Messy Church- Book your place at the Grand Picnic on Monday 12th August at St James’ Church Acton Trussell 10.30 to 12.30. Children of all ages welcome- to be accompanied by parent, grandparent or carer. See all details on flyer.
f you’re interested in nature and fancy spotting some wildlife, please come along to the churchyard at St James Church, Acton Trussell ST17 0RJ to take part in a nature count from 8th to 16th June. Everyone is invited to visit the churchyard at a time to suit you and to spend some time discovering and delighting in the rich wildlife there, recording what you find and the combined results will be added to the National Biodiversity Nerwork’s database of wildlife in the UK.There will be count sheets and pencils in the church porch to make a note of what you find at the time of your visit plus some information about popular species. There will also be FREE Nature Sheets and Mini Colour Pencil Packs for Children while stocks last.Please can you complete the visitors list so we see how many nature lovers come to visit.Please leave your completed count sheets in the polyfolder in the church porch.This initiative is promoted by the conservation charities Caring for God’s Acre, A Rocha UK and the Church of England. The Caring for God’s Acre website (caringforgodsacre.org.uk) gives lots of useful information about what you might want to look for and count. You don’t have to be an expert and children are especially welcome.You don’t need to know the exact name of the plant or insect although you could look it up- you could count bees, butterflies, ladybirds, buttercups, or even molehills. You could count the number of different types of wildflowers you see and name some of them if you can! There is a conservation meadow at the rear of the churchyard so the longer grass may have some interesting things to count.Please join the Count on Nature at St James and remember Be Safe, Be Sensitive to your surroundings, close the church gate and above all ENJOY.
The Churchyard Awards Scheme 2024 started on 1st May and St James, Acton Trussell has entered. Do come and visit the churchyard at any time and enjoy the peaceful surroundings there - you will be most welcome.
We’ve decided regrettably to cancel the Messy Church session at St James tomorrow (Saturday) as it wasn’t viable to proceed with the number of bookings received.Apologies to those who had booked. We will be running another session in the future and look forward to seeing you then.In this connection we would ask you please to let us have some feedback on the sessions we offer so that we can try to prepare Messy Church sessions that suit interested families.Please can you let us know:1) the best day for you,2) the best time of day(2 hour slot),3) the best venue(community centre or church),4) anything in the the format you would change,5) any other comments.We really would be grateful if you would reply as it will help the team to understand you better.Sorry we’re not going to see you tomorrow but hope we can meet up soon. Best wishesEleanor, Rev Delphine and the Acton & Bednall Messy Church Team
