Creationtide celebrated

We kicked off our celebration of God’s creation with a Pet Service at Rufford and Tarleton on Sunday, September 8th.

During the All Age worship in both churches Pets were brought to be Blessed by the Rector.

On October 4th we will hold a Creationtide Forest Church at Mere Brow School.

During this season we will be working on our Bio-Diversity programme at Rufford. Our bird boxes will go up and our bug hotels will be put in place. We will also start our re-wilding of the new Churchyard.

At St Mary’s Rufford on October 23rd we will host the Leyland Deanery Synod as it looks at “How we can become a net zero carbon church. The Guest Speaker will be Rev. Canon Professor John Rodwell, Blackburn Diocesan Environmental Officer,.

The Season will close with Harvest on October 13th. Details here.

By Mark Soady|2024-09-08T11:58:12+00:00September 8th, 2024|Uncategorized|

About the Author: Mark Soady

Fr Mark was appointed as Rector of Rufford and Tarleton in April 2020, just as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold throughout the world. Previously, Mark was Area Dean and Vicar of Abergavenny & Rector of Llanwenarth Citra. Additionally, Mark was a Psychiatric Nurse and Founder/Prior of the Hollywell Community. Prior to Ordination, he was Head of Office to Rt Hon Lord Jenkins of Hillhead OM; and later worked for the Westminster Foundation for Democracy (an arm of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office) on democratisation programmes. Fr Mark served in the Royal Army Chaplain’s Department from 1998- 2012 and until 2017 was Chairman of Trustees of the Welsh Warrior: Richard Hunt Foundation, which cares for veterans. As Secretary to the Committee of Anglican Religious Communities in England, he also works with all nuns, monks and friars throughout the Church of England

Creationtide celebrated