Community Litter Pick
Sunday March 9th
Meet at ‘the unit’ Hamilton District Centre at 2pm and we will pray before going out to clean up the area near the pond and Topaz Way at 2.30pm. Tea afterwards at 65 Columbine Road.
Contact for clarification of details:
Rosalind Henwood 0116 2464657
Fun Day Ist July
May 24, 11:21 AM, Ros Henwood
For all the family
Falconry display, bouncy castle, gladiator jousting, tug-o-war, face painting, races, penalty shoot-out, fire engines, refreshments and more
At the public field off Sandhills Avenue
Free entry
A record number of shoeboxes!
Nov 23, 10:12 AM, Ros Henwood
600 Shoeboxes filled with goodies have been sent on from Hope Hamilton as part of Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child! They are heading to the Ukraine, where no doubt they will bring much joy to 600 children. Thanks and well done!
Shoeboxes for the Ukraine
Nov 14, 10:15 AM, Ros Henwood
Operation Christmas Child is at its busiest in November.
180 colourful filled shoeboxes were delivered to a collection point this week, to be checked, put in bigger boxes and start the next stage of their journey to the Ukraine.
And there are more boxes on the way from local schools.
It’s an opportunity to show God’s love at Christmas time to many children in poverty and need.
Colour Hamilton Beautiful
Nov 14, 09:31 AM, Ros Henwood
Come and help us plant 500+ crocus bulbs around Hamilton on Sunday March 19th. Meet at the Community Room at 2pm.
Parenting Course
May 4, 04:01 PM, Nick Henwood
(Written Jan 2006) We ran a parenting course in the Community room at Hope Hamilton School from September to December 2005. The course lasted for ten weeks.
Parenting is a hot potato with the Government and with schools at the moment . We as a church wanted to serve the community and so put the course on so that we could all learn more about parenting and make our families happier places. Having children is perhaps the most demanding task any couple will face – but fantastic too!
We are not experts but together we discovered good principles and values. The sessions went well.
We hope to have another such course in the future.
Car Wash
May 1, 07:37 PM, Terry Dunnell
April 2005. Community car wash in association with the “Make Poverty History” initiative.
Litter picking
May 1, 07:16 PM, Terry Dunnell
July 2004. Community litter pick and picnic including a mayoral visit.
Map of Hamilton Estate.
May 1, 07:15 PM, Terry Dunnell
July 2004. One of the first things we wanted to do as a Church was to provide a resource for the local community. We produced a street map of Hamilton and have delivered a copy to each household. A local map is unavailable as yet.
We managed to get hold of a map from the City Council (unfortunately about a year out of date) and have translated the information from the building developers onto that map so that it is now up to date. A professional Graphic Designer worked on it and it has now been professionally printed.
The format of the map is an A3 piece of card triple-folded to make a booklet. On the front cover Discover Hamilton is printed over an aerial ‘photo of Hamilton. On the inside of the booklet the map is printed and has some advertising space around the edge of it. Useful information is printed on the back page, including bus timetable information, useful telephone numbers, local police contacts, Church information etc.
Maps have now been delivered to all residents in Hamilton and have been very positively received!
In addition to each household receiving a map a small number of copies have been given to each developer so that new residents may also have a copy.
Being a new housing estate, Hamilton, like many others, suffers from a lack of public facilities. We hope that this resource will be useful to the residents.