The words “Medicine Bottle” do not usually induce a warm glow in people, perhaps due to memories of some unpleasant childhood mixtures. At our church the term has a totally different meaning because, on a shelf above the missals and hymn books, there stands a sizeable, empty whisky bottle with a coin-sized slot in the neck. This, always referred to as “The Medicine Bottle”, is gradually filled with small change dropped in by members of the congregation and visitors.
When recently emptied, and supplemented by bronze coins from collections and candle boxes, the result was a pleasing sum of just over �300 which will be added to our fund to support dispensaries in Tanzania. Really good medicine!