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Costs and Conclusions
The total financial cost to the two churches ended up at under £250 each: mainly to pay for food for the Bar-B-Q, the doughnuts, flowers and small gifts for the shopworkers. Of course, it would be possible to do something similar but smaller for only a few pounds – perhaps giving away a small amount of doughnuts, chocolates or flowers to a small number of people. In addition, we encouraged members of the church to engage in everyday acts of kindness in their own lives following the community activities e.g. buying lunch for a work or school colleague or neighbour. Holy Trinity and Heaton Baptist Churches will be prayerfully considering further ‘community kindness’ initiatives from the Autumn.
Mark Wroe, vicar of Holy Trinity, summarised the experience by saying "It was great to work with our Baptist friends to make this really positive contribution in our local area. The day surpassed all expectation, and proved that engaging with the community around us sometimes just needs simple acts of grace and kindness.''