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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 Zachar...

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 Conf...

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 studi...

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 memo...

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...

Our time in Christiansfeld On 16th September 2024, Sr Sarah Groves sent an email, expressing her vision for some members of the Gracehill Moravian Congregation and our friends to consider a visit to C...

Mission Possible – Summer Camp 2025 This year’s summer camp took place from Monday 28th July to the 1st of August at the Boundless Outdoor Centre in Bell Heath Stourbridge. The theme for the week was ...

Wild Church – A Spirituality of Nature Wild Church is a relatively new style of worship; it follows on from the Messy Church model but really it is older than church itself! Worshiping God in nature i...

Celebrating a Decade of World Heritage in Christiansfeld In July this year, Christianfeld marked the 10th anniversary of its inscription as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and we were delighted to retur...

If only stones could talk A very early rise on the morning of Saturday 28th June 2025 saw various members of Gracehill up and about, ready to set off and meet others belonging to the Moravian Church i...

Provincial Men’s Fellowship Day 28th June 2025 On a superb summer’s day in Ockbrook, thirteen brothers and two sisters met to enjoy the Provincial Men’s Fellowship Day. We were welcomed most warmly – ...

Fulneck School Reunion After 272 years educating children and young adults, Fulneck School closed its doors at 12 noon on 8th July 2025. A couple of weeks earlier, its former pupils gathered for a fin...

Gracehill Celebration of World Heritage Inscription Many years ago, early in the World Heritage process, I recall giving an interview and saying ‘Gracehill has been a good news story for 250 years and...

How did God call me into mission? The inspiration and power of storytelling leading to a vocational journey from Hong Kong to Vietnam and Great Britain and on to Tanzania. Growing up in Hong Kong, I h...

Christian Aid 80th Anniversary Service at Westminster Abbey held on Thursday 12th June 2025 Earlier this year we remembered the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe, VE Day. Following the aftermath o...

The Joy of the London Marathon It was with some trepidation that I entered Greenwich Park to run my first London Marathon on the weekend after Easter. I had been training for a long time, beginning in...

Report from the MWA Away Day It was a pleasure to attend the Moravian Women’s Association gathering, MWA Away Day, on 3rd May 2025 with the Royton women’s circle. I first attended The Royton Moravian ...

Moravian Church House Garden As those of you who have visited Church House in London will know, we are very fortunate to have a large front garden, and a much larger back garden. As an office we rarel...