Worship life
Choir
The choir exists to lead and support the worship of the church through music both at regular weekly services and on other special occasions. It is a mixed voice choir of over sixty choristers. Anybody wishing to join is made very welcome. No auditions are held. Our young choristers are prepared for RSCM Dean's Bishop's and St Cecilia Junior and Senior awards.
Our comprehensive library contains music of all periods and each week an anthem is sung at the Sunday Eucharist service. The choir has also sung evensong in Guildford Cathedral and Westminster Abbey on a number of occasions. The choir performs an annual concert and has been responsible for raising over £88,000 for local charities.
Further information about the choir can be obtained from the Director of Music, Christine Best stjamesweybridge@btinternet.com.
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Junior Choir
The choir for 5-7 year olds - is growing and having great fun learning happy-sing! Please contact Lizzie Drapper or Christine Best for further details.
Altar servers
play an essential role in the worship at St James. At each Parish
Eucharist three servers, one crucifer and two acolytes, assist
at the Altar. Servers Team members are both male and female, ranging
from the age of 13 upwards.
Servers receive full training. After training they serve approximately
once a month, but this alters at busy periods such as Christmas
and Easter. Servers wear a white alb and girdle.
As a group we meet approximately twice a year for group training
sessions and a further twice a year socially
Please see the latest rota here
Further information available from the Head Server, Paul Tame
or please contact the Parish administrator Roger Scott - Tel 01932 856399
E-mail - stjamesweybridge@btinternet.com
Intercessor and readers
A rota of people read the epistle and lead the intercessions at the Parish Eucharist on Sundays. The rota is usually displayed in the Church porch.
Please find here the rota for readers and intercessors
If you would like to join either of these rotas please contact the Parish administrator Roger Scott - Tel 01932 856399
E-mail - stjamesweybridge@btinternet.com
St. James is fortunate to have a peal of 8 bells (Tenor 11cwt, 3 qtrs, and 7 pounds) which, following a re-hang and re-tune in 1989 are one of the nicer peals to both ring and listen to in the Diocese. A sound control system which allows us to reduce the volume significantly for practices and other non-service ringing.
The bells are rung by a band of about a dozen people ranging from school-age up to post retirement who meet at about 1930 on Thursday evenings to practice, and ring from 0915 to 1000 on Sundays for the Parish Eucharist, together with ringing for weddings, occasionally funerals, special services, festivals, and sometimes just for fun!
We welcome anyone who would like to try ringing, together with any ringers who would like to visit, either individually to a practice or service ring, or as part of a band on an outing or for a peal.
For further information plese contact either the Tower Secretary (Linda Strange on 01932 830947) or the Tower Captain (Neill Rubidge on 01932 844743).
We would like to congratulate Claudia Lupea who rang for the first time at the Eucharist service on 27th May and to Eleanor Mason who rang for the first time on 1st May for the Ascension service
Flowers play an important part in the overall beauty of our church of St James here in Weybridge. We are a small team of volunteers - all amateur flower arrangers but dedicated to our task. We take care of special requests - i.e. wedding arrangements, memorials to loved ones, special anniversaries and all the special days in our church calendar.
Church flowers are paid for by members of the congregation - often in memory of a loved one, to commemorate an anniversary etc. Minimum cost £25. If you would like to contribute to the flowers on a particular Sunday do get in touch.
We welcome anyone who would like to volunteer to help - no experience needed just a keen interest and a love of flowers.
Please contact Joy Wilmot on 01932 847627 for any enquiries