Christian Aid Week

Christian Aid Week 10th – 16th May 2020

Love never fails. Coronavirus impacts all of us.
But love unites us all.

“Let us love, not in word or speech but in truth and action.” (1 John 3:18).

As this coronavirus spreads across the world, love rises up in response. You’ve already shown incredible kindness to your neighbours. Now is the time to reach out to your neighbours both near and far. Your love protects. From storms, from drought, and now from coronavirus; your love protects our global neighbours battling the spread of this illness. Your love protects with soap, clean water and medical supplies. By supporting us this Christian Aid Week, you can reach out and protect more of your neighbours today.

Christian Aid Week is moving online! We would love you to join in to show love for our neighbours near and far, as a global family.
Unfortunately under the current circumstances regarding Covid-19, there is a delay to processing donations by post.

Please give via the Christian Aid website where possible or call 020 7523 2269 to donate by telephone.
Paying directly into their bank account
For details on how to pay money directly into their bank account please call 020 7523 2226.

The coronavirus outbreak threatens the health of our neighbours near and far. Together we must respond quickly to help the most vulnerable.
Coronavirus has shown us that our futures are bound more tightly together than ever before and now it is spreading across the world’s poorest countries, putting people living in poverty at great risk.
These people are already facing a lack of water, food and healthcare. Some are homeless. Some are living with underlying health issues such as HIV. As coronavirus infection rates speed up, they will feel the impacts of the virus deeply. We must respond now.

Christian Aid is responding to the coronavirus outbreak in Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean.
We’re working together with partners and faith leaders to inform people about the risks, offering hygiene and hand washing sessions, equipping health facilities with supplies and providing training to frontline aid workers.
We’re providing food packages to some of the most marginalised families and ensuring protection for women affected by domestic violence.

Together with our local partners, we are working quickly to limit the impact of coronavirus in some of the most vulnerable communities around the world.
We are drawing on our experience from the Ebola crisis and helping communities to prevent and delay infection.

We are providing essential soap, water and hand-washing training.
We are ensuring urgent health messages get through to help keep people safe. We are working through our networks of church partners and faith-based organisations to reach the most vulnerable at this critical time.
Life-changing transformation is possible when we come together in faith and action!
With your help we can do even more.
Christian Aid believes in life before death!

Please give via the Christian Aid website where possible or call 020 7523 2269 to donate by telephone.
Paying directly into their bank account
For details on how to pay money directly into their bank account please call 020 7523 2226.

JOIN US FOR ONLINE WORSHIP SUNDAY 10th MAY AT 11AM

On Sunday 10th May, we will provide our next online worship which will be led by our minister, Rev’d Kevin de Beer, and will include some pre-recorded songs and hymns from our organist, the choir and congregation.

THE SERVICE IS ALSO AVAILABLE BY CALLING 01698 533211 FROM 11AM EVERY SUNDAY AND IT AVAILABLE ALL WEEK TO CATCH UP. A LOCAL RATE NUMBER.

Join us from around 10.45am, we will have some news screens to display and a song to sing, before the online worship commences at 11am. We have some slide shows of our ever growing Hearts of Hope and this week’s pictures from our Lockdown Gardens.

  • Kevin’s theme is The Traditionalist
  • Stan & June lead us in a Call to worship
  • The reading this week comes from Hugh
  • Anne & Grace will lead us in prayer and poem.
  • The Hymns will include Holy, Holy Holy and Lord speak to me that I may speak

We thought it would be comforting to have familiar views and sounds while we worship in a different way during the COVID-19 crisis. So, in our online worship we will use the sounds of our organ, choir and congregation singing. We will use familiar images from our church, including our lovely stained glass windows.

The worship will be recorded in advance and will go online at around 10.45am on Sunday morning at via our website and YouTube here https://bellshillcentral.church/watch-live/ or click the image to the left.

Once the live stream is finished it will be uploaded to our YouTube Channel for you to watch later if you missed the live stream and it will also be available on our Catch Up link at the very top of this website.

We hope you will join us!

waiting for our return!

This week’s E-NEWS from Central Church

We invite you to join us this week at Bellshill’s Central Church as we worship online via http://www.bellshillcentral.church/watch-live – the live stream starts around 10.45am and worship itself at 11.00am

Rev Kevin’s message is about Loving God through ritual and symbol. What does this mean? Our weekly E-NEWS has some thoughts on this…….tune in to find out more.

Remember you can dial in via 01698 533211 to hear the weekly message over the phone if you don’t have internet. Please pass this number to anyone who might need this service.

This week’s E-NEWS features a section of one our beautiful and inspiring stained glass windows. Visit the church tour to see more! Once we are open again why not come along and see the window’s in person, with their vibrant colours and intricate design.

Our Heart of Hope continue to provide a symbol of Hope, Love and Strength in our town. We encourage anyone in the area to take part. Place on our Church railings or the Co-op Funeral Care premises to spread colour and hope in the town.