We have started to compile our photos of weddings that have taken place in St James. They will be on display along with the records of Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals as soon as we are able to open our Church fully.
If you have a photo of your wedding at St James, or maybe one of your relatives, perhaps you would consider letting me take a copy of your photo, or perhaps you could email it to me at suewilliams588@gmail.com or phone 01264 791487.
Thank you
Sue Williams
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.
We only managed to take a couple of photos of the volunteers who have helped out with the coronavirus vaccinations locally over the last two Fridays (because we were just too busy!) but thank you to all of the church and community volunteers and also to the staff of the Castle Practice in Tidworth and Ludgershall (and I think the GP Practice in Amesbury was working with us too).
It’s brilliant that so many local people have been vaccinated already and I know all the volunteers were delighted to be able to help in our own small way by managing the traffic and the parking. Thank you also to the Tidworth Leisure Centre for hosting and for those staff who helped out too.
I also discovered this morning that some cathedrals have been drafted in to help with this national vaccination program. So thank you @salisburycathedral @dioceseofsalisbury and @lichfieldcathedral @lichfielddiocese as well! I don’t know if this is happening right across the country, but it’s great that our diocese is doing it and it’s so good that we’re not the only ones.
As the vision statement for the C of E says we’re trying to be “a Christian presence in every community” and it’s really good to see that we’re not the only ones who believe that helping with the COVID vaccinations, with church volunteers working alongside community volunteers, is part of the Church’s mission!
Revd Tim
Our current Sunday morning service options continue to be on offer this Sunday:
However you choose to join us, we look forward to welcoming you.
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!
Friends, these are difficult times. However, under the latest government restrictions, we are still able to hold in person services, so we will be continuing with our current pattern on Sunday Morning: there will be a radio/fb service broadcast by Castledown FM at 10am, and there will also be a socially distanced outdoor service in the churchyard at 10am, which will be the shortened Winter Worship form we started last week.
We look forward to the opportunity at these services to welcome you and encourage one another. In the meantime, take good care, and keep on praying!
Our radio/fb morning service will be broadcast by our friends at Castledown FM at 10am, and you can find a service sheet at this link so you can follow along with the singing at home: https://stjamesludgershall.com/service-sheets/
At the same time, 10am, there will be a shortened in person service in the churchyard, entitled Winter Worship. This service will be 15mins, allowing us to share prayers, readings and songs briefly, so we don’t get too cold, but do get to see each other to join in fellowship. These Winter Worship services will be happening on Sundays during January and February, and after that we hope the weather will start warming up again!
However you choose to join us, we look forward to welcoming you.
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!
On Friday, New Year’s Day, our worshipful walk will set off from the church gate at 10am. Socially distanced, join us as we try to get 2021 off on the right foot!
Tomorrow is Christmas Eve! Exciting! We have two outdoor services in our churchyard:
At 4pm an outdoor nativity service, which will see characters from our recent ‘Round The Back!’ Video reprising some of their roles to draw us into the Christmas Story once more.
At 11:30pm a candlelit Midnight Mass service.
Remember to wrap up warm, and a little torch or lantern might be a good idea as the evening darkens and cools. All welcome to join us!
If you would like to see the ‘Round The Back’ video it is below:
St James’ Children’s Church is proud to present this version of The Nativity, which we filmed entirely from our various homes. We hope you enjoy watching it. We enjoyed making it.
This Sunday we celebrate the fourth Sunday of Advent with both an outdoor In Person Service in our churchyard at 10am and a radio/fb broadcast at the same time, as ever broadcast from the studio by our friends at Castledown FM on 104.7! Both services will be Carol Services, with the radio fb version bringing us some requested favourites. If you are coming to the churchyard service, please wrap up very warm and come ready to sing!
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!
