The Parish Church of St James
St. James's Road, Hampton Hill, TW12 1DQ (Parish Office 020 8941 6003)
The Parish Church of St James

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St. James's Day Festival


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St. James’s day is on July 25th, but we celebrate this day a few weeks earlier before many people go away on holiday. St. James’s day is our Patronal Festival celebrating our patron saint, St James. 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.

St. James's Day is celebrated with an All-age service at 11am, sometimes with a guest preacher. St. James's Players accompany the hymns and play other music during the service. The uniformed groups (Guides, Brownies, Scout Group) join the service and participate by carrying their flags in a colourful parade through the church and, with the Sunday School, often act as sidespersons, read lessons, say prayers, sing, act a play or assist with Parish Breakfast.

The service is rather later than usual because immediately after the service, there is a family shared lunch in the vicarage garden. 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. There have been Parish Treasure Hunts, 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.


St. James's Day Festival

The congregation

St. James's Day Festival

St. James's Day Festival


St. James's Day Festival

St. James's Day Festival

St. James's Day Festival

Further Information
Contacts
Contact the Parish Office on 020 8941 6003 or the The Vicar on 020 8979 2069
Sermons St. James's Day Service Sheet (Celebration of St. James the Apostle)
Associated pages on this website Associated pages on this website:
St. James's Day (for youngsters in the Young St. James's section of the website) | Saint 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) | Festival WE/Launch - 'Open Our Doors' (2002 July) | St. James's Day (2003 July) | St. James's Day (2009 July) | St. James's Day (2010 July)

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