Friday

Challengers,


Why not do something different this Friday?


Friday 2nd March - The Challenge:


Have a TV-free day - do something different


Whether good or bad, television is a routine in our lives, whether we like it or not. We could easily watch several hours of TV a day. and often switch it on out of pure habit. Switching the TV off could lead to something new and exciting - you never know what might happen when you do something different.


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Thursday: Week Two

Challengers,


A brand new month brings us another brand new Challenge:


Thursday 1st March- The Challenge:


Buy a low-energy light bulb


Your home probably has at least one light bulb in every room, and each bulb is likely used at least once a day. They're the simplest of our electrical goods, but also one of the least energy-efficient. Most of the electricity used in running a light bulb is wasted in creating heat - not light. Low-energy lightbulbs can save energy, money, and the planet. Why not?


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Challengers,


Round off the month with a Wonderful Wednesday:


Wednesday 28th Febraury - The Challenge:


Donate the money you saved yesterday to charity


Yesterday's Challenges was to go without treats for one day. Some ideas included going without snacks, the daily newspaper, or cigarettes. Today is your chance to make the best of yesterday's results. If you saved money from going without the newspaper, or from turning down a packet of crisps, donate that small amount to any charity - maybe through a collection box in the high street.


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Challenge Tuesday

Challengers,


Week Two, Challenge Two.


Tuesday 27th February - The Challenge:


Lent is a fast - go without snacks today


Lent is traditionally a fast, used to help Christians remember Jesus' time in the wilderness before his death. So today, why not try going without the things you don't really need? This could be sweets, snacks, cigarettes or newspapers - things we buy everyday but don't last very long. It's a small way to think about Lent as a fast.


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Challengers,


Welcome to the second week of Lent, and also the next bundle of Lent Challenges...


Monday 26th February - The Challenge:


Hug someone who needs it



There's a lot in a hug. It can show friendship, love, support, gratitude... However you use your hug today, make sure it counts and make sure whoever you hug knows that you mean it, and more importantly, why you mean it. You never know, you might get one back!

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A Wombling Weekend

For a village-wide Challenge this weekend, Lent Challenges is teaming up with the Hemsworth and South Elmsall Express to help clear up the streets of Upton. If you're free, join us at Upton Methodist Church at 12.30pm on Sunday, where lunch will be served before we set out to brighten up the high street.


Wakefield Metropolitan District Council have provided us with all the equipment, and will collect the litter we pick up later that day.


So take the Challenge, and why not challenge a friends aswell?



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Challengers,


With the first Sunday of lent comes our fifth Lent Challenge:


Sunday 25th February - The Challenge:


Find out about life in another country.




There are people like us all over the world. Pretty much everything we do, every habit and every custom, is shared with different people of all ages and nationalities the world over. But there are always surprises waiting in far-off corners of the globe—and there will be many not so far away as well. Do some research, find out what’s going on somewhere away from home. You might like what you see—it’s not too late to be planning the summer holidays!



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