Eco Church, October 2025
Eco Church
As the nights draw in, Hedgehogs fatten up ready to hibernate for the winter. Although they have become much more scarce than they used to be, they do feature on our camera trap from time to time, searching for slugs and other tasty titbits. We can all help these endearing, prickly creatures by not putting down slug pellets, or using other pesticides in the garden. We use covered beer traps to deal the slimy pests. They also need access to drinking water, so put out a shallow dish of water or ensure that there is a suitable access to a garden pond. They can swim but need to be able to get out of the water safely. Also make sure that they can move from one garden to another by ensuring there is a small gap under fences or gates. At this time of year, they will need piles of leaves or sticks under which they can hibernate, these can be left in a quiet corner. They will have had a hard time in the drought conditions this year, so perhaps put out a little cat food for them, if you don’t have visiting cats to your garden, or even the special hedgehog food that is available these days. Hedgehogs, along with slow worms, ladybirds, hoverflies, wasps, frogs, toads, blue tits and other birds are important pest controllers in any organic garden.
Notices
Saturday 11th October there will be a tombola to raise funds for the Fair Trade Foundation in St Michael’s as part of Saturday Coffee, 10 – 12noon. Everyone is welcome.
Saturday 11th October ‘Broken Planet?’ 2.30 – 4 pm in St Michael’s. To reflect on, recognise and respond to our fragile earth. This month we will be looking at ‘Compassion to change a journey’ How can we act wisely in the face of rampant global warming and biodiversity loss? Come and discuss the issues and possible actions we can all take.
Sunday 18th October & 2nd November will be Café Church, our more informal service starting at 10.30am in St Michael’s. There will be tea, coffee, juice, croissants and muffins, as well as papers to read from 10 o’clock as usual.
Sunday 2nd November Our annual In Memory Service will take place at 3pm in St Mary’s followed by refreshments in St Michael’s.
Our New Rector will be The Revd. Nigel Kinsella. We will have to wait until June next year before he and his wife Sharon join us, as his contract as Military Chaplin at Sandhurst Officer Training College. does not end until then, but the interviewing panel felt it would be worth the wait. Nigel has been Rector of both East Harling and Mattishall and so is no stranger to ministry in Norfolk.