2020 Gift Day

Gift Day 2020:  Target £80,000
Total so far: 73.2%

The most important challenge of all - and one for all of us: to honour people's achievements by responding generously to the challenge presented by this year's KURC Gift Day.
Jenny M to make 8 different special edition Christmas cards for sale at £3 each, in support of the Gift Day. Contact Jenny directly for details and to buy.



Teresa and Vaughan each to send 8 cards to members of the KURC family
Bron has completed her walk the Anglesey coastal footpath!  Read the story and see the photos!

Ann Macfarlane to manage to take 8 steps in 8 days, having recently fallen and fractured her foot!



Liz and Alistair to improve 8 ballroom and latin dance routines - waltz, foxtrot, quickstep, cha cha, rumba, tango, paso doble and jive.
John Fisher and Ruth Anderson An eight mile 'figure of eight' walk in the Surrey Hills involving TWO ascents of Leith Hill!
Their joint challenge was completed on September 13.   While Leith Hill is hardly Mt. Kilimanjaro, this was nevertheless quite taxing on a hot day, and we were glad to discover that the teashop inside Leith Hill Tower was open, as was the pub at Coldharbour.
John's second challenge will be to leave an open box of After Eight Mints on the mantelpiece and try not to eat a single mint for eight days.
Ruth's second challenge will be to eat eight portions of fruit and veg per day for eight days.
Diane Slater has learned 8 new songs to sing with her guitar.
Sukin Lee ran a stall in the front of the church where Koreans from our church made the Korean Waffles Boonghan-Pan with a modest price of 2 for one pound!    Suk In Lee allowed visitors to watch how he made these waffles, which are made of a thin pastry in the shape of a small golden fish, stuffed with sweet bean paste or a filling made with crunchy peanut butter.
Brenda Parkins is challenging herself to walk, without the aid of a walking stick, to her local park and then round the park and home on 8 consecutive days. So far she has got about half way round.
Sue Shaw is donating 8 copies of her co-authored new book to the Gift Day Big 8 Challenge and will sign copies personally to those who offer to buy one in aid of KURC.  If you would like to read more about the book and how to order additional copies please click here.
Bethany to read her bible for at least eight minutes each day.
Rhiannon Bone to forego her normal weekly consumption of an 8-can pack of Diet Coke (which she loves) for 8 weeks and donate the money saved to the church.  Currently on week 2.
Richard and Denise to aim for 8 geocaches in a single day.  (SUCCESS!! - read all abaht it.!!)
8 musical challenges from Ken and Liz
Ken to learn 8 pages of violin studies
Liz to speak with 8 members of the congregation about their favourite type of music
Liz to make a podcast of the 8 people's choice of music
Liz and Ken to listen to 8 live music events (in person or remotely) in order to support musicians
Liz and Ken to play or sing in 8 music events - live or online
Ken to learn 8 pages of piano accompaniments
Liz to do 8 flute practices
Liz to arrange for a 2x3m piece of carpet to be put under the piano in the church to improve the acoustic.
Janine to lose the final 8lb in her weight loss campaign
Vaughan to master 8 different plank exercises
Christine T to walk up and down her hall at least 8 times every day for the month of September
Christine T to aim to lose 8lb
Sharon is to learn 8 new flamenco dance routines.

Recent fundraising

Recent fundraising for specific projects:

2016: Our 'Acorn Fund' raised additional funds for our Foyer ministry. This is over and above the regular contributions made by members and friends of KURC.

2014: We were able to raise enough money to buy our Schimmel grand piano.

2012: After a huge fund raising effort and several social events , we were able to replace our 35 year old kitchen to better meet the needs of our church and our community.

2010: We raised enough money to fund the installation of the now, much-used shower.