On Saturday, Philippa Young and Pete Hull ran from Featherston down to All Saints Waiorongomai (approx. 22km) to raise funds for the Pakistan flood victims.

“Probably the seed of this idea came to me after Jenny returned from Lambeth and the reminder of being the church in a globally responsive way,” said Philippa. “This collided with All Saints Day coming up and thinking about what we could do as ‘ordinary saints’ who live in ways that are faithful to the Gospel.”

Pete Hull and Philippa are both keen runners. “One day it randomly came to me that we could run to All Saints Waiorongomai, (a rural parish where we go each year to celebrate All Saints Day) to raise funds for the victims of the recent devastating floods in Pakistan.”

They made a last minute decision to do the run on Saturday instead of just before the service on Sunday as originally planned. With Philippa commenting how glad she was because she was “pretty hammered” afterwards!

Church whānau were invited to be part of this by giving up a luxury or choosing to live simply in some way to generate funds for the relief effort.

The offering on Sunday morning plus any other donations from the Parish community and friends will be sent to support this cause.

If you would like to give to the Pakistan Flood Relief here are the details, visit the Red Cross website: redcross.org.nz/donate/pakistan-monsoon-floods-appeal/