Harvest has been a time to remember that we are completely reliant on the goodness of our Heavenly Father, who provides all that is needed to sustain life – year upon year, generation upon generation. It can be easy to forget this living in a city.
Psalm 65, in The Bible, celebrates this truth so well:
‘You visit the earth and water it,
You greatly enrich it;
The river of God is full of water;
You provide their grain
For so You have prepared it.
You water its ridges abundantly;
You settle its furrows:
You make it soft with showers,
You bless its growth.
You crown the year with Your goodness… ‘
Here at The Well, Harvest 2014 will be remembered for the astonishing generosity shown by schools, churches and businesses.
We have received 52 Harvest Collections (some combined by a school & church), weighing a whopping 7246 Kg!! Wolverhampton has again demonstrated its reputation for being a generous city.
The fresh foods have been a much appreciated addition, shown in a message we received from a food parcel recipient via one of the Housing Support Teams:
“I got so emotional because they sent me a wide variety of stuff they even threw in potatoes and fruits I just couldn’t believe they sent me so much. God will forever bless them and thank you so much”.
During this season, we have also been privileged to join local Harvest Festival Celebrations. Our thanks and appreciation go to the school and church communities and children at:
St. Michael’s Primary School, Tettenhall
St. Paul’s Primary School, Pendeford
St. Jude’s Church, Tettenhall
Tettenhall Wood School
Woden Primary School, Heath Town
So now to the roll call of all who have donated during Harvest 2014.
All Saints Church
Bantock Primary School, Bradmore
Bhylls Acre Primary School, Castlecroft
Bilbrook Middle School
Bilston Pentecostal Church
Birches First School,Codsall
Brewood Middle School
Claregate Primary School
Cranmer Methodist Church
Cranmer Methodist Church Playgroup
Dovecotes Primary School
Fallings Park Methodist Church
Fallings Park Primary School
Fordhouses Baptist Church
Happy Rainbows Nursery – Coseley
Hill Avenue Primary School
HMP Oakwood
Kingsway Church – Wombourne
Long Knowle Primary School
Loxdale Primary School
Merridale Primary School
Perton Middle School
Rakegate Primary School
Reedswood E-ACT Academy, Walsall
Sandown First School, Perton
St Bart’s C of E Church,Penn
St Barts Primary School,Penn
St Columba’s United Reformed Church,Castlecroft
St Joseph’s C of E Church, Merry Hill
St Judes’s C of E Church, Tettenhall
St Luke’s Cof E Primary School, Blakenhall
St Mary’s C of E Church, Bushbury
St Mary’s c of E Church, Wheaton Aston
St Michael’s Primary School, Tettenhall
St Nicholas Primary School,Codsall
St Paul’s Primary School, Pendeford
St. James’ C of E Church, Fordhouses
St. Mary’s C of E Church, Brewood
St. Paul’s C of E Church, Pendeford
Tabernacle Baptist Church
Tettenhall Wood School
The Church at Perton
The Church of The Good Shepherd, Low Hill
Trinity Methodist Church, Codsall
Wednesfield Christian Centre
West Park Church
Whitgreave Junior School
Wightwick Hall School
Windsor Children’s Centre
Woden Primary School, Heath Town
Wolverhampton Girls High School
Wolverhampton Junior Grammar School
Woodfield Infants School
Woodfield Junior School
Zion City Tabernacle
May each one of you be richly blessed for your generous acts of giving. Above all, may you know the love of Jesus Christ, who demonstrated the ultimate act of giving in giving His own life, so that we may have eternal life by knowing Him xx
