Last week, Auguat 16th, saw our second successful delivery of hampers to nominated families in need. This summer, hampers have been delivered to 24 families and they have received food for one day of each week of the holidays plus fresh fruit to accompany each delivery. Thank you to all who were involved with nominating, organising, co-ordinating, packing and delivering. Everyone involved was connected with the schools and/or churches of Sapcote and Sharnford. The recipients were overjoyed and extremely grateful for a helping hand with feeding hungry mouths over the long holidays. We are very grateful for monetary donations given by local groups and the Parish Councils. Also this year we have been awarded a community grant from ASDA to aid our Hope project for the next year. Of course, we know that none of this would have been possible without the large amount of food provided by the Hinckley Area Food Bank and want to express our thanks to them too. All were blessed by delivering or receiving hampers and we praise God for this, His inspiration, leading and provision for this project. Please pray for the families involved. The hampers included contact details for the churches of Sapcote and Sharnford and groups that children might attend. Please pray that they will keep in touch and seek support if needed. The Hope Team
The Church wardens of All Saints and St Helen's with St Mary's are very pleased to be able to announce that the Rev Joanna Hover has been appointed by the Bishop, as Rector of Sapcote and Sharnford with Wigston Parva. The date of the Rev Jo Hover's licensing by the Bishop of Leicester is 31st August, 2022, 7.30pm at All Saints Church, Sapcote We are all very excited by the appointment and are very much looking forward to welcoming our new Rector and her family to the Parish.
Due to the rising cost of living, many local families are struggling to feed their families. To help families in need, we feel it’s right to organise Hope in the summer. Our aim is to provide food for one day of each week of the holidays. The food will be delivered at the start of July and again in August - 7 days supply in total. Hinckley area Food Bank are able to support us with some provision of tinned and dried food, which we may be able to supplement with fresh fruit and veg. We are asking schools and playgroups to nominate families, and want to extend the invitation to make nominations to church members. If you know of a local family who would benefit from this offer of 'Hope', please use the google form. The link is supplied below. Or if you are not able to access the form, please contact Di Harrold on 01455 272928. https://forms.gle/DT99Mir58kW9HTYM7 Nominations must be by June 17th
We were delighted to be able to hold the Churches Together in Sapcote and Sharnford Charity Fun Run again after a gap of three years. This year the run/walk was part of the Sapcote Queen's Platinum Jubilee Celebration and consequently the start was moved to the playing fields where the rest of the celebration was being held. Sixty entrants gathered together and the run was again started to the sound of Leicester City's, Paul Hing, playing the Post Horn Galop at 10:00 am. Some of the faster runners were able to get to Sharnford and back in an impressive 20 minutes, being cheered on by our marshals and other people along the way - many others enjoyed the walk. The run made £315 for the three charities: Cancer Research UK, Parkinsons UK and Tear Fund. I'd like to thank all of those people who helped or joined in: a group of willing workers who arrived on Saturday at 8:00 am to set up the start banner, gazebo, etc, all of the marshalls including helpers from St Helens at the Sharnford end, the celebration event organisers, Paul Hing with his post horn, and of course all of the runners and walkers. It was a great start to the Sapcote Queen's Jubilee Celebration and great that our churches had a strong presence in the community event. Dave Harrold
