Ukraine Mission Trip

Calling all Claygate kids

(and parents / carers)

Messy Church

is starting at
Holy Trinity Claygate

What is Messy Church like?

We start with coffee, squash & cake. Then there are lots of arts, crafts and games.  Next a short service with stories, songs and prayers followed by a hot meal. There is no charge for Messy Church.

Messy Church

When is Messy Church?

The first two dates are:
Thursday 5 June and Thursday 3 July.

Starts with a welcome over coffee, squash and cake from 3:30-4pm then arts & crafts from 4pm onwards.

Who is Messy Church for?

Messy church is for everyone - young and old alike. If you are a child, you will need to bring an adult with you.
 

What next?

Just come along to Messy Church and join in!

For more info contact the church office on 01372 463603

Church at Gyula
Church at Gyula

Background

In November 2003 Holy Trinity sponsored a visit to two remote villages in Trans-Carpathia, Ukraine to investigate the practicalities of a summer visit. The aim was very much to work through the churches there and support the remote but solidly Christian communities and demonstrate that there were fellow Christians in the UK who wanted to share faith with them.

With their approval the first summer “Working Holiday” to Akli and Gyula in 2004 involved more than 25 church members in medical, dental, teaching and mission teams (and was also supported by Christian doctors and medical students from Hungary as well translators from a local Ukrainian University). The ages of the group ranged from 8 to 78.  This group expanded in 2005 and this year more than 70 people (including 48 from the UK) are seeking to make a long term impact; building on the medical, dental and teaching support that is provided; and (at the request of the ministers there) to augment the programme by running a youth camp to help them bring local youth to Christ.

Our Longer Term Objectives

Church at Akli
Church at Akli

In addition to our summer trip, our longer term objectives include:

To make ongoing provision for certain medicines which can make a real difference to the villagers; and unobtainable/unaffordable locally.

To provide for the salary of at least one local Christian youth worker to provide ongoing support for the youth in the villages following the youth camp which we plan to run in the summer based on a shortened Alpha course.

To then undertake a longer term building project in conjunction with the local council and church and rebuild a small two-room primary school in Uj Akli where the roof has caved in over the last 12 months, rendering it unusable. We are planning to undertake this project using local labour under the supervision of the same local Christian builder from the town who built the toilets in the Gyula school so successfully last year.

So Please Can You:

Pray individually and in home groups.

Ask questions about the trip - speak to any member of the team.

Write a greetings card or two for us to take to a family in Ukraine.