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Womens Network of the Methodist Church

• aims to encourage, enable
• and equip women to
• participate fully in the life
• of the Church and in society, supporting the
  Church to become truly the whole people of God.

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It does this through

• Training at conferences and events
• Different styles of and ideas for worship
• Encouraging collaborative leadership styles
• Its resource for the whole Church, Magnet
• Campaigning on current issues
• Listening to your needs and responding
• Sharing stories, information and ideas

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The Connexional Staff for Womens Network are
Margaret became Connexional Secretary for Womens
Network in September 2001. She is based at
Methodist Church House and lives in Shepherds
Bush, where she worships in a church with rich
cultural diversity.
Margaret Sawyer
Lindsay Peniston
Lindsay is Business manager of Magnet magazine
and co-ordinates conferences and events for
Womens Network. A native of Yorkshire, she
now lives in North London.
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Womens Network President
representing you at Methodist Conference
Pam Turner
Pam lives in Kippax in the Leeds District. Her
theme for the year as President is Companions in
faith.
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The Connexional Committee of Womens Network

• The committee comprises
• the current, past and designate Connexional
  Presidents for Womens Network
• 8 Area Representatives, who feed information and
  concerns to and from the committee
• Representatives of Womens World Day of Prayer
  and the World Federation of Methodist and Uniting
  Church Women
• Connexional Secretary for Mission Education
  (world) and the Co-ordinating Secretary for
  Church Life
• A representative of the Magnet Editorial and
  Management Groups

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Womens Network Task Groups

• Task Groups exist for a specific term until their
  task is completed.
• Each task group is made up of volunteers and has
  no more than 8 members.
• Members of task groups may learn new skills
  through their participation.
• Members of task groups may be co-opted because
  they have specific skills related to the task.

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Current Task Groups

• Trafficking Project
• (a social action project from 2005-2008)
• Domestic Abuse
• (Reported to Methodist Conference in 2005)
• Gender Justice
• (Reported to Methodist Conference in 2005)

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Previous Task Groups

• Racial Justice Project
• (a two year social action project from
  2002-2004)
• Domestic Abuse
• (Reports to Methodist Conference in 2005)
• Gender Justice
• (Reports to Methodist Conference in 2005)
• Older Women
• (resulting in the resource pack What shall we do
  now? And recommendations to Connexional
  Committee)
• Communication Resources
• (including Website)

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Easter Offering

• Womens Network in the local church is the main
  organiser of Easter Offering, through which it
  raises money for the Fund for World Mission
• The Easter Offering Dedication Service and
  accompanying materials are produced by the past
  Connexional President together with the Mission
  Education Secretary (world) and Connexional
  Production Design staff.
• Easter Offering materials are available from
  Methodist Publishing House, 4 John Wesley Road,
  Werrington, Peterborough PE4 6ZP Tel 01733
  325002 Fax [phone] Email
  sales_at_mph.org.uk

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Empowerment Grants for Women

• Womens Network administers these grants,
  amounting to 14,000 per year.
• Grants are generally given as seed funding to
  projects that empower women in other countries,
  including self-help projects, literacy and skills
  training programmes and community projects
• In 2008, projects in Europe will receive support.

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Social Community Action Grants

• Womens Network also administers Social
  Community Action Grants, funding projects that
  meet a need in the local community.
• Do you have a Racial Justice project that needs
  funding? This fund will also support you in that
  work.
• Applications are invited from groups which
  involve Methodist women.

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Training Grants

• Would you like your group to work better than it
  does?
• You could apply for a training grant to invite a
  facilitator to work with you to improve your
  group dynamics or help you develop ways of
  talking about God and faith. Using different
  learning styles and catering for different
  personality types helps us all to value one
  another and use each others gifts to the benefit
  of the group.
• Why not identify your training need and apply?

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How do I apply for a grant?
Application forms are available from Methodist
Church House. You will need to make sure that the
project for which you seek funding meets the
criteria listed on the application form. Social
and Community Action Grant applications must be
signed by the District Treasurer for Womens
Network. Call us on 020 7486 5502 and ask for an
application form.
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Events for your Diary

• Residential events at The Hayes Conference
  Centre, Swanwick, Derbyshire
• 18-20 April 2008 Quiet spaces, sacred
  placesRegional Days in 2008
• Erdington, 30 April
• Elm Ridge, Darlington, 9 May
• The Mint, Exeter, 22 May
• Methodist Church House, London, 14 June

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What is Magnet magazine?

• Pick up a free copy here and find out!
• Magnet is a quarterly, Christian resource a
  magazine for anyone.
• It offers worship resources, articles, Bible
  studies, stories about people, reviews of
  resources - all of which are connected to a
  quarterly theme.

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Working themes of Magnet in 2008/9

• Discipleship (Spring 2008)
• Paved with Gold (Summer 2008)
• Peace / Reconciliation (Autumn 2008)
• The Human Condition (Winter 2008)
• Power the Glory (Spring 2009)
• Heroes/heroines (Summer 2009)
• Vision (Autumn 2009)
• Whats in a name? (Winter 2009)

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How Magnet is produced

• Magnet is produced in a collaborative way by an
  editorial group and a management group. The
  editorial group is responsible for content and
  layout of the magazine and it has a rotating,
  volunteer editorship. The management group is
  responsible for customer service, marketing and
  the overall production process. Policy decisions
  are made jointly.

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How Magnet is produced

• The editor-in-charge of a particular issue
  co-ordinates the compilation of articles,
  together with the rest of the editorial group,
  and liaises with the graphic designer. The
  business manager and graphic designer liaise with
  the printers, who deliver the printed Magnet to
  the distributors, Yatton House Society in Great
  Ayton, North Yorkshire

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Spring 2008 Discipleship
In this issue of Magnet we look at the theme of
Discipleship how do we live out our faith as
disciples of Christ?