St Peter's Parish News
Thursday 1 January 1970
A message from Bishop Alan
Each year since 2009, I have had the joy and privilege of inviting our Diocese to come together around the Bishop’s Harvest Appeal—an opportunity to lift our eyes beyond ourselves and share God’s generosity with others in need. As I prepare to retire at the end of May, this will be the final Harvest Appeal I have the honour of introducing.
Thanks to the remarkable generosity shown by so many of you, the Harvest Appeals over these past 16 years have raised over £1 million—a truly extraordinary achievement, which represents lives changed, communities strengthened, and hope restored in places near and far. For every coffee morning held, every school assembly shared, every collection plate filled—I thank you.
Last year’s appeal raised a fantastic £46,636.08 was raised for The Leprosy Mission’s work in Sri Lanka. This year’s appeal is called Rewrite Their Future, and is focused on the work of Mission Direct in Zambia and Uganda, where they are building schools and improving access to education to serve over 17,000 children over the next 20 years. At a time when 250 million children globally are not in school, this is one small but vital way we can help change that reality.
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