Author: simonharris

Following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, a book of condolence will be available at St James’ Church daily from 9am on Friday 9th September, and the Church will be open daily throughout the mourning period. Everyone is invited to spend some quiet time in prayer and reflection during this sad occasion. Our Regular Services – starting with Sunday at 9.30am will contain prayers of thanksgiving for our Queen and prayers for our new King. Bells will be rung appropriately and other arrangements publicised.

With Love We Remember and Celebrate the Life of Jane Hicks, 13th February 1964 – 4th July 2021

Memorial Service at St James’ Wednesday 21st July 11.30am

Due to the current situation, the decision has been made to limit the numbers in church to 200, for the safety and comfort of those attending.

Masks to be worn, unless medically exempt, Leaders will remove masks while speaking. Please sanitise your hands on arrival.

All doors and windows will be kept open throughout. Sound will be broadcast outside into the Churchyard – so that anyone who does not want to risk coming into church can take part. There will be a live online feed and video recording on youtube, with links published on Facebook – so that any who don’t wish to attend can watch the service from home.

Donations in lieu of flowers will be towards St Leonard’s Hospice, York and the upkeep and work of St James’ Church, Rawcliffe.

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Prince Philip – Duke of Edinburgh: 10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021

God of our lives, we give thanks for the life of Prince Philip, for his love of our country, and for his devotion to duty. We entrust him now to your love and mercy, and we pray for your mercies for the Queen and all their family through our Redeemer Jesus Christ. Amen.

CHURCH OPENING

St James Church will be open for Private Prayer 11am – 1pm Saturday 10^th, 10am – 12noon Sunday 11^thand 4pm – 6pm Monday 12^th. –

CONDOLENCES – Government guidelines are that sadly we should not put out a book of condolence, however if you wish to write your own condolences/memories/thanksgivings on a sheet of paper and leave it in the box in church, we will later (Covidly safely) put these into a book of condolence which will be kept in perpetuity with village history.Alternately you can put a virtual message on the national book https://www.churchofengland.org/remembering-his-royal-highness-prince-philip

BELLS – a church bell will be tolled 99 times in memory of each year of Prince Philip’s life at 12noon on Saturday 10^thApril 2021.

CANDLES – It will be possible to light a candle in church in a Covid safe way.

FLAG – our union flag will fly at half-mast till the day after the funeral.

One of the projects that has been started in 2020 is now taking shape at last.

The aim is to create an online presence that will eventually allow Live streaming of services and other events across all of the three parishes, Airmyn, Hook, and Rawcliffe .

Since the Pandemic began, Philip has been very busy creating online acts of worship and other video content on YouTube. These videos can now be accessed by selecting the Menu item “St James’ on YouTube”at the top of this page.

Welcome to our new webpage for St James’ Church, Rawcliffe