Thought for May 2012.
Christian Aid Week 13th - 19th May!
What is Christian Aid Week? Thousands of churches will stand together this Christian Aid Week to speak out for change. Some 100,000 committed volunteers will go out and put their faith into action, raising funds to help some of the world's poorest and most vulnerable people.
This includes Britain's largest house-to-house collection - an exraordinary act of witness, demonstrating to our communities that we care about poverty and justice. Christian Aid is an international development agency. We currently work with 507 partner organisations in 47 countries around the world. From Sierra Leone to Tajikistan, from Kenya to Bolivia, helping communities to make their voices heard and look to a brighter future. We organise this one-off event each year, which involves the whole community; seeing everyone of all faiths and no faiths working together for one cause is very uplifting and raises a large amount of money at the end.’ Christian Aid Week volunteer
Another initiative is - Live below the line (7-11May 2012) 1.4 billion people live below the poverty line, could you join them this May? Live Below the Line challengespeople to live off just £1 per day for food and drink for five days to raise awareness of the 1.4 billion who have to survive on £1 every day for everything.
In May 2011, 10,000 people worldwide chose to Live Below the Line, raising more than £1 million for international development charities. Please support the street collection and have a look at the website!
With Easter blessings, Rev Chris Woadden.