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Christmas 2024
Details of all our special Christmas services are below, for both St James and our sister church Holy Trinity Church Tidworth. We look forward to welcoming you to as many as you can come to!
St James’ Day 21st July 2024
St James Day! We will be celebrating on Sunday 21st July with our 10am communion service with our brother and sisters from Holy Trinity Church Tidworth and our Children’s Church, followed by an afternoon with BBQ lunch, drinks and refreshments, and an open mic providing music. If you’d like to bring a song or story, please do come along! The more the merrier as we celebrate our church being here for more than 7 centuries!
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11th Feb 6pm APCM
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!
New Bible Study for 2024
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!
Remembrance Sunday 12th November
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.
Harvest Service Sunday 24th September 10am
🍏🍎🍐🍊🫛🥦🌽🍅🍒🫐🍓Looking ahead to next Sunday, 24th September, we will be celebrating Harvest at our all age service at 10am! Please bring along fresh produce as well as dried and canned goods (with a long best before date, please) to offer during our service of thanksgiving, or alternatively drop off your donation in the church over the weekend before the service. The church is open every day during the day. All donations will go to Andover foodbank after the service. 🧅🫑🥕🥑🌶️🫒🍍🥥🍫🍬🍭🥚🥖
Harvest Supper Saturday 23rd September
Harvest is approaching! We are celebrating on Saturday 23rd September with a Harvest Supper in the church hall at 7pm. Please call the number below to book your tickets for a festive meal of thanksgiving. No charge for tickets, donations accepted on the night. 😊
August Community Cafe…with bacon butties!
☕️☕️☕️August is here! And so while the usual crew who run the Community Cafe on Fridays have a well-earned break, our church team will be opening the cafe each Friday morning in August for bacon butties and other treats! Yum! Open each Friday from 9:30am-11am in the church hall. All welcome! 😊
New Summer Book Club
Revd Tim will be starting a new book club tomorrow, Monday 31st July, 12noon till 1pm, at The Rectory, exploring the previous Bishop of Salisbury’s new book Sleepers Awake, which is about our spiritual response to climate change. Running on Mondays through August, all welcome!
St James', Ludgershall and Faberstown 