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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Growing Hope and Opportunity in Yala
The Yala Widows & Orphans Support Project (YAWOSUP) is led by Edward Wata and serves rural communities in Western Kenya. Through a range of community development initiatives, YAWOSUP works to improve education, health, farming and housing for residents, both young and old.
As a long-standing Mission Partner, YAWOSUP continues to receive an annual World Mission Grant to support its vital community development work, including:
Supporting more than 300 widows through local self-help groups, where women learn to support one another and strengthen their communities. This includes Table Banking sessions, where members collectively manage savings and decide how to provide financial support to one another each month.
Tackling food insecurity by renting land for crop production and providing farm inputs to help widows maximise yields from their own subsistence farming. The harvests help feed families that often include grandchildren and orphaned children in their care.
Using World Mission funding to refurbish widows' homes that have fallen into disrepair, improving living conditions and providing greater security and dignity.
YAWOSUP also continues to support local children by providing quality education through the Barbara Leighton Academy, a nursery, primary and junior secondary school serving 126 pupils.
The Rehema Trust, a UK-registered charity, partners with YAWOSUP to support the ongoing development of the school and to help secure Barbara Leighton's legacy for future generations.
Most recently, World Mission funding enabled the construction of a new kitchen to support the school's essential Feeding Programme, ensuring that pupils receive nutritious meals and are better able to learn and thrive.
We give thanks for the ongoing work of YAWOSUP and for the difference it continues to make in the lives of widows, orphans and families across the Yala community.
For more information, please contact Malcolm Leighton, malcolm.leighton@ntlworld.com www.rehematrust.com
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Table Banking in progress - they choose how to support each other financially month by month
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World Mission funds provide for the refurbishment of a widow’s house, which has fallen into disrepair
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World Mission funds met the cost of a new kitchen to meet the demands of the vital Feeding Programme
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