All Age Worship Nativity service led by Pastor Steve Mayo.
This year, we will also be using the Nativity as an opportunity to collect donations of tinned and long life food for Southend Foodbank. Southend Foodbank is run by The Trussell Trust, whose UK foodbanks gave out 1.3million emergency food parcels between April and September this year. Almost half a million of these were for children. The need is already great, but The Trussell Trust are expecting this winter to be the hardest yet for foodbanks and the people they support. For this reason the Leadership Team felt it was important to add a foodbank collection to the Nativity service, and all donations will be very gratefully received. Items currently most needed by Southend Foodbank include jam, UHT milk, tinned fruit, tinned chilli/curry/meatballs, tinned carrots, hotdogs and sweet treats such as chocolate bars. Strong re-usable carrier bags are also always appreciated. Thank you.