{"id":5623,"date":"2019-12-08T18:03:31","date_gmt":"2019-12-08T18:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/?p=5623"},"modified":"2022-10-12T14:59:06","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T14:59:06","slug":"charities-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hatfieldroadmethodist.org\/?p=5623","title":{"rendered":"Charities Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our Church Council nominates three \u201cchosen charities\u201d \u2013 one local, one national and one international.\u00a0 Since autumn 2016, they have been, respectively, <strong><em>Youth Talk<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>Headway<\/em><\/strong> and <strong><em>ShelterBox<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 Unless determined otherwise, money raised during our events and activities is split equally between those three.\u00a0 In practice, it is accumulated until sizeable cheques can be sent.<\/p>\n<p>The following table summarises our charitable activities during Methodist Year Sep 18 \u2013 Aug 19.<\/p>\n<table width=\"565\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"168\"><strong>EVENT<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"264\"><strong>CHARITY<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"67\"><strong>AMOUNT<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"66\"><strong>DATE<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"168\"><strong>Harvest<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"264\"><strong>All We Can<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"67\"><strong>\u00a3690.00<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">Oct-18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"168\"><strong>Gift Service<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"264\"><strong>Home Start<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"67\"><strong>\u00a3211.00<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">Dec-18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"168\"><strong>Christmas Fair<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"264\"><strong>Church&#8217;s Chosen Charities<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"67\"><strong>\u00a3476.80<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">Dec-18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"168\"><strong>Christingle<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"264\"><strong>Children&#8217;s Society<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"67\"><strong>\u00a342.00<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">Dec-18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"168\"><strong>Minister&#8217;s Card<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"264\"><strong>Church&#8217;s Chosen Charities<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"67\"><strong>\u00a386.25<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">Jan-19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"168\"><strong>Postal Service<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"264\"><strong>Church&#8217;s Chosen Charities<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"67\"><strong>\u00a3126.00<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">Jan-19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"168\"><strong>Retiring Collections (Carols, Midnight, Christmas Day)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"264\"><strong>Church&#8217;s Chosen Charities<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"67\"><strong>\u00a3331.47<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">Jan-19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"168\"><strong>Games Evening<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"264\"><strong>Church&#8217;s Chosen Charities<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"67\"><strong>\u00a375.00<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">Jan-19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"168\"><strong>Pancake Party<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"264\"><strong>Church&#8217;s Chosen Charities<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"67\"><strong>\u00a3171.37<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">Mar-19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"168\"><strong>Cyclone IDAI<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"264\"><strong>Cyclone IDAI<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"67\"><strong>\u00a3186.00<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">Mar-19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"168\"><strong>Easter Tea<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"264\"><strong>Church&#8217;s Chosen Charities<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"67\"><strong>\u00a3175.80<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">Apr-19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"168\"><strong>Easter Offering<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"264\"><strong>Methodist Church World Mission Fund<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"67\"><strong>\u00a3206.00<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">Jun-19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"168\"><strong>125 Celebration Meal<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"264\"><strong>All We Can<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"67\"><strong>\u00a396.00<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">Jun-19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"168\"><strong>Jenny Featherstone preaching<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"264\"><strong>Methodist Church World Mission Fund (Play4All)<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"67\"><strong>\u00a3161.00<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"66\">Jun-19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All money collected has been passed to the beneficiaries.\u00a0 As \u00a3256 for the chosen charities was carried over from the previous year, each received \u00a3566.\u00a0 In addition, Sarah Wallace received \u00a3100 from the church towards her mission in Bangladesh, and Babies and Toddlers raised \u00a3285 for <strong><em>Bliss<\/em><\/strong> (for babies born premature or 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