-safer-spaces-foundation-module/

When you have completed the course you will be able to download your certificate. Please send a copy of this to the Circuit Administrator or one of the Circuit Safeguarding Team.

Sunshine and Showers: Worship’s beautiful mystery is the third small-group course in the series and is now available. It explores the paradoxes at the heart of worship, helping groups reflect on God who feels both beyond and near, and on the creative, communal and everyday dimensions of our worship.
Each six-week course includes booklets, short animation videos and conversation films featuring real people’s experiences, all designed to spark honest, thoughtful discussion.

This year’s Lent and Easter resources for churches and small groups are designed to help you lead gatherings that are rooted in Scripture and alive with hope. Each week focuses on a simple shift: letting go of fear, control, scarcity or appearances, and embracing spirit, abundance, dignity and joy.
Alongside worship outlines, you’ll find weekly spiritual practices that help people pause, breathe and rediscover what matters most – through simple habits that nurture faith beyond Sunday.

Read more and get resources.

Christian witness for peace and justice will be strengthened thanks to a newly-announced partnership between the Iona Community and the Joint Public Issues Team (JPIT) of the Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed Churches. As “resourcing partners”, the two groups have committed to “walking together and supporting each other” in their common
commitment to “work and witness for peace and justice”.

Read more about the partnership.