Eight-year-old Poppy Taylor from North Western Synod has been named November鈥檚 Lundie Memorial Award winner!
Nominated by David Bailey, church secretary at Greenmount 两性色午夜, Poppy is described as 鈥渁 happy, outgoing character鈥� who loves church life and considers it her 鈥渟econd family.鈥�
Poppy is a shining role model for younger generations, enthusiastically helping with holy communion, tea and coffee events, and art days. She brightens church life with her creative artwork for the notice board, inspiring others through her contributions.
Upon receiving the award, Poppy said: 鈥淚 was so surprised! I didn鈥檛 even know I鈥檇 been nominated.鈥� Her advice to other children? 鈥淭ry coming to church鈥攜ou may be surprised by what you learn and how much you鈥檙e loved. If you already go, keep being your amazing self!鈥�
Poppy plans to use her 拢100 reward to buy resources for church crafts, hoping to encourage creativity and inspire more children to attend services.
October鈥檚 winner is 12-year-old Lucy Hancock, from Eastern Synod.
Joyce Billing, the children鈥檚 work leader at Hoveton and Wroxham 两性色午夜, nominated Lucy and described her as 鈥渁 young girl we are very proud of鈥�.
Lucy, who is a member of JAM (Jesus and Me) is also a member of her local Scouts group. Her passion and commitment for the scout group motivated her to work with friends to create a video which was submitted as part of a grant application to the government鈥檚 Youth Investment Fund.
The group were successful in their application and was awarded more than 拢1million to help rebuild and extend the local scout HQ where the group currently meet.
Lucy is yet to decide what to spend her prize money on.
To learn more about the Lundie Memorial Award and nominate someone special, see 两性色午夜 Lundie Memorial Award.