1. Sunday 19th July
Services at 9.30 am and 10.30 am (live-streamed). This week’s services will be led by Rev Mary Haddow and the passage is Mark 2:1-12 and the theme is Encounters with Jesus, from burdened to lifted.
Holiday Club Commissioning Service
Everyone is warmly invited to be part of this year’s Holiday Club Commissioning Service
Please come and join in a service of worship and prayer with this year’s team on
Sunday 19th July, 6-7pm at Abbey Church. All welcome
2. Venezuela Earthquake DEC Appeal
On Wednesday, June 24, two catastrophic earthquakes hit Venezuela within seconds of each other. The UN estimates that millions of people have been affected, with more than two million in the worst impacted areas. Families have lost loved ones, homes and the sense of safety and security they once knew.
Rescuers are searching for survivors, but the scale of loss is already significant and the people of Venezuela urgently need help. Together with the 14 other charities that make up the DEC, Christian Aid has launched a UK-wide appeal to meet the escalating needs of people affected by the earthquakes.
Val Brown, the Head of Christian Aid in Scotland and spokesperson for the DEC Scotland Appeal said: “This is an unimaginably difficult time for the people of Venezuela affected by this disaster – from the terror and chaos of the earthquakes to the ongoing anguish of missing or injured loved ones. People are coming to terms with the fact that their whole lives have changed in seconds. Many have lost their homes and belongings, whole neighbourhoods have been destroyed with buildings reduced to rubble. The?scale of the?destruction is?catastrophic.
Please keep the people of Venezuela, and all those responding to this crisis, in your prayers.
You can donate to the DEC Venezuela appeal via Christian Aid: https://caid.org.uk/HelpVenezuela
• £10 could provide essential hygiene supplies to a family to prevent illness
• £50 could help provide emergency food support to two families for a week
• £100 could provide shelter kits for six families whose homes have been destroyed
The UK Government will match donations to the Venezuela Earthquake Appeal pound-for-pound up to £2 million, through its UK Aid Match scheme.
3. Talia & Nancy Bell are walking 21 miles for Beat – an eating disorders charity – any donations gratefully received – the link is below:
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/nancybell-1777382269066
4. Prayer Gatherings
Every Sunday in Prayer Room between 10 and 10.20 am
Every Monday in Room 1 between 10 and 11 am.
Every Wednesday on Zoom for 30 minutes starting at 7 pm.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88152470672? Contact the office for log on details
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