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Christmas Day Lunch 2017

CHRISTMAS DAY LUNCH / CINIO DYDD NADOLIG

There will be a Christmas Day Lunch at St Thomas’ again this year for anyone who may be on their own.
If you would like to attend the lunch, please contact Mrs Iona Thomas on 01745 813256. A £5.00 deposit is required and this will be returned to you after the meal. Transportation can also be arranged – please let us know about this at the time of booking. If you can help in any other way then please get in touch.

157 shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child!

  

We did it! An amazing 157 shoeboxes will be on their way to the collection centre tomorrow for onward travel to children all over the world as part of Operation Christmas Child UK. Special thanks to members and friends of St Thomas’s Church – Denbigh for their donations and efforts, Ysgol Y Parc for filling an outstanding 51 shoeboxes and Trefnant Chapel for their contributions.

This was a team effort and children, less fortunate than ours and all over world, regardless of their beliefs or backgrounds will receive the gift of a shoebox with no strings attached.

Thank you to each and everyone who supported us again.

Shoebox Sunday Tomorrow!

Tomorrow is Shoebox Sunday as we pack all our shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child UK! The gifts are all set out, the boxes are ready to be filled. Please pray 🙏🏼 for each box as it travels across the world 🌍 and more so the child who will receive it.

2017 Shoebox Packing – It’s Nearly Time!

A week this Sunday (19th November) we will be packing our shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child UK. We still need many items so please help and donate what you can – every single gift will bring joy to children all over the world.

We need toys, school supplies, hygiene items, hats, gloves or scarves, sunglasses, hair accessories, jewellery sets, wind up torch, wrapped sweets etc.

All items can be placed in the large box in the Church Foyer and please share this post with all your friends and family so that we can make 2017 another amazing year for this great cause.

THANK YOU!
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Operation Christmas Child 2017

We have started our work for the 2017 Operation Christmas Child UK Shoebox Appeal. Packing of shoe boxes will be on Sunday 19th November between 10:30am-12noon in the church hall.

We need to now collect as many items as possible and OCC provide a useful guide of what to pack:

Toys
Include items that children will immediately embrace such as dolls or stuffed toys (with CE label), toy trucks, harmonica, yo-yo, skipping rope, ball, small puzzles etc.

School Supplies
Pens, pencils & sharpeners, crayons or felt pens, stamps & ink pad sets, writing pads or notebooks & paper, solar calculators, colouring & picture books etc.

Hygiene Items
Toothbrush and toothpaste, bars of wrapped soap, comb or hairbrush, flannel.

Other Items
Hat, cap, gloves or scarf, sunglasses, hair accessories, jewellery set, wind up torch, wrapped sweets (best-before-date must be at least March of the following year).

Do Not Include
Used or damaged items, war related items such as toy guns, play soldiers or knives; chocolate or other food items; liquids or lotions of any type including bubbles; medicines; hand-made or knitted stuffed toys; anything of a political, racial or religious nature; sharp objects; glass containers, mirrors or fragile items; playing cards of the 4-suit variety; clothing other than as listed above.

Please bring all items and place in the large box located in the foyer and any monetary gifts to help towards transportation will be gratefully accepted by Andy or Sandra Smith.