Announcements

Coffee mornings are on a Thursday - tea, coffee, biscuits and toasted snacks are available from 09.30 to 11.30 am.

Tea and coffee is also served on the 1st and 2nd Sunday each month, the newsletter contains these dates. From Sunday 19th July until Sunday 30th August there will be no Junior Church.​​​​​​​​​

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To help celebrate Irene and Steve Elliot's Golden Wedding Anniversary Celebration for Irene & Steve Elliott later this month they would like to invite you to join them in the Church hall following the morning service on Sunday 27th September for light refreshments to celebrate this special milestone.

They hope as many as possible will be able to join them, no gifts please - just your presence is asked for.

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Sunday 4th October is our Annual Harvest Thanksgiving Service, we would be so grateful for gifts of tinned and packet foods:  e.g. coffee, cereals, tinned vegetables and fruit, packet soups/noodles, brown and red sauce, jars of pasta sauces, all of which are particularly asked for. There is a box in church for these items for donations this Sunday or on Thursday morning during Morning Coffee, otherwise please bring what you can next Sunday. During the service there will be also be a cash collection which will be used to provide food vouchers for families in need, single parents, clients in accommodation centres.  Thank you in advance for your support, the charity centres we help from our Harvest Gifts include: Centre 56 - supporting families who have experienced abuse or who are in crisis; the Whitechapel Centre providing rough sleeper outreach; South Liverpool Food Bank; and 2 refuge centres for women and children.

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We had to purchase a new defibrillator at a cost of £660, if you can donate towards this please contact us or speak to a steward.

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​​"Trio" stands for "The Responsibility Is Ours", referring to the need to support our Church - at present we are running at a loss and our reserves are being depleted so work is having to be put on hold. Please to consider if it is possible to increase the amount you can give. Our Treasurer will be happy to give you the details if you haven't already received them.

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​​​St James’ Woolton is now on the Inclusive Church directory, this is an educational charity working with different denominations  to explore ways to be more inclusive, and to celebrate the ways they already are. The directory enables people to search for a church within 25 miles of where they live (here is St James’ entry). Thank you for all you are already doing to make St James’ a welcoming, inclusive and loving community!

Offerings: Your monetary donations are vital to the running and future of St. James Church, please contact Margaret Dee if you would like to change your giving to a Standing Order or join the Weekly Envelope scheme, also please consider Gift Aid.

Recycling: We no longer recycle batteries, ink cartridges or spectacles, please use the supermarkets and opticians respectively.

Church Flowers: If you would like to donate money for flowers, please speak to Jonquil Dickson who can arrange the donation, we have many dates available. We then deliver flowers to people afterwards, If you know someone who you feel would be blessed by receiving flowers, please speak to a steward. We are also looking for volunteers to deliver flowers out to people.