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The Christian Year Contents: The Christian Year and other Special Days | Colours of the Christian Year | Advent | Christmas | Epiphany | Candlemas | Lent | Easter | Pentecost | Trinity | St. James's Day | Michaelmas | Harvest Festival | All Saints Day | Remembrance Sunday

The Christian Year - St. James's Day Festival


St. James's Day
Our Patronal Festival celebrating our patron saint, Saint James, is celebrated early in July. St. James’s day is actually July 25th, but we celebrate him a little early before people go away on holiday. Patron saints are saints who were chosen as special protectors or guardians over certain things like occupations, illnesses, churches, countries, causes, in fact, anything that is important to us.

After the service, there is a family shared lunch, often a barbeque, in the Vicarage garden or sometimes there has been a picnic in the Park instead. Various activities take place after the shared lunch, such as bell-ringing in the tower, badge-making and other activities for the children, a Parish Treasure Hunt, and 'Beating the Bounds' where parishoners (of all ages) take to their bikes (of all types) and ride around the boundary of the Parish of St James.


In the Vicarage garden
In the Vicarage garden
In the Vicarage garden
 

In the Vicarage garden

 


The congregation

Beating the Bounds
Picnic in the park
Beating the Bounds
Beating the Bounds
Picnic in the park
Beating the Bounds

Further Information
Contacts
Contact the Parish Office 020 8941 6003 or the The Vicar 020 8979 2069
Sermons St. James's Day Service 2007
Associated pages on this website Associated pages on this website:
Saint James | Spire Leader 2002 July | Spire Leader 2005 July | Spire Leader 2007 July | Parish of St James
Through the Years:
St. James's Day (1885 July) | St. James's Day (1887 July) | St James’ Day (1892 July) | 130th Anniversary Celebrations (1993 July) | St. James's Day/ Launch of Our Website (2000 July) | Spire Leader (2002 July) | Festival WE/Launch - 'Open Our Doors' (2002 July) | St. James's Day (2003 July) | Spire Leader (2005 July) | St. James's Day (2007 July)

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