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Footwashing

14 March 2023
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John Anderson
“You ought also to wash one anothers feet”. John13:14 In accordance with Jesus words, a group of us from the Circuit sat on the Baildon Methodist Church lawn to wash each others feet on Sunday 12th June.  We read the...
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Famous Fold Familiarisation

14 March 2023
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John Anderson
The Fold @ Baildon Methodist Church, Bradford became famous because it was featured at COP 26 in Glasgow as the first building on church premises in Britain to be constructed to standards similar to those of a Passivhaus, emitting no...
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Rewilding the Church

14 March 2023
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John Anderson
Review of Steve Aisthorpe’s ‘Rewilding the Church’ This is the most interesting book I have read which connects global heating with the need for change in the Church.  Aisthorpe uses the rewilding trope as a metaphor for how followers of...
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CARS and CHRISTIANS

14 March 2023
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John Anderson
“The freedom always to travel everywhere by car encroaches on the space of those who …walk or take the bus”.  So says Tim Jackson in his challenging book “Prosperity without Growth”.  For us to prosper, it is important that the...
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What is an Eco-congregation?

14 March 2023
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John Anderson
Since 2006 Baildon Methodist Church has become one of the rare nationally triple- certificated Eco-congregations. Our three Eco-congregation plaques are above the hatch in Wesleys. To achieve these accolades, we have been visited by external inspectors to check that we...
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Warm Space Appeal

26 January 2023
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Ashley France
Our electricity and gas bills have doubled since last year.  Despite the many energy-saving and electricity-generating measures that we have introduced and a government subsidy, our energy bill this year is going to be a massive £24,000. Our premises are...
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Communion

31 December 2022
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Ashley France
The Lord’s Table is open to all who love the Lord Jesus Christ. Jesus instituted a memorial meal with his intimate followers just before he died.  ‘Do this in remembrance of me,’ he said, over the simple elements of bread...
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GiFO Appeal (Giving to Funds for Others)

31 December 2022
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Ashley France
“GIVING TO FUNDS FOR OTHERS” (“GIFO”) APPEALS Baildon Methodist Church supports a number of external charities each year. From 1st September 2012, 12 external charities will be supported, 1 per month....
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Traidcraft at Baildon Methodist Church

31 December 2022
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Ashley France
Traidcraft fights poverty through trade, helping people in developing countries to transform their lives. Established in 1979 as a Christian response to poverty, Traidcraft are the UK’s leading fair-trade organisation.  They run development programmes in some of the poorest countries...
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EasyFundRaising

31 December 2022
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Ashley France
Do you use the internet to shop? Do you shop on popoular shopping internet sites such as amazon.com, game.com or play.com? Baildon Methodist Church now has an easyfundraising.org.uk web-page. How does it works? easyfundraising is an easy way to raise...
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Methodist Women in Britain

31 December 2022
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Ashley France
West Yorkshire District Womens Network The Women’s Network of the Methodist Church aims to encourage, enable and equip women to participate fully in the life of the Church and in Society. It does this through: Training in specific skills Conferences...
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BNC Flyer for Choir

30 August 2022
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Ashley France
People of the Methodist Church, I need You! Who am I? I am Sam Binns, a member of Bolton Methodist Church, long time musician and member of the YWD One Program Why do I need You? The YWD One Program...
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