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 22nd January
8:00am - Holy Communion. A traditional 30 minute said service. Ideal for quiet reflection.
10:00am - Parish Communion and Childrens' Groups - The main service for the day with Sunday Club available for 3-11 yr olds and Creche for under 3's.
6.30 pm - Youth Praise - Celtic Cell. Contemplative, creative and a celebration of creation.
Happy New Year to you all. However, before we all forget 2011 we would like to reflect for the final time on the Christmas season services which were so wonderful with their wide range and broad appeal. Attendance was very strong and we hoped you enjoyed the services as much as we did. Among the many highlights, the Christingle, Nativity Play and the Carol Service stand out as being particularly special. Our greatful thanks go out to all those involved especially Clive, Kevin and the choir for the wonderful music we have been treated to. Also a special mention must be made for Jo Chipperfield and her helpers for the fabulous nativity play which we all very much enjoyed.
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 Christmas message can be found posted here.
Lent Programme
The Lent programme will be announced shortly, but please note the dates in your diary now. 8pm on Wednesday evenings: 29 Feb, 7 March, 14 March, 21 March.
Annual Parocial Church Meeting - 28th March at 8pm
The church electoral roll will be updated at the beginning of March. If you are not on the roll but would like to be then please fill in a form at the back of church and return it to a sideman or church warden before the 10th March. Being a member shows your commitment and entitles you to vote at the annual meetings.
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. This week, Weds 11th, they will be at Dockenfield.
Pray @ 8
We all know how important it is to pray together, but also how difficult it is to find a suitable time to get together to pray. However now you can know that others in our church will also be praying at the same time as you if you join the Pray @ 8 initiative. Find somewhere peaceful to pray at 8am or 8pm every day. If lots of us do it then both our individual and corporate prayer life will improve.
Ruth's latest message is posted here. Do catch up with how she, Ephraim and baby Max are getting on.
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 £15,000 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 will be on Sunday 8th January. 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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