Harvest Thanksgiving 2008 | |||
The preacher at the Harvest Thanksgiving Eucharist was
the Venerable Stephen McBride, Archdeacon of Connor, who told of
the visit by representatives of the Diocese of Connor to Zambia. - the Bethlehem Arab Society for Rehabilitation (the Specialised Surgery and Rehabilitation hospital being supported by St John's since the visit there by a party from the parish visiting the Holy Land (more: http://www.basr.org ) - Age Concern Northern Ireland, as part of its Great Sunday Lunch campaign backed by Jenny Bristow, asked groups to meet in Church Halls for lunch, and to donate a sum per head to Age Concern. St John's hosted a lunch for 120 parishoners.( more... http://www.ageconcernni.org/great_sunday_lunch.htm ) The result from these and the evening Guide and Scout Service was a sum of £1300 to be divided between the two causes |
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