Revd David Pearson spoke on 1 John 3:18 this morning in today's service "My children, our love is not just to be words or mere talk, but something real and active." Reminding us that as part of our Christian service - we need to check, as far as possible, to see where our food comes from and did the producer receive a fair wage/deal for his/her goods.
Revd Pearson mentioned 'Traidcraft' and highlighted that almost a billion people are fighting a daily battle to survive on less that $1 a day. It does not have to be this way. Traidcraft believes that change is possible.
Established in 1979 as a Christian response to poverty, we are the UK's leading fair trade organisation. We run development programmes in some of the poorest countries in the world, and campaign in the UK and internationally to bring about trade justice (taken from website)
I made note of those who bought the chocolate chip cookies and made appointments to visit them this week!! for a pastoral visit of course! lol