Steven Cooper

The Methodist Church receives with deep sadness the news of the death of His Holiness Pope Francis, and gives thanks for his life and Christian witness. We pray that he may rest in peace and rise in glory. methodist.org.uk/about/news/a-s…

Today we commemorated the 7th anniversary of Finsbury Park attack to remember Makram Ali who lost his life and other worshippers who were injured by the attack, our communities in Islington still stand united against hate & that is down to local people leading & showing the way.

Meet the new Methodist Ecumenical Officer Steven Cooper cte.org.uk/methodist-coop…

Urge Michael Gove to maintain funding for the Interfaith Network for the UK! - Sign the Petition! chng.it/MSsYSbjR via @UKChange

@MadsDavies This may be of interest… from churchofengland.org/sites/default/…

There have been lots of questions about Paula Vennells' actions and motivations. I've spent some looking at the evidence she gave to parliamentary inquiries in both 2015 and 2020. "Pressure grows on former Post Office CEO" churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2024/…

As a Jew, I have become increasingly worried that the charge of antisemitism is being levelled to silence legitimate and important debate. Antisemitism is on the rise, but there is also a rise in the unscrupulous use of the term to silence reasonable questions about the Israeli government’s actions in Gaza. This article in the Harvard Crimson by Jewish community leader Bernie Steinberg warns of incipient McCarthyism. It is worth reading, whichever side of the debate you are on thecrimson.com/article/2023/1…

@ScholarPriest @mthr_jo I challenge the assumption here about the ordering of cause and effect: the MWB does reflect an evolution of Methodist ethos that has an ecumenical spirit, and of which a closer leaning towards the CofE was a natural expression—but the latter didn’t specifically drive the former.

So… I’ve published my first book! Get your copies here: chbookshop.hymnsam.co.uk/books/97803340…

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: The funeral of Bishop Keith Riglin, beloved friend of Wesley’s Chapel & Leysian Mission, and husband of our Superintendent Minister Jennifer Smith, will take place here at Wesley’s Chapel on Monday 30th October at 12.30pm. Everyone is welcome.

Br Aloïs, Prior of @taize and brother Matthew will be in London and invite everyone to join them in prayer on Wednesday evening, 5 July, at 7.30pm at @WesleysChapel (EC1Y 1AU, near Old Street), in preparation for the Together gathering in Rome on 30th September. All are welcome!

Br Aloïs, Prior of @taize and brother Matthew will be in London and invite everyone to join them in prayer on Wednesday evening, 5 July, at 7.30pm at @WesleysChapel (EC1Y 1AU, near Old Street), in preparation for the Together gathering in Rome on 30th September. All are welcome!

We will hold a short service of prayer on the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on Friday lunchtime at 1.00pm (9th September). All are welcome to join us for this at the Chapel, which will be open throughout the day, or view on our livestream at youtu.be/d87ArkIvZjY

We thank God for the life of devoted service offered by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. We pray for their Majesties the King and Queen, and all The Royal Family as they mourn. We will include them all in our morning prayers which will be held as usual

Today at St Paul’s Cathedral… all are welcome to come along!

2/2 Any notion that this is a “Church of England matter” and that the ecumenically appropriate thing is for us to “stay out of it” is bogus: it is precisely because of our sororal relationship that this is all our concern. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

1/2 I’d hope to see more Methodist leaders lending their support to this. The Church of England is our Covenant partner. This appallingly myopic Consistory Court decision sullies that partnership, as indeed it does the Christian Church as a whole…

@FrJarelRB I’ve always thought—at least, in the Church of England—that the Eighth Sacrament is the one most recently administered, at Westminster Abbey, on 2 June 1953 😉