Services

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

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Services

Certain services take place every week/month at St. James's. There are regular Sunday Services and also many other services, some of which take place regularly every week or every month and some just occasionally - see the chart below for details.

They are all entered into our on-line church Calendar/Diary.

Regular Weekly/Monthly Services
Sunday	08.00 09.30	Holy Communion Parish Communion or, first in the month, All Age Service (followed each Sunday by coffee/tea)
Monday	09.15	Morning Prayer
Tuesday	09.30	Holy Communion
Wednesday	07.00 09.15	Commuter Communion (first Wednesday in the month ) Morning Prayer
Thursday	09.15 14.00	Morning Prayer Holy Communion on the first Thursday in the month (followed by a cup of tea)
Friday	09.15	Morning Prayer

Sunday Services

Holy or Parish Communion
Every Sunday at 08.00 there is Holy Communion and at 09.30 Parish Communion or an All Age Service on the first Sunday of the month. Both types of services are followed by coffee/tea in the Church Hall. This Holy or Parish Communion is our most important service and celebrates the death and resurrection of Jesus. We remember His last supper when we share the bread and wine.

Children who are too young to take communion and those who are not confirmed are invited to have a blessing at the altar.

If you want to look at the readings before or after these services, you can find their details on our page Readings for the Weekly Services. The weekly Pewsheet includes details of services and events for the forthcoming week, general notices, contact phone numbers and e-mail addresses and, on the inside, has the Collect for the day and the full text of the Old and New Testament readings and the Gospel.

Follow the Parish Communion Service, find out what it all means and see the photographs that show what happens during the service on our pages Parish Communion. Or download the actual Parish Communion Service Booklet for Holy Communion in Ordinary Time.

All Age Service
On the first Sunday of every month we have an All Age Service. The All Age Communion includes communion but the Informal Service does not. Both services are especially aimed at family groups and younger members of our congregation and there is generally a theme involving activities for the younger members (and the not so young!).

These services include a uniformed parade of Guides, Brownies, Venture Scouts, Scouts, Cubs and Beavers. Sometimes members of these groups act as sidespersons, read lessons, say prayers, assist with Parish Breakfast, perform short plays and so on during the Service. The St. James's Players accompany the sung parts of the service, play during communion and after the service.

Follow the All Age Communion Service, find out what it all means and see the photographs that show what happens during the service on our pages All Age Communion. Or download the actual All-age Communion Service Booklet.


Activities at the All Age Services

Other Services

Other Regular Holy Communion Services
On Tuesday mornings there is Holy Communion at 09.30.
On the first Wednesday of the month at 07.00 there is a Commuters’ Communion.
On the first Thursday of the month there is Holy Communion at 14.00, followed by tea in the Church Hall. This service is particularly popular with those whose mobility is limited.

Morning Prayer is held on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday mornings at 09.15, the daily office of Morning Prayer is said publicly and corporately, in the presence of and with the participation of members of the congregation. The form of service is that of Celebrating Common Prayer. This is a feature of parish life; it's a wonderful interlude of prayer, psalms and bible readings, often preceded by a rundown on the saint or martyr of the day.

Special Services are held on Principal Feasts and other Principal Holy Days and also special occasions, such as Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Day, Ascension Day, Patronal Festival (July), All Souls, Christmas Carol Service, Christmas Eve Crib Service, Christmas Eve Midnight Mass and Christmas Day, with occasional services such as a Service of Music for Ascension, Pentecost and Trinity and the Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas). All these special festivals are recognised with appropriate services.

Other services are held and assemblies led in local schools, particularly Hampton Hill Junior School, The Lady Eleanor Holles School and Bishop Wand School. A number of schools use the church for their services. There is a regular commitment to Laurel Dene and to Marling Court, local care homes for the elderly, and regular services are taken there.

Sung Evensong is an occasional service sung for festivals and special occasions.

Compline is said each Sunday in Lent at 20.00, and every evening in Holy Week up to Maundy Thursday. On that evening the service involves the stripping of the church and the altar, prior to the Good Friday three hour vigil. The lighting of new fire is observed on the evening of Easter Saturday, prior to the celebrations of Easter Day.

Further Information
	Contact the Parish Office 020 8941 6003 or the The Vicar 020 8979 2069
	Associated pages on this website: Parish Communion \| All Age Communion \| Readings for the Weekly Sunday Services \| Holy or Parish Communion Through the Years: Churchings (1885 January) \| Children’s Services (1910 January) \| Further Ideas About Series 2 (1969 October) \| Our Church Services (1990 March) \| The New Lectionary (1997 November) \| Service for Passiontide (2000 April) \| Spire Leader on Common Worship (2000 July) \| Common Worship Communion Services (2000 December) \| Hymns in Church (2006 September)
	Links to other websites: Common Worship

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