As an alternative to all sending cards to each other, last year we tried one per family and that worked well so we’re doing the same this year, this is how it’ll work:-
1. I’ll print one Christmas card addressed to each Cornwell Church family and lay them out at church on Sunday 13th and 20th December (also card to Parish council, Neighbourhood wardens etc)
2. You sign the ones you want and make a donation to a Christian charity
3. After the service on 20th take your card which by then should be full of names (if you can’t come to our service on the 20th we’ll deliver your card).
In addition to making a donation in respect of all the cards you saved buying, how about adding a charity donation to your presents list; i.e. donate what you would have spent on one present.
Last year with the addition of money from our missions budget we were able to send £750 to the ‘Send a Cow’ charity to buy a cow for Africa (not just the cow but all the training and support to go with it).
This year we’ll split the money realised between 2 charities, one home and one away; ‘Prospects’ the locally based charity for people with learning disabilities and ‘Send a Cow’ (maybe a couple of goats this year)
Tony