We all love the traditional song the ‘12 days of Christmas’ – but Scouts and Congregation members at Dukinfield Moravian Church have decided to extend the timeframe!
The 5th/7th Dukinfield Scout Group, based at Dukinfield, wanted to work towards their Awards and Badges by showing local community support. They came up with the idea of the 12 weeks of Christmas – uniformed Leaders and members bringing in different items to use for the Food Hamper Scheme that is run out of the Church.
The list comprised of:
1. A Bag of Pasta
2. Litre of UHT Milk
3. Tin of Peas
4. Tin of Ham
5. Tin of Beans
6. Tin of Tuna
7. A Packet of Biscuits
8. A Jar of Tomato Sauce
9. Tinned Potatoes
10. A Tin of Custard
11. A packet of Crisps
12. Tin of Fruit
As the ‘Pass it On’ hymn says, it only takes a spark, to get a fire going – and soon the congregation jumped into support, as well as other church based groups and communities.
The hope is to give local people and families in the area a merry time at Christmas and celebrate giving and service for our faith.
The generosity and alacrity in which people have given is truly amazing, with crates and boxes being filled. We hope that this simple but effective idea may be rolled out to other churches in the future.
Sr Penny Weir
