As Summer approaches many of us will be visiting garden centres. Some suggestions that will help us make better choices are:🍀 Buy peat free compost. Most compost is these days but always worth a check.🌹Read the label on the plant. Was it grown in the UK? Many smaller, local nurseries grow their own plants thus reducing air miles. Plants grown locally will also be adapted to local weather conditions.🌺 Is the plant good for insects, butterflies and the bees? Plants with open flowers and not many petals are easier for them to get the nectar and pollen.1/5/24
April Eco TipIt’s time to plant seeds and we have a range of seeds in our Seed Swap box in the porch at church. Currently we have nasturtiums, wild flowers, cornflowers and sweet peas. All we ask is that if you take a packet of seeds you leave a packet or place some loose seeds that you have in the envelopes provided and label them. Let’s get swapping seeds! The porch is open on Sundays and also Saturday mornings when the churchyard group are around.01/04/2024
It is a real delight that Revd Lisa Senior was licensed this afternoon by Bishop Arun Arora as Interim Team Vicar for 1 year at Woodlesford Parish Hall. Revd Lisa will serve here in the Benefice of Rothwell, Lofthouse, Methley with Mickletown, and Oulton with Woodlesford. Thanks to Bishop Arun for a wonderful service and to all who attended and those made it happen.We are delighted that Lisa will join us to help us in the transition for one year as we work out a new pattern of ministry for our four parishes with two full time clergy instead of three from April 2025. Lisa’s ministry will be based in Oulton and Methley. Over the coming year we’ll all reflect, pray and work out a new pattern of ministry and pastoral responsibilities for our benefice when Lisa leaves in a years time. There’ll be no replacement for Lisa and it cannot be extended. Our prayers for Lisa as she joins us today. Lisa will commute as her husband Patrick is Vicar in Gildersome.
