About Us
St James' Church welcomes you to any of our Services. Christleton means 'the place of the Christians' and people have worshipped here for over 1,000 years. The present church was built in 1869 and is the only church designed by William Butterfield in the Chester diocese. The tower dates back over 600 years.
The church serves the whole parish which includes the villages of: Littleton, Rowton, Cotton Edmunds and Cotton Abbotts as well as Christleton itself. The parish has a local 'Churches Together' partnership with the Methodist Church in Christleton, and the St Werburgh's Roman Catholic congregation in Rowton.
Service styles are varied, sometimes more traditional, sometimes more informal, but always friendly and welcoming. Children are always welcomed.
This ACNY website contains basic information about our services. For more complete information please go to our own website (https://www.stjameschristleton.org.uk) which also has a regularly maintained What's On calendar.
- Every Tuesday afternoon in term time we have a Home Fellowship Group (HFG) that meets in someone's home.
- Most Thursday evenings we have a choir practice.
- Every Friday in term time we have 'ARK', the St James' Community Baby and Toddler Group.
- Every 3rd Monday we have a community 'Luncheon Club'.
- Every other Tuesday morning we have a men's group called 'Belts & Braces' at the Christleton Institute.
- Mostly every month we have a Churchyard Working Party to help keep the churchyard tidy.
- There is a 'Friends' organisation which raises extra funds from the community to help maintain the church building and churchyard.
Details for all of these, and more, are on the church calendar via the church website and "What's on".
St James' Church has succeeded in getting approval to improve the church in terms of flexible seating, and for an extension with a small kitchen, toilets and storage space. The work to implement this will begin in 2025.