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Church Yard Working Parties 2025.

Jan 11

Feb 8

Mar 8

April 5

May 3

June 7

July 5

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Sept 6

Oct 4

Nov 1

Dec 6

Do come along at around 10.30am. No prior experience required. Any queries call Mike on 07787421357. Look forward to seeing you.

* If you are in a position to be able to bring your own gardening tools and materials please do so, and as always refreshments will be on offer!

Thankyou

The December 7th 2024 Working Party will be inside St James' Church from 10.30am with the intention of cleaning before Christmas. May we ask that you bring cleaning materials too?

All are welcome to come and join in. Refreshments will be made available too.

Thankyou.

The Churchwardens

Please help us with this appeal. Here is the link to their website https://kidsbankchester.com/ Thank-you so much for any help you can give.

 St James' Church welcomes everyone to enjoy the churchyard. You are most welcome to bring your four-legged friends with you! We believe everyone (and their pets)  should be able to experience the beauty of the rolling Cheshire countryside, and enjoy the majesty of the building of St James' church together with the  churchyard  to enable those who seek solace or a time for personal contemplation or prayer the opportunity to do so. However, we must ask that you keep your accompanying four-legged friends on a leash at all times, please. Sadly,there have been one or two occasions of dogs causing distress to others within the churchyard. We also must remind you that we cannot under any circumstances accept dog fouling within the churchyard grounds. As with all churchyards they are consecrated areas of land. We would also like to remind you that animal waste is highly dangerous and poses a …

In the past we have run a Parish Breakfast on a Sunday morning in the hall, but it hasn't happened recently - UNTIL NOW!

There will be a 'Parish Fellowship Breakfast' in the Parish Hall on Sunday 15th Sept from 9 to 10.30am. All welcome. No charge but donations welcome that will go to church funds. Further details from Joce Platel.

At long last our summer appears to have arrived, providing ample opportunities to enjoy long summer days with glasses of bubbly and sizzling barbecues. Sounds good doesn't it? Unfortunately, other things can and do interrupt this glorious picture such as gardening and keeping gardens in check - the life of a churchyard is no exception. St James' Church is blessed to have a few acres of green space which sadly is rapidly becoming rarer in our world.

Bettie's annual BBQ in her wonderful garden. Under cover if wet. If you wish to come please buy a ticket, and get directions if you're not sure where her house is.