Be kind, get connected and do some colouring – those are just some of the practical things-to-do for Mental Health Awareness Week. We looked at some of the messages shared by various agencies for the week (18th-24th May). We found a variety of resources on common themes. FOCUS ON KINDNESS Unusually, the Methodist Church’s own wellbeing resources include an adult ...
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We hear of the Coronavirus crisis in hospitals, not care homes. The ‘second frontline’ of the Covid-19 war slips quietly under the radar. Our friends at Methodist Homes (MHA) are battling hard to change that. They’ve launched a petition calling for ‘correct and necessary’ PPE in the care sector. Methodist Homes is the nation’s biggest charitable provider, but they’re not ...
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Lockdown loneliness has attracted a crowd of helpers – including churches, charities and a Government secretary. The Methodist Church is alerting members to the fact that while their buildings may be closed, many congregations offer phone pastoral care and an online worship experience. The Methodist Church also offers worship sheets to use at home. CHATTY RADIO Examples of online help ...
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Everything from rabbits to refurbishments, ponds to plumbing, gullies to gas boilers – it’s all covered in the plastic-free, eco-friendly version of the MMHS Residents’ Handbook. Well known among the Society’s residents, the Handbook used to be a heavy plastic manual weighed down by laminated pages and complex graphics. FREE DOWNLOAD It has now been totally revised and refined – ...
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How do you make social distancing work? Here's someone who lives like that all the time. Sister Mary Catharine Perry (pictured) shares some tips for staying home amid coronavirus fears. For the past 29 years, I’ve chosen to practise social distancing. Of course, I and the 17 other nuns I live with don’t call it that. We are formally called ...
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It’s far more than dealing with ministers’ housing needs that has equipped Revd Richard Teal as President Elect of the Methodist Conference. Encountering floods, miners’ strikes, shipyard closures ­- and the aftermath of horrific shootings - have also helped make him uniquely qualified for his latest role. LONG-SERVING Richard has just stepped down as a long-serving board member for the ...
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Pray for those longing for a home – such as the UK’s 320,000 homeless people and 69 million displaced souls worldwide. That’s the message of a new resource which raises awareness of housing needs. Published by the Methodist Ministers’ Housing Society, Octave offers prayers not only for MMHS residents, staff and Board members – but also for carers, homeless people, ...
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Childhood in remote Wales prepared Gwenda Watson for a future life of mission. She went from living in one of the smallest island communities – to helping husband Victor run one of Britain’s biggest Methodist churches. GWENDA'S STORY Gwenda (pictured) shares her story in the Summer edition of Roof ‘n’ Roots – which is not only being distributed among our ...
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