APPEAL FOR LENT – Ripple Effect To twin our church (memorial) garden and plant hope for a family in Kenya Garden Twinning is a charity gift that plants hope for a family in Kenya. 'Twin your community garden (that could be your church or school gardens or your allotment) with Ripple Effect and your donation of £120 could help families living in rural Migori, Kenya, with three years training in sustainable organic farming. Starting with small kitchen gardens, families can grow enough to eat, set up small businesses, send their children to school and go after their dreams. In recognition of your community's donation of £120, you’ll receive: a sustainable wooden plaque to display in your garden a vegetable growing guide from Charles Dowding, our no-dig expert wildflower seeds to get you started on your Garden Twinning adventure a garden twinning certificate to display inside your church or community space, and an opportunity to have a speaker attend one of your meetings to help bring our work to life plus, we can’t wait to share the practical techniques families in rural Africa are using in their own gardens to fight hunger and the climate crisis' For more information, visit https://rippleeffect.org/about/the-ripple-effect There will be a box in the church for donations(Over £150 already raised for this appeal from our Shrove Tuesday pancake afternoon).
Music from St Paul's music group at concert with Exeter Railway Band. Youtube channel below:st paul's church starcross youtube