Harvest Celebrations? RICH TWEEDY 6 AUTUMN I S SUE | OCTOBER 2 0 2 4 For the kids of Shapwick Finding it hard because the photos a bFlack and white? Find a flourition of Shapwick News at: https://www.shapwickparishcounci l.org.uk/parish-newsletters/ Hi folks, As I write, we’re at the beginning of the season for harvest celebrations. It’s a time when we remind ourselves of how fortunate we are that we have abundant food – and how grateful we should be to an agricultural industry in this country that provides so much of the food that we eat. Climate change is a reality of the world we live in – and if we don’t act now, in all parts of our lives, the situation will only get worse – and we’ll wonder why we didn’t take the warning seriously beforehand. In this harvest season, let’s reflect on what it means to be stewards of all of God’s Creation, for the good of all creatures, showing love to neighbours both locally and globally. However, this has been yet another year when we have been affected by climate change. While the rest of the world has suffered from the hottest days ever recorded, we have been suffering from an unusual wet and cold summer. Today, news came of how catastrophic this summer has been for our butterflies: small tortoiseshells (shown here) have been particularly badly affected. Every blessing, Rich Tweedy vicar@poldenwheel.co.uk Hi, I’m Charlotte, I’m 12 years old and I want to encourage all the amazing kids of Shapwick to read our fabulous Shapwick News! So in this issue, I have created a word search for you to try! Actually, it’s for any age really. You can try it without any words or clues, but if you need some help you’ll find clues scattered throughout the paper. The first two clues are down below. There are 12 words in all. Don’t forget to look backwards and diagonally. Good luck guys! I would like to recommend a series of books called “Warriors” by Erin Hunter. I’ve recently read the first few series (and she does have a LOT). It is a story about ‘Clans’ of cats that live in a forest area in the countryside near ‘Twoleg nests’ (sort of like Shapwick). CHARLOTTE DOUGLAS I would be really interested to hear from any other young people in the village who might like to give me some recommendations for things you’d like to hear about or share with others, I was thinking about great books that people have read. If you’d like to send anything to me, email me with a “Message for Charlotte” at shapwick.news@shapwickparishcouncil.org.uk! I’ve got to say, I didn’t really have strong feelings about cats before but now I’m begging my parents for one! The books are totally addictive and it’s a struggle to put them down. I would say they’re aimed at tweens and teens (9-14) but my mum really enjoyed them too! clue: you see their murmurations 1. clue: the meaning of Shapwick 2.
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