| Articles
and Updates |
CHRISTIAN
AID WEEK May 11th ~ 17th 2008
‘ Empowering People’ |
| CHRISTIAN
AID “SUPPER FROM BANGLADESH” - Click
here |
| "On
Tuesday 11th March 2008 a good crowd of almost 50 people
met at St Peters’ Church Hall in Pedmore to enjoy
a meal together and to hear about some of the projects
supported by Christian Aid in Bangladesh..." - Hugh
Williams tells us about the work of the Gono Kallayn Trust. |
| Thoughts
on taking toys to Coventry - Click
here |
| "The
“flight into Egypt” is part of the Christmas
story, a family fleeing the harsh reality of children
being slaughtered by a brutal ruler. I was reminded of
it when I visited Coventry Refugee Centre early in December
when I delivered toys from our Toy Service for the children
of families served by that centre." - An article
by Virginia Williams |
| Colbitz
Visit 2008 |
| Our
friends from Colbitz will be in Stourbridge from Thursday
June 26th ~ Monday June 30th |
| Churches
Together in Stourbridge - Click
here |
Lent
Appeal 2007~ Helderberg Street Peoples Project raised
£1020.17 |
| Click
here to read an in depth report |
| Christian
Aid Week 2007 |
Christian
Aid Street Collection by members of St Thomas’
raised £651.08.
Click
here to read about Christian Aid’s “Cut
the Carbon” March : Summer 07
Q:
What’s the link between a new tree in Market Street,
Stourbridge and Mango trees in Senegal?
A:
Click here to find out! |
| Fairtrade |
Dudley
Council passed the following resolution on Monday July
16th 2007 : members of all parties supported the Motion.
"That Dudley MBC supports the principle of Fairtrade
and the Fairtrade Foundation.
The
Council welcomes the work of supporters of the Fairtrade
Foundation within the Metropolitan Borough and supports
the efforts of all townships within the Borough in their
quest for Fairtrade Town Status. The Council agrees
to continue to offer Fairtrade tea and coffee at its
meetings and in the offices."
The Fairtrade Group is celebrating and giving thanks.
It means that the first of the 5 Goals for Fairtrade
Town status has been met and now we work on increasing
the number of retail and catering outlets in Stourbridge
who stock and sell at least 2 Fairtrade items. |
| A
Sunny Autumn Week-end in Colbitz: September 2006 |
As
usual our visit to Colbitz began with a warm welcome
from the parish over supper in the church hall. Dieter
Kerntopf, the pastor, his wife, Gaby and their 3 children
together with our kind hosts had all stayed up to greet
us from Berlin.
The
weather was sunny and warm throughout our stay and our
friends had arranged a marvellous programme of visits
and experiences for us ...
Read
a full account of our recent visit to Colbitz by clicking
here.
Colbitz
Archive
Click
here to read about our 2005 Visit
Click here to read about
our 2004 Visit |
| Stourbridge
Drummers keep the ‘MAKE POVERTY HISTORY’ BEAT
going |
|
At mid-day on Saturday July 8th Market Street, Stourbridge
was ringing with the sounds of drum beats from Senegal
- read an account of this amazing event by clicking
here. |
| Fair
Trade : We Can Make a Difference |
A
small working group has recently started up to look
at what needs to be done to reach Fairtrade Town Status
for Stourbridge. If you are interested in Fairtrade
locally please contact Virginia on 01384-394118 and
click
here to read about how you can make
a difference
Links
www.fairtrade.org.uk
www.traidcraft.org.uk
|
| Forging
new links with new friends ... |
| Click
here to read the letter we received from
the Headmaster of Itamba Secondary School. |
| “MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY”
(www.MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY.org) |
| Click
here to go to our own webpage about the campaign which
includes a report on the Edinburgh and Gleneagles rally
bu Hugh and Virginia Williams. |
30,000
children die unnecessarily each day as a result of poverty.
The MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY campaign is part of the massive
Global Call to Action Against Poverty in 2005.
The
campaign is a unique alliance of well over 100 groups
----- churches, charities, faith communities, trade
unions, celebrities and many others. Its call to UK
leaders and to World leaders is for urgent real policy
change around trade, debt and aid.
“2005
offers a unique opportunity to eradicate poverty. Make
it happen with your passion, and a little of your time”
(Oxfam)
You could wear a white arm band (available from Oxfam
shops), sign a campaign card, Vote for Trade Justice,
write to Tony Blair.
Find
out about local actions you can support by emailing
us at St Thomas’s office. |
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