One of our Leeds area churches is walking across the city in order to raise money to help them go green.
From Friday, October 4 to Sunday, October 6, the Revd Phil Arnold of Christ Church Armley will be leading a small group on a 62-mile walk across Leeds as part of their involvement in the Church of England’s Give to Go Green initiative.
The initiative is a match-funded project aimed at helping churches to reduce their carbon footprint, and Christ Church are hoping to use it to raise £20,000 in order to repair the church office roof.
The walk will go from Golden Acre Park to Garforth on Friday, while the Saturday leg will go from Garforth to Scotchman Lane.
On Sunday the traditional Harvest service will take place in the morning and the walk will continue in the afternoon, finishing at Golden Acre Park.
As well as Revd Phil and congregation members taking part in the walk, there will also be local community members joining for at least part of the way as a wide range of people get behind this initiative.
Revd Phil Arnold said: “We’re really excited to partner with the Church of England’s Give to Green initiative so that we can play our part in being environmentally friendly, blessing our community and having a load of fun along the way.”
Isabel Inman, Church Warden said: “Christ Church in Armley are doing great things in the community and we want to continue doing so, but our beautiful building is in need of repair.
“Young and old are becoming involved this weekend by doing a sponsored walk on the Leeds country way, which is great.”
To sponsor the walk, please click here.
To find out more about Give to Go Green, please click here.