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Welcome to this month’s Faith in Later Life newsletter- whether you are at home or at work, on holidays or otherwise, I hope you enjoy it. You may have already noticed, but we have made some changes to the website, which hopefully make it easier to navigate; do have a…

Welcome to this month’s Faith in Later Life newsletter, I hope you find it helpful. As ever do visit our website for more. Facebook – have a look! Some people may say that those in later life don’t use social media, but they would be mistaken! We recently shared a video…

I wanted to start this edition of the monthly newsletter by thanking you for your interest in Faith in Later Life. We want to inspire and equip Christians and churches, and in doing so encourage you as well. I hope you find these monthly updates useful, and do remember that…

Over the past three months, the most accessed resources on the Resource Hub on the Faith in Later Life website were: Senior Alpha Course – Leaders’ Training Manual Handbook for Worship (Evening Star Project) Evangelism Among Seniors Community: God’s Design for Growth How to Lead Worship in a Care Home…

News 10th April saw the six-month ‘anniversary’ of the launch of Faith in Later Life which is a good time to reflect on progress and to identify what is planned for the near future. Website The website continues to be developed in response to user feedback and to build on…

Well, not quite so new!  “Faith in Action”, the new Directory of activities and services being provided across the UK for those in Later Life, has been building for some weeks now. If you haven’t discovered it yet then do go to https://faithinlaterlife.org/faith-in-action/directory/ and take a look. The map on the page…

As the first month of the New Year passes, daylight hours are expanding and new growth is emerging as the seasons continue their inexorable progression, reminding us of God’s ‘post flood’ promise: ‘seed time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night shall not cease… while the…

As one of the five Charities launching Faith in Later Life last month, London City Mission dedicated the Autumn edition of its quarterly magazine – “Changing London” – to articles and accounts of its work with older people under the title – “NOT FORGOTTEN”. The Contents page includes headings such…

Commenting on the launch of Faith in Later Life two weeks ago, the Church Times reported: “New resources to help churches reach out to Britain’s ageing population and “release the potential” of society’s increasing number of elderly have been launched this week. Five charities have joined together to create a…

Two years after the first discussions about launching a new initiative to help churches in their work with seniors, the five charities sponsoring the initiative went back to the House of Lords on Tuesday this week to launch Faith in Later Life. Lord Mackay very kindly agreed to host the…