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Mission and Outreach

Colombian street-child

A group of members from the congregation meet on a monthly basis to work towards furthering mission both at home and abroad. At the beginning of each year we consider the missions we are asked to support and select one or two areas abroad and several nearer home. In this way we endeavour to promote our work as a whole congregational effort. Currently we are supporting " Let the Children Live" a project developed in South America to help the street children, and Emmanuel 2000, a project in Nepal assisting Christians working under very difficult conditions. We also fill shoe boxes with gifts prior to Christmas to be taken to Romania for distribution to needy families.

Nearer to home we support our sick, elderly and housebound by giving plants at Christmas time. The group also supports the annual appeal for Christian Aid by distributing and collecting envelopes. We also participate in the annual Historic Churches Cycle Ride in September which, through sponsorship, helps not only the Historic Churches Foundation, but our own church as well.