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Fri24Jan20257 -8 pmZoom
Monthly Zoom Meeting on 24th of every month
Join Christian Aid and their partners on 24 January as they continue to pray for peace in the Middle East. In January we will welcome Katherine Fitzsimons from the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI). Katherine has recently returned from the region and will share her experiences with us.Learn more and sign up: Prayers for Peace in the Middle East – Christian Aid
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Sun26Jan20253:30 pmPaisley Abbey
2025 will mark 80 years of Christian Aid. We will be remembering our history, looking towards the future and celebrating the unstoppable power of hope throughout the year. Our first event will be a special service at Paisley Abbey on Sunday, 26 January from 3:30pm. The Rt Rev Dr Shaw Paterson, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, will lead our worship, with music led by The Heart & Soul Swing Band.
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Tue28Jan202510.30am – 12 noonOnline
Most successful community hubs generate income from diverse streams, with space rental often providing both community value and unrestricted funding. This webinar, hosted by Plunkett UK, Locality and Kett’s Books will help community organisations maximise the potential of space rental.
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Wed29Jan20256 – 8.30 pmonline
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Mon03Feb2025Thu06Feb2025variousonline
Stories of Journeys – 3 Feb at 1:30pm
Where have we come from as a church? Who have been the pioneers, what lessons have been learned from where it went wrong. Led by Revd Helen Cameron
Stories of Justice – 4 Feb at 7:30pm
Coordinated by the young people from our districts, sharing stores that have come from 3Generate and the church priorities
Stories of Dignity – 5 Feb at 10am
The lived reality of inclusion in the church. What a safe space feels like and what it feels like when church is not safe. Led by Pauline Jackson
Stories of Solidarity – 6 Feb at 1:30pm
Examples of good practice, stories of where things are working well and the positive impact of finding a safe space in church. Led by Revd Mark Rowland
Each session lasts 90 minutes.
The theme chosen for the Regional Safeguarding Conference this year is based around the Justice, Dignity and Solidarity (JDS) strategy which was adopted by the Methodist Conference of 2021.
There are four sessions planned which we hope will draw out some of the lessons learnt and how to apply them in the context of safeguarding and our church life and ministry.
We will be using our stories to explore the JDS strategy through the lens of Safeguarding.You can book on one or more of the sessions when you register to reserve a slot. The sessions are also recorded and will be available after the event.
The full strategy report can be found here: conf-2021-56-strategy-for-justice-dignity-and-solidarity-working-towards-a-ful_CaeKrNH.pdf
The theology of safeguarding report can be found here: https://media.methodist.org.uk/media/documents/conf-2021-27-the-theology-of-safeguarding_NsSFKxd.pdf
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Thu06Feb20257 – 8 pmonline
The UK government is consulting with the public on whether to end new drilling for oil and gas.
Operation Noah, Christian Climate Action, Christian Aid, the Laudato Si Movement and Green Christian are joining together with Uplift, the group behind Stop Rosebank, to use this moment to persuade our politicians to take action to end further exploration for fossil fuels in the UK.
Their online event on Thursday 6 February at 7pm will help Christians to find out more and to participate in the campaign.
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Thu13Feb20252:00 pmSt Matthew’s Church, Tay Street, Perth
Stewart will discuss the current situation in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory, the Church’s presence in the Holy Land, and how local partners are working for a just peace.
Stewart’s talk will be followed by refreshments and an opportunity for informal discussion.
All welcome! Admission free.
Donations to Christian Aid Middle East Crisis Appeal
The event will be live-streamed – link is here or on www.friendsofstandrews.com
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Tue25Feb2025Zoom
The Gathering 2025
The event will run for 90 minutes, and we’ll be hearing directly from Christian Aid Partners. We’ll also launch Christian Aid Week 2025, and mark the 80th anniversary of Christian Aid.Register now to receive the link nearer the time and the recording after the event.
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Tue11Mar20257:30 pmZoom
As you know, the Methodist Church in Scotland will be a single circuit from 1st September 2025. This change is an opportunity to look at how we worship, how we support one another and how we can learn and grow together.
Whilst worship leaders normally operate only in their own congregation, the move to a single circuit will affect fellowship and training so there will be an opportunity for all worship leaders in Scotland (and those in training) to come together on Zoom to share ideas, concerns, questions and suggestions.
The evening will be led by Rev. Adam Stevenson (Superintendent minister of the Forth Valley Circuit and Superintendent-Designate for the Scotland Circuit) and Kathryn Campbell (Learning Network) along with Anne Baird (District WLP Secretary) and Jill Baker (District WLP Tutor).
Do contact Adam adam.stevenson@methodist.org.uk or Kathryn campbellk@methodistchurch.org.uk for any more information.
So please put Tuesday 11th March 2025 at 7:30pm in your diary and share this with Worship Leaders in your church or circuit – the Zoom link will be available nearer the time.
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Sat15Mar202510am to 3 pmonline
Our Bible Month book for 2025 is… The Gospel of John!
John’s Gospel opens by presenting Jesus as the Word of God – the source of life and light for all people (John 1:1-18). In Jesus, we encounter God’s boundless, gracious love, which brings us into a relationship with him as his children. Through Jesus, the fullness of grace and truth is offered to everyone willing to receive it.
Join us for the adventure and discover for yourself the life-giving truths that this brilliant book ponders and imparts.
This day is specifically for those involved in leading Bible Month on the ground – Ministers, Local Preachers and Worship Leaders and those working with Children, Youth and Families – and will equip them to run Bible Month in their churches and circuits.
- Explore the text and some key features that will help you grapple with it
- Discover some of the resources on offer to help you as your prepare for worship
- Reflect on some of the key themes and stories of the Gospel of John and how you can lead churches into them.
Join us in 1 of 2 ways:
We will be live streaming this event on YouTube and you can tune in from wherever you are across the Connexion.
1. Watch ONLINE at home
If you’re unable to gather with others from your church or circuit, you can still join in from home. A YouTube link will be sent direct to you in the build up to the event, and recordings will be available afterwards too.
2. Attend a local HUB
We’d strongly encourage you to gather with others from your local setting to engage with this training together. We will be working with a number of ‘Hubs’ from around the country to host you in person. Please contact your District or circuit to find out if there any hubs local to you. If you would like to register to host a HUB please see information below.
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REGISTER TO HOST A HUB:
If you would like to offer to host a HUB please select this option when booking a ticket. Someone from the team will be in touch to say hello and to share the relevant information to get you set up.Register via Eventbrite for either option.
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Wed19Mar20252 – 3.30 pmAugustine United Church, Edinburgh or online
We are privileged to have three Christian Aid partners from Israel, Lebanon and the occupied Palestinian territory visiting Scotland on 19 March. Please do join us from 2-3:30pm in Augustine United Church, Edinburgh or online, to hear more about the current situation and how Christian Aid and our partners are responding.
To read the speaker’s profiles and sign up, visit Meet Christian Aid partners from the Middle East
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7-9pmonline
Join Fiona Fidgin, Digital Communications Officer, for this workshop:
- To explore why digital is important to us
- To discover where our digital skills support needs are
- To share our digital skills and wisdom
- To learn how to do something new, inclusively and accessibly
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Wed26Mar202512.30 to 1.30 or 7-8 pmonline
Join us next Wednesday (26th March) as we learn from Together With Refugees about how we can engage with our MPs to ask for a fairer response to refugees.
We will be discussing how we can respond to the latest immigration bill, and as always there will be time to connect with other Christians across the country with similar aims.
All are welcome, even if you are new to the Constituency Action Network (CAN). We would love to see you there.
You can come at lunchtime (12:30-1:30 pm) or in the evening (7-8 pm)
Sign up for CAN Webinars at the link below:
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Mon31Mar202512.30 – 13.30online
Flourishing New Places for New People (NPNP)
Join Anthony Clowes, Church Planting Officer in North West England district (NPNP Lead), for an inspiring webinar on building learning communities to start, develop and sustain NPNPs with the Godsend resource. Register your place for the online webinar.
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Tue01Apr202510.30 am to 12.30 pmonline
This course is for leaders who really want to reach new people but also understand that evangelism is a word with baggage. It’s for leaders who want to discover their inner evangelists – and it’s for those who’d rather they remained undiscovered! It’s for leaders who are thinking: ‘evangelism was never part of my training for ministry’ or ‘if I mention evangelism in my place, everyone will run a mile and never come back’. It’s for leaders who are wondering how to help others grow in confidence in their faith. It’s for leaders who know they have a responsibility when it comes to evangelism, but are busy people trying to keep the show on the road. It’s for leaders who are questioning whether evangelism is possible in a holistic, inclusive, relational and authentic way.
This is a free course for all leaders in the Methodist Church (lay and ordained, paid and unpaid, including but not exclusive to Superintendents, Presbyters, Deacons, Local Lay Pastors, Pioneers, Children, Youth and/or Family Workers, Chaplains, Church or Circuit Stewards, or leaders of mission, social action or outreach projects).
In 2020 the Methodist Conference adopted a Church-wide strategy for Evangelism and Growth, deepening our commitment to being an evangelistic Church. Leaders are crucial for this commitment. This course aims to equip leaders in their contexts to: confidently model what it means to follow our shared calling to evangelism; to intentionally prioritise and promote evangelism and to cultivate a culture of confident, authentic faith sharing which raises up those spiritually gifted as Evangelists. There are five sessions, each two hours long:
• Session 1: Evangelism: actually good news?
• Session 2: Everyone an Evangelist: even me?
• Session 3: Are we making disciple-making disciples?
• Session 4: Action planning for evangelism
• Session 5: How do we know we’re doing evangelism right?
The course will run again in April 2025, dates and booking link below:
Session 1: Tuesday 1st April, 10.30am-12.30pm
Session 2: Tuesday 8th April, 10.30am-12.30pm
Session 3: Tuesday 29th April, 10.30am-12.30pm
Session 4: Tuesday 6th May, 10.30am-12.30pm
Session 5: Tuesday 15th July, 10.30am-12.30pmThis course will run on Zoom. You’ll receive an email with all the joining details closer to the time if you’ve registered. When you register for a course, please commit to attending all five sessions – if you don’t think that’s going to be possible then you’ll need to let us know. If you have any questions please contact Holly Adams, Evangelism and Contemporary Culture Officer on adamsh@methodistchurch.org.uk
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5.30 to 7 pmonline
In this workshop find out about ways in which Interfaith Scotland brings people together from different religions and cultures to build friendship, respect and understanding. Find out about our projects and activities with young people and how you might like to be involved! We will also be looking at ways to support the needs of young people of different religions, such as celebrating festivals and food.
Sign up to attend this workshop by emailing frances@interfaithscotland.org
You will be sent the Zoom link to join the event once your booking is confirmed.
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Fri04Apr2025Sun06Apr2025The Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick
There will be a free place for any woman from the District who hasn’t attended the conference before. This includes the full cost of the conference and rail travel. Applications for this have to be submitted by 9 February. Anyone interested should get in touch with Barbara as soon as possible at methodistgirl65@gmail.com
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Sun06Apr2025Fri11Apr2025Drumalis Retreat Centre in Larne, Northern Ireland
The Community for Spiritual Formation
Registration is now open for the next Five-Day Community for Spiritual Formation which will be held at the beautiful Drumalis Retreat Centre in Larne, Northern Ireland from 6-11 April 2025. The theme is Living Hope: Being hopeful communities in anxious times and the speakers will be Ruth Harvey and Roger Walton. The programme follows a Benedictine-style rhythm, incorporating teaching, silence, worship and small group sharing. For more information, visit our website to download the flier and booking form or email the Registrar.
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Tue06May20256.45 – 8.45 pmonline
A reminder that we have online Foundation Safeguarding training coming up on evening of 6th May 25. Please register at Scotland District Creating Safer Space: Foundation Module (Online) Registration, Tue 6 May 2025 at 18:45 | Eventbrite
Eventbrite link not working – email districtadmin@methodistchurchinscotland.net for a Zoom link.
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Sat10May2025
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Thu15May20257-9 pmonline
Come along to learn more about the importance of Cultural Intelligence in the church. This session will be led by Sharon Nugent and Stuart Watkin from the Learning Network.
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Sat17May202518.15 to 20.15St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh
Guests are warmly welcomed, and no RSVP is required. Please note that as a historic building, the Cathedral does not have wheelchair-accessible toilets.
Our keynote will be delivered by The Right Honourable John Swinney, First Minister of Scotland, and our worship will be led by the Wild Goose Resource Group and Siskin Green.
We will be joined by Temwa Kasakula, Christian Aid’s Global Thematic Advisor for Sexual Reproductive Health and Gender, who will be visiting Scotland from Malawi, as well as Patrick Watt, Christian Aid CEO.
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Mon19May2025
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Wed21May20257:00 pmZoom
How can your church create green space that benefits the community and the environment?
Whether you’ve got land around your church, space within your community or you’re gardening without land, this webinar will help you with practical stories and advice.Whether you’re at the very beginning of your EcoChurch journey or taking great strides, the Eco Community Network is for you.
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Thu22May20255:00 pmOxford and online
The lecture will be given by Dr Mark Kirby (Lincoln College Fellow) on the theme of ‘John Wesley and the Architecture of Early Methodism’.
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Thu29May2025
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Thu05Jun2025
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3.15 – 5.15 pmCambridge and online
Join us either in-person or online for the Edward Rogers Memorial Lecture: on the theme The Spirit that Crosses Borders given by Bishop Minerva G. Carcaño on Thursday 5 June 2025. The lecture title is The Virtues of Compassion, Mercy & Justice Must Shape the World We Will Live In.
The lecture is free.
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Sat14Jun202510.30 – 4pmonline and at St Andrew’s West Parish Church in Glasgow
Campaigning for Christian Aid helps your church work towards eco-congregation awards. Lucy will be at the eco-congregation annual conference on June 14 sharing about how you can get involved with the Christian Aid Restore Campaign.
The conference is online and in person from 10:30-4 at St Andrew’s West Parish Church in Glasgow.
Sign up here: Annual Gathering and AGM 2025
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Tue24Jun20257-8 pmTeams
Join Christian Aid and their partners on the 24th of each month (7-8pm) on Teams as we continue to pray for peace in the Middle East. On the 25th of June we will welcome Salim Munayer, Founder and Senior Consultant of reconciliation organisation Musalaha. Sign up for the Prayers for Peace webinar link.
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Mon30Jun20256:45 pmat conference and online
Anthony Reddie, Professor of Black Theology at the University of Oxford, will be giving the Beckly Lecture 2025: Whiteness is the Sea, not the Shark: a postcolonial critique of British Methodism
It will take place at 6.45pm on Monday 30 June, both in person as part of the Methodist Conference in Telford, and livestreamed online. All are welcome. It is free to attend.
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Fri18Jul2025Sat19Jul20257-8.30pm and 9am to 1pmonline
How do we lead lives that are outward and visible signs of God’s grace in a broken world?
Join us for our Summer Online Retreat, taking place from Friday 18th July 7pm – 8.30pm to Saturday 19th July 9am – 1pm.
The retreat will be led by Rev Dr R Sidwell Mokgothu, Bishop of the Limpopo District of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa in Pretoria. A passionate trainer, speaker, coach, and retreat leader, Sidwell has presented at international platforms. He is a former liberation struggle activist and an ecumenical leader committed to social justice. His spirituality seamlessly blends contemplation with prophetic action.
Registration is open until 30th June. Attendance is free, though we encourage participants to consider a donation of around £10 to support the Community.
For more information about the Community for Spiritual Formation and further details on this retreat, please visit our website.
To register, email the registrar
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Mon11Aug2025Fri15Aug202510am to 3pmCity of Edinburgh Methodist Church
Working alongside the District and the Methodist team serving at Edinburgh Fringe, the Connexion are hosting evangelism training days at CEMC throughout the week of 11th-15th August. The day will include an hour and a half session exploring evangelism, sharing experiences as well as hopes for evangelism projects in the new Scotland Circuit, this will be followed by lunch which will then be followed by a shift alongside the team hosting a conversation space on the Royal Mile. The day will begin at 10am and will be concluded by 3pm.
More information and application form
Application Deadline: Midday Monday 4th August
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Sun31Aug20253:30 pmDunblane Cathedral
The Inaugural Service of the Scotland Circuit and Circuit Welcome Service for the Revds David Bidnell and Daniel George will take place on Sunday 31st August at Dunblane Cathedral at 3.30pm.
We look forward to celebrating the start of the Scotland Circuit and welcoming new ministers. Please do join us for this special service. Our preacher will be the President of the Conference, Revd Richard Andrew.
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3:30 pmDunblane Cathedral
For those travelling from the Strathclyde circuit a bus has been arranged please book with your church steward by end of June
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Wed08Oct2025
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Sat11Oct20252 – 4 pmThe Chapel @ The Calman Centre 75 Shelley Rd, Glasgow G12 0ZE
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Sun12Oct20253:00 pmSt Augustine’s Church Hall 393 Ashgill Road, Glasgow, G22 7HN
There will be an ecumenical service focusing on recovery and Spiritual healing for anyone who has been caught up in alcohol or drug addiction.
We welcome those who are in recovery, those still afflicted by addiction and family members who support those who are suffering.
The service will be led by Rev Laurent Vernet and Rev Paul McAlinden and there will be testimony from people in recovery as well as those who support them.
Public transport: Bus 75 bus from Castlemilk, which passes through the city centre has a stop just outside St Augustine’s.
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Tue04Nov20256.30 – 7.30 pmonline
As the ceasefire in Gaza is welcomed, the question of a lasting and just peace in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory remains. Join Christian Aid for a conversation with Peter Nasir, National General Secretary of the East Jerusalem YMCA as we look beyond the ceasefire.
As part of the ecumenical efforts and series of upcoming events, this event is hosted by Christian Aid and Embrace the Middle East.
Many of us united on World Peace Day as part of the Churches Together in Britain and Ireland call to prayer – we must continue to pray and act for justice and peace. You can find a range of resources for your church from organisations involved here.
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Thu13Nov2025
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Tue25Nov20251-2 pmonline
We are invited to join the Church of Scotland’s Public Life and Social Justice team for a one hour webinar from 1-2pm on Tuesday 25 November.
We will discover more about our role as Christians in caring for God’s gift of creation and learn how sustainable use of church land can play a crucial role in addressing the climate crisis, bio-diversity loss, and reducing harmful emissions. The discussion will be led by Sharon Hall, Campaign Manager at Operation Noah, and chaired by Rev Dr Richard Frazer. Reflections and worship will be led by Rev David Coleman, Eco-Congregation Scotland.
Click on the image to register your interest.
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