These have included
- Joining the Congregational Federation and attending the Conference of the Congregational Federation.
- Joined the trustees of Orsett Churches Centre.
- Taking on the coordination of booking system for the Orsett Churches Centre, and setting up IT systems to support the centre .
And we have achieved so much this year.
Kosovo
- Members of Wellcome Church made two trips to Kosovo. The first to help with the distribution of shoebox presents.
- The second was Wellcome Church’s largest group yet, taking aid to those less fortunate than ourselves.
- Plus inviting and supporting Faton and Kajmelina to visiting us in Thurrock.
Other practical items
- Christmas cards and Alpha invites delivered to all of the village.
- Improvement to facilities in the chapel.
- Joint working with the Parish of Horndon Orsett and Bulphan in planning an Alpha Course and the World Wide Day of Prayer in the locality.
- Supporting other churches with preaching and evangelism.
In Thurrock we have supported in kind and money
- foodbank annual weight about 614kg
- Homeless
- Salvation Army Christmas meal.
- Seafarers centre supporting the work of the centre. an example would be wrapping Christmas presents for Seafarers.
Members of Wellcome church have support with their time
- Seafarers centre.
- Manning 6 external foodbank collections.
- Blythewood shoebox sorting and processing and cartoning.
- Supporting Scouting in Thurrock and Essex.