ADRA-UK has recently received a grant of £100K from Barclays PLC, for The Umbrella Project, their UK response to COVID-19.
The Umbrella Project aims to provide a multi-agency approach to food poverty, physical and mental wellbeing and sustainable livelihoods for some of the UK’s neediest and vulnerable people. These include the elderly, families with no recourse to public funds and children who entitled to free school meals.
The grant was made possible through the Barclays £100m COVID-19…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2020-11-13/adra-uk-expands-its-covid-19-support-thanks-to-barclays-donation/
Zoom Service Moves Attendees to Tears
Like many others The Watering Hole had to cancel our Service of Remembrance in our usual place of worship but were determined that a service would still go ahead. Each year the church plant hold a service of remembrance and many people come from our local community.
The church plant started as an SEC/Area 3 initiative to start a church in a town where there is no church. Service attendance fluctuates between 20-200, depending on the type of service and the time of year.
With the help of Zoom…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2020-11-12/zoom-service-moves-attendees-to-tears/
BUC Peace Garden Venue for Annual Remembrance Service in Watford
The British Union Conference (BUC) Peace Garden was the venue for this year’s Remembrance service initiated by One Vision and pastoral staff of Stanborough Park church on Wednesday 11 November. Remembrance Day − also known as Armistice Day − falls on November 11 every year. It marks the day World War One ended, at 11 am on the 11th day of the 11th month, in 1918. A two-minute silence is held at 11 am to remember those who sadly lost their life in all wars.
The social distanced service held in…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2020-11-12/buc-peace-garden-venue-for-annual-remembrance-service-in-watford/
Second Lockdown and the Effects on Church Worship
Under the new rules, all religious services are to be stopped once more.Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2020-11-05/781/
Lockdown: Things You Can Do In England’s New Lockdown
The new four-week lockdown has officially started in England. The government has brought the measures in because of the rise in cases of coronavirus and hospital admissions.
However, although lockdown number two is not as strict as the one in spring, it does mean places of worship will have to be closed and only open for prayer.
What can you still do? See the BBC Information video hereSource: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2020-11-05/lockdown-things-you-can-do-in-englands-new-lockdown/
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