Dear congregations

This month I would like to introduce you to a lovely girl who will be volunteering at the church for 20 hours as part of an award (Caritas) she is working towards. She will be doing a little bit of everything, so please welcome her in our midst. I feel really special that she chose our churches, and I hope that she will be able to not only give her time, but also gain a lot from being involved in such an amazing family of believers.

I’ll let her introduce herself:

“My name is Bianca, I am a 17 year old student studying at high school. In my school we have many opportunities and one of them I couldn't resist to take up was Caritas! I can imagine some of you are thinking what is Caritas? Well let me tell you all about it.

 Caritas translated from Latin simply means love of humankind. For me this meant I could help others while practicing my faith. The caritas award asks people to find their faith and use their talents to help people to the best of their ability.

I hope to be able to spread kindness and make a difference in the church. Kindness is the power to help someone, the power to inspire someone. When you start helping one person with kindness you never know how far it will go. It only takes a spark to start a fire.”

May having Bianca with us remind us all that in Christ we are loved, and therefore we should love others too.

With love,
Nanda