Appeal on behalf of St. Martin-in-the-Fields' Christmas Fund by the Vicar, the Rev. L. M. Charles -
Edwards
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged and should be addressed to [address removed]
At Christmas time all of us feel we would like to help somebody who is not as fortunate as we are. The problem is how best to do it. By a stroke of genius the late Dick Sheppard, when Vicar of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, decided to make himself the means, and St. Martin's the agent, by which the tremendous feeling of goodwill which surrounds the Christmas Festival might be turned to practical ends.
St Martin's Church occupies a unique position in being the first parish church from which a service was broadcast as far back as 1927, and nearly every year since then the service has been followed by an appeal on behalf of St. Martin's Christmas Fund which, through its distributors all over the country, is able to give help to those in need, irrespective of class or creed.