activities

A Taste of Faith

Updated with more sessions… A great introduction to a world faith tradition from a faith practitioner, with religious artefacts and food associated with religious festivals or places. In previous sessions have heard about Sikhism and Hinduism. Three new sessions have now been arranged on Wednesday evenings at Christchurch from 7.30 to 9.00 pm Paganism, 14th February Judaism, 6th March Islam,…

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Warm Space

The church has joined a growing movement providing warm spaces and welcome during the winter months. This is on Wednesday afternoons from 2 till 8 pm. Other local churches are opening Warm Spaces at other times and public buildings such as libraries are also welcoming visitors who just want somewhere warm and welcoming to spend time in. Warm Space page

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Sing4Syria raised £630

The Sing4Syria concert at Christchurch last Thursday raised £630. This was organised by the Leicester Uni branch of UNICEF on Campus with several local choirs taking part. The donations will fund Unicef’s work with children and displaced families in Syria. Many thanks to all who came to the concert and gave donations.

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Summer Saturday

The Summer Saturday art and crafts fair today was well supported and a great success. Despite being the first day of autumn (officially) it still seemed like summer. Members of the Wild Honey Tuesday group had been busy making knitted, crocheted and sewn goods for sale, also cakes, bread, jam, chutney and lunches. Other stalls had books, CDs and bric-a-brac.…

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Toilet Twinning

The church’s chosen charity this year is Toilet Twinning (toilettwining.org). We take flush toilets in our homes for granted but 1 in 3 people around the world have no access to hygenic sanitation. This impacts their lives in many ways: frequent illness, children missing school, attacks on women. The Toilet Twinning charity invites us to twin our toilets with a…

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