Open to God Open to You Open to Each Other
At the start of our new Church year we celebrate Harvest. Gifts of food and flowers are brought and
arranged in the church. During the service we give thanks for God’s provision of
all the elements needed to feed and, of course, to clothe ourselves. We sing and pray too that others will also
enjoy the great benefits of God’s grace, here in Britain and particularly
across the world where people are suffering and dying for want of food and
shelter.
We pray that our own country, and other nations sending
gifts and physical help in international aid, will do everything possible to
match their contribution to the need.
After the services, the gifts brought to the church are
distributed to those in need in the town and surrounding area. Non-perishable items are donated to the Whitechapel Mission, Bishop's Stortford Food Bank and the YMCA in Bishop’s Stortford.