Please note that the church will be closed in order to undertake internal repair works between Monday 15th and 27th October, inclusive.
There will be no services in church on Thursday 18th and Sunday 21st. Our Holy Communion service on Thursday 25th will be held in the meeting room at Tithe Lodge at our normal time of 10am.
Spread the word its time for another morning of creative fun at Massive Messy Church on Saturday October 6th, from 11.00-1.00pm at the Grange Hall, Southam. Stories, crafts, fun and picnic lunch provided. Ideal for young families.
For more information contact Rev Gillian Roberts tel : 01926 815831 email : gillian@thebridgesgroup.org.uk
You are warmly invited to our next Messy Church.
There’ll be crafts, activities, Bible stories, songs, a picnic tea and lots of fun, so please get Sunday 6 May 3pm until 5pm in your diary and we’ll see you there.
Any questions then please call Rev Vikki Bisiker on 07983 402614
As part of the centenary celebrations for the Coventry Diocese you are invited to meeet the Archbishop:
Coming Home with the Archbishop
Join us on Thursday 3rd May at 6.30pm at Highfield Farm in Frankton for a free hog roast (or vegetarian paella), music from Christian singer-songwriter, Paul Bell and teaching from the Archbishop of Canterbury about the Prodigal Son.
Ringwood Ice Cream will be selling their locally produced ice cream and soft drinks will be available for purchase.
This will be an exciting and unique event as the music and discussion will take place in a barn. Some seating will be available if needed and you are also welcome to bring your own chair.
For more information see http://cov100.org/coming-home/
Ask the Archbishop
On Friday 4th May at 7.30pm the Archbishop of Canterbury will be returning to All Saints Church, Chilvers Coton where he was curate from 1992 to 1995 for a special event where the audience will have the chance to pose questions to him.
‘Ask the Archbishop’ is organised by the leaders of the Acceler8 project who work specifically with people in their 20s and 30s.The evening is particularly aimed at people in this age group. Those of other faiths and none are especially welcome.
Ask the Archbishop is an ideal opportunity to explore or even challenge Christianity at an open, down to earth and fun evening. The night will include music and relatable, authentic stories from young Christians on how they came to know Jesus.
For more information see http://cov100.org/ask-the-archbishop/
Centenary Festival
The main highlight is the Archbishop’s visit will be a Centenary Festival at Coventry Cathedral on Saturday 5th May. The festival will run from 10.30am to 4pm and will include songs, drama, exhibitions, worship, prayer stations, refreshments, children’s activities, messy church and much more. The day will appeal to adults, young people and children of all ages.
The Archbishop of Canterbury will be joining us for the entire day. He will be taking a leading role at various points, but most of the time he will simply be enjoying the festival and chatting with people.
Free hot and cold drinks will be served throughout the day, and there will be opportunities to purchase food in and around the cathedral site. Alternatively you are very welcome to bring a picnic, or make use of the many nearby food outlets in the city centre.
Here is a timetable for the day:
10.30 – Welcome in the Ruins
From 10.30 – Guided tours of the Cathedral from the West Screen (all morning)
Exhibitions in the Ruins and the Nave (all day)
Baby and Toddler Zone in the Lecture Hall (all day)
St Clare’s open as a place of quiet prayer (all day)
Artist-in-residence Marilyn Hall in the Chapel of Christ the Servant
(10.40-11.40 & 12.30 -1.30)
‘We are 100’ in Chapel of Unity (all day)
Bouncy Castle on South Grass (all day)
Refreshment Stalls and Ice Cream Van (all day)
Messy Church (all day)
10.30 – Archbishop’s Question Time for teenagers in the Nave
11.45 – Worship Songs in the Ruins
12 Noon – Litany of Reconciliation in the Ruins
12.10 – Drama Presentation in the Ruins
12.20 – Archbishop Justin and Bishop Christopher in open discussion in the Ruins
12.45 – Break for Lunch
13.30 – Worship songs in the Nave
13.40 – Stories of ‘When I got out of the Boat’ with a focus on reconciliation in the Nave
14.00 – Motionhouse dance performance in the Nave
14.10 – Messy Church, Prayer stations, Labyrinths, Prayers of Wandering, Prayer Ministry in Chapel of Christ in Gethsemane and also in St Clare’s
14.40 – Gathering Song and Sharing of the Peace in Nave
14.50 – Eucharist in Nave
15.15 – Blessing of Cross of Nails in Nave
15.20 – Cutting of centenary cake and announcement in Nave
15.30 – Blessing and Closing Song in Nave
15.40 – Distribution of cake
16.00 – Motionhouse dance performance in Ruins
For more information on the Centenary Festival see: http://cov100.org/centenary-festival/
We hope to see as many of you as possible at the three events for the Archbishop’s visit.
Easter Celebration with Holy Communion.
A celebration for all ages!
It would be great to see you there.
Apologies that we have not been able to update the website for a while. Hopefully everything is now back to normal. Thanks for your patience.
Due to the adverse weather conditions and forecast we have decided to postpone the Messy Christingle service which will now be held on Sunday 7th January 2018.
3pm – Messy Church craft and fun for families
Service for all at 4pm followed by light refreshments
The Churchwardens of St James Church, Southam
are pleased to announce that the Licensing of the
Reverend Vikki Bisiker as Priest in Charge (Interim Minister) of St James Church
by the Venerable Morris Rodham Archdeacon Missioner
will take place at
6.30pm Saturday 13th May 2017 at St. James Church, Southam
Barry Parker and Stephen Adams (Churchwardens)
You are invited to join us in conversation at the Green Man Long Itchington
on the 2nd Thursday of every month at 7.30pm.
Meaningful conversations about things that really matter in life …
What do we do?
Table Talk at The Green Man offers hospitality and refreshment where we can engage with each other’s views and explore these in the light of the Christian faith.
We serve a cheeseboard and drinks are available at the bar
Join the conversation …
Further details : Rev Martin Green (01926 613466)
Rev Vikki Bisiker (07508 706956)
Email : hope16southam@yahoo.com
At our recent Harvest Supper Mary Williams, Terence Hill and John Tresidder, who had all recently stood down from the Fabric Committee, were enthusiastically thanked by the church family for all their years of dedicated service on the fabric committee, notching up over 100 years of service between them! They were presented with a wonderful cake made by Heather Shackleton showing the three of them sitting on a bench outside the church. The cake was then sliced and enjoyed by everyone attending the supper.