Everyone's invited to the table
They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. Acts 2:46-47
This Harvest, help us build stronger and more loving communities
Christmas is a time to open our doors a little wider – more squeezing round tables, into churches, extending welcomes – like the innkeeper in the Christmas story, we go out of our way to offer hospitality to friends and strangers. Please fundraise to help us extend that wide welcome to thousands of people in need. From holding a community-themed service to organising a bake sale, you’ll be extending hospitality to strangers, and contributing to the needs of saints.
Take a Harvest service collection
Donate to help tackle poverty and exclusion; for collection envelopes, call 0203 752 5655 or email kelly.jones@cuf.org.uk
Prayers and reflections
Use our prayer resources to foster hope for building compassionate and hospitable communities.
Hold a community meal or bake sale
Open your doors for a community hot meal and chat this Christmas - see our recipes!
Share CUF with your congregation
Show our video so together we can build a more just and flourishing community.
Placemat colouring in
Engage the children in community mealtimes, with these festive colouring in placemats
Fundraise your way!
Prayer walks, sleepout challenges, raffles – do it your way with our tools and tips.
Set up a Just Giving page
Just Giving is a platform that lets you fundraise online – it’s easy to set up.
Places of Welcome are bringing people in from the cold
This Christmas our appeal features Colin, who was helped by a CUF-supported Place of Welcome at his local church. It’s a great example of local people using their skills, time and resources to build a wider welcome. Down on his luck, Colin had been living in a tent for a year and had felt very judged by society. “I only told one or two people at work that I was homeless, and they almost didn’t believe me. I wasn’t scruffy and dirty like they expected.” But a friend told him about a local Place of Welcome, which was so different: “It’s welcoming, warm, and friendly, and everyone here is nice. The foodbank in particular has been a Godsend.”
This Christmas, your church or group can help people like Colin
Donate now
1 Peter 4:9Be hospitable to one another without complaint