WelcomeThe Vale of Pewsey Team consists of sixteen churches within an area eight miles wide by six miles deep, designated an 'Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty' in the heart of rural Wiltshire. All sixteen parishes occupy a unique role in bringing their
riches to the Vale of Pewsey Team. By viewing the work as that of a 'team'
we are able to provide for all styles of worship catering increasingly
for all sectors of the community. A wide variety of services are held across the team each week. A list of services is published monthly on this website and also in the Team Magazine The Messenger which is published ten times each year and is distributed free of charge to every household, regardless of church membership. Contact details for the team can be found on the Clergy page. Over the coming weeks, a number of events will be taking place to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Christian Aid Week, 13th-19th May 2012 During Christian Aid week tens of thousands of volunteers (who’d probably rather be doing something else), will go out, raising funds to help some of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people. Locally, people will also be volunteering, (to help make a difference). Money raised helps poor communities throughout the world. Here in The Vale our children have plenty to eat and enjoy. Christian Aid – through your donations, supports many projects, for example a community in Sierra Leone that has seen remarkable change. Tenneh Keimbay’s life turned around when the Methodist Church of Sierra Leone (MCSL) started to work in her town, distributing tools and teaching farmers simple food production techniques. She talks enthusiastically about the difference this has made: ‘Now the children eat two meals all year round, whereas before it was one. They are growing well; they don’t cry around me because of hunger. They are happy to go to school because something is in their stomach.’ The benefits of regular food speak for themselves. But the effects of the food production group have been more wide-ranging than this. Tenneh speaks of the support and the encouragement that the farmers give to each other, and how much can be achieved when the community comes together. ‘What inspires me in life is unity,’ she says. ‘To me, unity means coming together to decide on one thing and take that forward.’ Now that they are no longer limited by hunger, the people of Gbap (pronounced Bap) have come together and successfully lobbied for a new school and an agricultural work centre for the community. The people of Gbap have taken their future into their own hands. So during Christian Aid week you will find a red envelope coming through your door. Please think carefully when making a donation. Money does help feed hungry people but it also helps communities help themselves out of poverty. The house-to-house collections and events to raise funds to enable Christian Aid to support 507 partners in 47 countries in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean, helping people to make change happen. Our donations will be multiplied many times over as many small actions come together to make a huge change. If you can spare a couple of hours to do door to door collections please contact Anne Mantle, 564252
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