Baptism of Christ, 11/01/26

Next Sunday, Second Sunday of Epiphany  

18 January       10am           Eucharist

18 January          3pm           Online Worship

Readings        Isaiah 49:1-7, 1 Corinthians 1:1-9, John 1:29-42  

Looking Ahead

Thursday 15 January, 7.30pm, Deanery Synod – by Zoom

Wednesday 28 January, 2pm, PCC 

Safeguarding

At St James’ we are fully committed to creating a safe environment for all children, young people, and adults with whom we have contact. To this end we have adopted the Diocese of Lichfield Safeguarding Policy and follow all Church of England guidelines. Safeguarding, creating, and maintaining, a safe environment for all, is the responsibility of all of us. Our Parish Safeguarding Officer is Mr Tony Shilkoff, who can be contacted on 07783 796381. Please contact Mr Shilkoff if you have questions or concerns.

Midweek Eucharist

The midweek Eucharist is held at 10am on Wednesday morning. All are welcome.

Place of Welcome

Place of Welcome runs between 10.30am and 12.30pm on Wednesday morning. Please do come along!

St James’ Singers

St James’ Singers rehearse at 4pm on Friday. People of all singing ability and experience are welcome. Please contact Sharon Swain (rev.s.swain@gmail.com) for more information.

Newcastle Foodbank

Please do continue to support the Foodbank. The Foodbank is currently short of pasta sauce, tinned ham / pork / corned beef, tinned and mash potatoes, tinned fruit, tea bags, biscuits, chocolate, toiletries, strong carrier bags. Our support makes a big difference. 

Deanery Synod

The next deanery Synod meeting will be via Zoom at 7.30pm on Thursday 15 January. The speaker will be Fiona North who is a Project Support and Church Buildings Officer for the Diocese of Lichfield. Fiona will talk about planning and funding work on church buildings. 

Prayer List

Please let Julia know if you would like to add someone to the prayer list. Data protection (GDPR) means that we can only add someone to the prayer list if they have given their permission. Thank you.

For Your Prayers

Those who are ill

Paddy Brookes, Sheila Buttle, Josie Clarke, Sean Clarke, Derek Davies, Edward Davies, Alan Higgins, Mandy Inskip, Cath Jones, Peter Jones, Maureen Knighton, Michael Mendolia, Jon Newman, Mary Peake, Suxiang Qu, Lore Robinson, Louise Waller, Sheila Wilson.

Those who have recently died

Janet Jones, Dorothy Ogunmekan