Good News from the Community Centre team

2021-02-09T13:34:25+00:00

We are delighted to let you know that the community centre team have been successfully awarded three grants. The first two grants are to be spent on our afternoon teas programme which provides a vital means of socialisation for older people and particularly those suffering with dementia. They have come from the Wiltshire and Swindon Sports Partnership and Green Square.

The final grant has come from emergency covid funding issued by the National Lottery Community Fund on behalf of the Government. This money is specifically to be spent on the running costs of the community centre. This helps to safeguard the work of our community centre and team in the year ahead.

Chris Smith & Jenny Hatter

Good News from the Community Centre team2021-02-09T13:34:25+00:00

Positive news from Send a Cow

2021-01-20T13:49:59+00:00

Thank you for sticking with us and more importantly, families like Merima’s, throughout this challenging time. You are well and truly part of our global family, we couldn’t do it without you.

Emily Mullen

Supporter Relations – Send a Cow

Today is Blue Monday, supposedly the gloomiest day of the year. A day where we face a combination of post-Christmas blues, cold dark nights and awaiting the first payday of the new year. And as the World continues to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s no surprise we are all feeling a little blue. Send a Cow is one of Christ Church’s nominated charities. We were delighted to recieve this update from them with some positive news.

Meet Merima, pictured left. Merima lives in Kutaber District, Ethiopia with her husband and children. Along with 600 other women, Merima is part of the Developing Business Women Project, which supports family farmers like her to establish successful and sustainable agri-businesses.

Merima says

"Send a Cow has supported me with awareness and skills. I have received training on kitchen gardening, savings and credit and reproductive health. Of all the skills I have learned, I am really amazed by the bag garden. I have learned that we can produce food even if we don't have any land." - Merima
Positive news from Send a Cow2021-01-20T13:49:59+00:00

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

2021-02-09T13:34:41+00:00

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in 2021 has been prepared by the Monastic Community of Grandchamp in Switzerland. The theme that was chosen, “Abide in my love and you shall bear much fruit”, is based on John 15:1-17 and expresses Grandchamp Community’s vocation to prayer, reconciliation and unity in the Church and the human family.

Find out more

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity2021-02-09T13:34:41+00:00

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

2021-01-29T15:15:56+00:00

The day when the victims of genocides the world over are especially remembered, Holocaust Memorial Day (HMD) takes place on Wednesday 27 January, and it will again be marked in Swindon.

HMD 2021 marks 76 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in 1945 and 2021 is also the 76th anniversary of V-E Day, the end of the Second World War.

Due to Covid19 restrictions, there will be no live ceremony by the Cenotaph. At 12 noon on Wednesday 27th January there will be a short ceremony via Zoom online for Swindon.

Attendance is by invitation only. Anyone with sincere and authentic interest in marking this day is welcome to join the online ceremony. To receive an invitation, link, and password, please contact matt@lowershawfarm.co.uk

Further information, and a more national perspective, about Holocaust Memorial Day, can be found on the internet, at www.hmd.org.uk

International Holocaust Remembrance Day2021-01-29T15:15:56+00:00

Alone at Christmas

2021-02-09T13:35:39+00:00

Whilst nothing will replace the joy, Alone at Christmas has given the lonely and isolated people who have attended the event for the last 4 years, we still wanted to do something special during this pandemic to give those alone a bit of light and joy this Christmas.

Alone at Christmas with a difference this year!

120 hampers ready to go and hopefully bring a little light and joy to those alone this Christmas.Those who we would normally be able to open our doors to on Christmas day when they have no one to spend Christmas with. This year we are unable to provide the cooked dinner, crackers and Christmas carols we normally would but we couldn’t let this year pass without showing we still care about them.

These hampers have been provided through the generosity of many members and businesses in our local community, so thank you to everyone for their donations of time, food and money which have made this possible. They are complete with a roast dinner ready meal as well as other goodies!

Also a big thank you to our team of drivers who made the deliveries yesterday

Chris & Jenny

Community Centre Development Team

Alone at Christmas2021-02-09T13:35:39+00:00

Proposals for Old Rose Garden

2021-02-09T13:43:01+00:00

More than 1,300 members of our Community are remembered in our Rose Garden. Some are marked by plaques, others are not. When the garden was closed for further ashes burials in 2019, we opened a new Remembrance Garden to the South East of the Church. This is now in full use and provides a beautiful and peaceful place for visitors to remember their loved ones.

For some years now, it has become difficult to maintain the Rose Garden due to poor soil quality, old and diseased plants and self-seeded and relative-planted shrubs and flowers. This has led to the garden becoming unkept and neglected looking. Canon law forbids the disturbance of remains and thus major maintenance of the area has become an increasing problem.

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Proposals for Old Rose Garden2021-02-09T13:43:01+00:00

Christ Church is open

2020-12-14T20:45:01+00:00

The church building is open betwween 9-4pm and is avaiable for private prayer and reflection throughout the Christmas Period
We hope you find comfort and peace in this quiet place. Whatever or whoever is on your mind today, be still before God, who cares for you and those you love.

Enjoy the peace, the time and God’s loving presence with you there

if you can’t join us in person, our Christmas Services will be available on line

Christ Church is open2020-12-14T20:45:01+00:00

Eco Ideas – What can we do?

2021-02-09T13:36:29+00:00

Eco-sermon series Week 8 God in Community: What can we do?

We conclude our Sermon series with – What can Iwe do? Of course everyone is different and has different challenges but here are some ideas from Sue and Phil on living more eco-consciously. that might start you thinking.

Eco Ideas – What can we do?2021-02-09T13:36:29+00:00

Community Centre at Christ Church Swindon

2021-03-10T13:47:41+00:00

We have joined Swindon Community Lottery!

You can help support us by buying lottery tickets via our page.

https://www.swindonlottery.co.uk/…/community-centre…

When tickets are purchased via our page we receive 50% of the purchase price PLUS 10% goes to other local causes and you are in with the chance to win a weekly cash prize with the Jackpot prize being up to £25,0000!

Be in the draw on the 19th of December for your chance to WIN 1 of 5 Entertainment Bundles!

Each Entertainment Bundle includes an Amazon Echo Show8, Echo Dot, & Fire7 Tablet.

Remember there are weekly CASH prizes up to the £25,000 jackpot too! Get your ticket now via the link or scan the QR code below! Good Luck!

Thank for supporting our work.

Chris & Jenny

Community Development Team

Community Centre at Christ Church Swindon2021-03-10T13:47:41+00:00

Urgent appeal to help our clergy friends in Uganda

2020-11-27T19:34:48+00:00

Ugandan clergy are reliant on the Sunday offerings for their stipends, but the doors of their churches were closed between March and October. Their congregations also struggle financially due to a loss of jobs and income. As a result, many of our clergy friends are finding it hard to provide for their own families. It is distressing to hear of clergy families eating only one meal a day. Please use the link below to donate directly to the Bishop’s Appeal for Uganda.

https://bit.ly/2Twl8jL

Through this appeal, money will go to the Archbishop’s Emergency Fund. Archbishop Stephen will ensure that much-needed supplies are distributed fairly across the dioceses of Uganda.

The appeal will run until Sunday 29 November and offerings should be made as soon as possible so that we can send it to Uganda in good time for Christmas.

Even a small gift of 10 pounds can provide maize meal and beans for a family to survive on for a week; £20 would mean that basic essentials such as salt, sugar, soap and cooking oil could be provided along with the food. £50 would allow a family to meet a simple medical emergency. £200 could provide food for ten families.

To donate please click this link: https://bit.ly/2Twl8jL

Thank you

 

 

Urgent appeal to help our clergy friends in Uganda2020-11-27T19:34:48+00:00
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