Mission
We support and partner with a number of organisations to serve others locally, nationally and globally. 10% of our annual freewill donations are given to our chosen world mission partners.
Monthly Mission Focus
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Left: with no running water available for her plants, Fridah must carefully conserve every drop. Middle: Fridah takes Quillan to school, before taking her plants to market. Above: The small space available to Fridah to grow her own food.
Growing Hope In a Small City Space
This year, Christian Aid Week (10-16 May) focuses on Nairobi, particularly the settlement of Dagoretti, where families are facing extraordinary hardship. Homes made of steel sheets and concrete blocks are tightly packed together, food is difficult to afford and many families regularly go hungry.
Yet seeds of hope are being planted. Christian Aid’s partner, Beacon of Hope, is helping local people build resilience through urban farming. We hear the story of Fridah, a mother and grandmother who has long struggled to keep her family fed. Through training, tools, seeds and support, she has learned to cultivate her own small growing space. She can now provide nutritious food for her children and sell produce at her market stall, giving her both income and dignity. Urban farming, she says, has changed her life.
For over 80 years, Christian Aid has inspired churches like ours to give and pray for our global neighbours living in extreme poverty. Once again, we will be delivering 6,000 envelopes around Ashtead, and we invite you to consider supporting this life‑changing work.
Full details of the work Christian Aid are doing to end global poverty, including Fridah’s story - can be found HERE.
With special thanks to Jane Boniface, Chair of the Christian Aid Committee in Ashtead.
Always Learning Developing And Growing promotes the inclusion of people with learning disabilities into their local community life.
The Be Me Project supports secondary school students and women who are struggling with anxiety, low self esteem or other emotional issues.
The Besom helps people in the local community make a difference and provides a bridge between those who want to give time, money, things or skills and those who are in need, ensuring what is given is used effectively.
Christian Aid aims to create a world where everyone can live a full life, free from poverty.
Interserve works amongst the peoples of the Asia and Arab world, equipping everyday Christians for cross-cultural mission. We support our partners Jonathan and Helen in Bristol.
Karen Border Ministries is an outreach programme initiated by Christ Church Bangkok. They support Karen people who have escaped Myanmar as refugees and live in Northern Thailand
LeatherHEAD START works with people who have been made homeless in the Leatherhead area, providing accommodation and support.
Mothers' Union is an international Christian charity that supports families worldwide. Its members are not all mothers, as there are many parents, men, widows, singles and grandparents involved in its work.
Music in Ministry Trust promotes the Christian faith through the music ministry of Bryn Howarth. Most of the Trust’s work is in UK prisons.
Yala Widows and Orphans Support Project (YAWOSUP) supports widows, orphans, teenage mothers and vulnerable children in Kenya.
Through the Roof is a Christian disability charity that changes the lives of disabled people around the world and helps others to change lives too. Their goal is to see everyone valued equally, fully belong, and able to contribute their gifts and skills.
Christians Against Poverty (CAP) provides free debt counselling and community-based support for those struggling financially. SGSG directly supports the CAP Mole Valley debt centre based at Crossways Baptist Church, Dorking.
Ashtead Churches Together (ACT)
Together with St Michael’s Roman Catholic Church and Ashtead Baptist Church, we worship and serve in the local community.
The Good Friday Pond Service is held just off Barnett Wood Lane, and the Remembrance Sunday Service by the war memorial is deeply moving. We celebrate our unity with an annual service.
Food is also important, with our monthly Men’s Breakfast, and the Ashtead Village Day Tea Tent.
“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’” Jesus
— Matthew 25:35-36