Church Mission Society (CMS)

Our gift goes towards the work of Chris and Anna Hembury who live in an area of Hull where people are known for their no-nonsense attitude and honest vulnerability, an area suffering from high unemployment, child poverty, addiction, mental and physical health problems, prostitution and increasing racial tension. People feel a crippling lack of self-worth. But it’s an area full of buried treasure, untapped potential and dormant creativity.

They support a group who are living in a CMS house for mission and serving their local community. They help look after a community garden and a sort of drop in/sofa-church in their neighbourhood. They help run Orts, a sewing collective where women from all walks of life can support each other, learn and create together. They work alongside the Hull Youth for Christ (YFC) team, supporting children, young people and families.

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Anna and Chris said:

Thank you so much for choosing to support our work here in Hull. It is sometimes difficult for folk to appreciate the particular needs and gifts in deprived neighbourhoods such as ours, and much of our mission work and context is pretty unglamorous! Most people here experience multiple disadvantages and are hard-pressed on every side. But we are in the business of treasure-hunting and story-changing, and your support enables us to find and celebrate and grow the transformative kingdom of God here. 

We plan to visit All Hallows in person again sometime this year, and will send out a link letter about three times a year, which we hope will serve to give you a sense of what you are partnering with in mission. Our next link letter should reach you sometime next month (all our previous link letters can be accessed on our page on the CMS website too, should anyone want to get more of a feel for what we’ve been hearing / doing / reflecting).

With love and gratitude,

Anna & Chris Hembury

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