On Holy Saturday (30th), at 8pm, we will gather around the Easter fire for an Easter Vigil. We will retell the Christian story to one another through readings and prayer as we await the rising of Jesus, the coming of the Light of the World.
This is an outdoor service in our churchyard, so please come dressed warmly and waterproofed for a time outside. You may also like to bring a folding chair. Thank you.
This Good Friday, join us at 2pm as we mark the final hour of Jesus’ life. A contemplative service, which will include a dramatised reading, come with us to the foot of the cross.
On Maundy Thursday (28th) at 6pm we will celebrate the Last Supper together, the poignant Holy Communion in the upper room before the dramatic events of Good Friday unfold. We will also strip the sanctuary to represent the grief and emptiness of the coming few days. All are welcome.
This Holy Week, our wooden cross will remain outside the church, and you are invited to add daffodils to it to remember a loved one. The cross will be beautified, even in our loss. We continue to pray for all those who grieve and all those who have gone to heaven ahead of us.
This Sunday (24th) is Palm Sunday! For all who are able, our service starts at the Market Cross on the High Street of Ludgershall at 10am, (outside The Queen’s Head pub) and we will sing and walk across to the church where the service will continue.
If you are not able to walk with us, please feel free to await us in church and we will join you!
We will be marking the events of Easter with a series of different services both here at St James and at our sister church Holy Trinity Church Tidworth. Please refer to our schedule on the picture below. All are welcome at any or all of them, as we celebrate the climax of the Christian year.
Our Annual Parochial Church Meeting will be held at 6pm on Sunday 11th February, when we will review the past year and look ahead to the next with the election of our PCC members and church wardens. Reports on areas of church life over the past year are available in the church for reading in advance. All are welcome to join us as we think and pray together but only those on the electoral roll can vote, so if you need to register on the electoral roll as a member of St James Church please message us or contact church warden Julie Walker for a form. Thank you!
Starting Monday 15th January, we have a new fortnightly Bible Study, hosted at the Rectory by Dawn and Rev Tim, starting at 7pm. Whether you have done Bible Studies before or this is all new, join us as we read, discuss and share ideas together. We will be doing a series taking us through Mark’s Gospel, which is an amazing place to start. Feel free to message us, or just turn up! The more the merrier…
This new Bible Study is one of 4 groups we host around the parish on various days and at various times, so if you would like to join one, but this one doesn’t work for you, message us and we can point you in the right direction!
Here are all the details of our Christmas services here at St James, and also across at our sister church Holy Trinity Church Tidworth. We look forward to welcoming you, whenever you are able to join us!
Our Remembrance Sunday Service starts at 10am at the church, and is followed by the Act Of Remembrance at the war memorial at about 10:50am. All are welcome to both parts. If you wish to come to the church service, please come early to be seated, as it is always extremely busy, as this day means so much to our community. Thank you.
St James', Ludgershall and Faberstown 