The Government has offered to match any funds raised for
Christian Aid, between 7th November 2014 and 6th February 2015. Every pound
raised will be matched by a donation from the Government, up to a total of £5
million. Resources to help fundraising, through worship, a Christmas appeal and
other efforts, are available at .
If your church is wondering where to send funds to charity this Christmas, here
is one way to ‘double your money’!
Like everyone else, we are all trying to get on with life but at times it is not easy and not meeting with all our Church family can be difficult and lonely. Just before Christmas we were having services twice a month but not all people were able to attend which was very sad but we all kept in touch by text/phone it is not quite the same but it is good to talk. During Advent we put a display in the porch window of the Christmas story, adding different characters each week until all figures were assembled around the baby for the community of Thornton to see. All our children in Sunday School received an Advent calendar to let them know we were all thinking of them. We also had a Christingle service but this was very different from previous years. Masks were worn, tables set out at the required social distance and hand sanitizers available in lots of areas. People made their own Christingles from packs but instead of using fruits, wrapped fruit lollipops did the job just fine. Rev. Chris...
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