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Sharing outside our Christmas Bubbles to encourage the most vulnerable

By Alex Drew / 02/12/2020 /

When my granddaughter came home for the weekend from university with masses of laundry, we expected her to return, all washed and ironed, on Monday.  Instead, she said she had…

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Navigating through a Covid Christmas

By Alex Drew / 17/11/2020 /

  Did you know that 5,800,000 older people say that the television or their pet is their main form of company? 5.8 million people. And that was before the devastating…

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Advance Care Planning and End of Life Care

By Ruth Preston / 13/11/2020 /

People in the fourth age (those over 80) may need support and encouragement to look forward and consider future decisions regarding their health, care, and potential or likely treatments. Whether…

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Older people are the archives of the church

By Ruth Preston / 23/10/2020 /

Singing hymns to God in our church   We recently had the absolute pleasure of speaking with Reverend Tom from Kenya. Reverend Tom has been diligently serving the older people…

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Spirituality and the over 80s

By Ruth Preston / 12/10/2020 /

For many older people, faith and religion are important aspects of their spirituality – allowing the person to hold onto real meaning in their life, have confidence in their personhood,…

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Spiritual Care at End of Life

By Ruth Preston / 01/10/2020 /

Spirituality and religion are not synonymous with each other. Whilst religious aspects of a person’s life will usually involve and affect their spirituality, there are many people whose spirituality has…

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With Society ‘open for business’ again, we must not forget our older people

By Alex Drew / 16/09/2020 /

  As a national UK lockdown eases, some people are returning to work and many church buildings are either open again, or making tentative plans to reopen; and even those…

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Intergenerational Living: A Story of Encouragement

By Ruth Preston / 07/09/2020 /

  For hundreds of years, families have taken care of their ageing loved ones, with most families housing children, parents, and grandparents all under one roof. Today, we are seeing…

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God Works Spirit to Spirit

By Ruth Preston / 31/08/2020 /

  We recently had the privilege of speaking with Mavis, a wonderful woman of Christ who is humbly obedient to the call of the Lord, and one of our Church…

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