Launching in February this year is The Gathered Stream

What is it? Well, the hope is that The Gathered Stream will be made up of Moravians across the British Province who wish to develop their relationship with God and connection with each other in a form of online Bible Study with every fourth week being a shared time of worship.

The initiative for this is motivated by the NCD study which has shown areas for development which include ‘Passionate Spirituality’ and ‘Loving Relationships’ and the way the Bible is a ‘source of inspiration in my life’. However, it’s also inspired by the work that Sr Lindsey Newens headed up in relation to the diaspora for many years, reminding us of the need to create space and find ways of connecting those who live all over the U.K. but call the Moravian Church their home.

The team beginning this new initiative together are: Sr Lorraine Shorten, Br James Woolford, Sr Sue Groves and Sr Claire Maxwell. Please do not hesitate to be in contact with any of us via our Moravian.org e-mail if you have any questions or using the poster details let us know you are coming so that we can send you a link to our online meetings.

We will meet each week on Tuesdays, and our hope is to form a supportive community of Moravians who want to come together and share a bit of life together each week. We are excited as a team to be starting this new initiative with the support of Provincial Board and will be beginning with a Bible Study which focuses on the book ‘Our Moravian Treasures’.

Sr Claire Maxwell

Minister of Lower Wyke and Horton Moravian Churches

Join Us for a Fetter Lane (London) Men’s Fellowship event in 2026

Good things bear repeating. At our first Fetter Lane Men’s fellowship event in November 2025, we gathered to consider the story of Jan Amos Comenius (Kominsky) last Bishop of the Unity of the Brethren, philosopher, refugee and champion of modern education. We enjoyed ourselves so much we have decided to make this a series of events, each different but returning to themes inspired by Comenius.

Whether you know Comenius’ story or not we encourage you to join us for a Men’s Fellowship Event where we will hold a reflective meeting discussing Comenius, his life, work and relevance today. Exploring different ideas, we will also consider topics in education more generally – the area of his lasting and universal contribution.

After our meeting we will travel to a pub a few miles away to enjoy a pint of ‘Amos’ – a beer brewed exclusively by Czech artisan brewers in London. Remembering the restless life of Amos the refugee, some of us will travel there on foot through Battersea Park but local bus routes are also available.

Our next two meetings will be held on:

• Sunday 8th February at 1pm

• Sunday 1st March 2026 at 3pm

both at the John Gambold room, Moravian Close, 381 Kings Road, Chelsea, SW10 0LP.

Then roughly an hour and a half later at: The Queens Arms, 139 St. Philip Street, Battersea, London, SW8 3SS

Moravians in Conversation is a group made up of sisters and brothers from across the Unity that meets four times a year to discuss topics of shared interest. The group is organised by Br Niels Gaertner from Herrnhuter Missionschilfe, the Moravian Mission Society in Germany. It is open to anyone who is interested.

I recently attended the planning meeting for 2025. The dates and topics will be:

• Wednesday 29th January at 2pm – Fear
• Wednesday 21st May at 2pm – The Nicene Creed (which is 1,700 years old in 2025)
• Wednesday 24th September at 2pm – Creation
• Wednesday 19th November at 2pm – The Kingdom of God

I will share the full details including Zoom links with all the ministers and church secretaries a few weeks before each meeting.

This group has been going for a few years now and is a fantastic opportunity to get to know and learn from sisters and brothers from around the world. I hope that you can join us.

Br Michael Newman