St James in the City - Events over the Summer
1. Tuesday 27th July - BBQ @ Murray & Tania’s @ 7.30pm
Meet at Neil & Margaret’s at 6.30pm if you require a lift
Murray & Tarn will provide main course, please bring a salad, a sweet or a bottle
2. Sunday 1st August.
Lots of people are away this week so there will not be a service. Instead people are invited to meet at 4pm at James & Katie Harding’s for a bring and share tea, an informal time of worship & to look at some pictures of their Thailand mission trip & find out about what they did. Please let them know if you’ll be turning up either by email: jameshardin@gmail.com
3. Sunday 8th August - Hilbre Island
11 am – Those requiring and offering a lift meet at 8 Lady Chapel Close
12noon – Park at Sue & Simon’s and set out on walk.
1pm – Arrive at Hilbre and have packed lunch - Low tide is at 14.06
2 pm – Service
2.15 – Games organised by Roger
3.30 – Start to Walk back to Sue and Simons - Simon will leave his Landover down on the front first thing in the morning, so those that are tired can have a lift up the hill!
4.30 – Tea at Sue and Simon’s
Starting at 2.30pm, we will be showing a BIG screen England v Germany World Cup game in St. James’ House (opposite the church in the cathedral grounds).
Food will be served during the match and an invitation is extended to anyone who would like to join us.
The Sunday service will therefore be starting at the later time of 5pm (if there’s no penalties!)
Sunday 13th June 12 noon – 4pm (Dunham Massey – WA14 4SJ)
The programme will include:
· 12.00 game of Rounders
· 1.00 picnic lunch.
· More Games
· Walk around the deer park
· The day will finish with an open air service about 4pm
There will therefore be no service at St James’ that day.
Bishop James Jones has a vision to launch a new Church to reach out to the students of Liverpool and the ever increasing city centre population. The project started in July 2007. The preferred option was to redevelop St James, a church which had been closed since 1971, required £2m of refurbishment and was owned by The Churches Conservation Trust. Since then remarkable progress has been made.
- The building has been divested back to the Diocese of Liverpool.
- The Parish of St James in the City has been established.
- The Berkeley Foundation has been appointed as project managers. Ambitious plans have been put together to not only refurbish the Church, but also build community facilities, a garden of remembrance and a memorial to the international slave trade in the graveyard. These plans extend beyond the immediate church site to include a housing development on adjacent land.
- The growing congregation has been meeting in a marquee inside the church at 4pm each Sunday. Average attendance is now 45 adults and 7 children.
- Dr James Harding a member of the congregation has been appointed as the university chaplain to John Moore’s and Liverpool Universities. We have a growing number of students and have attracted students from China, India, Pakistan, Canada and USA.
THE NEXT STEP
Because the church roof is leaking and causing damage to the fabric, we are working to replace it this year before the bad weather sets in. English Heritage has outlined the following steps and has granted us £14,000 to carry out the preliminary work. Firstly, a condition report for the structure of the whole building. Secondly, assuming the roof is the priority element, removing some of the slates to discover the extent of the roof work required. Thirdly and finally replacing the roof.
The estimated cost of the roof repairs is in the region of £250,000. We anticipate receiving the bulk of this money through grants but expect to have a shortfall.
GIFT DAY
Please join us in praying for the continued development of the project and particularly about your part in financing the next stage.
We have set aside Sunday 9th May 2010 as a Gift Day for the building project. Reaching our target will not only enable us to replace the roof but will be a stepping stone to refurbishing the rest of the church which we aim to do in 2012.
Please download our Gift Day booklet for ways to support us.
Following the success of last years hunt we will again be holding a fabulous, free easter egg hunt – everyone is welcome.
ChocoL8 Hunt is a free, fairtrade, children’s Easter egg hunt in the grounds of St James church with hundreds of chocolate eggs and fun characters waiting to help with the hunt (including the Easter bunny).
When: Sat 3rd April, 2pm to 4pm (the hunt will start at 2.30pm)
Where: The event will take place in the grounds of St James Church (corner of Park Road and Upper Parliament Street, L8 1UR, for directions please go to the contact us page) Read the rest of this entry »
On Shrove Tuesday next week we are holding an epic night of pancakes. Spread across the city in 4 different locations, join us for innumerable pancakes and fillings.
Contact Neil for more details on where to find the food! Click here
The idea for this evening is for each Purpose Group to explain what they did last term and what they have planned for new term.
This will be an encouraging night, giving us an opportunity to restate the St James values, and a chance for new members to join a group ready for the new term/year.
The leaders of each group will present a short presentation outlining the purpose of each group, what they have already done in the past, and any plans for the future.
The groups are: Peace and Justice; Guerrilla Greening ; Film and Art; Caring for International students; Toxteth youth leaders.
Rob Sykes will be catering for the evening, and with past products being ‘Christmas in a roll’ and ‘Mulled wine in a kettle’, this will be one not to miss!
Come along to St James House on 13 January at 7.30pm.
Our Christmas services this year, following our fantastic carol service last Sunday, are:
20 December 4pm worship
25 December (Christmas Day) 10am family service – bring a present you have received!
3 January 2010 4pm First service of the new year
We’re all very much looking forward to our first Christmas and New Year in St James church-in-a-tent, and everyone is welcome to help us celebrate this festive time.
Merry Christmas!
On Sunday 13 December St James will be having a Carol Service! This will be a mixture of traditional and modern Christmas worship songs; a specially-formed choir will lead and perform, and the StJ worship band will also lead.
Come along for an evening of singing and Christmas celebration!! St James Church, 4pm
On 22 November, we will be holding a massive celebration in St James church: Neil is being officially inducted as vicar of St James in the city’s parish.
This is not only a celebration for Neil and other leaders being anointed for service, but also the church coming back to life. Bishop James Jones is speaking and there will be a full worship band as well as opportunity for anybody to recommit themselves to service.
Make sure you keep this date free to come down and be part of this massive step for St James in the city. Parking is available at St James House (next to the Anglican Cathedral) and food will be provided there afterwards.
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