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Prayers for the City of Milton Keynes

Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you ….

Pray to the LORD for it.

Bishop Steven, Bishop of Oxford, has encouraged the Church of Christ the Cornerstone to pray together for the life of the church in the centre of our city as they work together to develop their discipleship, to be an oasis of hope, and to be a Christian force serving the community in which they are placed.

They write:

Starting next month we will be holding a weekly prayer meeting in the Chapel every Friday at 12.30pm lasting no longer than thirty minutes. Please come and pray with us. These prayer sessions are open to everyone, so please pass this information to any of your family, friends and colleagues who would be able to pop into Cornerstone on a Friday lunchtime.

If anyone would like more information, please contact Robin on robin_kyd@yahoo.co.uk

Freeman Memorial Methodist Church – Afternoon Service

Join us for the Inauguration of Freeman Memorial Methodist Church’s Afternoon Service, in the Zimbabwean Tradition!
Let’s come together in worship, song and fellowship.
Sunday, 4 May 2025 | 1:30pm
All are welcome – bring your family and friends!

3Generate Volunteering

“A calming balm and great reminder of faith”

“Young people showed great passion for seeing God’s kingdom come”

“What a joy it was to be surrounded by so many young Methodists, united in their fun and faith!”

3Generate volunteer sign-ups are now open – and what better way to find out more than from past volunteers sharing their experience from last year!

There truly is a place for everyone to volunteer at 3Generate, no matter your experience, skills, or ability. They have a wide range of roles including working directly with young people in venues, stewarding, and registration.

Find out about all the available roles, and sign up here

God for All – April Update

The latest God for All Update is now available including items on:

  • Wholehearted Monthly
  • Church growth and transformational leadership
  • Discipleship and A Methodist Way of Life

And more

Click here

MK Eco Church Network Meeting – April 2025

The Eco Church Network meeting held at Queensway Methodist Church in Bletchley on Saturday 5th April, was well attended by church members across the denominations and was very informative. Steve Peck opened the meeting with this prayer from a Season of Creation – To Hope and Act with Creation:

Triune God, Creator of all, We praise you for your goodness, visible in all the diversity that you have created, making us a cosmic family living in a common home. Through the Earth you created, we experience love and nourishment, home and protection. We confess that we do not relate to the Earth as a Mothering gift from you, our Creator. Our selfishness, greed, neglect, and abuse have caused the climate crisis, loss of biodiversity, human suffering as well as the suffering of all our fellow creatures. We confess that we have failed to listen to the groans of the Earth, the groans of all creatures, and the groans of the Spirit of hope and justice that lives within us.

May your Creator Spirit help us in our weakness, so that we may know the redeeming power of Christ and the hope found in him. May the groans of the Spirit birth in us a willingness to serve you faithfully, so that we may hear and heal Creation, to hope and act together with her, so that the first-fruits of hope may blossom.

Loving and Creator God, we pray that you will make us sensitive to these groans and enable us to have the same compassion as that of Jesus, the redeeming Lord. Grant us a fresh vision of our relationship with Earth, and with one another, as creatures that are made in your image.

In the name of the one who came to proclaim the good news to all Creation, Jesus Christ. Amen.

Our first Quarterly Circuit United Service!

We celebrated St David’s Day as we came together for our first Quarterly Circuit United Service on Sunday 2nd March at Freeman Memorial Methodist Church in Bletchley.
The sun shone, the circuit choir sang and we heard stories related to Wales, St David and Mary Jones and her bible.
Thank you to everyone who took part and those who travelled from around our circuit.
Our next Circuit United Service will be held on Sunday 1st June, 10.30am at West End United Church in Wolverton. All welcome.

District News: OneVoice Podcast from the Northampton District – March 2025

Celebrating, Wounded Wisdom and All things digital

It’s a moment that not so long ago seemed far off. Kingsthorpe Methodist and Baptist Churches are about to celebrate their local ecumenical partnership (LEP). Revd David Spiers talks to the podcast about the impending celebration service and what the path to this point has been like.

Spectrum are a really interesting organisation; Rob Hufton belongs to it and is behind a conference that will be held in Northamptonshire. ” Wounded Wisdom ” is totally unique and Rob talks to One Voice about the motivations behind the conference and what you’ll experience.  http://spectrumfaith.org.uk

Plus we catch up with Wilhelmina Tan, who is covering Naomi’s role as Digital Enabler for Northampton District. You’ll hear about the training she’s running and how the church can get fresh eyes on what it’s doing.

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