The Besom exists at the heart of Camps Bay United Church (CBUC) to provide every believer with a practical, fun, safe and relational way of bridging the gap between those who have something to give and those who are in need.

If you have a heart response to what God tells us in the Bible about reaching out to those in need, then the Besom at Camps Bay will give you a conduit to reach that need. With an emphasis on relationship building and giving practical help of a high quality, the Besom will use your time, things, talents and money to make a lasting difference in peoples’ lives.

In its first year the Besom provided over 250 individualized boxes to people in need. These boxes consist of clothing items which are hand selected by size and according to the colour preference of the candidate we are packing for. Sometimes the candidates are people in our own church family or others in need in the Camps Bay and surrounding areas. The Besom supports the following ministries:- the Ark, New Life, Africa Jam and some projects even further afield (clothes went to a housing project in Zambia). We long to see the vision grow! Even though the Besom is the ministry of the church, it is also a ministry to the church!

There are so many ways in which Besom can help you make a difference:

 

۰	bring items that you no longer have the need for but will bless someone else
۰	approach retail contacts that you may have to give of their excess stock
۰	organize for your home group or any group of interested Christians to spend time at the Besom packing boxes, delivering boxes or spending a weekend day doing a Besom project (which could include painting and decorating a facility or providing a service at one of the ministries we support)
۰	collect good quality empty boxes to be used for gift boxes
۰	wash or mend items from the Besom storeroom that need a bit of attention before they go out to bless others
۰	pray at the Besom for God to be in control and to make miraculous matches between what has been donated and what has been requested
۰	become involved in creatively sharing the Besom vision with CBUC and other churches
“ If I give all I have to the poor…but have not love, then I gain nothing” 1 Corinthians 13:3