We support the wider church beyond the boundaries of our Parish with prayer and through personal links with mission partners and other Churches, as well as by giving financial support to mission agencies and other charities in the United Kingdom and overseas.   Our personal links are with:  

• Mike & Brigit Adams (Far East Broadcasting Co.): Brigit is a daughter of a former Rector of the Parish; Mike, from Seattle, is a radio engineer working in Christian broadcasting across the world with FEBC. The family, including daughters Megan and Colleen, is currently based at Frome, Somerset. 
  
• Gautam Money (Church Mission Society): We have supported mission partners through CMS for many years. Gautam is in Gujarat, India, working on a project called the Post-earthquake Community Development Initiative. 
  
• Daniel & Ellelein Kirk (South American Mission Society): Daniel and Ellelein with children David and Josh are in Chile, where Daniel is training pastors and is also part of a leadership team working with Churches in the poorer areas of Viña del Mar.
    
• Wilberforce Ssekasiko (Diocese of Central Buganda, Church of Uganda): Bristol Diocese is linked with the Church of Uganda; within that Link our Parish is providing a clergy scholarship at the Uganda Christian University for a student from Central Buganda Diocese; Wilberforce Ssekasiko is the current holder of the scholarship. 

We also support African Pastors’ Fellowship; Bible Society; BibleLands; Caring at Christmas; Church Pastoral Aid Society; Eurovangelism; Julian Trust; Lee Abbey Household Community in Knowle West, Bristol; Network Counselling; Scripture Union; Tear Fund; and The Leprosy Mission.  

We meet quarterly to pray for our mission links and also include them in our regular prayers in worship. We also aim to devote the morning service on four Sundays each year to focussing on one or more of them. We aim to give one tenth of the PCC’s income from giving and fees to the work of the wider church. We also give away for mission or relief the cash collections at three special services at Christmas. In addition, money is given for specified purposes by members of our congregation through mission envelopes, retiring collections or other means.