Renewal
Death and Resurrection
We are being called to live our faith in the way given to us by Jesus, the way of Death and Resurrection. Called in our own lives as we journey towards the judgement, we all face, but also in the Read more…
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Idols
We all have our heroes: personal, historical, real and fiction. These are the people we set up as idols, to be respected, adored and imitated in the difficult decisions and hard times of our own lives. Sometimes these heroes are Read more…
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Just be positive…
There is no doubt that our work in God is to live according to, and in order to spread, the good news that is Jesus Christ. And it really is good news; although sinners, God came down to earth and Read more…
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Black lives matter… to us, here, at St James’s
Suddenly there is another news story dominating social media, the front-pages of our papers and the conversations of those who are interested in current affairs. It is the story of George Floyd, an African American who died of asphyxiation (suffocation) Read more…
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Together in Prayer
Earlier this month parishioners from different walks of life joined together to pray. It is our first calling in our service to the parish, to bring it and all its people before God, and so we united in this project to make a short film using the words that Christ gave us to pray with. Know that you are being prayed for.
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Church Post-Coronavirus
What will Church and services look like when this lockdown is over? What have we learnt? What have we lost? How are we blessed? These are just some of the questions we will need to ask in the coming weeks and months as society comes to terms with whatever the new normal will look like.
Services
VE Day at St James
As the nation found different ways to celebrate 75 years since victory in Europe was declared, we put together a small service of thanksgiving. The words of which were drawn from the service of thanksgiving held at St Margaret’s, Westminster, Read more…
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Mary’s Month of May
The happy birds Te Deum sing, ‘Tis Mary’s month of May; These are the first lines of a great hymn in honour or Mary reminding us that May is a month where we traditional offer our devotions to her as Read more…
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Laying the Foundations
Pathé newsreel footage from the laying of the foundation stone at St James’s… http://www.stjamesclacton.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/foundation-stone-ciraca-1911.mp4 This ceremony took place in 1912 and involved local freemason, including Dr John Henry Salter, JP. The parish had only been founded in 1907 and this Read more…
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Funerals & Covid-19
Saying Goodbye We all want that send-off and celebration of life we had pictured in our minds for ourselves and for our loved ones. Thinking about funerals can be distressing enough, but now we have to factor in extra restrictions Read more…