MISSION COMMITTEE

Today(8th July) is SEA SUNDAY. Please pray for seafarers around the world who often face danger and harsh conditions and upon whom we rely for 90% of the goods we use every day. Please pray, too, for the MISSION TO SEAFARERS  which reaches out to seafarers with a message of Christian love and offers practical help to an often forgotten and marginalised workforce.

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MISSION PLATE

Our donations in July - September are for the

KALE HEYWET CHURCH in Ethiopia.

This is a self-help group, supported by TEARFUND.

It enables communities to develop skills and to improve

life for their families and their communities.

SOUP LUNCH - MAY2012

PLEASE NOTE THAT 

THE NEXT SOUP LUNCH

IS ON THURSDAY 31st MAY, 

NOT 24th AS STATED ON SOME OF THE FLYERS. 

PETRA'S FAULT ENTIRELY 

(forgot there are 31 days in May).

SORRY! HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

MISSION - MAY 2012 - COFFEE MORNING

COFFEE MORNING

10 a.m. Wednesday, May 16th

       at 38, London Road (Molly Hurst's home)

Raffle, Bring and Buy

Proceeds in aid of the Cicely Peace Matunda School/Orphanage in Tanzania

VISITING SPEAKER - 20th May

The speaker on 20th May 

will be Mr. John Gall, 

Community Manager of Emmaus.

MISSION PLATE

Our giving in April May and June is for EMMAUS 

which is an international charity 

providing work and a place to live, 

in a family environment, to previously homeless people. 

In 1990 Emmaus Cambridge was the first 

Community to be established in the UK.

MISSION - APRIL 2012

MISSION PLATE 

Our giving  in April May and June is for EMMAUS which is an international charity 

providing work and a place to live, in a family environment, to previously homeless people. 

In 1990 Emmaus Cambridge was the first Community to be established in the UK.

MISSION - APRIL

LENT BOXES Our Lenten offerings this year are for SOS CHILDREN'S VILLAGES. Please take a box from the small table by the door and return it on, or soon after, Easter Sunday.

CHILDREN'S SOCIETY

Would those people who hold a house collecting-box please return them to church, or give them to Janet Marven, by the end of March. Thank you

MISSION PLATE 

Our giving  in April May and June is for EMMAUS which is an international charity providing work and a place to live, in a family environment, to previously homeless people. In 1990 Emmaus Cambridge was the first Community to be established in the UK.

MISSION

MISSION PLATE

Our offerings in January, February and March are for THE MISSION TO SEAFARERS, a Christian organisation which provides practical and spiritual help and support to over 1.2 million seafarers in 150 ports throughout the world. Piracy, shipwreck, abandonment, loneliness and separation from loved ones are just a few of the problems merchant seafarers face.

Please read Ruth's letter and Christmas greetings which are on the notice-board, and remember them in your prayers.

CRISIS IN EAST AFRICA 

Millions of people in the Horn of Africa are facing famine. Many have already died. Please give generously to the appeal for help. There is a jar on the table by the door for your donations.

 ‘SOUP AND SANDWICHES’ 

The first ‘SOUP AND SANDWICHES’ will be available on March 29^th from 12.30p.m. to 1.30p.m. at the Church Hall. Open to all for a free lunch and time to talk

MISSION

MISSION PLATE 

Our offerings in January - March will be for the Mission to Seafarers. In December we shall support SAVE THE CHILDREN through the Crib Service and Christmas Tree collection, and the CHILDREN'S SOCIETY by a collection at the Christingle Service

CRISIS IN EAST AFRICA 

Millions of people in the Horn of Africa are facing famine. Many have already died. Please give generously to the appeal for help. There is a jar on the table by the door for your donations

MISSION

MISSION PLATE 

Our offerings in January - March will be for the MISSION TO SEAFARERS. In December we shall support SAVE THE CHILDREN through the Crib Service and Christmas Tree collection, and the CHILDREN'S SOCIETY by a collection at the Christingle Service.

CRISIS IN EAST AFRICA 

Millions of people in the Horn of Africa are facing famine. Many have already died. Please give generously to the appeal for help. There is a jar on the table by the door for your donations. 

 

There is a Fair Trade Stall in church this morning (04.12.11) please support this worthwhile initiative for promoting a just market for farmers especially in developing nations.

our donations.

Mission

MISSION PLATE 

Our collection in September, October and November are for CHURCH ARMY, sometimes referred to as "the Church of England's best-kept secret". Its officers work with the young, the elderly, the homeless the marginalised in society, taking the Gospel to where people are : "Love in Action".

CRISIS IN EAST AFRICA 

Millions of people in the Horn of Africa are facing famine. Many have already died. Please give generously to the appeal for help. There is a jar on the table by the door for your donations

MISSION COMMITTEE 

The latest newsletter from Ruth tells us that the Anglican Church in the Diocese of the Amazon is celebrating its 100th anniversary. She asks for our prayers for the wellbeing of vulnerable communities and children in the Amazon River who struggle to make ends meet, and for protection for peaceful activists who are seeking an end to the destruction of the rainforest

SHOE-BOXES - a Reminder

 Please bring your filled shoe-boxes to church no later than SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20th.


Journeys course at 7:30pm up at the Church Hall for 4 weeks until the 4th Dec, then there will be a film show on the 11th Dec in church on the life of Martin Luther; 

Mission

MISSION PLATE 

Our offerings for the next three months are for CBM (Christian Blind Mission) which was first established by a German pastor in 1908. CBM is an international development organisation which improves the quality of life for people with disabilities in the world's poorest countries.
Supporting more than 1,000 projects in 113 countries, CBM focuses on the prevention and treatment of diseases, and provides medical care, education and rehabilitation to as many blind, deaf and physically disabled people as possible.
CBM's UK office is based in Oakington - for more information, visit www.cbmuk.org.uk

CRISIS IN EAST AFRICA 

Millions of people in the Horn of Africa are facing famine. Many have already died. Please give generously to the appeal for help. There is a jar on the table by the door for your donations

MISSION

                                           COFFEE MORNING

                                                     10 a.m. 

                                        Wednesday, May 11th  

                                     at the home of Molly Hurst 

                                 Raffle                    Bring and Buy

 Proceeds in aid of the Leprosy Mission's "Gifts of Life" scheme

A newsletter from Ruth and Saulo is on the notice-board. Please read it and remember them and the people of the Amazon region of Brazil in your prayers

MISSION

MISSION COMMITTEE

A newsletter from Ruth and Saulo is on the notice-board. Please read it and remember them and the people of the Amazon region of Brazil in your prayers.

MISSION PLATE

Our offerings for this month via the Mission Plate will be for the Arthur Rank Hospice in Cambridge

LENT BOXES 

If you have taken a Lent Box for the Rowan charity, would you kindly return it on Easter Sunday or as soon as possible afterwards.  Thank you.

Mission Committee - March 2011

*Week Beginning March 11th Revd. Mike Griffin is speaking at both services about the work of the Leprosy Mission today. The collection in the envelopes on World Leprosy Day last month will go towards the work of one of the Leprosy Mission's hospitals in India. £100 has been sent.


*A date for your diaries: The Granta Deanery Fair will be held on Saturday, March 19th in the Great Shelford Memorial Hall. We have been asked to organise the TOMBOLA again. If you have any items you wish to donate to any of the stalls and, in particular to the Tombola, there will be a box under the table for any contributions.

CHILDREN'S SOCIETY COLLECTING BOXES

These are due in during March. I'd be very grateful if those of you who have a box at home could let me have it in thenext week or two. Thank you.

*A newsletter from Ruth and Saulo is on the notice-board. Please read it and remember them and the people of the Amazon region of Brazil in your prayers

Mission Committee - February 2011

A date for your diaries: The Granta Deanery Fair will be held on Saturday, March 19th in the Great Shelford Memorial Hall. We have been asked to organise the TOMBOLA again. If you have any items you wish to donate to any of the stalls and, in particular to the Tombola, there will be a box under the table for any contributions.

A newsletter from Ruth and Saulo is on the notice-board. Please read it and remember them and the people of the Amazon region of Brazil in your prayers.

There is a Fair Trade Stall at the back of the church today, your support would be very welcome.

COFFEE MORNING on Tuesday, February 15th at 10.30 a.m. at the home of Dorothy Butler. Proceeds in aid of our support for the work of Ruth and Saulo.

MISSION PLATE
Our offerings this month are for the LEPROSY MISSION