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CHRISTIAN AID APPEAL

The people of St. Martin's regard it as an integral part of their Christian faith and duty to be aware of the needs of others, especially those in poor, underdeveloped or disaster-struck countries which are unable to help themselves.

The charity "Christian Aid" specifically works in such countries, and looks to the Church in more affluent parts of the world for the support and fundraising they need.

Our main Appeal each year is in May for Christian Aid Week, but we respond to Emergency Appeals at other times, and continue to collect throughout the year for the next Appeal, bearing out our motto:
"AT ST. MARTIN'S EVERY WEEK IS CHRISTIAN AID WEEK"

SAINT MARTIN'S CHRISTIAN AID APPEAL 2023

2023 started with another Emergency Appeal, as we received news of the terrible earthquake in Syria and Turkey in February. Thanks to generous contributions to Retiring Collections at St. Martin's, we were able to send off £495 quickly to help them meet immediate and urgent needs in the area. We then began our main annual campaign:

OUR ANNUAL APPEAL FOR 2023

Christian Aid Week this year was 14th - 20th May 2023.

We raised a total of £1721.25 - in addition to the Emergency Earthquake Appeal.

Here we see Father Nick presenting our Christian Aid Co-ordinator Helen Chapman with the cheque to be sent to Christian Aid.

This amount was raised through the activities below, throughout March to May:

We began the build-up to Christian Aid week with our Smartie tube collection during Lent

During Lent, a(free!) tube of Smarties was given to every member of the Church.

People were asked to eat the Smarties, and then to bring the tube back filled with cash.

In 2023, this raised £93.

We were also pleased to have re-instated our Lent Lunches after three years, which took place in the Hall on Wednesdays.
These comprised a frugal but healthy lunch of soup and bread, and we were all invited to make a donation - in lieu of what we might have spent on our lunch - of whatever amount we chose. We remember that what is a frugal amount for us, might seem like a feast to people in disaster-struck areas elsewhere in the world. Donations in 2023 for these lunches totalled £335.

On April 29th we held our Jumble Sale in the Church Hall, and this raised £204.

Then, during Christian Aid week itself, we held a street collection outside the shops in Barton Hill Road.

This raised a further £95, and with our St. Martin's Church badges and Christian Aid tabards, raised awareness of the Charity locally.

As last year 'Stations of the Cross' Services were held every Wednesday in Lent, and donations at these Services all went to Christian Aid, and these were combined with donations at our Services throughout May.

From these donations, and from the envelopes distributed with our May Parish Magazines, to our Church members and the wider community in Christian Aid Week, an amazing £995 was received.

This completed our main Appeal for 2023, but we continue to collect throughout the year for the next Appeal, as...

...Our motto continues to be:
"AT ST. MARTIN'S EVERY WEEK IS CHRISTIAN AID WEEK"

See more from previous years in our Christian Aid Archives:

Christian Aid 2021 and 2022

Christian Aid 2019 and 2020

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 The charity "Christian Aid" specifically works in such countries, and looks to the Church in more affluent parts of the world for the support and fundraising they need.
-'''SAINT MARTIN'S CHRISTIAN AID APPEAL 2021'''
+Our main Appeal each year is in May for Christian Aid Week, but we respond to Emergency Appeals at other times, and continue to collect throughout the year for the next Appeal, bearing out our motto:<br/>
+''' "AT ST. MARTIN'S EVERY WEEK IS CHRISTIAN AID WEEK" '''
-{{Red|In November 2020, we were shocked by the news of the sudden death of our Christian Aid Co-ordinator, Steven Turnbull, and donations in his memory have been invited, which will be used in our 2021 Christian Aid Appeal.
+----
-}}
-'''SAINT MARTIN'S CHRISTIAN AID APPEAL 2020'''
+'''SAINT MARTIN'S CHRISTIAN AID APPEAL 2023'''
-Our 2020 Appeal had already commenced with the issue of Smartie Tubes and Lent Lunches when the Coronavirus crisis hit us and we were unable to do so much of what we normally do.
+started with another Emergency Appeal, as we received news of the terrible earthquake in Syria and Turkey in February.  Thanks to generous contributions to Retiring Collections at St. Martin's, we were able to send off £495 quickly to help them meet immediate and urgent needs in the area.  We then began our main annual campaign:
-In 2019 we had achieved a record-breaking £4000.00, so our Christian Aid Co-ordinator, Steven Turnbull, was amazed when Father Gorran told him this year's figure in view of all the Covid-related limitations on our activities, and our inability to collect from the wider community. However this seemingly miraculous result has been achieved, both through those who continued to donate to activities in spite of them being cancelled, and those who heeded the appeal to give a little more this year if they possibly could.<br/>
+'''OUR ANNUAL APPEAL FOR 2023'''
-Many thanks to all who contributed so generously.
-In this photo you can see how Father Gorran managed to hand the cheque for £3,500.00 to Steven in as socially-distanced a manner as he was able to manage!
+'''Christian Aid Week this year was 14th - 20th May 2023.'''
-[[File:IMG-20200612-WA0003 s.jpg]]
+We raised a total of £1721.25 - in addition to the Emergency Earthquake Appeal.
-The cheque has now been sent off to Christian Aid, which will go towards enabling them to continue their vital work of helping communities in the world's poorest countries.
+[[File:Christian Aid Cheque 2023.jpg]]
-We are now beginning to collect money for Christian Aid's next appeal, bearing out our motto:<br/>
+Here we see Father Nick presenting our Christian Aid Co-ordinator Helen Chapman with the cheque to be sent to Christian Aid.
-''' "AT ST. MARTIN'S EVERY WEEK IS CHRISTIAN AID WEEK" '''
-Shortly before the lockdown in March we were able to hold three of our Lent Lunches, and here are some photos from these:
+This amount was raised through the activities below, throughout March to May:
+----
-[[File:IMG-20200308-WA0001 s.jpg]]
+We began the build-up to Christian Aid week with our Smartie tube collection during Lent
-[[File:IMG-20200308-WA0003 s.jpg]]
+[[File:20180529_105811.jpg]]
-In spite of the difficulties, we continued to receive donations from those who would have attended the cancelled Lent Lunches, or returned Smartie tubes, and for our 'Virtual' Jumble Sale'. We could not collect from the wider community this year, but our Church members received envelopes and a steady stream of these were returned to the Vicarage throughout the month of May.
+During Lent, a(free!) tube of Smarties was given to every member of the Church.
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-'''Below we give details of our 2019 Appeal'''
-[[File:20180624_112135 s.jpg]]
+People were asked to eat the Smarties, and then to bring the tube back filled with cash.
-In 2019, St. Martin's annual appeal raised £4,000.00 for Christian Aid. This is in addition to two emergency appeals earlier in the year which had raised £300.00 for the Indonesian Tsunami Disaster Appeal and £500.00 for the Cyclone Idai Disaster Appeal.
+In 2023, this raised £93.
-Here you see Father Gorran, the Parish Priest, presenting the cheque to Mr. Steven Turnbull, who is the parish co-ordinator for the charity "Christian Aid".
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-[[File:Lent Lunch s.jpg]]
-Prior to Easter, during the season of Lent, we hold the first of our annual efforts for Christian Aid, through a Friday lunch held at The Vicarage. This consists of a frugal but ample meal of soup, rolls, butter, cheese, fruit and tea-or-coffee. The menu is meant to remind us that what would be considered a small meal in this country, would be a feast for many of the people we are trying to help.
+We were also pleased to have re-instated our Lent Lunches after three years, which took place in the Hall on Wednesdays.<br/>
+These comprised a frugal but healthy lunch of soup and bread, and we were all invited to make a donation - in lieu of what we might have spent on our lunch - of whatever amount we chose.  We remember that what is a frugal amount for us, might seem like a feast to people in disaster-struck areas elsewhere in the world.
+Donations in 2023 for these lunches totalled £335.
-The lunch is provided free of charge by The Vicar, and those who attend it are invited to make a donation roughly equivalent to what they would have spent on their main meal that day. In 2019, the Lent Lunches raised £700.00 of our total money raised for Christian Aid.
 ----
-'''Smartie Tube Collections - also during Lent'''
-[[File:20180529_105811.jpg]]
+On April 29th we held our Jumble Sale in the Church Hall, and this raised £204.
+[[File:Jumble_Sale_23 02.jpg]]
+[[File:Jumble_Sale_23 01.jpg]]
-During Lent, The Vicar gives away a (free!) tube of Smarties to every member of the Church.
+----
-People are asked to eat the Smarties, and then to bring the tube back filled with cash.
+Then, during Christian Aid week itself, we held a street collection outside the shops in Barton Hill Road.
-p and 20p pieces fit the tubes well - £1.00 coins fit the tubes even better!
+[[File:Christian Aid coll 23 1.jpg]]
+[[File:Christian Aid coll 23 2.jpg]]
-Best of all, some tubes are returned containing rolled-up notes or cheques.
+This raised a further £95, and with our St. Martin's Church badges and Christian Aid tabards, raised awareness of the Charity locally.
-In 2019, £510.19 of the total we raised for Christian Aid, came from the Smartie Tubes.
 ----
-[[File:20180428IMG__141328 s Christian Aid Jumble Sale.jpg]]
-The Jumble Sale, which we hold each year on the last Saturday in April, is the next of our annual events held in aid of Christian Aid.<br/>
+As last year 'Stations of the Cross' Services were held every Wednesday in Lent, and donations at these Services all went to Christian Aid, and these were combined with donations at our Services throughout May.
-The 2019 sale raised £430.00 for Christian Aid, which was comprised of £400.00 on the day, and £30.00 the following week, from selling on our remaindered stock.
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-Every May, in Christian Aid Week, groups of people from St. Martin's go from house to house in our parish, delivering Christian Aid envelopes through letter-boxes. A few days later, the same people return to collect the envelopes, hoping that they will have been filled with donations.
-[[File:20180515_183506 s.jpg]]
+From these donations, and from the envelopes distributed with our May Parish Magazines, to our Church members and the wider community in Christian Aid Week, an amazing £995 was received.
-Two intrepid collectors on the house-to-house collection in May.
+This completed our main Appeal for 2023, but we continue to collect throughout the year for the next Appeal, as...
-The house-to-house collection in May 2019 brought in £1,505.66 of the total funds we raised.
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-[[File:20180529_105431 s.jpg]]
-During the Sundays in May, St. Martin's raises additional funds for Christian Aid, by having a retiring collection after each of the Church services. During the Sundays of May 2019, these retiring collections brought in a further £700.00 towards the total sum we raised.
+...Our motto continues to be:<br/>
+''' "AT ST. MARTIN'S EVERY WEEK IS CHRISTIAN AID WEEK" '''
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-[[File:20180529_105545 s.jpg]]
-The Vicar is shown here, receiving some of the Christian Aid envelopes.
+See more from previous years in our Christian Aid Archives:
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-A new activity for 2019 was our collections during Christian Aid week outside the Barton shops, which raised £154.15. More than this, it raised awareness of the Christian Aid Appeal, with great support and encouragement from the general public.
+[[Christian Aid 2021 and 2022]]
+[[Christian Aid 2019 and 2020]]
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