Church

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A new Union Flag

In March 2020, we raised our Union flag as a symbol of the church’s continued presence and love for our community during the difficulties of the pandemic, and it has flown from our church tower ever since. Recently, we noticed it had become worn and weathered, and a parishioner came forward to pay for its replacement. Whilst we are all feeling tired, Jesus is always renewing us as part of His kingdom, so we felt it was important that our flag also be renewed, as part of our continued commitment to love and care here in Ludgershall and Faberstown, as a reflection of the love God has for us all.
Thank you to Revd Errol for blessing the new flag at our service yesterday.

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Saturday 12th December Cyclists Carol Service 11am

This Saturday at 11am, we are holding our Cyclists Carol Service in our churchyard. It will be a very short 15min service, outdoors and socially distanced, with bikes in hand, led by Rev’d Tim, our very own cycling vicar. Our friends at Andover Wheelers are riding in to join us, and all are welcome to come on your bikes too, even if it’s just from round the corner! We look forward to worshipping then! 🚴🏼‍♂️🚴🏼🚴‍♀️

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Stained Glass Window Update

Here is the latest process our glass is being put through – masking. Revd Sophie Hacker, the artist making the window says, “I know it looks messy but this is such fun! Using the bitumen to make the masks for when [the glass] goes in the hydrofluoric acid. It’ll give the most wonderful textures and subtle colours.”
Isn’t it fascinating? Thanks, Sophie, for letting us see your process of making.

Thank you so very much to those who have already used our online payment system to donate towards the window project! If you would like to donate it is straightforward at this link to our website: https://stjamesludgershall.com/donations/

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An Update re Finances

Following our Annual Church Meeting last month we can report that St James Church will be paying the Parish Share in full this year, although we’ll have to use £3,500 (roughly one third) of our reserves in order to do so.

Thank you to everyone who supports our church, not only financially, but in time, work, serving and praying. Some folk have understandably been financially effected by the ongoing pandemic, and have not been able to give – if that’s you, please don’t worry. If you are among the people who have generously decided to increase your giving to help make up some of the shortfall, thank you.

The decision to pay Parish Share is important because Parish Share is what the Diocese use to pay our clergy their wages. This link provides more information from the Diocese about how the money is used: https://www.salisbury.anglican.org/resources-library/whos-who/contacts/comms-team/working-together/budget-2021-at-a-glance-nov-2020

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Sunday 11th October

This Sunday we will have our socially distanced outdoor in person service at 10am in the churchyard, as well as our radio/fb service broadcast at the same time by our friends at Castledown FM and on our fb page. The churchyard service will be a Service if the Word. In the evening, we have Common Worship Evening Prayer at 4pm and Holy Communion at 6pm. We hope you will be able to join us at any of those to praise God and pray together.

As ever, for the outdoor services, please come equipped with a folding chair/picnic blanket, a waterproof/brolly if you can, and for the radio/fb broadcast you can find a service sheet at this link so you can follow along with the singing at home: https://stjamesludgershall.com/service-sheets/
If you would like to support the ministry of the church financially, more info can be found on our website at https://stjamesludgershall.com/donations/ – thank you!
We look forward to worshipping the Lord together on Sunday!

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Sunday 4th October

This Sunday we will have our socially distanced outdoor in person service at 10am in the churchyard, as well as our radio/fb service broadcast at the same time by our friends at Castledown FM and on our fb page. The churchyard service will be a Communion Service. In the evening, we have Common Worship Evening Orayer at 4pm and BCP Evening Prayer at 6pm. We hope you will be able to join us at any of those to praise God and pray together.

As ever, for the outdoor services, please come equipped with a folding chair/picnic blanket, a waterproof/brolly if you can, and for the radio/fb broadcast you can find a service sheet at this link so you can follow along with the singing at home: https://stjamesludgershall.com/service-sheets/ We look forward to welcoming you on Sunday!

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Sunday 20th September

This Sunday we will have our socially distanced outdoor in person service at 10am in the churchyard, as well as our radio/fb service broadcast at the same time by our friends at Castledown FM and on our fb page. The morning churchyard service will be a Service of the Word, and there will be a Communion service at 6pm also in the churchyard. We hope you will be able to join us at any of those to praise God and pray together.

As ever, for the outdoor services, please come equipped with a folding chair/picnic blanket, a waterproof/brolly if you can, and for the radio/fb broadcast you can find a service sheet at this link so you can follow along with the singing at home: https://stjamesludgershall.com/service-sheets/ We look forward to welcoming you on Sunday.

Under the latest guidance, we continue to be allowed to meet for public worship, whilst making sure we observe social distancing between households. Thanks to everyone who continues to support and attend our various opportunities to worship. We pray the services are a blessing to all.

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Voluntary Giving Envelopes

A message from our lovely treasurer, Michael Meade:

“Voluntary Giving Envelopes: The present set of weekly giving envelopes will finish at the end of this month and new ones for the next 12 months will be available from Sunday 20 September. Anyone who would like to join the scheme should contact me, Michael Meade, as soon as convenient.
Anyone who no longer needs envelopes because they are giving through the bank either by standing order or through the Parish Giving Scheme should also contact me. Thank you.”

You can ring Michael on 01264 790262 or email him at mm.saiwen@ntlworld.com

You can also find out more about the Parish Giving Scheme and other electronic means of giving at the ‘Donations’ tab at the top of this page. Thanks to everyone who supports our church ministry financially.