Providing basic food for people in crisis
An initiative discussed earlier in the year by the leadership team was for our church to look outwardly more. As a result we have decided to support the Lincoln Community Larder, as our new community and mission partner for the next twelve months.
The purpose of the Lincoln Community Larder is to provide basic food for people in crisis. They do this by issuing Larder Vouchers to a variety of agencies in the area who then refer people to them who are in need of assistance in the form of food. The larder provide 3 days’ worth of food for each person included on the voucher.
The community larder are grateful for the generosity provided by people at harvest festival time but their stocks dwindle as the year progresses, so we thought we would give them some help though our own scheme called ‘BAT’ (bring a tin!)
The idea being that at every family service families are encouraged to bring a tin of food and place it in the box located at the back of church. Lincoln Larder give advice about the best tins required by them here.
LOOK OUT FOR THE ‘BAT’ BOX AT THE BACK OF CHURCH!