Nice sign designs!
We’ve not had further problems with hawk or owl attacks on our chickens ever since our broody hens raised big ol’ roosters with coloration that either looks like, well, more or less, a bald eagle, or, plain ol’ hawks. Not that I can guarantee the results! Have you had chickens before?
In our case, as we let the birds free range a lot, I have to keep the chickens out of the garden. It’s not a minor task.
You are probably right about the church hierarchy bit. In some denominations, how much of that translates down to the local churches sometimes seems to depend on the individual pastor. But, then some change pastors a lot more than others. I’m probably just lucky - in my (Missouri Synod Lutheran) church the “top down” has not been felt that much by me, and, the pastors of my congregation have had very long tenures (2 head pastors have stayed until retirement, and #3 looks to be headed that way too.) We are definitely not “autonomous”, but, we’re a far, far cry from the Catholics in that regard...
Hopefully you’ll find a good match for you (and the pastor won’t leave in a year!) :-)
Had chickens a few times and aside from one smart hen that made it 4 years, they all got killed by hawks. Had three roosters in one batch. All have made it to full size and then got picked off one at a time. Better when I had dogs here but I’m not feeding dogs to get eggs. Might do a chicken tractor so they have fresh forage all the time.