St James Church, Mere Green

10/06/2026

What a great idea!

Are you struggling with food costs? Want to eat better food on a tight budget? Want to spend some quality time with your children? Join our FREE home-based COURSE and make FREE delicious food!
Incredible surplus is working in partnership across Birmingham with Bags of Taste, an award-winning non-profit organisation.
Here is a link to our website: www.bagsoftaste.org
We help local people in need who are struggling with food costs or are on tight budgets, such as families, single parents, pensioners, unemployed people, people with long-term health issues,...
Our course is completely home-based - we’ll deliver a FREE bag of ingredients to your door and give you personal help and videos by WhatsApp or phone while you cook three delicious FREE meals in your own time and kitchen.
No commitment apart from cooking the dishes, and the course is suitable for all abilities.
All the food is provided

09/06/2026

Cooking oil answers!

🍳Here’s what to do with your used cooking oil to help keep your bins clear (and collected!) with a little help from .binman

Got a small amount of cooking oil in the bottom of your pan?
❄️Wait for it to cool
🧻Mop it up with some tissue or kitchen towel
🚮Pop it in your food waste or general waste bin

Fried up something delicious and have quite a bit of oil left over?
❄️Wait for it to cool
🫙Pour it into a used container, like an empty jar or butter tub (with a lid)
🚮Pop it in your general waste bin

Rather not bin it?
♻️Check the Recycling Locator to see if your local recycling centre accepts cooking oil, which can be turned into biofuel.
🪵Use cooking oil it on your garden shed or fence, it’s a great creosote alternative. It’s also safe to use near plants and animals
🐦‍⬛Fat from cooking meat makes great DIY fat balls for garden birds – pour it into a container, add bird seed, and wait for it to set.

08/06/2026

Some help for those of us who are struggling with high cost of food and energy bills.

Crisis Resilience Fund - £220 grants for households struggling with the cost of essentials such as food, energy or household costs.

07/06/2026

We seem to have more meadow flowers this year. Fox and cubs, and hawkweed?

07/06/2026

Bugs, moths and all things wild. We had a great day, investigating moths and insects in the churchyard and jointing in craft activities.

05/06/2026

Sunday 7 June, 10am, we celebrate Holy Communion together. Our Bible readings are all about healing and faith. We will be praying for everyone in our country, our local community and our government.

We also have Sunday club, open to children from 4 -14. We will be thinking about Jesus calming the storm.

05/06/2026

June Services and Events

03/06/2026

Pope Leo XIV invites us all to pray for peace today. We offer this Litany for Peace. As the Holy Father said, "Let us make heard the cry for peace that springs from the heart!"

Find more Prayer-Study-Action to Stop the War with Iran and Lebanon at https://maryknollogc.org/action/stop-the-war-with-iran-and-lebanon/

02/06/2026

To all mini-explorers and bug hunters, our annual nature day is coming up, Sunday 7 June, 2-4pm.
We'd love you to book, although it's not essential. You will need sensible shoes and a (sensible) adult too.