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Holy Land Medical Relief Fund
Holy Land Medical Relief Fund
The Holy Land Medical Relief Fund is spearheading a major fundraising drive
this Christmas to support the updating and restructuring of St. Luke’s
Hospital in Nablus.
The hospital, which was built around the turn of the 19th century by the
Church Missionary Society (CMS), is administered by the Anglican Diocese
of Jerusalem and provides health care services to the poor and needy, regardless
of race and religion. It is also an essential symbol of mutual respect and
cooperation in the city of Nablus where it is a major employer, providing
Christians and Muslims the opportunity to work together for the Common Good.
The HLMRF invites you to support some of the following Christmas fundraising
events which include:
1. Christmas Tree colouring-in competition for Sunday School children, their
families and friends to encourage small donations. Details have been circulated
to all clergy and Sunday School superintendants throughout the diocese. Further
copies of the Christmas Tree and instructions on how to participate are available
from Ruth at the Clogher Diocesan office, Enniskillen.
2. Bag packing at Tesco Supermarket in Enniskillen on Tuesday, 22nd December.
Volunteers are urgently needed. Please contact co-ordinator Mrs Ethne McCord
on 0788 4411896 or email dmccord@btinternet.com
3. Sale of Christmas Cards and Calendars – please contact hlmrf@clogher.anglican.org
4. Christingle Service on Sunday, 3rd January 2010 in Christchurch, Maguiresbridge
at 4pm when donations from the Christmas Tree colouring competition will
be handed in.
Perhaps you may wish to make a personal contribution to the Fund in some
other way. If so, please contact the chairman at hlmrf@anglican.clogher.org
No contribution is too small and every donation brings joy and encouragement
to those who are running the project.
Mrs Una Bourke, Bishop Michael Jackson, Revd David Skuce and Miss Isobel
Stewart
There has already been several successful events including the Harvest Tea
in Monaghan.
