Kitchen Services Resume...

After a slight delay our refurbished church kitchen has had a busy start to its new life and Friday lunches resumed on Friday, February 13th. The kitchen has also been used for refreshments at the Boys Brigade 125th Birthday celebration, and coffee on Saturday morning and after Sunday service. Now it's set for the full test as our volunteer teams look forward to the resumption of our popular 'Friday Lunches' with the benefit of new ovens, a dishwasher and lower, easier access serving hatches.

Successful Gift day launches Build 09

Our church 'Build 09' campaign is well under way after a 'Gift Day' on Saturday January 31st and a service the following day based around the 'Parable of the three servants' (Matthew 25:14) sometimes known as the 'parable of the talents'.

Our Gift Day got the fundraising off to a great start with refrehments available (even though there was no water, or for that matter sink in the kitchen) and the chance to 'Buy a Brick' for £1 (and receive an appropriate certificate). Larger financial gifts towards the project were invited from those able to do so and early indications are that over £15,000 was donated or pledged towards our initial target of £50,000. Thank you to everyone for their support.

Sunday's service had the rare, if not unique, event of the collection plates going around the congregation not once, not twice but three times. Firstly, a full plate of chocolate coins was soon emptied as worshippers thought of all the good things associated with our church. Then, after sharing the Bible reading , each worshipper was offered a 'real' £1 coin to take as a token of their 'talent' to be 'grown' into a larger return for the build 09 project by July 2009. Hopefully we'll feature some of the creative ideas on this blog over the coming months. Finally the 'usual' offertory was taken as a token of our response to God's love and the ongoing work of the church in Hucknall and thesurrounding area.