Our Vision Board Workshop with Pink Sarah & Trudie There’s a common misconception about vision boards — that they’re about sticking a picture of a sports car on a piece of cardboard and waiting for the universe to drop the keys through your letterbox. But that’s not what this workshop is about. Not even close. […]
Dare to Dream: What is a Vision Board Really? Read More »
The ELDC (East London District Council) is a local administrative branch of the Spiritualists’ National Union that supports affiliated churches and individual members in our area. At a recent ELDC Zoom meeting, Minister Simon Jones delivered a talk designed to be intentionally provocative. His goal was not to provide comfortable answers but to “stir up”
The 200-Year Warning: A Summary of Minister Simon Jones’ ELDC Address Read More »
Every movement has its “Big Bang” moment. For some, it’s a political revolution; for others, a scientific breakthrough. For Spiritualists, it was a cold March night in 1848 in a humble cabin in Hydesville, New York, when two young sisters decided to talk back to the bumps in the night. March 31st marks Hydesville Day,
The Raps Heard ’Round the World: Celebrating the Chaos and Courage of Hydesville Day Read More »
It was truly gratifying to see such a wonderful turnout at our Annual General Meeting (AGM) this past Saturday, March 21st. It was one of our strongest turnouts in recent years, proving that the heart of our community is beating stronger than ever. Moving Forward Together We all know that the past few months brought
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March 14, 2026, marks the profound centennial of Croydon Spiritualist Church’s affiliation with the Spiritualists’ National Union. A century ago today, our founding members, led by the President Herbert Adams, Vice-President William Burrell, Secretary Stanley Glanville and Treasurer George Tozer gathered for the very first service as an official SNU body, meeting at the New
Centenary Reflections: The Day Croydon Spiritualist Church Joined the Union Read More »
The modern world often feels like a “perfect storm” of noise. As a friend recently noted, we are plagued by a toxic combination of fake news and information overload. For many of us, social media platforms have transitioned from tools of connection into “echo chambers”—digital spaces where we primarily hear voices that agree with us
Breaking the Echo Chamber: Our Spiritual Duty of Critical Thinking Read More »
Hold onto your tea and biscuits, folks—Croydon Spiritualist Church is officially hitting the big 1-0-0! While our official “I’m with the Union” anniversary is March 14th, we’re saving the real debauchery—err, I mean celebration—for our summer party in June. A century is a long time. To put it in perspective, when we held our first
100 Years of Croydon Spiritualist Church: Mediums, Minutes, and Making It to 2026! Read More »
We stand at the threshold of the New Year—a concept as arbitrary as a border drawn in the desert, yet one that carries the immense weight of our collective hope and our deepest anxieties. To look back at the history of our species is to see a long procession of people attempting to bargain with
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If we peel back the layers of our modern December—the frantic supermarket queues, the glow of LED lights, and the inevitable mountain of cardboard—we find a holiday that is less a single story and more a historical patchwork. It is a curious blend of ancient ritual, strategic calendar-keeping, and the legacy of a man whose
The meaning of Christmas? Read More »
In many ways this has been inspired by Spike Milligan as I heard a spoofed mashup version of Rudyard Kipling’s ‘If’ and ‘Gunga Din’ that may have been on the Goon show. It ended…If you can walk through a sausageWithout splitting it’s skinYou are a thinner man than me, Gunga Din This is my Christmas
If— (The Christmas Version) Read More »