November
4 Deanery Readers meet
6 Wedding St Thomas
9 Evening Chapter..Trinity
Accrington
10 Area Deans Meeting am
Adult nurture (P) 8pm
13 St Peter’s Christmas Fair (!) am
14 Remembrance Sunday
Poetry and Music for Remembrance at
St James at 6.00pm
15 St Thomas PCC
16 Clergy Chapter and Lunch
St James PCC
20 URC Fair at St James
DIO morning (P)
23-27 Caff St James
25 Confirmation Group (P)
26 Friday Church St James 7
Fundraising auction (P’s MU etc)
27 Fair St James
28 Advent Sunday..Jesse Tree
Services at St Thomas and
St James
Toy Service at St Thomas
30 St James/St Thomas..
Aled Jones..
Bridgewater Hall
December
2 St Peter’s PCC
5 Deanery Advent Service
Altham 6.00pm
12 St James Christmas Lunch
12.30
19 St P’s Christingle, 4pm
Group Carols St James 6.30
22 No Choir until 19th January
24 Crib Blessing 4 St James
Crib Blessing 6 St Thomas
11.30 St J/St T/ St P
25 9.15 St Thomas
10 St Peter
10.45 St James
12.30 Lunch at St James
26 No 8 at St Thomas
9.15 St Thomas
10 St Peter
10.45 St James
31 11.45 Watchnight Service (J)
January 2011
6 Epiphany
10 St James 7 St Thomas
17 PCC St Thomas
18 PCC St James
19 Choir starts again
27 Friday Church St James 7
30 Group Service St Thomas
February
2 Candlemas Eucharist
St Thomas 7.30pm
16 Area Deans am
25 Friday Church St James 7pm
27 Rogers Birthday Lunch
St James
March
4-6 St Peter Parish W’end, St Annes (?)
9..Ash Wednesday
12 Deanery Children’s event, St Peters
14 PCC St Thomas
15 PCC St James
17 Eucharist 7pm
24 Eucharist 7pm
25 Friday Church St James 7pm
27 APM St Peter
28 AGM St Thomas
29 AGM St James
31 Eucharist 7pm
April
3 Mothering Sunday
7 Eucharist 7pm
9 Spring Fair St James
14 Eucharist 7pm
17 Palm Sunday
Reading of Passion at
St James and St Thomas
Cross of Christ 6 St James
18/19/20 7.30pm services (P)
19 Holy Week Workshop
Stonefold School am
20 Stations of Cross 7pm
21 Maundy Thursday
10 St Thomas
7.30 St James, St Peter
22 Good Friday
Crosses
2 Peter/ James/ Thomas
7.00 St James
24 Easter Day
6 St Thomas
9.15 St Thomas
10.45 St James
lunch at St James
May
Weekend of 1st St George
Celebration (Megan Edwards)
6-13 Bishops Pilgrimage
7-8 Creation Care w’end, Weir Baptist Ch
16 PCC St Thomas
17 Chapter, am PCC St James
19 St P PCC
22 French Lunch St James
27 Friday Church St James 7pm
29 Group Service..St James
Wedding St thomas
June
2 Ascension Day
4 Wedding (T)
23 Corpus Christi
24 Friday Church St James 7pm
27 Chapter barge day
July
2 St Thomas Gala
3 St Thomas Day
11 St Thomas PCC
12 St James PCC
22 Friday Church St James 7pm
24 St James tide lunch
27 No choir until 7th September
31 Group Service St Peters
August
19 Wedding (T)
20 Wedding (P)
September
7th Choir starts
12 St Thomas PCC
13 St James PCC
19-26 Pilgrimage to Holy Land
23 Friday Church St James 7pm
October
1 Wedding (J)
2 Harvest..St James
3 Harvest Supper (J) 7.00pm
7 Auction of Promises..
St James
28 Friday Church St James 7pm
30 Group Service ..St Thomas
November
1 Area Deans am
2 All Souls 10 St Thomas
2 St James
13 St Peter’s Christmas fair
14 PCC St Thomas
15 PCC St James
25 Friday Church St James 7pm
26 Auction of Promises at t Peter’s
27 Advent Sunday
Jesse Tree Services J and T
December
4 Deanery Advent Service
6 Altham
18 Carol Service St thomas
24 Crib Blessing 4 St James
Crib Blessing 6 St Thomas
11.30 at both St James and
St Thomas
25 9.15 St Thomas
10.45 St James
12.30 lunch at St James.
St James Eat and Meet lunch
Usually on 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month..12 noon
St James Mens Forum meet on Wednesdays at 2pm the weeks that are not Eat and Meet weeks
St James MU Meets on alternate Thursdays at 2pm
St Thomas MU meets 2nd Tuesday of every month at 7.30pm
St Thomas over 50’s group meets 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month at 1.30pm
Deanery MU 2011
26th April MU Festival @ St Paul Accrington
16th June MU Indoor Party @St Paul Oswaldtwistle
18th June MU Trip to Harrogate and Ripon
20th September MU Quiet Evening St John Accrington
St James Eat and Meet lunch
Usually on 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month..12 noon
St James Men’s Forum meet on Wednesdays at 2pm the weeks that are not Eat and Meet weeks
St James MU Meets on alternate Thursdays at 2pm
St Thomas MU meets 2nd Tuesday of every month at 7.30pm
St Thomas over 50’s group meets 2nd and 4th Wednesday of every month at 1.30pm
Church History
St James Church Haslingden has a long and interesting history.....
The first church on the site of St James Haslingden was built in 1284.
The building was rebuilt in 1574 and late in the 18th century the church building fell just after the Sunday morning service!
The current building which replaced it was completed in 1780 and cost £ 1,149 and is a Grade II listed building.
In August 1998 there was an arson attempt and following this the Parochial Church Council agreed to re-order and re-furbish St James.
The Act of Re-Dedication and Re-Hallowing of the parish church was conducted by the Lord Bishop of Blackburn on Friday 25 February 2000.