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Charitable Giving
2 Corinthians 9:7-8. So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound towards you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.
Chap- Aid update: donations to charities in 2022
Thanks to your generosity, we have given 1,111€ to charity. You certainly have the heart of the Father, showing your compassion to those in need. We have given to disaster relief in Tonga and Pakistan, aid to Ukraine, New Dawn’s work in Nepal and closer to home, Resto du Coeur. There were no fund raising events, this was all donated at services. We are blessed, to be a blessing to others.
Looking back on 2022 - Financial Report
Our charitable contributions for 2022:
Disaster fund (Tonga): 200 €
Disaster fund (Ukraine): 350 €
Bishops lent appeal Ukraine: 100 €
Nepal: 100 €
Disaster fund (Pakistan): 80€
Resto du Coeur food bank (carol service): 271 €
Total: 1,101 €
Disaster relief was given to Shelter Box and Médecins Sans Frontières. (www.msf.org. and www.shelterbox.org.)
Nepal : For many years we have supported the work of A New Dawn’s work in Nepal (www.a-newdawn.org). They are involved with Little Feet Orphanage and Run with the Word, a mission training school. The website tells of their work but is not up to date. However, we are grateful to Jennie Waterman who gives us regular updates and newsletters.
Restos du Coeur : Our harvest donations of goods are given to the local branch in Sarlat who are very grateful. Thank you Rosemary for delivering them for us. Our financial donations from the carol service each year goes to the regional branch.
Our gross church budget was 9,300 €. Our actual end of year gross income was 10,161.
We are delighted to confirm that we have given over 10% of our income to charity. There were no fundraising events, this was given in collections at our services. We are blessed to be a blessing to others. My grateful thanks to you all, who have God’s heart of compassion for those in need. Our giving is also underpinned with prayer as we intercede for the needs of others.
We give praise and thanks to God for letting his resources flow through us.
Alexandra Billing. rouffiaguet@aim.com
If you would like to make a donation at any time, simply click here to access the Chap-Aid fundraising page.
Thanks be to God for successful fundraising for 2021!
Our grateful thanks to everyone who made generous donations throughout the year. Our total for 2021 was 1,400€. This is an incredible achievement from our small congregation of 8 core households. A huge thank you to Jeff, Andrew, Rebecca and Rosemary for their contributions to the successful Vide Grenier on 7.11.21 which raised 334€ on the day to put together with other donations. Thank you to all who contributed goods to sell. Our final charitable contribution of the year came from our carol service on 14th Dec. This collection was donated to the local Resto du Coeur.
11th Mission Training school in Kathmandu
“Runwiththeword” is inspired by a scripture in 2 Thessalonians 3:1, “…pray for us that the word of the Lord may run swiftly and be glorified…” The aim of “runwiththeword” is to help get the simple Gospel message to particularly remote places, often where the name of Jesus is not yet known. It often involves training people who are willing to walk for days to reach isolated villages, inaccessible by road or transport.
To find out more, visit the charity’s website here
Click here to read the spring 2021 Newsletter.
Charity Update: New Dawn Nepal
“Runwiththeword” is inspired by a scripture in 2 Thessalonians 3:1, “…pray for us that the word of the Lord may run swiftly and be glorified…” The aim of “runwiththeword” is to help get the simple Gospel message to particularly remote places, often where the name of Jesus is not yet known. It often involves training people who are willing to walk for days to reach isolated villages, inaccessible by road or transport.
To find out more, visit the charity’s website here
Click here to read the spring 2021 Newsletter.
Giving thanks for generous charity fundraising
Thank you all for your generous giving to those in need. In 2019 we gave the following donations:
Disaster relief via Shelter box/MSF (335 €), New Dawn for Run with the Word and Little Feet Orphanage (558 €), Emmaus (65 €), Resto du Coeur (175 €), for a total of 1 233 €, which is 10% of our collection income received last year.
This amount was raised by 2 collections for disaster relief, sale of Fellowship Feast booklets, Ceildh Scottish evening, Vide Grenier, Christmas Carol Service collection.
In 2020 we will also be contributing to the Samaritan’s Purse International Relief charity. Click here to visit their website page.
November 2019 'Vide Grenier' - fundraising out in the community
On 3rd November we had a stall at the Vide Grenier in Le Bugue. In spite of bad weather conditions Jeff, Andrew and Rebecca managed to set up the stall and enough people came along for us to raise 228€ for our charity in Nepal. Many thanks to those who came along and those who donated goods to sell.
