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Please find below the Bloxham Benefice's Weekly Sheet & night prayer. You'll find below information about the upcoming Christian Aid Week (11-17 May), letting those who attend the Bloxham 9:30am service know that the loose collection will be designated for Christian Aid.
Easter Blessings to you all,
Dale
Weekly Service Sheet - 4th May 2025
Christian Aid Week 11th – 17th May 2025
“This Christian Aid Week, we each have 7 days to make a difference. What will you do?”
This is a message from Christian Aid to all of us who normally receive a donation envelope through the letter box or deliver them. This year there will be no distribution of envelopes in Bloxham, so we need an additional plan!
St Mary’s Church has already raised over £900 through the Lent Lunches and Parish Breakfast, and other events will include the proceeds of the wall safe in church during Christian Aid Week and the collection on Sunday 11th May. Together, united by hope, over 80 years Christian Aid has been able to offer vital, practical support to communities who are working hard to leave poverty behind for good.
As individuals or groups, we can all do something if we are passionate about the injustice for the world’s poorest people who struggle to make a living against the backcloth of the climate crisis which destroys the lives, lands and livelihoods of many communities that Christian Aid works with. This issue is now even more urgent for charities as the government cuts its own aid budget.
So, what about a coffee morning in your street? A sponsored cycle ride? A sponsored anything? Dine and donate with a few friends? Car wash? Quiz Night? The possibilities are endless! It doesn’t even have to be in Christian Aid Week! See here for more information.
If you, or your group of friends would like to join in with this effort, official Christian Aid collecting boxes etc can be made available. If you would like the proceeds of your fundraising event to be included with the amounts raised by the various church activities, then email the Events Team stmarysbloxhamevents@gmail.com and we will co-ordinate and arrange for the money to be sent to Christian Aid.
Please do make contact with us if you need more information.
Night Prayer
You can access Morning Prayer, Prayer During the Day, Evening Prayer & Night Prayer from: https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-service-daily-prayer
