Our minister Reverend Rutton Viccajee will be one of the speakers at a special two hour conference set up by Tim Clifford Hill, curate at St Nicolas Church, Cranleigh. Putting yourself forward for the ministry may not be your calling at the moment but it should still be an interesting morning. Other speakers are Reverend Dr Craig Holmes, the Diocese of Guildford's director of ordinands, and Jane Hiley, Warden of Licensed Lay Ministers.The event takes place at Wonersh Parish Church, The Street, Wonersh between 10am and noon on Saturday May 14th.
Cafe Church is back on Sunday. It's two years and two months since our last Cafe Church service. The pandemic has prevented us from meeting in a relaxed, family-friendly way and sharing breakfast before our service.As a one-off Sunday's service will be held in the Foulston Room at the KGV at 10am. Cafe Church has been a popular part of Dunsfold life for some years. It will be our minister Reverend Rutton Viccajee's Cafe Church debut so let's give him a warm Dunsfold welcome.
A pair of peregrine falcons are nesting at St Albans Cathedral for the “first time ever” after wildlife experts lured them with a special tray filled with gravel to simulate cliffs.The church has been holding a naming competition for the fledglings once hatched, with “Falcony McFalconface” among the contenders, along with “Angel” and “Alban”, in honour of Britain’s first saint.A spokeswoman for the cathedral declined to reveal either the exact height or location of the pair “because we want to protect them — peregrines haven’t nested here before now”.However, it is expected that the eggs laid at the secret perch will “hatch in another couple of weeks”, she said.Peregrines, the fastest birds in the world, are only found in a small number of isolated spots in England’s southeast, and the St Albans pair are one of only five pairs breeding in Hertfordshire.The surprise nesting has been hailed as “a hugely rewarding development” for the Wilder St Albans project, a collaboration between Herts and Middlesex Wildlife Trust and St Albans council.Barry Trevis, an ornithologist and licensed bird ringer, built and installed the nesting tray at the cathedral. The gravel-lined tray simulates the birds’ natural nesting sites and provides them with a safe place to lay their eggs.Heidi Carruthers, the Wilder St Albans project officer, said: “This is hugely exciting news and we’re delighted that the peregrines have been able to use the nesting tray.“It’s fantastic to see [peregrines] in the skies over St Albans. We’re keeping our fingers crossed that the eggs hatch safely and the chicks fledge successfully.”
