Christmas lunch for the lonely and vulnerable

I saw this on the Haringey Council email round up last week and wondered if elderly people might not see it as it was online. If you have an elderly or lonely neighbour who is on their own for Christmas Day perhaps mention it to them. The church is looking for lunch guests as well as volunteers to help. Contact details at the bottom of the text. 

Christmas lunch at Union Church

For many of the last 19 years, Union Church in Weston Park, Crouch End has provided a 3-course Christmas Lunch and an afternoon party for people who would otherwise be on their own on that special day and who live in the locality of the church. In the Covid years, the church could only manage to deliver hot meals and gifts on Christmas Day to people who had said that they needed them.

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On Christmas Day, everyone involved with the lunch and party in any way is invited to join in the Service for Christmas Day which will begin at 10.30am. Following this, hot drinks and biscuits are served whilst the tables for lunch are prepared. A few volunteers will be needed to help serve the food to the guests, wash and clear up afterwards and a variety of other small tasks.

If you think that you would like to come along as a guest or volunteer on either Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, please call Union Church on 020 8341 3918  and leave a message if there is no one in the office. Alternatively you can email Margaret.hervie@unionccc.org.uk, leaving your details. All are welcome.