Hello and welcome to St. James’ Church, Rowledge
From the vicar, Clive Richardson
On this website you will find information about Rowledge, our church, and all that the church can offer you in the form of services, activities, support and initiatives for all ages. We hope that you will find all the information that you looking for. However, the website is always evolving so please provide us with feedback and suggestions by using the contact us facility and we will do all we can to help you.
  
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Services for Sunday 20th May
8:00am - Holy Communion. A traditional 30 minute said service. Ideal for quiet reflection.
10:00am - Parish Communion and Childrens' Groups. The main communion service in contemporary style with Sunday Club available for 3-11 yr olds and Creche for under 3's.
6:30pm - Evening Praise. A more relaxed and contemporary service with modern instruments and songs.
St James has been set up on easyfundraising.org.uk to earn extra donations from registered users who shop online. It doesn't cost anything to use and a percentage of what is spent online is donated to St James by easyfundraising. So if you shop online please go to easyfundraising.org.uk and register and then use their website to access the online retailers who you shop with. It is very easy to use, costs absolutely nothing and raises money for the church. So there's no reason not to use it! For more information use the menu bar on the left of the screen or click here.
Vicar's monthly message - Clive's Easter message can be found posted here.
Rewiring Appeal
The electrical cabling in church is old, lights keep blowing and the fiitings are failing. We are therefore about to start the process of applying for permission to rewire the church and install new lighting. This will costs around £30,000 and so we are launching an appeal to raise enough money to cover the work so that we other areas of church life don't have to be scaled back to compensate. Please do help us with this. It is essential work that we have to do for safety reasons and we really don't want the day-to-day work at St James to be cut to cover it. Please could you use the gift aid envelopes in church and write "rewiring" on them before dropping them off with Clive or the churchwardens.
St James Pub Night - Friday 22nd June
The next pub night is at the Hare and Hounds . Please put the date in your diary and come along and join us for a fun social evening.
St James Summer Ball at Frensham Heights - Saturday 21st July
Tickets are on sale now for the Summer Ball - see the churchwardens. This is our main fund raising event of the year and the proceeds will go towards the rewiring appeal, so please do support this important event. Tickets are £50 per head and include a welcome glass of Champagne, excellent three course meal, a first glass of wine, disco and entertainment.
Jubilee Celebration Weekend, Sunday 3rd June
The plan is currently to start setting up at 8am on Sunday 3rd in order to be ready for the church service at about 2:45pm. The organisers need help on Sunday morning to set up, to take down and to put away, from 9pm onwards. This will involve moving chairs, tables, gazebos, marquees and food as well as laying tables and putting up decorations. If you can help then please go to the village website, www.rowledgevillage.org.uk, and enter your details or contact Nora Tarrant on 792 641. Also volunteers are needed to make cakes for the village afternoon tea. Please help so that there is enough cake for everybody to have a slice - see the sign up sheet at the back of church.
Village Fayre - Jubilee Weekend, Monday 4th June. 12 noon start.
Our stalls this year: Pimms tent, roving raffle, cakes and books. There will not be a bric-a-brac, gifts or tombola. However we do need donations of prizes for the roving raffle, so please donate gifts and bottles for this and also cakes and books for the other stalls. This is another important fundraising event and we need your support. Please see Lesley Voice to donate or offer assistance.
Weekly Prayers
Clive and Jane have established a weekly pattern to pray for the benefice of Rowledge and Frensham parishes. Every Wednesday at 5pm they will meet at one of our churches to pray together. Anyone else is warmly encouraged to join them. No prayers this week as Clive is away.
Giving for Life - We are currently thinking about giving to the local church and considering our attitude to giving and our response to God in this important area of our lives. It costs over £17,500 per month to run St James' and we are entirely reliant on the generosity of the church members. Do think about our 3% challenge ... can you commit to paying 3% of your take home pay to the church? Speak to a Churchwarden or Mike Randall if you want more details.
Latest Youth events - A listing for 2012 will be posted soon. Sorry for the delay.
Drum kit - Please help
The youth group are raising money for a church drum kit. If you would like to contribute to this then please contact Becca.
Sunday Club news - Sunday Club is running each Sunday morning from 9:45am apart from the first Sunday of the month. Please contact Jo Chipperfield on 01252 794 416 if you would like any more information.
Project leaders and youth helpers wanted - Becca is looking for extra volunteers to help with organising and running the youth events. Please do try to give her as much support as you can so that the youth work can be as successful as possible. Any offer of assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Sunday Club goes from strength to strength - Jo Chipperfield is leading Sunday Club which is attracting ever more members. It is open for children aged 3 to 11 during the 10am services except the family service on the first Sunday of each month. The sessions are very well attended and feedback is positive so please do bring your children along to join in the fun and find out more about God. If you would like more information, please contact Jo on 01252 794 416 or catch her before or after one of the sessions.
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