As an ordained Anglican Priest my prayer life was centred around the daily offices of morning and evening prayer. I had used a variety of Offices from Roman Catholic, Celtic from the Northumbrian Community, Common Prayer and Franciscan. I loved the rhythm of prayer...
Maggie's Blog Sept 1st The Coat of Hope I visited Lincoln Cathedral recently and was lucky enough to see the Coat of Hopes on display. It has enormous visual impact and I felt really moved by it and what it represented. The Coat is made up of squares of cloth in a...
Co-Chair North, Ruth’s Blog: 4th August 2024 Greetings! The last few weeks have been relatively quiet after the excitement of Porto and the Mary Bosanquet Lecture, at Conference, but there has been planning for next year, writing the Easter Offering Service for...
Bradwell in Essex is the home of the annual Bradwell Pilgrimage. It first began to commemorate the arrival of St Cedd from Lindisfarne to establish a monastery there in 653. Today it is organised by CTEEL “ Churches Together in Essex and East London”. The...
Co-Chair North, Ruth’s Blog: 1st July 2024 Greetings! June was quite a busy month! It began with preparation for the talk I was to give on ‘Thursdays in Black’ at the WFMUCW European Seminar in Porto. Michael and I flew to Lisbon, where it happened to be their...
Just a few weeks ago I went to an organ recital at Winchelsea chapel in Sussex. It was a wonderful and varied programme but for me the highlight was a special medley by Stephen Page of Sunday school choruses. As familiar tunes emerged I was transported back to...
CoChair North, Ruth’s Blog: 20th May 2024 Greetings! It has been quite a busy weekend. On Saturday, it was the Methodist Women in Britain Garden Party at Epworth Old Rectory, so I drove over to Epworth from Nantwich. The sun shone and it was warm enough for us all...
CoChair North, Ruth’s Blog: 20th May 2024 Greetings! It has been quite a busy weekend. On Saturday, it was the Methodist Women in Britain Garden Party at Epworth Old Rectory, so I drove over to Epworth from Nantwich. The sun shone and it was warm enough for us all...
COMEFLY A few weeks ago I was invited to join a COMEFLY event at Rainham Methodist Church in Essex. A first for me. COMEFLY refers to C congregation/children O outreach M mission and ministries E evangelism F families L lunch Y youth I was asked to...
It was real pleasure to see so many people at this years Daffodil Day and to share in an interview with Pam Rhodes something of the work that Methodist Women in Britain is doing at this time, including Ruth's period poverty project. I have since been told of other...