The Dalby Soup Stop offers a range of home made soups, with bread and butter, cakes and coffee. Anyone is welcome to drop by and catch up on the skeet and join us for lunch. No charge, but donations to cover costs are always very gratefully received!
Scheduled dates for 2025 are as follow:

Apr 16th
May 21st
Jun 18th
Jul 16th
NO SOUP STOP IN AUGUST
Sept 17th
Oct 15th
Nov 19th
Dec 17th

Please always check confirmation on the monthly diary on our Community Events page.

We invite you to join us for a bring & share supper from 6.00pm-7.00pm around the fire in the Schoolrooms. Following this, you are welcome to stay for our Gethsemane Vigil. It’s a retreat with a shared story around the fire with time for reflection, music & silence. The story is a thoughtful representation of the gospels based on 'The First Easter' by Peter Marshall, a new light into the Passion. There’ll be refreshments, maybe bring a blanket. No need to book. The whole vigil is three hours from 7pm, but everyone's free to stay for as little or as long as they want.

Easter Saturday
An invitation for you to join us for 'flowering' the church from 10am.
If you have flowers or greenery you’d like to bring to help decorate the church for Easter, please do just drop by and join us. We’ll be meeting from 10am . . . we’ve plenty of vases to fill!

Join us for our annual sunrise vigil celebrating the beginning of Easter Sunday at the top of Cronk ny Arrey Laa.
Leaving at 5.30am from the car park on the bend at the top of the Sloc Road, we walk to the top of Cronk ny Arrey Laa for sunrise at 6:00 am for a brief time of reflection, Celtic prayer & praise, whatever the weather! Bring a torch, breakfast, flasks of coffee or whatever to share and come with sturdy footwear, waterproofs & woolly hats . . . it's cold on the top of even a small mountain! Everyone is welcome, including dogs on leads.

For more details, telephone 843471.

We'll be serving hot cross buns & filter coffee in the Schoolrooms on Easter Sunday morning from 10.30 am. Everyone is very welcome to drop by.

. . . and there’ll be an Easter Egg Hunt in the church garden at 10.30am for younger children .

Candlelit Service in the Church. Taize worship is distinctive through its use of candlelight, repeated prayer chants,
and periods of stillness and silence. Followed by refreshments in the schoolrooms.

Come and join us as we gather to celebrate Easter together, with traditional Easter Hymns. Cheryl will preach, Canon Margaret will preside. The worship will be followed by tea and cake in the Schoolrooms.

NB The Collection for Easter Sunday is traditionally given to the Minister in recognition of the work they do. Any donations will, at Cheryl’s request, be sent to support the work of A Rocha Kenya where Cheryl and Brian worked in 2003 for the Arabuko-Sokoke Schools & Eco-Tourism Scheme (ASSETS), This is a sustainable eco-development program that helps protect a coastal forest environment as well as create secondary school scholarships for the people who live there.

Dalby Ducklings: from 10am - 11.30am The 2nd & 4th week of the month.
PLEASE NOTE . . . To regulate the numbers, this is now by booking only. Could you please contact Cheryl : [email protected] (01624) 843471to check whether we have availability before you head out to Dalby! Thanks

Mums and Tots, Grannies, Dads and toddlers meet in Dalby schoolrooms on the second and fourth Wednesday in the month. We offer you time for a natter around the wood burner, and we have toys, play dough, crafty things, and snacks for the kids followed by action songs . . . and wonderful Fairtrade filter coffee or tea and homemade flapjacks for adults!

​It’s a laid back, relaxed, friendly sort of group and you’re always welcome.
Dalby Ducklings is run entirely by volunteers, so we're very grateful for donations to help us cover our costs.

Our dates for 2025 are as follow:

Mar 12th & 26th
Apr 23rd (NO DUCKLINGS APR 9th)
May 14th & 28th
Jun 11th & 25th
Jul 9th & 23rd
Aug NO DUCKLINGS IN AUGUST
Sep 10th & 24th
Oct 8th & 22nd
Nov 12th & 26th
Dec 10th (NO DUCKLINGS DEC 24th)

Photo by David Clode on Unsplash

A group for anyone seeking to explore a deeper stillness before God, using the Benedictine practice developed by the World Community for Christian Meditation.
The schedule of dates for 2025 are shown below. Some dates may be amended. Please check website or phone Cheryl (01624) 823471 for up-to-date information.

Apr 10th & 24th
May 8th & 22nd
Jun 12th & 26th
Jul 10th & 24th
Aug 14th & 28th
Sep 11th & 25th
Oct 9th & 23rd
Nov 13th & 27th
Dec 11th

Bring your own instruments or voice, plus drinks or whatever to share. Our monthly sessions welcome musicians of all abilities and musical styles. (Donations to help cover costs are much appreciated!)
Forthcoming dates for 2015 are as follow:

Apr 25th
May 23rd
Jun 27th
Jul 25th
Aug 22nd
Sep 26th
Oct 24th
Nov 28th
Dec 19th (3rd Friday in December)

Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash

In the schoolrooms, followed by tea and refreshments.
See the St James' Church, Dalby website for further details of our forthcoming services.

Followed by tea and refreshments in the schoolrooms.
See the St James' Church, Dalby website for further details of our forthcoming services.

Followed by tea and refreshments in the schoolrooms.
See the St James' Church, Dalby website for further details of our forthcoming services.

Our next Community Songs of Praise is on March 30th 2025.
Daffodils & Praise!
Songs of Praise Service themed on Love for Mothering Sunday at 6.30pm, with thoughts and reflections by members of our Dalby community followed by Cake & Tea ! Hope you can come & join us for this.

Everyone is welcome to our film evenings. There is no need to book, just come along and join us. No admission, but we do need donations to help us cover our costs. Refreshments are provided, but feel free to bring your own wine or beer if you want.
If you know anyone who’d like to come but needs transport please let Cheryl know, and we’ll see if we can arrange a lift. Flyers are available in the schoolrooms Look forward to seeing you!
​We're very grateful for the support from the Isle of Man Arts Council for the grant funding they have given to Dalby Church to buy the screen, projector and sound system for our regular cinema sessions .

We also have an afternoon programme of films beginning at 2:30pm
The dates for all our forthcoming film events in 2025 are as follow:

Mar 25th (2:30pm)
Oct 11th (7:30pm)
Oct 28th (2:30pm)
Nov 8th (7:30pm)
Nov 25th (2:30pm)
Dec 13th (7:30pm)

Photo by Alex Litvin on Unsplash

Everyone is welcome to our film afternoons. There is no need to book, just come along and join us. No admission, but we do need donations to help us cover our costs. Refreshments are provided, but feel free to bring your own wine or beer if you want.
If you know anyone who’d like to come but needs transport please let Cheryl know, and we’ll see if we can arrange a lift. Flyers are available in the schoolrooms Look forward to seeing you!
​We're very grateful for the support from the Isle of Man Arts Council for the grant funding they have given to Dalby Church to buy the screen, projector and sound system for our regular cinema sessions .

We also have an evening programme of films beginning at 7:30pm
The dates for all our forthcoming film events in 2025 are as follow:

Oct 11th (7:30pm)
Oct 28th (2:30pm)
Nov 8th (7:30pm)
Nov 25th (2:30pm)
Dec 13th (7:30pm)