{"id":1868,"date":"2025-05-12T16:12:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T16:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urc.org.uk\/?p=58928"},"modified":"2025-05-12T16:12:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T16:12:14","slug":"woking-church-holds-24-hour-fundraiser-for-christian-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/standrewsurcrustington.org.uk\/?p=1868","title":{"rendered":"Woking church holds 24-hour fundraiser for Christian Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Woking United Reformed Church supported vulnerable communities around the world for charity over the wekend with a round-the-clock praise-athon and youth camp-out.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The event, part of Christian Aid Week 2025<\/a><\/strong>, took place on 10 and 11 May at the church in Wessex Synod.<\/p>\n

The Revd Lucy Brierley explained: \u201cEvery year, during this appeal, people across Britain and Ireland have seven days to make a difference and support their global neighbours, in a celebration of hope for a fairer world.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce again, we undertook an ambitious 24-hour project and had some amazing and talented musicians who played.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was lots of music styles and every hour was filled with music, interspersed with ten minutes of prayer and ten minutes of Bible reading.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the same time as the praise-athon, the church\u2019s young people held a sponsored camp-out to raise awareness of displaced people and refugees. So far, the church has raised more than \u00a310,200 having exceeded their original target of \u00a37,000.<\/p>\n

Christian Aid Week takes place 11-17 May and money raised will help the organisation\u2019s partners empower vulnerable communities to find practical and sustainable ways out of poverty.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s appeal focuses on work in Guatemala in Central America, where climate change is causing the seasons to intensify and shift erratically. As a result, farming communities have to battle severe floods and, more recently, ferocious heatwaves. Water sources are drying up and vital crops are failing, plunging farming families into hunger and poverty.<\/p>\n

Despite the challenges families are facing, the unstoppable power of hope drives people to look for ways to push back.<\/p>\n

Christian Aid has been working with organisations like, Coordinaci\u00f3n de ONG y Cooperativas, to offer training and tools so farmers can diversify and grow more resilient crops, build water recycling systems, and create organic fertiliser.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019d like to, make a donation and <\/a>sponsor Woking URC<\/a><\/strong>. To find out more about projects like these and how to get involved, visit www.christianaid.org.uk<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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