Shellrock Benefice

In May we supported Christian Aid week by holding a Big Breakfast, raising funds for the charity. (This was instead of our monthly pop-up café). We served fresh hot bacon or sausage baps, plus a range of cereals, toast and fruit. It was a lovely, friendly occasion welcoming members of the community into our building. We raised around £250 – a very good total.

Our theme of Christian Aid continued into our café church service on 10th May. Using the service material provided by Christian Aid, we learnt about the projects supported by the charity. This year, it was small scale farming in informal settlements in Nairobi. The charity, Beacon of Hope, trains ladies in techniques for small spaces such as vertical or cone gardens, producing crops they can grow to feed their families, with any excess sold at market. We watched a short video produced – available on the charity’s website (search Christian Aid Nairobi film.)

Looking ahead to June, we will have our monthly café on 13th June. This will be followed by a Grand Second Hand Book Sale on Saturday 27th June, 10am – 4pm, with thousands of books on sale, from just 25p. There will, of course, be delicious home baked cakes available at both events, plus a selection of jigsaws, jams and chutneys at the book sale. If you have any jigsaws to donate, please drop them into the back of church. Half of the money raised from the book sales, will be donated to church funds, so we hope you will join us!

FOODBANK – Did you know we support Thetford foodbank with a collection space in the church? There are desperately in need of tinned tomatoes, tinned fruit, sponge puddings and instant mash. Donations can be dropped off at church, or at either Rocklands or Great Ellingham village shops.

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