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Yorkshire FCN Silent Auction was launched on 25th October at Countryside Live with lots including holiday cottages, various leisure activities and many other exciting gifts and unusual lots.
Helen Benson, FCN’s Yorkshire Coordinator says: “Please support this work by putting in a bid – it could be a Christmas present, a surprise for someone close to you or a treat for yourself – have a go!
To download a brochure listing the lots available Click here
Bids close on 10th December 2008.
Contact Helen on 01677 470180 or 07749 896060 or by
e mail: fcnyorkshire@btinternet.com.
FCN Harvest Resources for Churches
FCN has again produced resources for churches to use at harvest. The short visual presentation highlights the value of UK farming alongside the issues which threaten its future and how the Church is responding through the work of FCN. It also shows how we can all make a positive difference.
‘Harvest Festival’ is traditionally celebrated by churches across the UK in the early autumn. It is an opportunity to pray for the farming community, particularly this year as so many continue to struggle with low prices and increasing bureaucracy, on top of the huge strain caused by the disastrous new ‘Single Payment Scheme’ which resulted in problems that have affected every farming family in the UK in some way. It has been a very difficult and stressful run-up to harvest on many farms this year.
Harvest is also a time to remind us all to think about the food we eat, the farmers who produce it, and of course the God who provides it!
FCN resources available to churches
The following resources are available on request from the FCN office in a variety of formats:
•FCN harvest visual presentation – available on CD as a powerpoint presentation, or as a series of colour A4 display panels for you to print from pdf. Ideal for use in harvest festival services. To request a copy from the FCN office click here.
• FCN News Sheet: to download click here.
•FCN prayer cards
FCN collection of resources and ideas for Harvest Festival services: to download click here.
•Book of Graces – for farming and countryside occasions, compiled by Malcolm Stansfield, Trustee of FCN and known to many in farming. Perfect for harvest, copies are available at £5 each (incl p&p) with all proceeds to FCN. Please make cheques payable to Mr M Stansfield and post your order to the FCN office.
•FCN help cards & leaflets – if you are a rural church, we can supply you with materials to make available in the church so people who may need FCN’s help know how to contact us.
FCN’s ministry would not be possible without the support of churches, both urban and rural. We are grateful for the continued generosity of our churches in prayer, finance, raising awareness and supporting FCN’s volunteers in their local work in the farming community.
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