It is good to meet together, and each week we have enjoyed hearing the bells being rung before the services – so, many thanks to Shirley Barnett and her team of volunteer ringers. We are now meeting in the Chancel, which is much easier to heat! We are serving coffee & biscuits after our services, giving us the opportunity to chat! All are welcome to join us.

We will be holding a Taizé-style service on Tuesday 17 March at 6 pm. You are very welcome to come along to our quiet and meditative services, using some of the lovely Taizé music, with readings and quiet stillness.

On Saturday February 21st, we will be serving soup for lunch from 12 noon to 2 pm in the church – which will be warm and welcoming! Do come and join us for tasty soup, bread, coffee and biscuits and a chance to catch up with friends. This is free, but donations for our Charity of the Year will be welcome. If you would like to volunteer to make some soup, please send us a message by using the "Get in touch" tab.

Our Charity of the Year 2026 is Pasic whose aim is to support families in the East Midlands through a childhood cancer diagnosis. As you may know, a little boy in the village is undergoing treatment for Leukaemia at QMC and Pasic have been there for him and his family since he was diagnosed last year. Its team of support workers know his love of animals, so they’ve surprised him with farm activity books on days when he’s needed a pick-me-up on the ward.

We are raising funds for Pasic during the year, and a cheque will be presented to the charity at our Carol Service in December.

With effect from the first Sunday in January 2024, Sue Waterston will be leading this service on the first Sunday of each month. You are very welcome to join us for this informal service, and have a cup of coffee afterwards.

We will be holding a Taizé-style service on Tuesday 17 March at 6 pm. You are very welcome to come along to our quiet and meditative services, using some of the lovely Taizé music, with readings and quiet stillness.

We are delighted to welcome back to St James Church the pupils and teachers from Normanton on Soar Primary School, together with parents, grandparents and friends. The service will follow the story from Palm Sunday to the Resurrection on Easter Day. All are welcome to join us.

We welcome The Revd Derek Hollis to lead our service of Holy Communion on Palm Sunday, at which palm crosses will be distributed to the congregation.

In the peaceful setting of St James Church, we will be holding a quiet service of music, readings and meditation for Good Friday.

On Easter Sunday, we will be holding an Easter Day service of Holy Communion at 9:30 am, led by The Revd Canon Michael Knight. All are welcome to join us at our Easter services.

On Easter Day, we place lilies in the church to remember those who are no longer with us. If you would like us to remember your loved ones in our church at Easter, you may wish to make a donation to buy the lilies and advise us of the name(s) you wish to be mentioned. Please use the "Get in Touch" tab to let us have the names of those to be remembered and use the "Give Now" tab (on the Home page) as a donation to enable us to buy the lilies. It would be appreciated to receive this by 20 March so that we can place the order for the lilies. Also, if you would like to donate some other flowers to decorate the church for Easter, please leave them in the church porch on Good Friday, 3 April; and we will have them in place by Easter Sunday.