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GIVE A SOLDIER A GIFT
While our
lads
and
lassies
are out in Afghanistan fighting for our country why not show your
appreciation and join with St. Andrew's in sending gifts, How about a shoe
box of goodies to cheer them up or even drop them a line to keep their minds
occupied during their free time!
You will
find a list of ideal things to put into shoe boxes and if you cannot afford
to fill a shoe box why not donate something off the list now and again and
we can box things up when we have enough goodies!
We also
have a "shoe box bank" scheme where we ask you to donate your unwanted shoe
boxes to the church and we can give them to families who needed them
JUST
bring any donations along to St Andrew's Church on a Sunday morning at
10.30am or to our Tea and Toast morning on a Tuesday between 10.00am and 12
noon.
You can
also come along to weigh and wrap your parcels on a Tuesday morning, during
Tea and Toast. We have scales, brown paper, sticky tape and blueys for
everybody's use
Over 400 shoeboxes dispatched
since 2010
Boxes posted most weeks..
Call in and and read letters of thanks from
our troops serving in Afghanistan
Troops in Afghanistan receiving
gifts from St Andrew's.Dec 2011 |
Idea’s of
suitable gifts
Mp3 players
-electronic games
Cotton
boxer shorts, cotton knickers, cotton sports socks (all sizes) Toothbrushes
and toothpaste
Lip salve,
Small tins of Vaseline (green and yellow)
Shaving
oils, shaving gels/creams (no aerosols)
Disposable
razors, Stick/roll-on deodorants (unperfumed)
Small packs
of wet wipes, Small baby powder
Foot
powder, Shower gels and shampoo sachets ~
Panty
liners and tampons,
Pot
Noodles, Super Noodles, curry powder....~
Small tubes
of mustard, tubes of condensed milk
Small
variety boxes of cereal packs
Small tins
of macaroni cheese, ravioli etc. Cup-a-soups
Lunchbox
sizes of: Cheddar biscuits, Jammy Dodgers, chocolate chip cookies, All
varieties of Pringles (large or small packs),
Tea bags
(all types including fruit teas), coffee sachets (all types) Hot chocolate
sachets, Ovaltine sachets
Boiled
sweets (all types)
Starburst
fruit chews, Chewing gum
Travel size
board games, pens (all types) flip flops
Marmite
sachets, Cereal bars
Fruit bags
or boxes (dried)
Hair
scrunchies, Nail boards, Combs, Small hand body lotions
DVDs or CDs
computer games wii, Xbox etc remember it gets cold at night
Heat packs
or compacts (not electric & should be a good size to travel with), Extra
socks, Gloves (Tough, not cute and fuzzy please!) Undershirts I t-shirts,
Hats (Please be aware of the approved colour for whatever service branch you
send to.) you are safe with black
Coffee Teal
Hot Chocolate Mixes
Please DO
NOT INCLUDE: AEROSOL CANS (solvents, deodorant etc).
Personal
messages are encouraged, why not include a letter of support.
Biscuits, Chocolate
Coffee (sachets with milk)
Gravy Granules
Cereal
Toothpaste
Wet Wipes
Crisps
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Drinking
chocolate. Tea bags
Dried onion crispies Instant Smash
Magazines Newspapers
Roll on deodorant Soap
Playing cards Travel games
Pork Scratchings
Among the many troops serving
in Afghanistan is the 1st Batt. Mercian Regiment. This regiment was formed
from the former Cheshire Regiment, many soldiers in this regiment are local
lads. Some you may recall have sacrificed their lives so this country can
remain terrorist free. Many, also have been injured. It is a thankless
mission in that country, all the more reason for supporting our boys and
girls out there. Please be generous with your gifts.
In St. Andrew’s Church there
is a prayer list with soldier’s names thereon. We pray for their safe
keeping. Please come along and add your treasured names to that list.
We also have a prayer list
for any person in this parish community. special to your heart, call in, we
welcome you. You can call on a Sunday for Morning Worship at 10.30am or we
are open informally on a Tuesday between 10.00am and 12 noon.
Please join us then for ’Tea n
Toast’.
Update over 400 shoeboxes dispatched
since 2010
Boxes posted most weeks..
Call in and and read letters of thanks from
our troops serving in Afghanistan
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If The Earth
If the Earth were only a few feet in diameter.
Floating a few feet above a field
somewhere
People would come from everywhere
to marvel at it.
People would walk around it
marveling at its big pools
of water, its little pools of
water flowing between the pools.
People would marvel at the bumps
on it and the holes in it, and they would marvel at the very thin layer of
gas surrounding it and the water suspended in the gas.
The people would marvel at all
the creatures walking around the surface of the ball, and all the creatures
in the water.
The people would declare it
PRECIOUS because it was the only one and they would protect it so that it
would not be hurt.
The BALL would be the greatest
wonder known,
And people would come to behold
it, to be healed, to gain knowledge. To know beauty and wonder how it could
be.
People would love it and defend it with their lives, because they would
somehow know that their lives,
their own roundness would be nothing without it.
IF THE EARTH WERE ONLY A FEW FEET
IN DIAMETER. |
