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Dates ahead for 2017
Friday 28 July 2017
Prime time: coffee + reflection for older members at 11am
Friday 28 July 2017
Open Door Meal being served from 7pm
Sunday 30 July 2017
Silver Screen at 2pm: Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck in
“Roman holiday”
Wednesday 2 August 2017
Outing at 2pm to Butterfly Exhibition (details on page 3)
Wednesday 9 August 2017
Outing at 2pm to Battersea Park (details on page 3)
Wednesday 3 August 2017
Family Film Day at 2pm: The Minions
14-18 August 2017
Outbreak’s Summer holiday club
Wednesday 16 August 2017
Outing at 2pm to Hyde Park (details on page 3)
Sunday 20 August 2017
Community Sunday at 12pm (details on page 2)
Sunday 20 August 2017
Silver Screen at 2pm: John Wayne in “The quiet man”
Wednesday 23 August 2017
Outing at 2pm to National Portrait Gallery (details page 3)
Wednesday 6 September 2017
Emmaus Bible study at 2pm
Friday 8 September 2017
Prime time: coffee + reflection for older members at 11am
Friday 8 September 2017
Open Door Meal being served from 7pm
Wednesday 13 September 2017
Revive Prayer at 7pm
NEWSLETTER
28 July 2017
The seventh Sunday after Trinity
30th July 2017
Following God and living by His norms
Readings
Reading: 1 Samuel 30
Dark Blue Bibles: pg. 303-304
Light Blue Bibles: pg. 213
10am: All Age Service
Preacher: Lis Goddard
Hymns: 519, All Age Song & 156
6pm: Healing Service
Preacher: Fung Lau
St James the Less, Pimlico | Thorndike Street | Off Moreton Street | London SW1V 2PS | T: +44 (0)20 7630 6282 | www.sjtl.org
Dates ahead for 2017 (cont.)
Saturday 16 September 2017
Men & Women’s Prayers at 10am
2 St James the Less, Pimlico | Thorndike Street | Off Moreton Street | London SW1V 2PS | T: +44 (0)20 7630 6282 | www.sjtl.org
Summer barbecue
We hope everyone enjoyed our annual summer barbecue despite having to meet in the Centre. The weather was lovely, the
food delicious (thank you for all you brought) and the convivial chat even better.
Friends of St James the Less
Everyone is welcome to become a friend of St James the Less and they do not need to be part of the congregation, so please
ask all your friends and connections whether they might be able to help us in this endeavour of conserving, restoring, main-
taining and improving the fabric, furnishings and fittings of St James the Less, in conjunction with the PCC.
More details and the form to join can be found in church and on our website at:
www.sjtl.org/friends
Our account details with Lloyds are: Sort code: 30-90-69 Account #: 00879488
What do I get for being involved?
Serve on the Friends of SJTL’s committee;
Helping ensure this remarkable building is used to the full and preserved for future generations as a functioning church,
which people can visit to discover the remarkable craftsmanship of high Victorian gothic architecture;
Contributing to keeping the church in good decorative working order;
Community Sunday
20 August 2017; then on the last Sunday of the month
We are aiming to reach out to more people in our communi-
ty and, therefore, we will start having a BYO picnic lunch in
the centre that will take place on the last Sunday of each
month from 12pm to 1.50pm , prior to the Silver Screen
Showing.
Exceptionally, in August, the lunch, which will be the first one
of our Community Time, will take place on the 20 August at
midday and will include
our farewell to Nate.
This event will also in-
clude games and fun
for families, so please
let your friends and
neighbours know about it.
Family Film Day
Thursday 3 August 2017
The Pimlico Foundation will be running a family film day at
our centre at 2pm.
A kids’ film will be shown
with popcorn and soft drinks
in the Monk Room.
In the meantime, parents
will have the opportunity to
enjoy a break and a nice
chat over some tea and
coffee.
If you are planning to bring
your children, please let Ian know by emailing him on
[email protected]. Also if you would like to vol-
unteer or contribute some homemade cakes, please let
Mark know on [email protected].
3 St James the Less, Pimlico | Thorndike Street | Off Moreton Street | London SW1V 2PS | T: +44 (0)20 7630 6282 | www.sjtl.org
Outings in August
Wednesdays at 2pm
During August the home groups and the Prime Time group will have outings together. All are welcome to join. Departure
time will be 2pm from the specified place. Please email Nate on [email protected] to let him know for which ones
you will be joining.
They will be doing the following visits:
16 August 2017 Hyde Park
Meeting Point: Vauxhall Bridge Road (Stop A) near the
corner with Rampayne Street
Travelling: Bus 2 or 36 to Hyde Park Corner (Stop M)
3min walk to park entrance & car pickup
‘Liberty Drives’ – Buggy’s for people (5 max per buggy) provide
30min rides around the park for free. It runs on donation basis
and requires booking in advance, so please don’t forget to tell
Nate.
Costs: Return bus fare = £3.00
Activities & facilities: Buggy ride, benches, café, toilets
23 August 2017 National Portrait Gallery
Meeting Point: St Georges Square Bus stop (Stop F) in
Belgrave Rd near the corner with Lupus St
Travelling: Bus 24 to Trafalgar Square (Stop C)
3 min walk to Gallery entrance
Walk to St Martins in the fields to meet
Fung and have afternoon tea at 3:00pm
Costs: Return bus fare = £3.00
Activities & facilities: Artwork, benches, toilets, café.
2 August 2017 Butterfly Exhibition
Meeting Point: Pimlico Station Bus stop (Stop J) in
Bessborough Street
Travelling: Bus 360 to South Kensington Station
(Stop I)
5 min walk to Natural history Museum.
Costs: Return bus fare = £3.00, plus
Adult £5.85
Concession* with donation £3.25
Concession* without donation £2.92
Carers/helpers enter for free
(*) Vulnerable/Unemployed must have proof. Carers/helpers do not
need proof.
Activities & facilities: Artwork, benches, toilets, café
Details: Estimated queuing time is 10 min, but
queues can be skipped
9 August 2017 Battersea Park
Meeting Point: Victoria Coach Station (Stop V) in
Buckingham Palace Road
Travelling: Bus 44 to Battersea Park Station (Stop C)
5min (0.1mile) walk to Park entrance
Costs: Return bus fare = £3.00
Activities & facilities: Benches, Café, toilets
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Prayer at St. James the Less
Revive Prayers: Revive will now take place every second
WEDNESDAY of the month with food from 7pm and prayer
from 7.30pm. There will not be Revive Prayers in August.
Prayers for the Persecuted Church: We send out a list of
Prayers for the Persecuted Church once a week if you would
like to receive the e-mail please let the office know.
Men & Women’s Prayers at 10am on every third SATURDAY
of the month with breakfast. This group will not meet in
August.
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Home Groups
We are re-vamping our Home Groups. These are the places
where most of our congregation find fellowship. If you are
not currently in a group and would like to join one, please
contact Lis.
Bible Study Notes
If you would like Bible Study notes then please speak to An-
gela King.
Sermons
Log-on to www.sjtl.org to listen to or download our latest
sermons.
Prayer Chain
If you have things that you’d like prayed for, in confidence,
please email [email protected], or pick up a bookmark
from church to remind you.
PWW Will Aid Scheme
St. James the Less has partnered with Pothecary Witham
Weld (PWW) Solicitors to offer an exciting new Will Aid
scheme. In exchange for a legacy left to St. James, PWW will
write a free basic will, a saving of some £360. Terms and
conditions apply, and information leaflets are now available.
For more information please visit www.pwwsolicitors.co.uk
News from the Pimlico Foundation
Mark and Ian are looking for people who would be keen on
training as mentors. If you are interested, please contact Lis.
They are running the Summer Holiday Club, so if you would
like your child to join in, please contact Mark by emailing
him on [email protected].
Ian and Mark are looking to bor-
row the “Minions” DVD. If you
have it, could you lend it to them
please?
They can return it after the 3rd
of August and promise to keep it
safe.
Please email Ian at [email protected] to let him
know that can lend the DVD.
Volunteers needed please for:
Sunday Service
Volunteers needed for Sunday Service reading, prayer and
children’s church.
The church is also looking for a Safeguarding Officer.
Open Door Meal
ODM takes place every 2nd and 4th Friday of the month. If
you can spare some time to help with:
Preparation of food from 2pm / Serving the meal from 7pm
Clearing up from 8.30pm
Please contact Andrew on [email protected]
Open Church
To fulfil our mission to be a place of welcome, we are asking
for volunteers to come forward to train as part of a new
Open Church team. We aim to have the church open 12-
2pm each weekday. Training will be provided. Please email
[email protected], if you can give some of your time to
enable us to keep the church open. Huge thanks to Theresa
and Anne who regularly come to “church sit”.
St James the Less, Pimlico | Thorndike Street | Off Moreton Street | London SW1V 2PS | T: +44 (0)20 7630 6282 | www.sjtl.org
St James the Less is registered as a charity (no. 1135075).
The Office is opened on:
Tue, Wed, Thu & Fri from 9am-1pm, and
Mon from 9am-12pm
Contacts
Vicar, the Revd Lis Goddard: [email protected]
Pastoral assistant, Nate: [email protected]
Administrator, Sheila: [email protected]
Fundraiser, Jean-Claude: [email protected]
Churchwardens
Dorothea & Alan: [email protected]