Hedgehogs are ready for hibernation this time of year and can crawl into piles of wood. When lighting a bonfire look for any signs that one has crawled inside. Hedgehogs can have water, dog and cat food but don’t give them milk or leave out discarded pumpkins as it upsets their tummies. Making a hedgehog home is simple, and can be done by using a plant pot, foliage and leaves. Always ensure that the pot is large enough for them to get in and out. Instructions can be found on YouTube ‘How to build a hedgehog house’ https://youtu.be/8n0x7RDwFRQ?si=j08yFH1wTvpEtOIIHere’s a useful link:https://www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk30/10/23
A busy weekend in church as Methley WI held an early Christmas Fair with home made jewellery, woodcraft, art, cakes and makes and lots of other Christmas crafts. 28/10/23
At what we hope to be an annual event, choirs across the team led an evening of hymns chosen by the congregations of Methley, Rothwell, Lofthouse and Oulton, including some wonderful anthems led by the choir. To watch a recording of the service please follow the link to our YouTube Channel. https://youtu.be/ACo_OUtCpc0?si=WocHj0GSlEaw1atg22/10/23
Over the last few years we have been working on a major project with our architect to redesign the building, in church language this is called reordering. As St. Oswald’s is a grade 1 listed building this has been a careful process of looking at what changes can be made without changing the historic features of our beautiful church. Following a consultation exercise and more detailed architectural work the Parochial Church Council agreed to support moving to the approvals stage of the process with the Diocese initially and though the normal planning process. A video made last year gives some details of the project, and although more details have been worked through the basic proposals are the same. The video can be viewed on the Building Project page of the website. In addition more recent detailed plans can be viewed in church, which is open for services and visitors on a Sunday and Wednesday afternoon. Updated 22/10/22
