Eco Church, Swifts
Eco Church
Our Reepham Swifts were very late in returning to breed this year but amazingly, many breed successfully. Alan Dixon counted up to sixty feeding over the meadows alongside Catchback Lane in July. Some had been seen earlier, investigating the nest boxes in St Mary’s tower. After the birds had left for Africa, Alan checked the boxes and found that one pair had made a nest, of feathers, but it didn’t appear to have been used. This may have been because the birds were so late starting to build, collecting suitable feathers while on the wing, that the urge to migrate was stronger than that to breed, or it may have been a young pair who weren’t actually mature enough to do so. Either way, we hope that the same pair will return next year to their readymade nest in which they will raise a brood of chicks.
Please support our Fair Trade Coffee Morning on the 21st September as this will be the final action before we claim our Eco Church Silver Award. It would be good to be able to send a handsome cheque to the Fair Trade Foundation to support small farmers growing sugar cane, bananas, coffee, tea, cocoa, grapes and other produce. The Fair Trade Premium allows the co-operative members to decide for themselves how best they can help their communities.
Notices
Sunday 15th September & 6th October Café Church is 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.
On the 15th we will be focussing on the Fair Trade movement as part of Fair Trade Fortnight, when there will be refreshments baked with Fair Trade ingredients. Do come and join us.
Fair Trade Coffee Morning on Saturday 21st September in St Michael’s from 10 – 12, with cakes and bakes made using Fair Trade ingredients. If anyone would be willing to bake something for the event, please contact Sue Cripps. Proceeds will go to the Fair Trade Foundation which supports small farmers working in co-operatives, mainly in Latin America and Africa.
Exhibition of Photos and Cream Teas Sunday 29th September in St Michael’s during the afternoon of the Classic Car Event on Reepham Market Place