Don’t miss Parish Praise on May 10th at 10.00.
It is very special that people in Kenton have raised money to provide fresh, safe water for people thousands of miles away in Zambia whom they have never met. As you know, the Kenton Pump in Mazyopa is in full flow; helping to save and enhance lives. Indeed, the difference that clean water makes to a village has impressed the Parochial Church Council so much that it has decided to go ahead and raise the money to install a second clean-water pump in another Zambian village.
Now, surprise, surprise we all have the chance to meet the people who made it happen in Zambia! The little team of volunteers from the Oasis Relief Trust will be at morning service at 10am on May 10th. They will be explaining how they go about drilling wells and giving us real examples of the differences that these simple pumps make. One of these visitors will be the Zambian pastor who was the drilling operations director. He happens to be in the UK that weekend!
We aim to present the team with the first instalment of the money for this second Kenton clean-water pump. After the service we there will be a simple ‘bring and share’ buffet lunch so that we can all meet the team informally and ask more questions.
We want to invite absolutely everyone who has had a hand in this fund raising to be part of this Zambia Comes to Kenton service and to the lunch afterward. You don’t have to be a regular church-attender to be a very proper part of this one-off special event.
We still have to raise more money for the final instalment for this pump and I am delighted to hear of some further fund-raising projects already in hand.