Events and Fundraising
Events and Fundraising
1811 - 2021: Over 200 years of witness and service
1811 - 2021: Over 200 years of witness and service
You are invited to join us in any of our events, to see our wonderful Church, and join our services - "Come and see!"
Please note any information to be included here can be sent to: newsletter@stjameswoolton.org
CAN YOU HELP? - There are also always places in the Sunday morning service (and on the afternoon telephone worship) for readers.
Plus we need help with the ongoing maintenance of our church and hall grounds - none of the jobs are arduous - can you think about giving your time?
Announcements and upcoming events for your Diary
Announcements and upcoming events for your Diary
Coffee mornings are now on a Thursday - tea, coffee, biscuits and toasted snacks will be available from 09.30 to 11.30 am.
Tea and Coffee, Meet and Greet: We are pleased to offer this opportunity to chat together following Sunday worship after Holy Communion and All-Age Worship services. There will usually be 2 Sundays each month, the weekly news sheet will remind us of these dates.
Refugee Centre Update: Those of you who have been able to donate items for the lady moving out will be pleased to know she now has all the items asked for and will be moving out shortly. Please keep the Whitechapel Centre on your shopping list and drop the into the box in church, they are so grateful, thank you! Every donation is very much appreciated. The centre distributes over a 100 food parcels every week to those in great need.
Our Church Pastoral visitors perform an amazing job of offering care to all members of our Church and congregation. However, several have had to retire recently, and we are in URGENT need of more people to join our team. Each are allocated a group that they stay connected with, offering spiritual support in times of joy and sorrow. We work together as a team and training is provided on a regular basis. If you would like to find out more about the role, please speak to Irene Elliott or Peter Hughes. As with all the roles in our Church, Pastoral Visitors will now be safely recruited which will include the need to provide referees, have a DBS check and attend Safeguarding Training.
Monetary 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 (out now). Also, if you are a UK taxpayer, please consider Gift Aid.
Recycling: We no longer recycle batteries, ink cartridges or spectacles please use the supermarket collection points 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.
D0NATIONS UPDATES:
Members of St James’ Church joyfully raised their voices singing ‘With a little help from my friends’ in support of Ukraine and the charity War Child as part of the global musical moment on 13th of May to celebrate Eurovision, £1,75.00 was raised for War Child. Please go and have a look at the video on St James’ Facebook page.
A massive thank you for everyone who offered their support, prayers and donated to Christian Aid for Jane Laverty's walk. The sponsored walk to Southport raised £957 and the envelopes £160, a grand total of £1,117. Thank you all!
Debbie Stanford's half-marathon fundraising has reached over £200 for Parkinson's UK. Thank you again, it means a lot to Debbie and her family.
Thank you to all those who donated chocolate eggs or cash for Centre 56 and Refuge Centre. Cash donations went to Centre 56 and the chocolate eggs to the Refuge Centre. They send many thanks to you all.
In February Faye and Danny Laverty successfully climbed Kilimanjaro. Faye was raising money for "Weapons down gloves up" A big thanks to all who supported them with donations, prayers and encouragement. She has raised £1,474 so far.
The collection for the Open Doors charity raised £197.62, thank you.
Thank you for all your prayers and donations for the people affected by the earthquake in Syria and Turkey. We raised £253.50 for the appeal.
Pam Alexander completed her walk and has raised £340 for REFUGE.
The collection for the Nightingale Hospice raised £150 plus gift aid. and the one for the Royal British Legion raised £175 plus gift aid, many thanks to all who gave.
Our Gift Day Service in December raised £643.50 was raised, converted to Asda Gift Vouchers, and distributed to Centre 56; Action for Children; YMCA Together Alt Bank House and Whitechapel Centre. Our Winter Fayre raised an amazing £1,327.00.
Thank you to everyone for our harvest collections: All We Can envelopes - £132.20, St James collection - £303.30.
The amount collected for Oakleaf was £179.50. The Coffee/Brunch raised £630, this will be shared between The Ukraine Appeal Fund and church maintenance funds.
Members of the Early Intervention team walked 30 miles from Woolton to Southport for UNICEF. They raised a total of £2,000 plus gift aid.
Thank you also to all those who drop their small change in our collection bucket. This has run since 1992, and we are incredibly grateful for your donations!
Thank you to all those who have helped with the cost of materials to renovate JIMMY the horse in the church garden. If you would like to donate, please speak with Roy or Lynne Barker. Don’t forget, you are welcome to use the garden.
Dan Holmes leading St James with 'Sing Amen".
Explore Dan's music on the following link, https://www.danholmesmusic.com