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St James' Church played host on Friday evening to the Kelsborrow Choir. It was great to see them return to St James' Church. The Choir provided an evening of music from famous stage and screen productions such as Les Misérables, and Evita together with wonderful renditions of hit songs such as "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" amongst many others. This event was supporting the "St James' New Beginnings Church Development Project". The evening raised over £800 (including a raffle) which again was such an astonishing amount!

It was a very enjoyable evening with some wonderful organ improvisations and a very apt version of "Three blind mice" played in a Mozart style. It was very apt because the conductor/director who played the improvised piece did not realise that earlier last year St James' Church organ actually did play …

Many thanks to all who came to the St James' Church Summer Garden party 2 weeks ago. It turned out to be a particularly hot summers day which included some deliciously prepared food. Despite a rather shaky start to the afternoon caused by a road incident which unfortunately did prevent a few coming along, the event was very successful and enjoyable!
The figures are now in! We raised £900 which is an astonishing amount and will go towards the St James' Church Development Fund. This event attracted 50 people.
We can also announce too that Janet & John's Coffee Morning raised an amazing amount of £671.80 which will also go towards the St James' Church Development Fund and was attended by 45 people.
St James' Church and PCC would like to thank everyone who helped to bring these events together without which these funds would not have been raised.
Thankyou …
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