Hello everyone, This month has been a busy one so far.    In our Sunday services we have introduced a projector screen, and returned to taking communion at the rail. I'm sure this will feel like a big change, and there will be some teething issues no doubt, but it fits with our aim of wanting St James to be the best of the old and the best of the new, especially as we think about how we can draw new people into the church family.  

  May is upon us and we are heading into my first summer with you all. It was great to get a photo in the sun the other Sunday, and so encouraging to see our church as one that is genuinely all ages - a real family.    

  'In sure and certain hope of the resurrection to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.' Perhaps you know those words. They were introduced with the first Book of Common Prayer in 1549, and have been used in Church of England funerals ever since.