Eco News by Moira Johnson.
Churches Count on Nature – 6th-14th June.
Churches Count on Nature is an annual event where people of all ages explore their churchyards and record the plant and animal species they encounter.
At our Family Service at 11am on Sunday 7th June we will be taking part in this event.
There will be a Mini Beast Hunt where we will all try andidentify different habitats around church and discover the different creatures that inhabit each area
We will have Bug nets, jars & identification charts on loan from Suzy's dad.
Everybody will be invited to make one creature from pipe cleaners and card and use this as a prop for the Bible reading which will be the story of Creation.
We will then be invited to make a bug house.
Do come and join us as we celebrate our beautiful world and think how we can better look after it.
As we'll be heading outside for a short while please bring weather appropriate clothing.
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We are proud to say that we have achieved the ‘Silver’ award level of the A’Rocha scheme. We intend to build on this and achieve Gold by recycling more, encouraging our church members and other churches to follow environmentally sensitive policies, and looking after our site (the churchyard) to promote ecological diversity and the wellbeing of the natural world. As part of this, we are thrilled to say that we were able to host the YCCN pilgrimage to the Glasgow Climate
Here’s our newly planted native (organic!) Yew hedge and our bee-friendly wildflower area which is showing good results!Summit!
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We have “recycling” boxes in the entrance to the Church and Hall where you can leave old mobile phones, stamps, spectacles and printer cartridges! These can often be sold to raise funds for the needy or passed to charities who can use them. We also can help with the recycling of many other things - contact us if you would like to help our Recycling efforts as we do need a new Coordinator!
We also try to feed the birds, encourage native wildflowers to grow in our grounds, and welcome people to use our space to relax - but please do so responsibly and do not leave litter! That’s what the bins and recycling boxes are for.