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All the Days of my Life
David Thompson from the Presbyterian Church in Ireland—in collaboration with the Faith in Later Life network—has released a new resource titled “All the days of my life” to create rich resource for those discipling and evangelising among those in the second half of their lives. This six-session, light-touch, evangelistic tool is particularly aimed at ministry…
Inspiring Christians to Serve and Empower Older People: The Mission of Faith in Later Life
Here at Faith in Later Life it is our mission to inspire and equip Christians to reach, serve, and empower older people everywhere, through the local church. We firmly believe that older people have a valuable place in the church and society, and we want to ensure that they are not overlooked or undervalued.Here at…
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby Welcomes you to the Daily Hope Line
We are delighted that the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby has released a new message on the DailyHOPE telephone line, which Faith in Later Life leads alongside the Church of England and Connections @ Holy Trinity Claygate. Archbishop Justin speaks of his pleasure that DailyHOPE continues as it ‘contact with you which wouldn’t otherwise be possible’.…
Hope-Filled Older People’s Ministry
Rhi is a member of our Church Champion community and leads the older people’s ministry at her local church, and she’s passionate about her about her work serving and empowering older people. Rhi has been involved in her church’s older people’s ministry for around half a decade, which began with her and a friend praying…
Creating Connections with Older People
A couple of years ago we spoke with a Faith in Later Life Church Champion, Judi, about her work with older people. Judi shared how her involvement with older people became more natural as she got older. “My involvement with older people and my interest of them has always been there, but it kind of kicked…
Encouragement from One of Our Church Champions
We recently received a wonderful email from one of our Church Champions about her work in her local church, and about how encouraging she found the last Church Champion Session, which was all about using the Bible in evangelism. We were so encouraged that we asked whether she’d be happy for us to share her…
‘Reimagining Care’
Following the publication of the Archbishops’ Commission on Reimagining Care, Faith in Later Life trustees respond: Andrew Wileman, Deputy Director of the Salvation Army’s Older People’s Ministries and a trustee of Faith in Later Life released this statement: “Having been part of the journey over the last 18 months, Faith in Later Life is delighted…
Terry Puttick Speaks on Evangelism
A short clip on what the Bible says about Older People and what our response to that should be. It was a pleasure to have Terry Puttick from London City Mission come and speak to us (on 12th January 2023) about using the Bible in Evangelism to older people. We were inspired by his love…
Terry Puttick – Where to Turn to in the Bible
Where to turn to in the Bible In a recent Church Champions training session, Terry Puttick from London City Mission came and spoke to us about using the Bible in Evangelism. As a parting gift, Terry provided us with this wonderful list of go-to verses which relate to a number of common questions, emotions, and…
Older People are Returning to the Workforce
A few weeks ago I spoke with Paul Hammond about the rising number of Older People returning to the workforce post retirement. They spoke about the possible causes, the effect it may have on our churches, as well as how we as the church should respond. You can to listen to the full interview by…