[6] In January 2015, Rhodes presented the "Songs of Dre's" feature on BBC Radio 2's "Dermot O'Leary Show".
Rhodes wrote a number of novels: With Hearts and Hymns and Voices (Lion Hudson); The Trespassers, Whispers, Ties That Bind and Letting Go (all for Hodder and Stoughton Publishers); Coming Through (Macmillan Publishing); Springtime at Hope Hall (2020), Summer's out at Hope Hall (2021) and Christmas at Hope Hall (2021) (all for Lion Fiction), Colours for the Soul, As Time Goes By and Love Bites (all quotation books for Lion Hudson) and Hear My Song (SPCK Publishing).
Rhodes also wrote four novels as part of The Dunbridge Chronicles: Fisher of Men, Casting The Net, If You Follow Me and Saints And Sailors.
In 2020, Rhodes received the Thomas Cranmer Award for Worship from Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, "for her outstanding work in hosting Songs of Praise on the BBC for over 30 years.
She is a vice-president of the Church Army; patron of Livability and Methodist Homes for the Aged (the MHA Group); and an ambassador for Keech Hospice Care based in Great Bramingham Lane, Luton.