Social Justice

Thank You Illingworth Cricket Club

A huge thank you to Illingworth Cricket Club who have very kindly organised a food collection for Holy Nativity’s Community Drop-In.  It came as a wonderful surprise when Libby arrived at 9am on Sunday morning to drop off the bags of food before people arrived for the service. Libby works at Stay and Play every Thursday at Holy Nativity and heard about the Drop-In through Michelle.  This is the wonderful community spirit we have in North Halifax.  All of these…
poster advertising harvest service, image of a box of pantry goods

Harvest Festival appeal – donations welcome!

As we start to plan for relaunching the Holy Nativity Community drop in we need to restock our pantry with all the foods we need to support families and individuals in our community in desperate need. In past years our community have been incredibly generous every Harvest in offering food and toiletries to support people in need and we are praying that this year you will be just as generous. What can I bring? To make sure that we can…

Why is the Church of England getting involved with …?

  Time and time again people ask me the question, “Why is the Church of England getting involved with…?” At which point you can add the words refugees, debt, tax credits, or any number of other things. Surely the primary business of the Church is religion, helping people to develop a relationship with God and to become part of the life of the Church. So why get involved in all these other issues? Well, we need to remember that the central…