{"id":12521,"date":"2025-11-03T15:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T15:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12521"},"modified":"2025-11-03T15:19:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T15:19:27","slug":"kindness-and-connection-echo-beyond-church-walls-in-swindon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/11\/kindness-and-connection-echo-beyond-church-walls-in-swindon\/","title":{"rendered":"Kindness and Connection Echo Beyond Church Walls in Swindon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kindness and Connection Echo Beyond Church Walls in Swindon<\/h4>\n

Christ Church Swindon recently celebrated the first anniversary of its weekly Lunch Club \u2014 a warm and welcoming community initiative instigated by our Site Manager, Chris Smith, and led by mother-and-daughter team Pat and Toni-Jo. What began as a small idea a year ago has grown into a lifeline of friendship and support for many, particularly those who are lonely or vulnerable.<\/p>\n

Marking the milestone with a special three-course meal, guests, volunteers, and even the mayor gathered to honour the club\u2019s impact. Through shared meals, laughter, and new friendships, the Lunch Club has become a shining example of how \u201ckindness and connection can echo beyond church walls.\u201d<\/p>\n

👉 Read the full story on the Diocese of Bristol website HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cc-home-page"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12521"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12528,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12521\/revisions\/12528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christchurchswindon.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}