ROOTS is a joint Churches’ initiative, supported by Churches Together in Britain and Ireland along with representatives from the Churches and church publishers throughout the UK and Ireland.

Writers for issue 119 were:

Ruth Bennett, youth coach

Arnold Browne, retired Anglican priest

Natasia Bullock, Methodist children’s worker

Lynne Chitty, Anglican deacon

Alison Clark, children’s evangelist

Diane Craven, Anglican Reader

Julia Cutting, Methodist local preacher

Sally Dakin, Anglican priest and spirituality adviser

Joel Denno, Anglican lay minister and freelance writer

Alison Hulse, Methodist learning and development officer

Janet Lees, member of the Lay Community of St Benedict

Janet Marshall, freelance education consultant

Becky May, freelance writer

Karen Morrison, freelance writer

Rona Orme, licensed lay minister

Gill Page, Anglican priest

John Parr, Anglican priest

Darren Philip, youth and children’s development worker

Gillian Warson, music in worship adviser

Stuart Wild, Methodist minister