As a young child Ana Brookes and her sister Natasha made homemade strawberry jam and sold jars of it to raise money for the children at Rainbow House. Ana is now a Trustee with a lead on marketing and social media for the charity. She is also an undergraduate student in Advanced Applied Psychology at the University of Chichester.The Brookes family has supported Rainbow House from its opening. Tanya Brookes, Ana's mother and our keyboard player at Cafe Church services, is the charity administrator.The Rainbow House children's home was founded by Lynda Ferrin. She bought an acre of land in 2002 and the building of the home commenced. The doors opened for the first children in 2007 and there are now 55 residents at Rainbow House. The charity's website declares: "At Rainbow House we believe education is key to sustaining a strong future our children and the children from the surrounding community. All the children come from difficult backgrounds but Rainbow House has turned into a family for every child. "We want our children to have as many opportunities as possible. Therefore Rainbow House pay for school fees for a portion of the total number of children in the home. Finally, over 75% of the children who have passed through Rainbow House have moved into advanced employment."If you want to find out more about Rainbow House, or make a donation, please go to their website: https://www.rainbowhousekenya.org/
Our special guest speaker at this Sunday's Cafe Church service is Jackie Roberts. Jackie is the celebrated Ringing Master of Bellringers. This weekend marks Bell Sunday zoo it will good to have Jackie with us to talk about the role of bell ringing in our worship and her group.Breakfast will be served in the countdown to our service which starts at 10am in the Winn Hall.
At Easter, our shattered world is interrupted by hope.When it was still dark, Jesus Christ was raised from the dead, God's glory was made known to the grieving and the lost, and a new world was not just made possible, but real.Alleluia! Christ is risen indeed!
