A Year in L'Arche Manchester

2020 has been a surprisingly busy one for L’Arche Manchester. Despite finding ourselves in the middle of a global pandemic and being under lockdown and tier 3 restrictions for much of the year, a great deal of fun has been had, including:

• Beginning a new Mandate – here’s to the next 4 years!

• 12 Community gatherings

• 3 Boogie Nights

• Our first Community quiz

• 12 Bake Offs

• 50 Brewteaful Mondays

• 100 km covered in a week by running, walking, hopping, swimming – raising £1,380 for L’Arche International Communities around the world

• 5 Speaking Group Meetings

• 10 Assistant Forums

• Joining the L’Arche UK prayer meetings

• We ran, walked or cycled a total of 750 miles and raised £1,780 in a week for our 500 Mile Challenge

• Growing sweetcorn, onions, courgettes, carrots and other things in our new polytunnel and raised beds

• A month of Wellbeing in November

• A Spice Girls lip sync video

• Saying goodbye to 7 assistants and welcoming 18 more.

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