Lent Appeal 2025 – Caxton Youth International

https://caxtonyouth.org/

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With your donations we hope to raise enough funds to pay for a five-day outdoor residential trip at a purpose-built centre in the countryside for eight young people plus three staff. Donations would help cover the costs for accommodation, catering, staffing, activities and transport to the centre. A chance for them to experience the countryside and activities such as abseiling, high ropes courses, archery, pond dipping. For donations: White Lent Appeal envelopes will be available in the pews during Lent (Gift Aid if you are eligible).

We are delighted to welcome guest speakers for a brief talk on the charity during the morning service on:

Sunday 9 March (first Sunday of Lent) – Stefan Filby, Head of Programmes

Sunday 13 April (Palm Sunday) – Esther Norman, Interim CEO

Please watch below this lovely short video clip ‘What Makes Caxton Youth Special’.

Various Options To Donate:

White Lent Appeal envelopes available in the pews and in Upper Vestibule.

Alternatively, by electronic bank transfer: Please use “Lent Appeal” as the payment reference.

St. Columba’s Church of Scotland
Royal Bank of Scotland
Account Number 00264741
Sort Code 16 00 42

Cheques payable to: “St. Columba’s Church of Scotland” and with a note attached to cheque indicating it is for the Lent Appeal.
Send to: Finance Dept. (Lent Appeal).

Lent and Easter 2025

Each year, Lent, Holy Week and Easter gives opportunity to explore the beauty and mystery of Christ’s life, death and resurrection; a time to assess what is important; a time to explore or deepen one’s faith. Jesus’ own hard road to the Cross is reminder and strength for the hard roads which we, or our loved ones, may also be required to travel. Whether the stories of Easter are familiar, whether you know this church well, or not, we invite you to be part of this significant season, a time of pilgrimage and discovery, leading to the profound celebrations of Easter morning.

Sounds of St Columba’s: Sunday 17th November, 1.30pm, Church

The Choir of St Columba’s will sing Duruflé’s Requiem on November 17th 2024 at 1.30pm – featuring Catherine Olver (Organ).

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Lent and Easter 2024

The days of Lent are set aside as pilgrimage and preparation for our eventual embrace and celebration of Easter. They echo Jesus’ forty days in the wilderness. You might consider Lent as a “treasure hunt,” digging more deeply into the mystery of Christ’s life, death and resurrection; perhaps a time to reassess and reorder what is important. Travelling from Ash Wednesday to Easter and beyond, we hope the resources offered here – poems, psalms and prayers will encourage and enrich your journey towards Easter this year.

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Christian Aid Week 12th to 18th May 2024

www.christianaid.org.uk To launch Christian Aid Week, we are delighted that Jennifer Larbie, Head of UK Advocacy and Campaigns for Christian Aid, will be joining us and we look forward to her sermon on Sunday 12^th May.