Thank you to Johan and Alison for preparing and running the Christingle service today; we raised an amazing £172.57 for the Childrens Society
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We welcomed Yona and Brian of the Royal British Legion Carterton branch today. They took part in the Remembrance Day service by reading and laying a wreath at the memorial. We also welcomed Sophie, a serving service woman, and a very talented bugler who enhanced the service beautifully with her playing. Ex- servicemen also joined…
It’s the 1st November tomorrow! That means it’s the start of our Reverse Advent calendar! Not sure what one is? Well, instead of doing a normal chocolate advent calendar, instead you put things in a box each day and when your box is full at the end of the month you donate it! Why November?…
And now for something a little different … an installation to celebrate our Harvest offerings and gifts and to show, beautifully, the gifts we are given and should use. Thank you to all those who decorated the church and created the installation. Do go along and take a look if you haven’t seen it yet…
Having completed the Historic Churches “Ride and Stride” on 10th September, I am pleased to say that I managed to raise £400 from generous sponsorship, both from the church and elsewhere. I cycled 30 miles and visited 20 churches, some of which I had not been to before. Many thanks to you all, and with…
Thank you everyone for all your wonderful support and the total money raised is an incredible £770. This will make a huge difference to the lives of the people in the brick kiln areas and there will enough money left over to buy food, clothes and shoes for the many children that live in these slum communities. It’s been a wonderful challenge,…
Thank you to everyone who has sponsored me. It has been a wonderful challenge and I have managed 115km. I will confirm the total raised once I have collected the last few donations, but I can say it is way more than I expected. Thank you again. Chris Stoneham.
A message from Chris Stoneham: Any donations you can make would be so welcome During August I’m attempting to walk 100km in order to raise money to build a well for the desperately poor families of the brick kiln area of Toba Tek Sing in the Punjab. If you can sponsor me, that would be…