News and reflection
New KWM Vice Chair, Stefan Carney
13th August 2026
Stefan is the Senior Executive Assistant to the Secretary of the Methodist Conference and brings a wealth of experience from careers in healthcare, business, Parliament and the Church. Alongside his professional roles, he serves as a Director of the Council for Professional Chaplains and Pastoral...
Dover Crew Room Facilities
28th July 2026
Richard Oliver announces that we are now proud to have a new Crew Facilities Room at Dover Cruise Terminal 2. It provides a much-needed space for crew workers as they come ashore, and an opportunity for chaplaincy. There are early conversations of other rooms being located in other parts of the...
Richard Oliver - our new East Kent Lead Chaplain
28th July 2026
Who’d have known it 12 months ago? I had decided to take early retirement from full-time ministry, when at the September meeting of Trustees, a discussion was had regarding the possible appointment of a part-time paid post for KWM in East Kent. I sat amazed at God’s timings and plans for my...
Mind the Gap
12th May 2025
Mind the Gap A few years ago, a distressed woman stood on the platform at Embankment Tube station. Trains passed, but she didn’t get on. She just stood and listened as the announcements played, “Mind the gap”. She approached the staff and asked why the voice had gone. Which voice, they...
A Time for Hygge?
6th January 2025
Have you heard of hygge? Pronounced "hooga", it is a concept used in Nordic and Scandinavian countries. It can be translated as “cosiness”, but its meaning embraces a lot more. In Britain, we tend to soldier on, through the coldest and darkest months, expecting to carry on with our busy...
Advent Reflection - Not Quite Perfect
9th December 2024
We all want the perfect Christmas – the sort you see on the telly, Delia’s food, handmade table decorations and an Amazon wish list of presents under the Christmas tree. What we actually get is underdone turkey, crackers with no snap and squabbling with our family over who has the TV remote....
For All the Saints
1st November 2024
November 1st is All Saints and November 2nd is All Souls, the days we commemorate and remember with gratitude all those who have died in the faith. From the early followers of Jesus who established the Church like St Peter and St Paul, many of whom were martyred, to those friends and family who...
Lent Series on BBC Local Radio
26th February 2024
In the season of Lent, BBC Local Radio has been running a Lent series based on Chaplaincies in Kent Surrey and Sussex. The series started on 18th February with our Kent Workplace Mission Coordinating Chaplain, Penny Culliford, talking about Retail Chaplaincy at Bluewater Shopping centre. The...
Advent Reflection - Roads
13th December 2023
"John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’” John 1:23 Whenever something new is being built, the first things to be constructed are the roads. The builders can then access the...
Kent Workplace Mission on Social Media
28th July 2023
Chaplaincy is, by nature a confidential service. We don’t shout about what we do. Instead we move quietly, listening, praying and supporting. That’s why a lot of people don’t know about Chaplaincy, unless they have received support from a Chaplain. In addition to our website, Kent...
Chaplaincy on the Frontline
19th June 2023
If you have ever wanted to know more about workplace Chaplaincy, or want to find out some of the history of faith in the factory, award winning radio presenter Alan Dein has produced a fascinating short programme for BBC Radio 4, ‘Faith in the factory floor, flock in a hard hat’. Starting...
A King is Crowned
9th May 2023
Last weekend, we celebrated the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla. It was also the weekend of Christ the Worker. In one way, it’s annoying that the two events should coincide, but it is also appropriate that we think of the coronation of an earthly King in light of the King of...
Easter Message
6th April 2023
The United Kingdom will soon be crowning a new King. For many of us, the only monarch we have known is Queen Elizabeth II, and “the Coronation” holds associations of street parties, old newspapers and black and white film footage. King Charles will be crowned in Westminster Abbey on Saturday...
Bluewater Chaplain and KWM Coordinating Chaplain
9th January 2023
We are delighted to announce that Penny Culliford will be the new part-time Lead Chaplain at Bluewater Shopping Centre and part-time Coordinating Chaplain for Kent Workplace Mission. She will start on 1st April 2023. Background Penny has been a Chaplain at Thames Gateway YMCA since 2015,...
Sermon
27th July 2022
A sermon preached at Rochester Cathedral by Coordinating Chaplain Mark Ball Sunday 24 July 2022 ...
A Chaplaincy Christmas Reflection
28th December 2021
Coordinating Chaplain Mark Ball's Chaplaincy Christmas Reflection. ...
Archbishop at the Port of Dover
23rd December 2021
A photo of Port of Dover Lead Chaplain David Slater and the team welcoming the Archbishop of Canterbury on Thursday 23rd December. ...
Retail Chaplaincy this Advent
6th December 2021
Listen to scripture readings and a reflective conversation between KWM Coordinating Chaplain Mark Ball and Superintendent Minister Bonni-Belle Pickard, taken from the North Kent Methodist Circuit online worship for Sunday 5th December. ...
An Advent Intercession
28th November 2021
Intercessions prepared for the Methodist North Kent Circuit online service for 5th December. Malachi 3.1-4: The prophet is called to prepare the way for the people to encounter their God Luke 3.1-6: Wandering the wilderness paths, John the Baptist follows in the prophets' way ...
Living Wage Week
15th November 2021
15th-20th November is Living Wage Week: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/bus... for more information check out: ivingwage.org.uk ...
Introductory Training
31st August 2021
Workplace Chaplaincy Mission UK is offering a six-week course via Zoom on Tuesday evenings 7:00pm to 8:30pm, starting on 12th October. Further details and registration: https://www.workchaplaincyuk.o... ...
Sermon
29th August 2021
A sermon preached at St Peter and St Paul, Swanscombe by KWM Coordinating Chaplain Mark Ball 29th August 2021 ...
Sermon
18th July 2021
A sermon preached at St Mary, Gravesend by KWM Coordinating Chaplain Mark Ball 18th July 2021 ...
Theos Animation
13th May 2021
Theos has prepared this animation as part of a project about worldviews in religious education. KWM is a member of Theos think tank. ...
