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.
SHEFFIELD METHODIST DISTRICT – Local Preachers and Leaders of Worship.
DERBYSHIRE NORTH EAST METHODIST CIRCUIT – Pray for those who hold responsibility in the Circuit and in the Local Churches for our property and financial resources.
Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas (MCCA): Connexional Bishop Juan Simpson
Bahamas/Turks: District Bishop Claire Robinson
Guyana: District Bishop, Kofia Nials and Mission Partner, Sarah Lowe
Belize/Honduras: District Bishop, Elswith Clare
Haiti: District Bishop, Jean-Lesley Dorcely
Chester and Stoke-on-Trent District: Chair, Helen Kirk
Charity Number: 1133796
circuitoffice@dnemethodists.org.uk
Circuit Office
Central Methodist Church
Chesterfield
S40 1UH