Mid-week Joy 30th September

Mid-week Joy

Welcome back to our mid-week celebration of all the great things happening in Leesfield Parish and beyond.

Our Sunday service details will be here as usual at weekend, but there's so much more that we would love to share with you in the meantime.

There's no "Worship for all Generations" this evening at St Agnes' - it's only the first three Wednesdays of each month, but we'll be back next week with our own celebration of Harvest.

Everybody is welcome to our Parish Harvest Eucharist on Sunday. We do have some spare seating available for this special service, and can also accommodate a few small family groups in the gallery if we run out of space, or if families prefer to be seated there. Donations of non-perishable food items will be gratefully accepted, and after a suitable quarantine period they will be taken to Impact Community Church in Hollinwood, which provides essential relief for people in need in the Oldham area.

With Harvest in mind, this song is a firm favourite with many of our younger congregation members. This version is home made by a family, and I'm sure you'll agree it's delightful -

October starts tomorrow, and we're really pleased to share this months calendar from Action for Happiness - Optimistic October

For this week's nature item, here are a few ideas for how to make our gardens attractive to wildlife. 

It would be wonderful if we could create some areas like this in our own churchyards, and any help you are able to offer would be greatly appreciated.

We never use pesticides, and already leave areas uncut and untended to encourage wildflowers. 

Lavender and Foxgloves abound, as do other plants to encourage birds, butterflies and bees.

There is still so much more that we could do to create safe habitats for wildlife, and we could possibly make a start during the winter months if we can get a few volunteers.