Methodists belong to local churches or ecumenical partnerships, but also feel part of a larger connected community, the Connexion.
This sense of being connected makes a difference to how the Methodist Church as a whole is structured. At its heart is an understanding of the Christian community as the 'body of Christ'. Just as a human body contains different limbs and organs that depend on each other, so we should be close and caring enough to feel each other's pain and delight. We should put the good of the whole body before our own individual needs.
Each day we will provide a number of items as a focus for prayer. These could be related to the Derbyshire North East Circuit, Sheffield Methodist District (of which we are a part) or the wider Methodist Connexion around Britain and the rest of the world. You are invited to use this page each day as part of your personal devotional and prayer time.
Why not check out our daily devotions on our Reflections page?
NORTHAMPTON DISTRICT – Chair: Sonia Hicks.
UNITED CHURCH IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA – Moderator: Bernard Siai.
UNITED CHURCH OF THE SOLOMON ISLANDS – Moderator: Armstrong Pitakaji.
SHEFFIELD METHODIST DISTRICT – District Communications Officer Sam Roberts.
DERBYSHIRE NORTH EAST METHODIST CIRCUIT – Pray for Thomas Surgay and his work as circuit youth pioneer. Pray for new ventures and experiments in mission, for the vision, wisdom and inspiration to design them well, and for the courage to take steps to implement them.
Charity Number: 1133796
circuitoffice@dnemethodists.org.uk
Circuit Office
Central Methodist Church
Chesterfield
S40 1UH