Charity Coffee Mornings

Held every first Thursday of the month in aid of a different charity each time. This past year we have raised through coffee mornings total of £1084
 This all went to outside charities.
Jan 2016        The Stroke Association
Feb 2016        Young Minds
March 2016   Canine Partners
April 2016       Fight for Sight
June  2016     Mission Aviation Fellowship
July 2016        Action for Children
Aug 2016        Greyhound Rescue
Sept 2016       Care for the Family UK
Oct  2016        Meniere's Society
Nov 2016        The Soldier's Charity
Dec 2016        Zoe's Place
In addition to this list the church had one coffee morning for chapel funds. Our grand total for all our 2016 fundraising was £1356 and this included a special Lent Collection of £25 for Water Aid and £127 to charities supporting Womens world day pf prayer in March.. 
Do come and support these mornings if you can - the next month eagerly expected event is always advertised in "Whats On" in the home page. More details about 2018 coffee mornings here

Christian Aid

The church actively supports the work of Christian Aid. In particular during Christian Aid Week when envelopes are delivered throughout the area. In 2017 we collected from the communities of Whitacre, Furnace End, Lea Marston and Marston a total of £1233. This is a great achievement and we thank the 34 volunteers that went round with envelopes. Many thanks to all who gave their time in this way and all who gave so generously.
shoebox appeal
83 shoeboxes in total sent this year - thank you

Operation Christmas Child (shoebox appeal)

As a church and community we have supported the shoebox appeal for a number of years with growing success and we are always looking for more shoebox donations and completed boxes. In 2016 forty six shoe boxes were sent on for distribution to Romania. These were joined by thirty seven from Walmley Junior School.

JMA (Junior Misson for All)

This is the young people's part of the Mission at home and abroad of the Methodist church. An annual presentation service gives thanks to both collectors and contributors, and awards are given in the form of certificates and badges. Each quarter a magazine called 'Rainbow' is given to each collector, which describes the work of JMA at home and abroad. The JMA promise is "I promise to learn, pray and serve with the world wide church of Jesus Christ."

If you have a full box please return it for emptying and it will be returned.
We now have 13 collectors to which we offer our thanks for a slight increase to £123.31 for 2016. Our oldest collector Kieren has now retired from collecting and since 2004 and has 13 badges on two ribbons and a long service certificate. We welcome two new collectors Charlotte and Edie who have now just received their first ribbons and badges this year.

History Lesson

Do you remember these old collecting boxes? Nice aren't they.
We support a number of smaller charities - some over a long period and sometimes for a special short time. These are some of the main longer term charities we are supporting at the moment.

Spare Stamps

We collect stamps for the Leprosy Mission. It is hard to believe that a bunch of used stamps can help transform the life of someone affected by leprosy. But the fact is that it can! Over the past 30 years the Leprosy Mission has raised more than £1 million to benefit people affected by leprosy. Find out more here

Ring pulls

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We have already sent one batch off and as they seem to be worth up to 3p to them we have decided to continue to support the Purple Community Fund. These are sent to people in the Philippines to be made into jewellery.
​Find out more about their international support here.