MEMBERS of a Finchampstead congregation will not be cosy under the duvet at the weekend.
Finchampstead Baptist Church (FBC) is inviting its community to sleep in a cardboard box at the church on Saturday night instead of at home.
The event has been organised to raise money for those who will be most affected by the rising cost of fuel over the coming winter months.
Participants for the sleepover will arrive at 9pm at FBC, on Gorse Ride North in Finchampstead, with their sleeping bag.
They will be given a cardboard box to try to get comfortable in.
The challenge to sleep in a box is designed not only to raise money, but to highlight the fact that a lot of people will find themselves in real difficulty this winter, unable to heat their homes.
While sleeping in cardboard in a warm church doesn’t replicate the reality of an unheated home, it does serve as a meaningful reminder of the difficulties people face.
FBC will provide hot drinks to participants during the night of the sleepover, and will serve them a bacon bap in the morning.
Each participant is sponsored to complete the challenge, with all funds going to FBC’s Winter Warmer Fund.
This will be used to support the most vulnerable in the local community over the winter.
The Sleep Out To Help Out event takes place for one night at FBC, Finchampstead, on Saturday, September 10, starting at 9pm.
For more information about FBC log onto: www.finchampstead.com
