Blanket Surry Hills with Love
On Sunday, 7 June 2026 we will be celebrating all that God is doing through the Bread of Life ministry here in Surry Hills. There will be an opportunity to give thanks, pray, and partner with the work of Bread of Life.
Bring a blanket to donate and help blanket Surry Hills with love. Whether you’re a regular at Vine Church, part of another church group, school or an individual, we invite you to give generously this winter!
Give Warmth this Winter
You’re invited to give generously to bring warmth to every companion at Bread of Life! Donate one ore more of the items below and/or give a tax-deductible donation before June 30.
Items needed for donation:
Blankets and Sleeping Bags**
Gloves**, Beanies**, Socks and Scarfs
Male Clothing: Undershirts**, Jumpers, Jackets and Raincoats
Non-Perishable + Long Life Food Items eg, tinned soup
Toiletries eg, body wash, toothbrush and deodorant
Large Shopping Tote Bags (eg. Blue Ikea Bags)
** High Priority Items
We will have a table set up in the Vine Church Foyer for the first three Sundays in June for you to drop off your donations on the way in to church. This is your opportunity to partner with Vine Church in providing warmth this winter to those doing it tough in our city of Sydney.
Items that will be useful to donate:
Donation Drop-off Sunday, 7 June
We can only receive donations on Sundays!
Please drop off your contributions at one of our three Sunday services: 9.15am, 11.15am or 4.30pm.
We’ll be ready to receive physical goods on the first three Sundays of June. Our doors will be open from 8.30am to 5pm, during our three Sunday Church Services. We are located on the corner of Albion + Flinders Streets, Surry Hills.
Please note that we are unable to received donated items at other times. Do not leave donations unattended by the door.
Thank you for your generosity and cooperation.
Partner with us to provide bread for today and bread for eternity.
Street Outreach Night
Monday, 15 June
6pm – 8.30pm
at Vine Church
Join a team of Bread of Life volunteers as we pray and head out into Surry Hills to connect with locals, inviting them to join us on Sunday mornings at Bread of Life.
We’ll start the night with a bite to eat and time in prayer, then head out with invitations and small gifts to blanket Surry Hills locals with love this winter.
What is Bread of Life?
Every Sunday we provide food, friendship and hope for those on the margins in our city. For the past 25 years St Michael’s Surry Hills, and now Vine Church, has provided almost 50,000 meals to people doing it tough.
The name ‘Bread of Life’ serves to highlight our desire not just to provide physical food, but to share eternal food through the gospel. We want those involved to know that we love and serve because God first loved us and that nothing is better or more important than the life, love and freedom found in Jesus, the Bread of Life. Similarly, the word ‘companion’ is used because we believe people should be defined by their relationships not their circumstances.
Lloyd Steadson, is employed by Vine Church as the Director of Bread of Life, to lead and facilitate Sunday mornings. All the other team members are volunteers. Vine Church is indebted to the volunteers teams that partner with us from Village Church Annandale, Scots Church Sydney, St Michael’s Vaucluse and St Catherine’s School Waverley who generously serve each month.
Each year we run Blanket Surry Hills with Love to provide for the physical needs of our companions.
Give generously to support Bread Of Life
TAX DEDUCTIBLE GIVING
Each Sunday Bread of Life provides food, friendship and hope to those on the margins. This is tax deductible through the Vine Church Foundation.
Alternatively, please setup giving via bank transfer.
Vine Church BSB 062 033 AC# 1075 0632
Reference: BOL + Name (E.g. BOLJSmith)
Frequently Asked Questions:
Blankets, sleeping bags, pillows, jumpers, raincoats, beanies, scarves, socks, travel size toiletries, shopping tote bags, tinned food like soup and long life pantry goods. You can also give a tax-deductible donation here.
We are only able to receive donations on Sundays. Please bring your items for donation during 8.30am – 5pm on the first three Sundays in June. We will have a table at the entrance of church for you to drop off your donations. You can find us at 200 Albion Street, Surry Hills.
Church is open most of Sunday. We have church services at 9.15am, 11.15am and 4.30pm, and so the doors are usually open 2 hours before or after these times. Feel free to join us, especially on Sunday, 1st June which is Bread of Life Sunday. There will be a special segment in church celebrating all the work God is doing through Bread of Life. You’re welcome to join us in church for this.
During all three services at Vine Church, on 1st June, there will be a special segment to focus in on Bread of Life. It’s a time to stop and celebrate all that God is doing through the ministry of Bread of Life. We’ll here stories about companions and volunteers, give thanks, pray and have the opportunity to partner financially with the work of Bread of Life.
Every one is welcome to join us for church this day. Our service times are 9.15am with Vine Kids + Youth, 11.15am and 4.30pm
Donating to the charitable activities of Vine Church is a great way to contribute to the gospel, whilst also boosting your tax return. A tax deductible gift or donation will reduce your taxable income, resulting in a higher refund on tax paid throughout the year or a reduced ATO debt when you complete your tax return.
Vine Church has the status of a deductible gift recipient (DGR) for our Foundation Activities: Scholarships, Care fund, Connect Building Renewal and Bread of Life.
For more information, please contact our senior pastor or wardens.
To ensure Bread of Life happens each week and is done well, Vine Church employees Lloyd Steadson to oversee this ministry. His salary is covered by the generosity of your financial gifts, as well as the purchase of additional resources and equipment needed to pull off breakfast and breakie church each week.
If you are not a Christian we don’t expect you to give to the work of our church ministries. We’re excited you are connecting with us and interested in bringing warmth to locals doing it touch in the City of Sydney. We really appreciate your support with physical donations. There is no obligation to give financially, but you are free to do so if you’d like to partner with us and help fund the weekly work of Bread of Life.
If you are a Christian, have a look at the FAQs on our Give page to help you work out why you should give and how you can be generously investing in gospel initiatives.
Get In touch
If you have questions about partnering with Bread of Life and this appeal, please get in touch and our Senior Pastor, Toby Neal, or Bread of Life Director, Lloyd Steadson, will respond to you shortly.
