By Rev Stewart “Remember….therefore to comfort one another with these words” – 1 Thessalonians 4:18 We are fast reaching the end of the year. The clocks changed long ago, and the days are swiftly moving now through Advent and towards Christmas. Times seem to be changing fast. Of course they always do! However, this season…
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Bon Voyage to our Shoeboxes
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…
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…
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…
Gearing up for Christmas in the Parish of High Ongar…
Or should I say gearing up for Advent? by Katherine Garner This year we have decided to do something a bit special for the period of Advent! Something we hope will become an annual tradition. Something we hope will bring community and church together. Something we believe will be beautiful, practical and above all highly…
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