Introducing another new member to the Provincial Board Sr Carmen Warner was elected at this year’s Provincial Synod. I was born on the island of in St Kitts and was christened at Estridge Moravian Church.
Moravian Church House, 5-7 Muswell Hill, closed in London on 28th August 2026 after 69 years of active service as the headquarters of the Moravian Church in Great Britian and Ireland. To mark the occasion a short service and reception was held for the present and previous staff, volunteers and Provincial Board members in the afternoon of the 28th.
Br Philip Cooper was elected at this year’s Provincial Synod. I was born and grew up in Greater Manchester, and I am married to Janet – we have three adult children, two daughters-in-law, one son-in-law, and two young granddaughters.
Homily for the Closing Service Given by Br Michael Newman at Church House, Muswell Hill – based on Joshua 3: 1-5, 14-17 ‘You have not passed this way before’. Those words from Joshua resonate with us today. They were first spoken to a people standing at the edge of the Jordan, between one chapter and another.
As we journeyed to Swanwick in Derbyshire on the first day of Synod, I felt both an excitement and a responsibility. I was not only representing my brothers and sisters in Hornsey, but I was one of the synodals attending the 2026 Great Britain and Ireland Provincial Synod.