Mercy Ministry

For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help. Psalm 72:12

The Arborfield church family are keenly aware of how God, our loving Father has helped us. We are eager to follow in his example and offer our help to those in need. There are many opportunities to serve, listed below are some we are focusing on as a church family. It would be wonderful if you could prayerfully consider if you could help with one (or more) of these organisations. You will need to sign up directly with the organisation and go through their safeguarding procedures. However if the people volunteering in the same organisation could be linked together to share stories and pray together it would be a great encouragement.

There may be people you are aware of who are in need or you may be need yourself. If there is any way we can help we would love to know.

So if any these apply:

• You are aware of a need you think some of the church family maybe able to help with
• You want to find out more about any of these volunteering opportunities
• You want to inform us that you have signed up so you can get in touch with other volunteers.

Please do get in contact by sending an email to mercy.arb@abch.org.uk

Christian Community Action

CCA aim is to demonstrate God's love by meeting people's practical needs and restoring their self worth. In addition they offer support to their service users; helping them to learn new skills, rebuild their confidence and get into paid employment through volunteering at their shops.

CCA provides support for individuals and households in Reading who are in need of emergency furniture, bedding and kitchen items. They do this through recycling donations of furniture, clothing, bric-a-brac and household goods.

We have a monthly collection to contribute food, and items for their kitchen and bedding packs. We would love to have more people bringing these donations to CCA. If you are able to help with this please let us know by emailing mercy.arb@abch.org.uk

If you would like to volunteer for them directly they need volunteers to help serve in their shops, and to train as assessors in the Support Centres. Van drivers and able-bodied crew members are needed to collect and deliver furniture.

The following skills are always needed:

• Administration
• IT
• painting
• decorating
• plumbing
• electrical work
• Public Relations
• Human Resources

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To find out more and sign up to serve please visit the volunteer page