Palm Sunday is a special sunday where we tell the story of Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem. Crowds of people welcomed and celebrated Jesus and shouted, ‘Hosanna!’ They laid palm leaves and clothes on the path as Jesus passed by. Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week and included the Last Supper Jesus had with […]
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March Messy Church
March’s Messy Church explores another meal with Jesus. We meet a really unpleasant man who wasn’t liked by anyone – he was mean and nasty and even cheated people. Jesus chose to invite himself round to his house for a meal. We don’t know what Jesus and Zacheaus discussed but after the time he spent […]
Epic Explorers Following Jesus: Sunday 20th March
Join us today Epic Explorers as we discover Rocky Road and find out that following Jesus means putting him first even when it’s tough. Over the past 5 months we been exploring Adventure Island. We’ve discovered together that Jesus is God’s Son and he came to rescue us. Last month we saw that Jesus didn’t […]
Remember Me: The last supper
Remember me: This week we look at the last meal Jesus shared with his disciples often called ‘The last supper’. It was passover and as they shared the passover meal together Jesus did something new that would mean that Christians would remember Jesus’ death and resurrection every time they met together through bread and wine. […]
Remember Me: 1
Remember Me : Today starts a new series at St James for 3 weeks exploring what communion is all about. What is communion? Why do we celebrate communion? Where did it all start? Who/what are we remembering? This week we look back to Moses and the Israelites and what happened for Pharoah to ‘let the […]
Draw near to God: Sunday 6th Feb
Today we’re looking at James 4. There is a fantastic verse right in the middle of the chapter which says this: Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. James 4:8 I wonder what you think that means… Have a chat together as a family and see what you all think. Our […]
Advent 3: John the Baptist
It is the 3rd sunday of Advent and our focus today is John the Baptist and his role in the Christmas story. I wonder what you know already about John the baptist. Did you know Jesus and John were related? John’s role was to prepare the way for Jesus. Lets find out a bit more […]
Advent 2: Joseph Dec 5th
It’s the second sunday of Advent and our service today is focusing on Joseph and his role in the Christmas story. I wonder what you know about Joseph….
Oasis: Joy.
This month the theme for our Oasis service is Joy. It is also the first sunday in Advent and one of the themes of the candles is Joy. Advent is a time of waiting and getting ready for the birth of Jesus…. a really joyful celebration! The journal ‘Jesus and Emotions’ is a really good […]
Remembering: Nov 14th
Many of our children will have been involved in Remembering this past week. As our kids take part in Remembrance Day events, we can also help them get a glimpse of God’s heart. How do you talk to your kids about Remembrance. Rachel Turner has a podcast that helps us explore this topic with our […]