Afternoon Concert of Music by the Hawarden Singers on Sunday 16th April 2023 at 2.30pm in St Thomas’s Church, Vale Street, Denbigh.
Tickets are £5, including refreshments, and available from Mrs Iona Thomas by calling 01745 813256.
Every gift. Every action. Every prayer. Every one of us can change lives.
Drought starves. It robs women of the power to farm and grow food for their families.
Now, for the first time in a generation, global poverty is rising. Covid-19, conflict and the climate crisis are pushing more of our global neighbours into a struggle for survival.
Women and men in Zimbabwe are hungry to provide a more hopeful future. Mums often skip meals to share with their children what little food they have.
One of these mums is Jessica Mwedzi. Drought makes every day a struggle for survival. Jessica is hungry. Hungry for a good meal. Hungry to earn a decent living. Hungry to provide a more hopeful future for her family.
‘My children crave a good meal, but I can’t provide.’ Jessica says. ‘It pains me to send them to bed hungry.’
Your gift could help Jessica grow drought-resistant crops. You could help her set up a water tap on her farm and learn how to grow food in the harsh climate. She’ll turn her dry, dusty land into a garden of hope.
This Christian Aid Week, you can be one of the hundreds of thousands of our supporters who give, act and pray – stepping out in love for our global neighbours. With you by our side, we won’t stop until everyone can live a full life, free from poverty and hunger.
From envelope collections to walking 300,000 steps in May, Christian Aid Week brings people together as one community helping those living in poverty to transform their own lives.
This Christian Aid Week (15-21 May), please:
• Give generously to help women grow crops that survive in the drought.
• Act and raise your voice for justice. Join our Loss and Damage campaign.
• Pray that families will stay strong during tough times of drought.
Together, we can turn hunger into hope.
Join us at caweek.org
We are all really saddened by the plight of the people of Ukraine, and as a church we feel it our responsibility and privilege to help them.
The loose collection throughout the month of March will be given to the Emergency Appeal and there are special collection boxes and plates in church for donations as well – marked with a Christian Aid label.
For those wishing to donate online, this can be done via our Christian Aid Account:
Sort Code: 40-19-12
Account number: 01012118
Account Name: Cymorth Cristionogol – Cangen Dinbych
Branch: HSBC UK, Denbigh
A grand total of £1397.00 has today been sent to help the children of Afghanistan.
This is as a result of the wonderful support for the coffee and cake morning in Eirianfa on 5th February.
My thanks to all who helped in any way.
Iona Thomas
Our Prayers for Denbigh in 2022…
We pray for:
🙏 Everyone who lives and works in Denbigh and the surrounding areas.
🙏 Our neighbours in Vale Street and Post Office Lane.
🙏 All businesses, organisations, and workplaces.
🙏 The administration of the town and community.
🙏 Vulnerable people.
🙏 Our involvement in the community, reflecting the light of Jesus.
🙏 People suffering the effects of the pandemic.
🙏 The other churches and chapels in the locality.
🙏 The wellbeing and prosperity of the community.
🙏 God’s guidance and blessing in 2022.
Amen
On Christmas Eve, 71 ‘care packages’ with a pre-cooked Christmas Dinner, trimmings and extra goodies, were delivered to people in and around Denbigh who would be on their own on Christmas Day.
This was a huge team effort and special thanks go to all the volunteers, generosity of local businesses and people who so kindly donated.
Hopefully, Christmas 2022 will see us back together in St Thomas’s Church Hall for the annual Christmas Day Lunch. Until then, stay safe and many blessings to you all.
St Thomas’ Church Christmas Day Lunch 2021
In view of the continuing Covid problems we have decided it would be unwise to have a large gathering in our church hall on Christmas Day.
However, on Christmas Eve we will be delivering a Christmas meal, together with all the festive trimmings, to anyone who might be on their own on Christmas Day.
If you would like a meal delivered please get in touch as soon as possible. There is no cost for this as it is funded it via very kind donations.
Also if anyone has time to help as a driver we would be pleased to hear from you.
Please call to book your meal or for more information:
Iona Thomas: 01745 813256
Lilian Jones: 01745 813426
Christian Aid Week this year is May 10th – 16th
“Christian Aid exists to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty”
Unfortunately, during the past year none of the usual Christian Aid fundraising activities in Denbigh have been able to take place due to the coronavirus pandemic and although restrictions have eased somewhat, we feel it would be unwise to conduct the usual “house-to-house” collection this year. However, the need to fight poverty and injustice remains – more so than ever – so we would encourage everyone to support the vital work of Christian Aid by one of the following methods:-
Clicking on this link also gives information about the work of Christian Aid.
Bank: HSBC UK, Denbigh.
Sort Code: 40-19-12
Account number: 01012118
Account name: Cymorth Cristionogol – Cangen Dinbych
Christian Aid Week Prayer
Great God, Who makes the sun to rise, and opens the heavens,
Hear the cry of the people who sow in hope for rain, but reap only despair;
Hear the cry of the people seeking shelter from the storm, their hopes and homes submerged;
Hear the cry of the people, when creation is hitting back, with rage and resistance;
Give us hope, grant us salvation; give us a new relationship with creation;
with reverence to tend this gift from You and say once again of the earth and all you created –
It is GOOD.
(Bob Kikuyu Global Theology Advisor, Christian Aid)
This prayer has been taken from the Christian Aid Week Prayer Sheet which can be downloaded using the following link: https://www.christianaid.org.uk/sites/default/files/2021-03/Prayer%20Sheet%20CAW21.pdf
