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Christmas Stamp Appeal
Give to CMSI for free As you work down your Christmas list, you could be supporting CMSI, at no extra cost to yourself. CMSI recently registered with easyfundraising – a new scheme involving nearly 3000 popular retailers. As you shop online with these retailers, they make a donation to CMSI… and it costs you nothing!
Before you throw out the envelopes from your Christmas post this year – please collect the stamps and send them to us. CMSI can raise extra funds by selling your stamps - UK, Ireland, International stamps, or even unwanted stamp collections are all accepted. Just trim or carefully tear round the stamps to leave a bit of a margin and post them to our offices, or bring them along to one of our upcoming events and hand them to one of the staff team.
Making your presents count for CMSI is as simple as 1, 2, 3: 1. Join – Head to easyfundraising.org.uk, search for Church Mission Society Ireland and sign-up. 2. Shop – From the easyfundraising website, pick the retailer you want and start shopping. The range of products and the prices are exactly the same as if you went directly to the retailer’s online store, and many of the most-commonly visited shops are available. 3. Raise – After you’ve made your purchase, the retailer will make a donation to CMSI at no extra cost. Please help out when you check out this Christmas – and beyond! Page 18
South Sudan Visit Rev. Cosmos Gwagwe is from Yei in South Sudan, but is presently studying at the Africa Renewal University in Uganda under the Bishops’ Appeal Harman Scholarship. Part of his scholarship includes a ‘Partner Parish Hosting Programme’ in Ireland. CMSI is presently putting plans in place to host Rev. Gwagwe for this part of his programme. He hopes to spend time with several parishes during Lent.