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…
Worship at Home The church may have suspended public services, but that does not mean it has stopped offering worship. The daily round of morning and evening prayer, and the mass, continue to be offered on behalf of all the Read more…
A Christian Response: As Christians and as a church we also have a distinctive role to play; a role which goes beyond public health. Below are some simple steps we can all consider in the coming days, weeks and months. Read more…
Ash Wednesday26th February @ 19:00 Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent – a time when we traditional reflect on the things that bind to world in a superficial way and seek to deepen our connection with God. The best Read more…
A blessing on your house This Sunday we celebrate Epiphany in our parish. In accordance with church tradition, we will be blessing pieces of chalk for people to take away at the end of the service. The chalk is used Read more…
Join us this Christmas to celebrate Jesus’ birth 22nd December 17:00 Carols by Candlelight St James’s, Tower Road Nothing could be better on a cold winters night, just before Christmas, than coming to our candlelight carol service. In the hushed Read more…
Come join us at St James’s as we get out Advent and Christmas season underway with that, all essential, Christmas market. All our proceeds go towards supporting the church’s work in the local community.
Are you, or do you want to be, a Eucharistic Minister? Your question may even be ‘what does a eucharistic minister do?’ Well they are the people who are responsible for assisting at Holy Communion with the distribution of Christ’s Read more…
What better way is there to remember those that we have loved and have died than to pray for them and so recall the promises made to by Jesus that we would share in the eternal life of the father. Read more…