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Putting Animals on the Agenda of the Christian Church 98 Spring 2018 Price £2 (free to members) animalwa ch PUTTING ANIMALS ON THE AGENDA OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH INSIDE THIS ISSUE SPEAKING FOR GREY SQUIRRELS WHAT HAS CHRISTIANITY GOT TO DO WITH ANIMALS? ANIMAL WELFARE SERVICES ASWA COMMITTEE ELECTIONS ASWA.ORG.UK | 1 IN THIS ISSUE A WARM WELCOME 3 WHAT HAS CHRISTIANITY GOT TO DO WITH ANIMALS? 5 5 SPEAKING FOR GREY SQUIRRELS 7 ANIMAL WELFARE SERVICES 8 THE VEGGIE TRAVELLER 11 7 ASWA COMMITTEE ELECTIONS 13 CHACHI’S HAVEN IN 2018 13 13 Sunday 7 October Sunday 11 November DORIS’ DIARY Animal Welfare Sunday ASWA Remembrance Service at the Animals’ War Memorial, Park Hello! My name is Doris, and I ASWA Annual Service, St Mary’s Lane, London, 3pm. am a Border Leicester ewe with Church, Portsea, Portsmouth, 10am. The preacher will be ASWA For further details of events, very large ears! I was rescued by Chair, the Revd Dr Helen Hall. please visit the website: ASWA secretary Sam Chandler, as www.aswa.org.uk I had outlived my usefulness as a breeding ewe. Below are some great events ewe may enjoy! Wednesday 9 May ASWA AGM, St Michael’s Church, Chester Square, London, SW1W 9HH, 6pm. Sunday 3 June Animal Blessing Service, Craigiebuckler Church Hall, Springfield Road, Aberdeen, 3pm. The service will be conducted by the Revd Kenneth Petrie. All animals with their human companions welcome. Saturday 6 October ASWA Day Conference on Marine Animal Welfare, St Mary’s Church, Portsea, Portsmouth, 9am to 12.30pm. 2 | ASWA.ORG.UK HELLO AND WELCOME TO ANIMALWATCH Welcome to Animalwatch. In this issue, we focus on activities raising awareness of animal issues. We share reports of animal blessing services that took place on and around Animal Welfare Sunday, the annual Animal Aid Christmas Fayre, and a talk given at the Annual General Meeting of Churches Together in Westminster. We hope that you enjoy keeping up-to-date with news and information on our website. Do check regularly for resources and information about upcoming events. Please do make a note of the dates in Doris’ Diary – especially the AGM in May. We hope to see you there. Please send any items for consideration for Animalwatch to Revd Jennifer Brown, Editor, PO Box 7193, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 8GT. Email is even better – [email protected]. Please note that, owing to space restrictions, it may not be possible to print all contributions, and that letters and other contributions may be edited for length. Jennifer Brown, Editor The deadline for the Summer magazine is Monday 21st May 2018. ASWA MERCHANDISE ASWA SPEAKERS AVAILABLE Available from the ASWA web site Our Wild World, an ASWA resource for children is now available to purchase ASWA literature: a range of literature If you have a group or service that from the ASWA web site for just £3. on a variety of animal welfare subjects would welcome an ASWA speaker, we This sticker book is a fun way to help available. would love to hear from you! We often children learn about the creatures that travel a fair distance so please call to PAWS for Prayer cards: paw shaped populate our world and God’s love and discuss it. We usually bring a stall and cards with a prayer for companion care for them. literature and always liaise with our animals printed on one side. £0.35 hosts to ensure the talk is appropriate each (minimum purchase 10) for their particular audience. Keep the Egg Cards: egg shaped cards with a invitations rolling in! prayer printed on one side. £0.35 each (minimum purchase 10). ASWA bags: handy cotton shopping ASWA NEWS bag with the ASWA logo. £4 each. New-Look Web site ASWA badges: show your support for ASWA by wearing a lapel badge with If you visit the ASWA web site (www. the ASWA logo. £1.50 each. aswa.org.uk) from the 1st of February, you’ll see that we’ve got a new look. Over the past couple of months, we have instructed some web designers to create a new, updated website for us. Do take a look. A Warm Welcome Naira Charles, Lewes, East Sussex Kathleen Matthews, Dorchester, Dorset to our new members. Sophie Clark, Norwich, Norfolk William Dennler, Nashville, Rosemary Grace Neal, We look forward to hearing Cheltenham, Gloucestershire from you. Tennessee, USA Natalia Doran, London Laura Tregent, Little Glemham, Holly Adams, Bolts Hill, Chartham, Suffolk Kent Charlotte Edgington, Watford, Rozzi Wright, St Ives, Cornwall Andrew Avery, Greenhithe, Kent Hertfordshire To all our new members we extend Pat Bacchus, Hatfield, Tanya Garrett, Bell Buckle, Tennessee, USA a warm welcome and, along with Hertfordshire our existing members, we would Elizabeth Baxter, Maroubra, New Nigel Gray, Tunbridge Wells, ask that you encourage others South Wales, Australia Kent who share your concern for animal Jenny James, Bradley Stoke, welfare to join. Introductory leaflets Tracey Brown, Midsomer Norton, are available from the Secretary. Radstock Bristol Revd John Challis, Felpham, Hazel MacKenzie, Kirkhill, Bognor Regis, Sussex Inverness-shire ASWA.ORG.UK | 3 GOOD NEWS UK Prime Minister Confirms Hunting Ban to Remain Acknowledging public feelings on the issue, British Prime Minister Theresa May in January announced that she would not introduce a free vote in Parliament to repeal the current ban on fox hunting. Britain has for many years been known as a nation of animal lovers, but it appears that animal welfare is of increasing importance to the British public, and politicians are now acknowledging that fact. NEWS & NOTICES Don’t forget, you can ASWA AGM John Austin Baker Creative Writing follow ASWA on Twitter Prize ASWA’s Annual General Meeting will – aswanews be on Wednesday 9th May at 6pm at This competition is open to all (with St Michael’s, Chester Square, London, categories for adults and children). You can also keep up with SW1W 9HH. This is a chance to hear Submissions should be poetry or a piece what’s new via our website – www.aswa. about what ASWA has accomplished of prose not longer than 500 words on org.uk. over the past year and what is planned the subject of Marine Life. Submissions for the future, and to put forward your must be original and not previously Check the web site for the latest views. Please do join us. published. Entry fee of £5 per entry. resources, including those for youth & Submissions must be received by 31 children. May 2018. Please see the ASWA web site (www.aswa.org.uk) or contact the Secretary for terms & conditions and Animal-friendly Church awards ASWA Annual Service and Day addresses for submission by post or Conference Is your church animal friendly? ASWA email. sponsors the Animal-friendly Church This year’s annual service will be held at ASWA Local groups award to recognise those churches that St Mary’s Church, Portsea, Portsmouth take animal welfare seriously as part on Sunday 7th October, 10.00am. The Don’t forget that there are ASWA local of their ministry and mission. Churches preacher will be ASWA Chair, the Revd groups in different areas. can apply at any time and those Dr Helen Hall. In addition, this year we • There is an Ecumenical group, the meeting the necessary criteria will be will be hosting a Day Conference on Three Counties Animal Welfare awarded animal-friendly church status. Saturday 6th October, focusing on care Prayer Group, who meet for a Information is available on the website for marine wildlife. The Day Conference service at Gloucester Cathedral or from the Secretary. will also be held at St Mary’s, Portsea, at 12.15 on the first Saturday of and will run from 9.30am to 12.30pm. each month. The contact for the ecumenical group is the Revd Helen Hall (01633-677775 or helen. Data Protection and ASWA Mailing [email protected]). List • The Revd David Austin has recently New data protection legislation will started an ASWA prayer group come into effect in the UK and Europe in the Norwich area. If anyone this May. This legislation requires that is interested in joining, David’s organisations get positive permission contact details are 01603 469112 Animal Friendly Church 2017 from individuals to include them on or [email protected]. emailing lists. If you are on ASWA’s Our apologies for the delay in email list, we will need you to confirm in announcing the winner of our Animal writing that you are happy to continue Friendly Church Award. A winner has ASWA is always keen to support the receiving emails from us. Please send an been chosen but they have asked us to formation of new groups. If you are email to aswamembership@btinternet. delay an announcement as the Church interested in starting a group in your com stating that you are happy to is currently in interregnum. Keep an eye area, please contact the Secretary. remain on our emailing list. on Twitter during the latter part of April when the new incumbent is in post and If you are not yet on our email list but the winning church can be revealed! would like to be, please send an email asking to be added. 4 | ASWA.ORG.UK WHAT HAS CHRISTIANITY GOT TO DO WITH ANIMALS? In January, ASWA were pleased to but all things in creation [Ephesians look at the tradition of the saints, what provide a keynote speaker for the AGM 1.10; Colossians 1.20]), but it is all we will see is a long history of holiness of Churches Together in Westminster. too evident that reconciliation within being associated with gentleness and The following is the text of the talk given the world is still needed.
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