2023 has been a year of many changes.

• Joining the Congregational Federation and attending the Conference of the Congregational Federation.
• Joined the trustees of Orsett Churches Centre.
• Taking on the coordination of booking system for the Orsett Churches Centre, and setting up IT systems to support the centre .
• Members of Wellcome Church made two trips to Kosovo. The first to help with the distribution of shoebox presents.

• The second was Wellcome Church’s largest group yet, taking aid to those less fortunate than ourselves.

• Plus inviting and supporting Faton and Kajmelina to visiting us in Thurrock.
• Christmas cards and Alpha invites delivered to all of the village.
• Improvement to facilities in the chapel.
• Joint working with the Parish of Horndon Orsett and Bulphan in planning an Alpha Course and the World Wide Day of Prayer in the locality.
• Supporting other churches with preaching and evangelism.
• foodbank annual weight about 614kg

• Homeless

• Salvation Army Christmas meal.
• Seafarers centre supporting the work of the centre. an example would be wrapping Christmas presents for Seafarers.
• Seafarers centre.
• Manning 6 external foodbank collections.
• Blythewood shoebox sorting and processing and cartoning.

• Supporting Scouting in Thurrock and Essex.

These have included

And we have achieved so much this year.

Kosovo

Other practical items

In Thurrock we have supported in kind and money

Members of Wellcome church have support with their time