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REVIEW: A Great Place to Grow Old by Tina English

By Alex Drew / 01/02/2022 / Comments Off on REVIEW: A Great Place to Grow Old by Tina English

In writing this book about how churches can care for their older members, Tina English manages to challenge, inspire and equip her readers whether they are individuals, members of church…

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How can I keep serving?

By Alex Drew / 22/12/2021 / Comments Off on How can I keep serving?

Imagine going round a stately home and seeing an old-fashioned mangle in the kitchen. Many of us have done that at one time or another and we’ve explained to our…

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How to run an event in a care home setting

By Laura Treneer / 29/11/2021 / Comments Off on How to run an event in a care home setting

God didn’t create old age by accident. The Bible speaks of older Christians flourishing and bearing fruit in later years. With an ageing population there is both an urgent need…

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Intergenerational Understanding: what books are there for children about older people?

By Laura Treneer / 24/11/2021 / Comments Off on Intergenerational Understanding: what books are there for children about older people?

At Faith in Later Life we like to be able to help signpost and suggest resources for other places. One of our church champions asked  recently if we knew of…

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The Christmas gift for people living with dementia

By Laura Treneer / 22/11/2021 / Comments Off on The Christmas gift for people living with dementia

By Louise Morse. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!  Supermarket shelves are full of all things Christmassy, and Sainsbury’s is handing out its seasonal food order forms.  After…

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Remembering Services: the role of remembering in the journey to faith

By Laura Treneer / 26/10/2021 / Comments Off on Remembering Services: the role of remembering in the journey to faith

As October draws to a close and November begins, many churches enter a season of remembering, with Remembrance Sunday and All Souls Day. Research from the Church of England has…

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Do I Still Have Value?

By Alex Drew / 15/10/2021 / Comments Off on Do I Still Have Value?

If you hear the phrase, ‘because you’re worth it!’ you probably think immediately of the well-known adverts which have the idea of ‘worth’ as the key message and the reason…

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Facing Loneliness: Spiritual encouragement and practical ideas

By Ruth Preston / 01/10/2021 / Comments Off on Facing Loneliness: Spiritual encouragement and practical ideas

I came across this quote recently, ‘Loneliness is about the scariest thing out there’. I wonder how you feel about that? Of course, a lot has been written about loneliness…

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How should we live each day?

By Ruth Preston / 06/08/2021 /

Sometimes the question is asked ‘If you could choose to spend a day with anyone in the world, past or present, who would you choose?’ It can be quite revealing…

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