Haworth Road Drop-in Centre

The new Drop-in Centre at Haworth Road Methodist is proving a great success. We have been operating for a year now and the regular visitors who come most weeks are enjoying time to chat, exchange views and generally have a good time. At Christmas we were entertained by choirs on two successive weeks. The Thornton Singers, and our own choir members joined us and sang carols which everyone joined in, and also enjoyed mince pies and Christmas cake.

We meet every Friday morning from 10.00 and the centre is open to all. Members of the Church work on a 6-weekly rota to provide home-made confectionery and warm drinks, for which there is no charge. We have a well-stocked bookstall and also have home-made jam available. Voluntary donations can be made, but this has never been pushed; we want people to come and enjoy friendship and not feel they have to pay. We have welcomed many people from outside the Church, and we hope that the Lord will work within us, to spread the good news and bring more people to our Church.

The aim of the centre is to be self-funding; each group of helpers donates cakes, biscuits etc. and any money donations we have received from visitors are given to local charities in full. This week we have been able to distribute money received from voluntary donations to four charities as follows:-

The Blenheim Project	£125
The Shipley Stroke Group	£125
Teen Challenge UK	£125
The Sick Children's Trust	£125

We think this is a fantastic achievement from a venture which was not intended to be a money-making scheme. A big thank you to all those people who have felt they wanted to give a small donation; the four charities which we have helped this time will be very grateful for our gifts. We feel God's blessing on our Drop-in Centre and hope that we can spread the warmth of His love to all who come.

If you are passing on a Friday morning, please come in and join us; you will be most welcome.

Sandra F - Haworth Road

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