Carols by Candlelight raises funds for charity
Mon 22 December, 2014![Article Header Image](/media/107149/carols-by-candlelight-web.jpg?format=auto&quality=30&rnd=131917891416270000)
The University of Bedfordshire Community Carols by Candlelight service helped to raise more than £2,700 for human-aid charities.
The service at St Mary’s Church repeated previous years’ success with over 360 staff, students and locals attending for a memorable evening of songs, readings and refreshments.
Highlights of the night included performances by Luton Youth Cantores Girls’ Choir – whose compilation including singing a verse of Silent Night in German – as well as Vice Chancellor Bill Rammell’s reading of a World War One soldier’s letter to his girlfriend.
Almost £2,000 was collected for the Save the Childrens’ Ebola Appeal, the official charity of the night, which helps teams in West Africa responding to the Ebola outbreak.
Another £720 was raised to sponsor a young person in Uganda to train in conservation agriculture at Amigos charity’s Kira Farm, after Revd. Andrew Goodman held up a £20 note at the start of the Service and challenged the congregation to match the donation.
They responded by raising a record amount for this good cause.
Further information on the personal and spiritual support the University of Bedfordshire is able to offer its student can be found at www.beds.ac.uk/faiths
Winner of #Bedsmas 14 is:
Harley & Maison, entranced by Tinsel Angel Phd student Sisi from Xian - Carols @uniofbeds @stmarysluton #bedsmas14 pic.twitter.com/1GnYY4UikN
— Tree House (@UoBTreehouse) December 5, 2014
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