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.