On Wednesday 22nd March, we will be trialling a Repair Café to run alongside the SJ’s Café in St James Church, Abinger Common between 9 and 10:30am. We will be offering sewing repairs, minor alterations to clothes, sewing of tears in seams, hems, darning, zips, etc. Please do drop in and see if we can […]
Author archives: Philip Rawlings
Sermon 19th March 2023
Mothering Sunday 2023 We’ve come here this morning to say thank you. Thank you to our mothers for all that they are and all that they do for us.And for some of us we have come here to remember. To remember our mothers who are no longer here to say thank you to – but […]
Music 2023-04-24 practise
24th April 2023 Choir practice, Abinger 7-8:30pm
Music 2023-04-09
9th April 2023 Easter Day 11.30 Parish Communion,Lighting & Procession of the Paschal Candle O filii et filiae – Anon. Medieval (sung in English)Hymns NEH110 Jesus Christ is risen today; Gloria substitute NEH105 Christ the Lord is risen again; NEH486 We have a gospel to proclaim; And can it be; NEH120 Thine be the gloryAnthem: […]
Sermon 12th March 2023
Exodus 17: 1-7, Romans 5: 1-11, John 4: 5-42 My goodness don’t we all love to grumble: be it about the weather, the Government, the NHS or the lack of tomatoes and cucumbers in our supermarkets. Apparently, the word is derived from the Middle French word ‘grommeler’ which means to mutter through the teeth. And […]
Mothering Sunday
Come and join us for a short family service to celebrate Mothering Sunday, 9th March at 11:30am – with free posies and refreshments! We look forward to welcoming you!
Messy Church
This Saturday, March 12th, at St. James’ Abinger we have Messy Church from 3 – 4:30pm where we will be making doves, butterflies and caterpillars as we look at the Baptism of Jesus – with tea provided! All are welcome (children aged 0-11) for fun, food and messy play!
Sermon 4th March 2023
Genesis 12:1-4a, Romans 4:1-5 & 13-17 What does it mean to be faithful?What does it mean to live by grace and not by works?Can the ungodly be righteous? In our bible readings today, Paul addresses all this and more. Our Romans passage is not easy to understand and at first reading is rather confusing – […]
Mothering Sunday 19th March 2023
A recent event at SJs (dummy)
Repair Café 22nd March 2023
Show some photos from a recent messy church in a gallery St James’ November 2022
