{"id":1876,"date":"2025-05-20T11:50:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T11:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urc.org.uk\/?p=59006"},"modified":"2025-05-20T11:50:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T11:50:40","slug":"inspiring-12-year-old-gains-lundies-march-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/standrewsurcrustington.org.uk\/?p=1876","title":{"rendered":"Inspiring 12-year-old gains Lundie\u2019s March award"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A special 12-year-old who people feel \u201cfortunate to be around\u201d has been named the March recipient of the Lundie Memorial Award.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Abbie McGregor, who attends Sawston Free Church in Eastern Synod, initially began helping serving refreshments for the church\u2019s holiday club and really enjoyed it.<\/p>\n

Julie said Abbie\u2019s kindness and caring nature shone through and naturally led to her embracing church life. In particular, Abbie helps with junior church, leading games for the younger girls within Girls\u2019 Brigade and assisting with Messy Church.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was so surprised about winning, but also excited about being chosen. I appreciate the recognition of my help, and I will continue to do so in the future,\u201d said Abbie.<\/p>\n

\u201cA church community is a wonderful hub of kindness and compassion for all. Involving yourself in it is an amazing way to give back to the church and carry on the will of God.\u201d<\/p>\n

Abbie hopes to encourage others to get involved, especially those of a similar age to her. She was nominated by Julie Robinson, Sawston Free\u2019s Junior Church Coordinator.<\/p>\n

Julie said: \u201cAbbie is one of those very special young people you feel so fortunate to be around.\u201d<\/p>\n

Each recipient of the Lundie award receives \u00a3100. Abbie is thinking about using hers to buy some youth Bibles to be used at Sunday morning church services.<\/p>\n

Learn more about the Lundie award and how to make a nomination<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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A special 12-year-old who people feel \u201cfortunate to be around\u201d has been named the March recipient of the Lundie Memorial Award. Abbie McGregor, who attends Sawston Free Church in Eastern Synod, initially began helping serving refreshments for the church\u2019s holiday … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1877,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-1876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-urc-news","tag-urc"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t