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#RememberWhen

Remember When uses captivating videos and biblical discussions to explore how we can all be a wit...

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30 Activities for Visiting

Webpage by Helen Calder listing 30 suggestions of activities for hospital, hospice of nursing hom...

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5 Things to Pray

Short prayer guides with lots of fresh ideas. 5 Things to Pray for your Parents incorporate praye...

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70 Years of Popular Songs

70 Years of Popular Songs, led by Simon Ward, is a new idea for churches and seniors ministries i...

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A Closer Look at Ageing

These information briefings from The Salvation Army's Older People's Ministries seek to inspire a...

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A Closer Look at Death and Dying

These information briefings from The Salvation Army’s Older People’s Ministries seek to inspire a...

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A Closer Look at Dementia

Printable information briefings from The Salvation Army’s Older People’s Ministries which seek to...

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A Closer Look at Grief and Loss

These information briefings from The Salvation Army’s Older People’s Ministries seek to inspire a...

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A Closer Look at Loneliness and Isolation

These information briefings from The Salvation Army’s Older People’s Ministries seek to inspire a...

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A Closer Look at Retirement

These information briefings from The Salvation Army’s Older People’s Ministries seek to inspire a...

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A Daughter’s Invitation

Older people are coming to faith in Jesus – praise God! Alexandra Huggins shares the story of Tre...

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A Good Old Age

Old age often gets a bad press. Associated with grumpiness, aches and pains, loneliness, and isol...

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A Great Place to Grow Old

Offers advice and resources to help individuals and churches reach out effectively to the older p...

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A Grief Observed

A "Grief Observed" by C.S. Lewis comprises the reflections of the great scholar and Christian on...

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A Lighthouse, not a Spotlight

In our passion to see God at work among younger people, have we forgotten to share Jesus with tho...

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A Prayer for the Seasons of Life

Inspired by our video ‘Autumn’, Church Champion Cecilia from Verso Vineyard Church in Hertfordshi...

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A Resilient Life

Gordon MacDonald uses his experience as a runner and pastor to show that life is a long-distance ...

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Abide

Written by Warren W Wiersbe, Abide is based on John 15: 1-17 “I am the vine and my Father is the ...

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Age to Age

This excellent resource contains 30 discipleship conversations for those journeying through their...

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Ageing Faithfully

Despite every effort to stay young, we are all ageing. This Grove booklet by David Price asks wha...

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Ageing Gracefully

A free, six-session course exploring the joys and challenges of growing old, from a Christian and...

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Alan and Eric on bereavement and grief

Alan and Eric, who have both lost their wives in recent years, reflect on bereavement and grief t...

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All Age Worship

This book is for those who sense that worshipping God together is probably a good thing, but are ...

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All the Days of My Life

A six-session resource produced by the Presbyterian Church in Ireland in partnership with Faith i...

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Becoming a Dementia Friendly Church

This Resource Pack contains a variety of tools and information to help churches become more demen...

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Befriended – Mid Sussex

Befriended was set up in 2017 with the mission of ending loneliness and isolation among older peo...

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Bereavement Care Awareness Training

Bereavement Care Awareness with Care for the Family aims to equip churches by giving them the too...

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Bible Reflections for Older People

Written by older people for older people, these reflections are designed to bring hope, assurance...

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Brain and Soul Boosting for Seniors

Pilgrims' Friend Society's updated and refreshed small-group resource is designed to deliver cogn...

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Bringing the generations together with Sparkle

One of the things we’re increasingly being asked about at Faith in later Life is ‘Intergeneration...

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Care for older people

Jubilee+ aims to equip local churches all across the UK to change the lives of those in poverty i...

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Care Home Ministry Goes Big in Aberdeen!

Martin Neale is the Care Home Ministry Lead at Kings Church, Aberdeen, a vibrant and steadily gro...

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Carers Connected

Carers Connected is a friendly online gathering of carers on Zoom run by Embracing Age.

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Christian Ministry in Care Homes

In an interview with Embracing Age’s, Rebecca, our CEO finds out more about the value of christia...

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Christian Perspectives on Dementia

Three videos of sessions run in collaboration with Pilgrims' Friend Society, to bring expertise t...

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Christians in Care

Christians in Care is a growing network that offers support and ongoing encouragement for Christi...

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Come, Let us Age!

In this unique book, Wanda Nash, a well-established writer on spirituality in her late seventies,...

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Comfort for Times of Loss

Losing someone you love leaves a deep ache that words often can’t reach. Comfort for Times of Los...

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Coming to Christ in Dementia

Is there any hope of salvation for people living with a dementia diagnosis? How can we know if so...

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Coping with Grief and Loss

Written within a Christian context, this booklet by Louise Morse looks at the impact of grief and...

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Could it Be Dementia?

This book is written with great sensitivity. It can help you to understand what dementia sufferer...

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DailyHOPE Promotional Resources

Faith in Later Life is delighted to offer the phone line service DailyHOPE (available any time on...

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Death and Life

A church's guide to exploring mortality. This research-based book from BRF includes all you need ...

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Dementia Friendly Church with Sophie Duncan

In this session hear about some of the practical ways you can develop a church community that is ...

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Dementia from the Inside

The aim of this practical book is to help people who are living with dementia and give hope to th...

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Dementia Information Pack

This Dementia Information Pack contains a series of leaflets on different aspects of dementia, in...

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Dementia: Frank and Linda’s Story

Written with a clear Christian perspective, this book provides a new understanding of dementia, a...

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Dementia: Pathways to Hope

Author Louise Morse offers practical help and sound spiritual and psychological insights to carer...

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Developing a Dementia Friendly Church

This free download is a practical guide for churches and other faith communities looking for prac...

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Discipleship Explored

Discipleship Explored helps followers of Jesus turn up the gospel soundtrack to their lives.

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Discipleship that Sustains

How can we help people invest in discipleship today, in a way that will sustain them through the ...

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Dying Well

John Wyatt helps us tackle life’s most difficult challenge head on. Looking at recent trends in d...

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Easter Brain and Soul Boosting

Part of the Brain And Soul Boosting For Seniors series, these seven sessions explore the Easter s...

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Encouragement for Grandparents

Articles written by grandparents for grandparents, showing you again and again that God can and w...

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Evangelism among Older People

How can we share the very Good News of Jesus with older people?

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Faith in Later Life A4 Bifold Print Leaflet

Printable A4 leaflet that can be folded in two for church champions and church leaders to share w...

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Faithful Grandparents

Hope and love through the generations. There has never been a more important time to find meaning...

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Fearfully and wonderfully made

Sally Bates shares some of the highlights of the year from Frinton Free's Dementia Café.

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Finding God While Facing Death

Timothy Sisemore approaches the question of death and life after death from a biblical perspectiv...

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Finishing Well

This excellent book by Revd Ian Knox is enjoyable, challenging and encouraging, and well worth re...

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First Steps

Becoming a Christian is the start of a new life and there is a lot to learn. First Steps aims to ...

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Glorious Opportunity Website

Jennifer Bute retired early from her career as a GP when she developed early onset Alzheimer’s Di...

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God’s Word in God’s World

Presented in an A5 format, this hardback glossy photobook brings together Bible verses and photos...

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Good News Newspaper

Good News is a contemporary outreach newspaper used by churches and missions to take the good new...

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Gospel Ministry in the Midst of Dementia

Explore hope-filled, practical ways to minister among people experiencing cognitive decline while...

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Grandparenting for Faith

A course for grandparent and grandparent figures who want to help the children and young people i...

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Grandparenting for Faith

In this book, Becky Sedgwick explores how grandparents can proactively encourage and equip their ...

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Grave Talk

An excellent pastoral resource produced by the Church of England, offers 50 unique cards each wit...

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Guidance in the Support and Value of Older People

Based on their professional experience and journeys of personal faith, this guidance written by F...

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Guidance on Preventing Stress and Burnout

Burnout is a key problem in Christian leadership and this insightful and helpful booklet draws ex...

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Heroes of the Bible Devotions

In these undated devotions Roger Hitchings draws on these examples to encourage us to keep going ...

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Hope in Hard Times

These reflections and Bible reading notes from Our Daily Bread are designed to bring comfort, hop...

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Hope in the Face of Suffering

20 devotionals for tough times by Jeremy Marshall.

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How dementia friendly is your church?

Ahead of our Dementia Friendly Church event, Sophie Duncan explored how we can help make our chur...

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How to Age Without Getting Old

Be empowered and equip yourself with tools to live a full and fruitful life at any age with renow...

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How to Handle Later Life

How to Handle Later Life, published in September 2017, is the result of 15 years of unsparing, in...

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Hymns We Love

Hymns We Love is a gentle evangelistic series which uses well-loved hymns to explore the Christia...

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Is your Church faith in later life friendly?

Our population is ageing fast. That means more older people in our churches and communities – wha...

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Journeying Home

This is an excellent group resource that aims to combat the stigma and fear which often surrounds...

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Linking Lives

Linking Lives UK believes that the church in the UK is already playing a vital role in many commu...

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Living Liturgies

Transition time resources for services, prayer and conversation with older people

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Loneliness in Older People – Guidance

Written for Faith in Later Life by Professor Keith Brown and Karen Grimshaw, and endorsed by the ...

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Looking beyond the stereotypes

Older people are one of the UK’s biggest and yet most overlooked sector of our population in need...

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Make the Most of Retirement

Paul Beasley-Murray explores how retirement is part of God’s rhythm for our lives and provides en...

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Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life

This is a warm-hearted, good-humoured and challenging evangelistic book by John Chapman for ‘seni...

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Mend the gap

Can the Church Reconnect the Generations? Resisting simplistic solutions, Jason Gardner deftly an...

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Messy Vintage

Messy Vintage is a way into worship for older people, regardless or their background or faith jou...

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Ministry Among People Living with Dementia

Jennifer Bute is a former GP who retired early with early onset Alzheimer’s Disease. Jennifer con...

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Music and Dementia

Discover how simple, well-chosen music can bring comfort, connection, and moments of joy for peop...

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Our Daily Bread

Life in later years brings many challenges such as declining health, loneliness, memory changes, ...

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Our Daily Bread App

Enjoy daily encouragement at your fingertips, every morning and evening, on the free Our Daily Br...

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Playlist for Life

Playlist for Life is a music and dementia charity. Their vision is simple: they want everyone wit...

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Postcards of Hope

A collection of original, beautiful watercolours by Ellie Hart, each with a short reflection aime...

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Prayers of the Bible at a Glance

Prayer isn’t always easy. Sometimes we don’t know what to say, or whether God is listening. The p...

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Precious Memories

Precious Memories by Dr Jennifer Bute consists of a series of short videos, each including well-k...

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Preparing for Retirement

Retirement is an exciting opportunity as well as a time of significant change and challenge. Here...

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Priceless People

Discover how to effectively share Jesus’ love with older people and those living with dementia in...

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RePurpose

RePurpose is a six-session discussion guide for anyone looking to grow as a disciple in retirement.

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Retired and Inspired

In this book Wendy Billington draws on her pastoral skills and life experience to ask the questio...

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Retiring Well Course

Retiring Well is a course and a set of workbooks by Helen Calder. It is for those approaching ret...

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Retiring Well Publications

Helen Calder, the founder of Retiring Well, has published the Retiring Well Workbooks in two volu...

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Safeguarding Adults Guidance

This report offers a comprehensive set of advice and guidance in the area of safeguarding for tho...

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Sagas: Finding Faith After 50

Sagas is a collection of real life stories of mature people who have come to faith in their later...

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Silver Linings

Devotional thoughts for later life from the Salvation Army’s Older People's Services Team.

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Six Key Steps to Making a Dementia Inclusive Church

Dementia Inclusive Church describes six key steps that enable a church to be truly relevant for p...

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Songs of Praise Episode with Faith in Later Life

Songs of Praise episode on 6th April 2025 shone a spotlight on matters of faith in later life! Fa...

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Songs of the Faith

A series of 7 talks, written by Andrew Wileman, Asst Director of Older People’s Services, Salvati...

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Sowing, reaping, keeping

Book by Laurence Singlehurst about people sensitive evangelism.

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Spiritual Care for People with Dementia

This book approaches dementia from a number of angles: biological, psychological, sociological, a...

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Supporting Bereaved People in Later Life

Exploring together how we can support people who are bereaved in later life

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Table Talk for Fourth Agers

Aimed at those who are in their 80s and beyond, giving them an opportunity to reflect on life’s ‘...

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Table Talk for Third Agers

Aimed at those who are in early retirement, it aims to help people build friendships, open up, an...

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Take Note

Music can touch us when words fail, it can soothe the anxious and comfort the lonely. This set of...

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Tell me the old, old story

‘Tell me the old, old story… of Jesus and His love’, the Easter story is certainly both old and a...

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The “I AM” Sayings of Jesus Visiting Cards

This is an excellent tool for evangelistic conversations in a variety of settings, with older peo...

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The Anna Group

We’re delighted to share an article from Faith in Later Life Church Champion Maria Bond, about th...

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The Bereavement Journey®

The Bereavement Journey is a 7-session series of films and discussion groups that gently guide pe...

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The Calvary Road

This book by Roy Hession, that has led so many into a genuine experience of revival will surely d...

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The Final Lap

Navigating the Transitions of Later Life. With experience and warmth, John Wyatt invites Christia...

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The Grief Journey

Care for the Family’s ‘The Grief Journey’ is a compassionate guide to navigating the initial week...

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The Omega Course

Written on behalf of St. Paul’s Church, Kingston Hill, this is an excellent six-session course de...

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The Word One to One

The Word One to One is an opportunity to get together with a friend and see what the Bible says a...

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