Discipleship

Past Event: Music & Dementia with Fi Costa

By Faith in Later Life | 17/02/2024

  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?

By Alex Drew | 08/02/2024

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

By Jane Woodward | 02/02/2024

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?

By Peter Crumpler | 30/01/2024

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

By Jan Coleclough | 12/01/2024

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

By Judi Spencer | 12/01/2024

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

By Tracey Vallance | 10/01/2024

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…

Older man holding telephone

Offline

By Alex Drew | 08/01/2024

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…

Loving My Neighbour Living With Dementia

By Louise Morse | 18/12/2023

When it comes to loving our neighbours there are so many situations and so many different ways it reminds me of the Elizabeth Barrett Browning Sonnet, ‘How do I love…

Three Advent Stories: While Shepherds Watched

By Andrew Wileman | 12/12/2023

This carol reflects one of the most astonishing encounters of the Christmas story. On one level it is that familiar and well-loved story. Shepherds were in the fields among smelly…