Harvest festival in the Benefice of Littleborough

The three churches of the Benefice of Littleborough – St Barnabas, St James and Holy Trinity – came together on Sunday 29 September to celebrate their harvest festival at St Barnabas’ Church.

Last week the two church schools kicked off the benefice harvest celebrations with their services at Holy Trinity Church and St James’ Church. The contributions from Holy Trinity school, Stansfield Hall School and all three churches were combined at Sunday’s service, to be sent to Rochdale Foodbank this week.  

The Reverend Ian Bullock spoke at all three services about the generosity of those who have given offerings, and of the importance of sharing the love of God through continued support of the foodbank and other relief organisations and the wonderful work that they do within our communities.  

Over the past few years, the Benefice has supported the foodbank, Sanctuary Trust and a number of other organisations and continue to give thanks for the work that they do. 

 

 

Despite typically receiving most donations during harvest and at Christmas, the donations received by Rochdale Foodbank must last all year so there is enough to go around.

Set up in 2012, the foodbank operates on a voucher system, provided by over 130 agencies in Rochdale who have identified people in crisis, who may struggle to buy food.

The voucher is honoured like a cheque, in exchange for three-days’ worth of goods.

In August this year, the foodbank helped 468 adults and 193 children.

Last year, more than 6,600 three-day emergency food supplies were given to people in crisis at Rochdale Foodbank, providing more than 2,200 children with provisions.

The foodbank currently urgently requires:

• semi-skimmed milk (UHT 1 litre)
• 500g bags of sugar
• pasta sauces
• tinned fruit
• biscuits
• tinned rice pudding
• custard

Donations can be made at:

• Tesco, Silk Street, Sudden, Rochdale, OL11 3ER 
• All of the borough’s libraries
• Many of the borough’s churches
• Co-op stores at Cutgate, Littleborough and Milnrow
• At the back of Rochdale Foodbank on South Parade, Rochdale, OL16 1LR - Opening hours are 11.00am – 12.45pm Monday to Friday. A member of staff will greet you and make sure your donation is safely booked in.

Food collections can be arranged by contacting Dave Hill: 07922 658346.