{"id":225,"date":"2019-03-25T10:24:04","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T10:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janor.co.uk\/stmargarets\/?page_id=225"},"modified":"2026-03-29T17:33:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T17:33:50","slug":"care-committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stmargaretschurchstreatley.org.uk\/?page_id=225","title":{"rendered":"Care Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Aims<\/strong><br><strong>C<\/strong>oncern for those less fortunate than ourselves outside our Parish;<br><strong>A<\/strong>id to those in need;<br><strong>R<\/strong>espond to emergency appeals;<br><strong>E<\/strong>ducation assistance overseas and make our parishioners more aware of the needs for others<br><br><strong>Objectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To react immediately to local, national or international disasters either in kind, goods or money;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To take on a specific project either inside or outside the Diocese and\/or overseas, with a definite aim to give aid;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To arrange for speakers to preach at services and liaise with specific charities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"846\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/stmargarets.arobeia.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/refugee-pic.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1152\" style=\"width:361px;height:255px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stmargaretschurchstreatley.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/refugee-pic.jpg 846w, https:\/\/www.stmargaretschurchstreatley.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/refugee-pic-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stmargaretschurchstreatley.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/refugee-pic-768x545.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 846px) 100vw, 846px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Sponsored Children With Plan International<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Four children, one each from the Dominican Republic, Togo, Columbia and Bangladesh are sponsored through Plan International. Regular updates are received from the charity. Four church members correspond with the children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We were very pleased to welcome some new sponsors in 2020 but would still welcome a few more. The annual donation is \u00a315 per child. If interested please contact Judy Seymour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fund Raising and Fellowship Events<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>These take place at both Lent and Harvest times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Church Coffee: <\/strong>Coffee is served after the Sunday Communion Service. Four times a year the donations collected are sent to a chosen local, national or international charity<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Charity Collection Boxes: <\/strong>Each year the church supports the Marie Curie Daffodil Appeal, Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal and Keech Hospice Care Christmas Bells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Christmas Post Box: <\/strong>This is on display in church during the month of December to post Christmas Cards to other members of the church. All donations in lieu of postage stamps support Keech Hospice Care, Children\u2019s Section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Care Committee can be reached at: <strong>care.stmargarets.streatley@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We would love to have you come join us and help make a real difference in Luton, England and the world!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Terms of Reference ratified by the PCC (1992): <\/strong>An independent memorandum account would be opened and proceeds could be included in the 10% church charity allocation should this be necessary. Monies raised would not be lost in the general church fund and not be included in the monies used in the assessment of the Quota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AimsConcern for those less fortunate than ourselves outside our Parish;Aid to those in need;Respond to emergency appeals;Education assistance overseas and make our parishioners more aware of the needs for others [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1173,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/sidebar-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-225","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmargaretschurchstreatley.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmargaretschurchstreatley.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmargaretschurchstreatley.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmargaretschurchstreatley.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmargaretschurchstreatley.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=225"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmargaretschurchstreatley.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1681,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmargaretschurchstreatley.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/225\/revisions\/1681"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stmargaretschurchstreatley.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stmargaretschurchstreatley.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}