Living Wholeheartedly
CONNEXIONAL RESOURCES FOR 2025/26
EQUIPPING in 2025/26
This Connexional year we are focussing our attention on evangelism and growth as we live wholeheartedly as followers of Jesus for the transformation of the world.
At Conference 2025, the President, the Rev Alan Wardlow encouraged the Church, empowered by the Holy Spirit, to continue to proclaim Christ with boldness. He affirmed that true and lasting spiritual growth begins within the individual, and his prayer is that each of us would feel a deep, compelling urgency to take intentional steps to share the message of Jesus so that we will see many come to faith or experience a renewed commitment in the year ahead.
We are therefore encouraged as a Connexion to equip ourselves in sharing the good news of Jesus with others. This means engaging with Scripture, readings and resources that will empower us to live out Jesus in our everyday lives.
This page is a resource hub for this connectional year aimed at engaging and equipping congregations to share their faith; because as Methodist people, we believe that all need to be saved, all can be saved, all can know they are saved and all can be saved to the uttermost.
DO YOU HAVE A STORY?
We would love you to share your reflections, questions or prayers with us.
Let us know how you are sensing God this year.
You can contact us at compelled@irishmethodist.org
REV ALAN WARDLOW
PRESIDENT 2025/26
Pentecost Call to Prayer
SUNDAY 24 may 2026
Following on from the President’s Call to Prayer on St Patrick’s Day, the Lay Leader is inviting the Connexion to join in another Call to Prayer on Pentecost Sunday.
Aldersgate Day also falls on the 24th May, so it seems very appropriate to call on Irish Methodists to pray for our church to be refreshed by the ‘Breath of God’.
Congregations are encouraged to set time aside to using the provided material, encouraging everyone to pray at the same time. There are a couple of ways in which we can engage together.
Prayers written to include in your service
You can use all or some of these - knowing that we will share in these prayers together as a Connexion throughout Ireland on that Sunday.
A personal prayer reflection
We also encourage congregations and individuals to take time to use the personal reflection material. Either print it to share as a take home activity, or share the link for anyone to download it from here.
To help you promote the personal reflection, an image is also available to download for you to share on social media or with your announcements on Sunday mornings.
Evangelism - having a go!
We have compiled a list of evangelism ideas.
By going out from the church or inviting people in, building relationships is important in starting to share your faith.
Download the PDF below and unpack which ideas might suit your context best.
COMPELLED
A DAILY DEVOTIONAL
FOR LENT 2026
Books, courses
& more
We encourage you to engage with reading and discussion on the areas of growth and evangelism.
Why not pick a book and read it together as a Congregation, Church Council or Circuit Executive; or use one of these reads as the next book for your local book club. The invitation is to read, engage and discuss so that it begins to shape our action.
Follow the link below for lots of recommendations and as well as reviews.
WATCH NIGHT: MY SOUL WAITS
Drawing inspiration from the Watch Night service held in the early days of the Methodist movement; churches are taking part in a New Year call to prayer.
Through extended prayer and worship, we will create space to "wait for the Lord"(Psalm 130), opening ourselves to a deeper experience of God’s love for us and for the world—one that renews, restores, and sends us out into the world, ready to share the good news of Jesus with others.
ADVENT RESOURCES
Advent marks the beginning of a new church year.
It is a time of spiritual preparation and expectation as we reflect and remember the birth of Jesus and look forward with hope for his coming again.
Included in this resource are some worship service resources that include: An Advent Candle Liturgy, Lectionary readings, related hymns and a world focused intercessory prayer provided by World Mission Partnership. These may be useful as you craft your Advent services for your worshipping community.
Also included is an adaptable Advent Reflection Service for those who may find Christmas a difficult season due to loss, loneliness or struggle. In addition, IMYC have produced a Children’s Talk and Interactive Prayer.
Children’s Talk and Interactive Prayer for Christmas
– Download here
Compelled – A Sunday Series
This Sunday Series is an introduction to the Connexional focus of evangelism and growth.
The resource can be used over four Sundays in September or October to begin thinking together about what God is calling you to do as a congregation to share Jesus with others in the year ahead.
The resource contains adaptable ideas and suggestions to help you craft services to suit your own setting. It aims to start, or continue, a conversation with your congregation about how they each are called to witness to Jesus and are in that sense an evangelist.
Complimentary Sunday School Sessions
– Download here
further RESOURCES
2025 Conference
Pastoral Address
‘Mission, Evangelism and Irish Methodism Today’, introduces us to some thought-provoking and challenging questions.
IMYC’s Exploring Faith
A series of children’s talks, youth group Bible studies, Sunday School sessions and a holiday Bible club – all designed to help create space for children and young people to explore their questions.
Living wholeheartedly
as followers of Jesus
for the transformation
of the world.
We are grateful to God for His work throughout the Connexion during this season, as we journey toward seeing more people come to know, experience, and be transformed by the saving love of Jesus. Read the latest ‘Stories of Growth’ below…
