By Fiona Baxter Many thanks to all those who donated to this year’s Link to Hope Shoebox Appeal for families and elderly couples in Eastern Europe. This year boxes were collected throughout Ongar and surrounding areas over a number of weeks at the end of October and into early November. Individual gifts were combined into…
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Shoebox Sunday is coming!
By Fiona Baxter Once again, the Parish of High Ongar with Norton Mandeville will be collecting for Link to Hope`s appeal for shoeboxes for the poorest families in Eastern Europe. We will be assembling our gifts after a service in St Mary’s Church in High Ongar from 10.30am onwards on Sunday 3rd of November –…
Update on Link to Hope Shoeboxes
By Fiona Baxter As we look for the summer sunshine – which has been a bit hit and miss this year – behind the scenes activity is getting into gear in preparation for sending shoeboxes to those living in poverty and need in Eastern Europe! High Ongar Parish has gifted many hundreds of…
Update from Brentwood Schools Christian Worker Trust
CLICK HERE TO WATCH OUR ‘CELEBRATION’ VIDEO Dear BSCWT friends and supporters,Further to our previous announcements about our cancelled Annual Celebration, we are delighted to share with you our ‘Celebration’ video, which is available to view FROM TODAY onwards at http://www.bscwt.org/celebration. It’s just 10 minutes long, so please grab a cup of coffee, sit back and enjoy…
News from Sanctus during lockdown…
Imagine being homeless during lockdown? Imagine if your only sanctuary had to be closed because of the risk of infection? By Sandra Pluthero, Cafe Manager at Sanctus Homeless Charity, Chelmsford Before COVID-19 Sanctus was a day space for the homeless and vulnerable in Chelmsford. Sanctus offered free food and beverages from 10:30a.m. till 5p.m. seven…
Brentwood Schools Christian Worker Trust
I am a Church Rep for BSCWT at St Mary’s Church High Ongar. My aim is to liaise with the team and pass on all the fantastic work that BSCWT do in Brentwood and the surrounding areas. by Helen Webb The work of BSCWT involves: Lunch time clubs in 7 schools. Assemblies in over 25…
Family and Elder shoeboxes for Christmas
Family and Elder shoeboxes for Christmas By Fiona Baxter Thanks to everyone for their gifts of shoeboxes filled for the annual Link to Hope appeal. Link to Hope are a Christian charity with over 25 years experience of reaching out a helping hand to poor and marginalised people in Eastern Europe. We took 35 shoeboxes…
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