All We Can Big Church Sing
Join the Harvest Big Church Sing, this Sunday 4 October at 4.00pm on the Methodist Church Youtube Channel. Featuring Graham Kendrick, the London Community Gospel Choir, Celtic Worship and many more exciting performers, the Harvest Big Church Sing promises to be a joyful and uplifting event for all ages.
Recordings of Sessions 2 and 3 of the District Synod held on Zoom on 19th September 2020 are now available to view on the The Methodist Church in Scotland YouTube Channel.
In Session 2, you can hear about the work of Dave Saunders ‘ Pioneer Ministry in Inverness, and Nik Wooller’s work with Churchless Christians.
In Session 3, Trey Hall introduces “God for All’
Action for Children has published a report Childhood during coronavirus, highlighting the needs of the families with whom they have been working, they held they have given, and what they would like governments to do to alleviate child poverty.
Action for Children has launched a new service to provide advice for parents of children aged 0 – 19. Parent Talk has online pages of advice, and the option of a free and confidential live chat with parenting staff. Chat online or request a call back when it’s convenient for you.
View the recent webinar, in which panelists explored what systemic racism actually is; how it at once oppresses Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic people and privileges/lifts up White people; how the holy work of dismantling racism looks very different depending on one’s cultural group; how it affects our mission as a whole Church and is the responsibility of the Whole church to repent from.
The latest issue of Connexion is entitled Singing a New Song.
Expressing solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement, issue 19 also demonstrates how local churches globally have prevailed during the COVID-19 lockdown constraints to sing a new song (Psalm 137), picked up by the new President’s and Vice-President’s Wesley-inspired theme for their time in office.
The connexional team has produced guidance on promoting effective safeguarding practice coming out of lockdown. This should be read by anyone considering opening a church building. References to the Government should be taken in Scotland as references to the Scottish Government.
As of 17th June 2020, the Scottish Government has not made an announcement about whether Phase 2 of the lifting of the lockdown, which could include opening churches for individual prayer, can be implemented, nor from what date.
Online Zoom event – Tuesday 7th July 2020 10:00 to 14:00.
led by Ali Johnson, Digital Evangelist at Cliff College.
This is a FREE training day led by Ali Johnson, Digital Evangelist at Cliff College, for those who are interested in developing their knowledge and skills in using social media, websites and lots other platforms for mission!
This training day is not for those beginning to use digital in their church/missional context, but it is for those who are already using social media — those who would like to ‘work smarter’ and advance their skills and knowledge.
Some basic knowledge is needed but it should be accessible for all ministers, administrators and lay workers, as well as volunteers with some digital awareness. As well as develop knowledge of different platforms, it will also help develop awareness of trends, target groups, different contexts and creative ideas for engaging digitally.
Register: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-communication-training-tickets-109599212194
Jude Levermore’s blog is written in the English context, where places of worship are permitted to open for individual prayer from 13th June 2020. This is not yet the case in Scotland, where an announcement is expected on 18th June confirming whether the country can move to Phase 2 of the lifting of the lockdown, including opening churches for individual prayer.
But Jude’s blog post asks us to think more widely.
