Still on their feet!
We know from their brief Twitter and Facebook updates that David, George, Dougie and Susan are still on their feet after day 2 of their ‘Walk 4 Willowfield’.
The four ambitious walkers from Willowfield Parish Church have set out on a coast–to–coast trek across Ireland to raise funds for its hall refurbishment project.
Rector Canon David McClay, Church Army officer George Newell, children’s worker Susan McFarland and youth worker Stuart Douglas will walk a total of 103 miles from Donegal town to Belfast between Monday, 17 September and Friday, 21 September.
David McClay is Donegal born and bred (pictured left getting a warm send–off in his home town) but has ministered in inner city East Belfast for the last 11 years. Willowfield is well known as an active Church of Ireland congregation on the Woodstock Road with the motto ‘in the community, for the community, in the city, for the city’.
The hall was built in the 1950s but needs a major upgrade to provide modern, comfortable facilities for the youth, children’s and community work run by the church. Several hundred people are helped by its organisations and the practical support offered by members each week.The project is expected to cost £1 million and will represent a major investment in the area’s future. All money raised from sponsors will go towards the refurbishment.
To make a donation or find out more, you can contact the church office on 028 9045 7654.