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The Week Ahead
Wednesday 29th July
- 09:45
- 14:00
Thursday 30th July
- 09:45
- 11:00
Friday 31st July
- 09:45
- 15:00
Sunday 2nd August
- 11:00
- 19:00
Monday 3rd August
- 09:45
- 18:00
Tuesday 4th August
- 09:45
- 13:15
Wednesday 5th August
- 09:45
- 14:00
St Michael's is an Eco Church
Community & Global
We are engaging with, and participating in, local networks and events:
Love Your (Church) Garden, Love Your Planet
This event on 11 June 2021 was part of the "Churches Count on Nature" initiative.
More photos in our gallery here …
Sustainable Gardening Good for us Good for our Wildlife
We are all in unknown territory, almost no one living today has experienced a global pandemic and the climate crisis is of ever-present concern. Added to this is the loss of a terrifyingly large number of plants and animals which create a balanced ecosystem. Not a happy picture!
What has gardening to do with this? It helps to sustain us in these challenging times and also, if carried out sympathetically, can be of enormous benefit to our wildlife … More in this guidance report here …
"Cool It" Initiative
The Tower being blessed and on display
Carbon Footprint Advisory Leaflets
The Good Fill Market where "Cool It" Family Quiz is being Completed
WWF Earth Hour
Switch off for our world!. In the UK every year millions take part in Earth Hour to help protect our planet. To learn more, go to:
https://www.earthhour.org/what-is-earth-hour
Arrivals for our swift boxes!
Predicted date for the swift arrival from Africa to Summertown is May 8th - 20th; they are very precise in their behaviour!
As soon as you spot any nosey swifts investigating our boxes way above the bike racks, please email OxfordSwiftCity@rspb.org.uk citing ST MICHAEL'S SWIFTWATCH Many thanks!
One member of our congregation, Suzanne Dalton, helped to paint the swift boxes erected on this superb new sculpture in the University Park.
Our new Insect house
Is now becoming a cosy home for all bugs and later, hopefully the frogs and newts will enjoy the cool damp spaces between the stones.
Crocuses in Bloom
Many hands planted these crocuses now in bloom given by Rotary Spires in aid of their End Polio Now campaign.
We raised £405.85 for Toilet Twinning.
Six of our new toilets in church are now twinned with toilets in other parts of the world.
The Toilet twinning organisation fundraises with Tearfund to provide water and sanitation solutions for (and with) people living in poverty; including those in refugee camps.
Are you a Wild Christian?
Join the Wild Christian community to explore the connections between faith, nature and big environmental issues like climate change.
Each month, we'll send you something to think about and a practical action that you can take in your own home to help nature along. We can all then share our efforts on social media to get a wider conversation going.
Our Swift response
In response to the RSPB "giving nature a home" initiative and the local project "Introducing swifts to Oxford", we have the go ahead to apply for swift boxes. They will be attached to the North East wall of the church (just above the new bike rack area).
Swifts love a long tunnel-like approach to the nest; they are communal birds and are happy to nest alongside other swift families. They are also very good housekeepers - there is no mess below the nests and no need to clean out the nests after use.
Did you know … Swifts can do everything on the wing? They can eat, drink, sleep and even mate in the air. They only land to visit their nest sites.
Watch this space for more swift news … we hope to see swifts nesting in our church grounds next year.
See for more information and to become a swift fan.
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