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July Newsletter
Reaching, serving and empowering older people Welcome to this July Faith in Later Life newsletter where we will be sharing updates and news, signposting to new resources, and highlighting opportunities for you to get involved with. “I love the [Faith in Later Life] oneness of heart in wanting to bring Christ to those…
How should we live each day?
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 to listen to people’s answers. Some choose famous characters from history, some may choose a pop star or celebrity. Some stick with the more conventional…
June Newsletter
Reaching, serving and empowering older people Welcome to this June Faith in Later Life newsletter where we will be sharing updates and news, signposting to new resources, and highlighting opportunities for you to get involved with. “To stumble across your website from a Google search for Seniors Ministry was an answer to prayer… we…
May Newsletter
Reaching, serving and empowering older people Welcome to this May Faith in Later Life newsletter where we will be sharing updates and news, signposting to new resources, and highlighting opportunities for you to get involved with. “I feel like I have so much to learn but the resources on the Faith in…
April Newsletter
Reaching, serving and empowering older people Welcome to this April Faith in Later Life newsletter where we will be sharing updates and news, signposting to new resources, and highlighting opportunities for you to get involved with. “I have been reminded of my calling to do this work, and that God is not leaving…
Opening up God’s Word in God’s World
‘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, shares with us the reason she created this resource and how it can benefit users of all ages. During the first lockdown of Covid-19 last…
Blessing Our Care Homes this Easter
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 time. 11 churches across our area (Frinton-on-Sea, Kirby-le-Soken and Walton on the Naze) came together this Easter to bless our 21 local care homes…
With God we are never alone
“According to Age UK, more than 2 million people in England over the age of 75 live alone, and more than a million older people say they go for over a month without speaking to a friend, neighbour, or family member.” – NHS Loneliness can lead to depression and a serious decline in mental and…
Life of a legend: Phoebe
This is not a mother and daughter meeting but a teacher and a teacher, one aged 93 years and one in her 50s, making one a teacher of the other! Older and younger, serving and receiving. This is an exciting moment we had at the weekend. It is beneficial to all to engage young professionals…
Responding to need in the community
“Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with His own blood.” – Acts 20:28 We recently had the pleasure of speaking with Theresa, a Salvation Army officer, and also a Faith in Later…