Bereavement
Later Life and the Mission Field
Following my appearance on Episode 10 of London City Mission’s the Everyday Evangelism podcast on the same topic, I was invited to further explore the major gospel impact of older…
Past Event: Evangelism among older People with Ian Knox
Ian Knox, proudly our oldest Ambassador, has been a lifelong evangelist. Married to Ruth, with four married sons and ten grandchildren, he has allegedly “retired” to the lovely Northumbrian coastline.…
Past Event: Music & Dementia with Fi Costa
In May 2024 we welcomed Dr Fiona Costa to lead our Church Champion event on the subject of Music and Dementia, during which she inspired us to use music…
50 and Fearful?
Well if I haven’t already been in ‘the second half’ for a while now, I’m definitely in it now! To some people, 50 is the proverbial ‘spring chicken’, but for…
Loneliness and Grief In Older Age
In our first blog from AtaLoss, Executive Director, Jane Woodward shares some helpful thinking about the relationship between loneliness and grief in later life, and how to get good support.…
Is your town a good place to grow old?
Rev Peter Crumpler is associate minister at St Paul’s Church, Fleetville, St Albans. In his first blog for Faith in Later Life, Peter reflects on the challenges of later life…
Church Champion Story: Reminiscence
Faith in Later Life Church Champion Jan, leads the Senior Moments work at Emmanuel Church Leftwich in Cheshire. Here she tells us more about how to plan a Reminiscence programme…
Church Champion Story: Good News
Faith in Later Life Church Champion Judi, leads the Seniors work at Clevedon Baptist Church in North Somerset. Here she tells us more about a midweek outreach event which the…
Past Event: Caring for those with Dementia – Saturday 3rd February
Seminar Leaders Friederike Hamilton is a Queen’s Nurse who leads the development of care and dementia care for the Pilgrims’ Friend Society, a Christian charity that provides care and support…
Offline
It wasn’t all that long ago that remote communication took time, money, and effort. I still remember standing in line for the payphone in halls at university, and eventually having…