A thousand tongues

23/07/2025 | Reform

In Harmony – Free Church Choirs is keeping alive an important tradition, and a great experience, Stephen Tomkins discovers

It seems that being in a community choir has never been more popular. The Big Choral Census in 2017 found that … Read More

Don’t just vote, meet!

23/07/2025 | Reform

Why a group of church members met with Ed Davey, leader of the Lib Dems, and what happened, by Christine Thompson

Last year, before the General Election, Christian Aid launched an initiative called ‘Break bread with your MP’. It encouraged … Read More

Reach for the sky!

23/07/2025 | Reform

Gary Clayton explains why MAF’s 80th anniversary was a time of both joy and sadness

The first celebration in Mission Aviation Fellowship’s 80th anniversary year was a royal event hosted by King Charles III, Queen Camilla and Princess Anne at … Read More

Community project awards: Food with friends

23/07/2025 | Reform

An ecumenical project in Flintshire shows the benefit of keeping things simple

Food with Friends has kept going for nearly ten years, thanks not least to its simple premise: a meal every Tuesday for whoever wants it. The simplicity does … Read More

Age to age

23/07/2025 | Reform

Sam Richards reports from a meeting of minds on intergenerational church

I had the privilege of travelling to Asbury, Kentucky for the fifth biennial Intergenerate USA Conference in June 2025. It is an event about bringing the generations together in … Read More

Travelling together

09/06/2025 | Reform

Lindsey Brown reports on an ecumenical dialogue group pilgrimage to Rome

Hurtling at 300km an hour through the Italian countryside, my head was full of the previous 72 hours. We had just begun a 14-hour train journey from Rome to … Read More