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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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Opening up God’s Word in God’s World

By Ruth Preston / 07/05/2021 /

‘God’s Word in God’s world’ is a new devotional resource from Pilgrims’ Friend Society which helps older people re-visit familiar scriptures. Ruth Ranger, Community Engagement Officer at Pilgrims’ Friend Society,…

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Blessing Our Care Homes this Easter

By Ruth Preston / 09/04/2021 /

Church Champion Sally Bates shares how churches in her area teamed up and worked together to spread hope and share the love of Christ in local care homes this Easter…

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Is your church Dementia-friendly? 

By Ruth Preston / 31/03/2021 /

The concept of Dementia-friendly communities was introduced in 2012, which aimed to increase awareness of the needs of people living with Dementia across sectors, organisations, and the public; to build…

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