This summer was the first time after a few years that we returned as a family to the Greenbelt Festival. We were excited to return to Broughton House, especially as our two children, Phoebe and Zachary, were very little the last time they had been there. Greenbelt Festival is described as a place where artistry meets activism with faith central to that identity.
For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Joy Johnson from Hall Green United Community Church (HGUCC) in Birmingham, and I attended the Moravian Women’s Association Retreat held at the Hayes Conference Centre in Derbyshire for the first time.
Reflections from Summer Camp 2025 in Bell Heath, Stourbridge Coming Back Home: Returning to Camp as a Youth Leader Walking back into summer camp after so many years away felt like stepping into a memory. The location may have changed but the emotions and echoes of my childhood summers remain the same.
Duncan Wood writes about a fisherman who became the rock on which the Church is built … It’s funny how certain things crop up repeatedly in life. One of these, for me, is the name of St Peter. I studied theology at Peterhouse, Cambridge and now I’m a churchwarden at St Peter’s Church in a Norfolk village.
Retirement of Br Edwin Quildan Br Edwin Quildan retired from congregation ministry in September after many years of service. Br Edwin was an active member of the Hornsey congregation for several years, and after attending a lay training course in the Eastern District, he started leading worship and felt a call to ordained ministry.