Every Christmas Rayleigh Vineyard makes up some hampers to give away to people who particularly struggle at this time of year. Full of Christmas goodies to whet any appetite they are always well received. Our Compassion Ministry, which serves to help out anyone who is less well off than we are, managed to give away a record 10 hampers this year. All hampers supplied by Give A Hamper.

We had a gangsters and molls Murder Mystery party before Christmas. Here is a pic of the motley crew. Can you guess who the murderer was? It was one of the 3 ladies sitting on the sofa in the middle…

Every year Rayleigh Town Council holds a Christmas Fair to turn on the lights in Rayleigh High Street. This year as usual Rayleigh Vineyard had a stall to give away lots of goodies. More pics here.

We managed to give out 1,000 chocolate bars and 300 cakes to hungry locals, free of charge. We also gave out lots of invites to the Kids Christmas Party. Plus we had free face painting. The rain stayed away which was a real bonus although it was mighty cold once the sun had gone down. The lights were switched on at 6pm by Southend United Footballers to a great roar of approval. A great time was had by all at the end of the evening.