The Methodist Heritage Newsletter
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DAVID, welcome to the Methodist Heritage Newsletter.
This newsletter will serve to bring us together - sharing and celebrating our shared Methodist heritage that help us to tell our story and continue in mission.
Since beginning my post in March I've been making my way around the country hearing inspiring stories about our Methodist buildings, objects, archives, people and more.
Your heritage story is something that makes your chapel unique and the good news is that history started yesterday. It could be that you have a centuries old historic building & artefacts... or maybe it's simply not church without Caribbean curry after worship. All of this is our heritage and tells the story of our church.
I hope you enjoy keeping up to date with all things Methodist Heritage.
Yours Faithfully, Olivia Threlkeld Methodist Heritage and Collections Officer |
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Introducing Jon Purcell, Liaison Officer for Methodist Archives Caring for our modern records and historic archives. |
The role of the Liaison Officer for Methodist Archives is one that ensures the care of our modern records & historic archives that tell the story of the Methodist Church. This voluntary post works with a network of district archivists - supporting churches at the local, circuit and district level to best care for their records, as well as advising people how to conduct research into Methodist history.
There are two Methodist archives in Great Britain: the Methodist Archives and Research Centre at the John Rylands Research Institute & Library in Manchester and the Methodist Missionary Collections at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London. The former is the main repository of Connexional records and the latter holds the largest collection of Christian missionary archives which includes the Methodist Missionary Society (MMS).
In future newsletters we will be sharing stories and treasures from the archives but for now it's Hello from Jon! |
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From the Methodist Museums Schedule a visit to one of our Methodist Museums this Summer |
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Englesea Brook Chapel and Museum, Crewe What's On Flying High: Family Activities - throughout August will be self-led easy crafts for the whole family plus sensory story & cake on Fridays. Every 2nd Friday of the month is the Crafty Ranters group, with a new theme each month. Opening on 23rd August is a joint exhibition with the Probation Service 'Root and Branch' exploring how the world’s first Probation Service grew out of the Temperance movement and the Primitive Methodists' involvement. |
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Around the Connexion Your heritage stories and news from around the connexion |
Tolpuddle Martyrs' Festival
A wonderful weekend was had in Tolpuddle, Dorset, commemorating and recognising the sacrifices of the Tolpuddle martyrs. A commemorative service was held at St John's Parish Church, Tolpuddle, where the newly appointed President & Vice-President lay a commemorative wreath on the grave of the one martyr to return to Tolpuddle, James Hamnett. The festival was cancelled due to bad weather but the Tolpuddle Old Chapel & Tolpuddle Methodist Church hosted many visitors and told the story of the Tolpuddle Six. Read more about the Tolpuddle Martyrs here. |
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New Website for Methodist Heritage
Our Methodist Heritage website is a great resource for finding out more about our shared Methodist Heritage including guidance on how to research & preserve our heritage. We are working behind the scenes to incorporate the Methodist Heritage website into the main website for the church with pages for tourism, guidance for churches wanting to engage with their heritage & a brand new look to best celebrate and share our story... coming soon!
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Share your Methodist Heritage
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Use the My Methodist History websites to share your stories, memories, photos, research and comments about people, places and topics... just about all things Methodist!
With sub-sites for Primitive, Wesleyan, United Methodist & Oxford, these community archives are treasure troves of Methodist History. |
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Can you share a 'What's On' item for our next issue? What heritage news could you share with the connexion? Or perhaps you have some feedback on our first e-newsletter. |
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