Issue No. 1937 18 - 24 August 2022
COSTA BLANCA NORTH • EUROWEEKLYNEWS.COM
Linda Hall HAZEL AND TONY LAYT from the An glican Church in Albir visited the Franciscans’ refuge in Gandia (Valen cia). Hazel went to the centre ‘wearing three hats’ on Wednesday August 10. Firstly, she passed on to Brother William €1,000 from Gary at Giving 4Giving towards the electricity bill and general living costs for the care home, which looks after homeless, frail and unwell men. For Brother Pepe there was a spe cial wheelchair which will help resi dents move from bed to shower very easily. This was bought by Albir Angli can Church, together with another which will arrive when the manufac turer resumes work after the holi days. Thirdly, Hazel had asked Brother William what they missed in the food line, and he mentioned they do not have much fish. Dino, from the We Love Albir Face book page, mentioned this to a few friends and lo and behold the fish arrived. They purchased 30 bags of merluza (hake), not knowing what space the Brothers had in their freezer, so there
Photo credit: Albir Anglican Church
A THREE-HAT PROJECT
GANDIA REFUGE: Brother Pepe, Tony Layt and one of the residents.
is money in hand for the next shop. “Thank you to all who donated,” said Elaine Mitchell, the Albir Angli can Church’s secretary. “Great job, well done Hazel and Tony and the Albir Anglican Church congregation.” Albir is one of seven churches which belongs to the Costa Blanca Anglican Chaplaincy, which covers the area from Gandia to El Campello. A service is held every Sunday at 9.30am at the Norwegian Seaman’s
Church in Carrer Mart and there is a regular weekday service every Thurs day at 11am in the Forum Mare Nos trum in Alfaz del Pi. All service times, locations and contacts and much more can be found on the www.costablancaan glicanchaplaincy.org website. For further information about the Albir Anglican Church call Elaine Mitchell on 636 164 467 or local rep resentative Paul Winter on 602 218 483.
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