Last week's Coffee Morning in aid of the Rosemere Cancer Foundation was the subject of double page photo spread in the Blackpool Gazette.

Leprosy Sunday 2019

Many thanks for the generous donations towards the work of The Leprosy Mission which this year focuses on the Anandaban Hospital in Nepal. To date the donations from the collection boxes and envelopes amount to £333. The Communion collections for February and March will be added to this amount and the total will be matched pound for pound by the UK Government. The new flat pack collection boxes are in the Church porch.

 Last Sunday, 10th February, we welcomed Peter and Janet Venables into membership of the Church here in Garstang.

Peter and Janet with the Elders.

Peter is welcomed by his Elder, David Ralphs.

On Thursday, 14th February, Kevin Snyman, the national Programme Officer for Commitment for Life led a discussion group on Commitment for Life with members of Missional Partnership North.

Kevin Synman in front of the Commitment for Life poster in the Church Hall.

The group discussion.

And finally, Spring has arrived in the Church's graveyard.

We decided we would like to support the Rotary Shoe Box scheme for a change from Operation Christmas Child, especially as it is run by local people who are able to supervise distribution. Garstang Rotary are willing to buy the boxes for us and to take them to the collection point near Southport.