St James Church Riding Mill

Coronavirus (COVID-19) & St James' Church - scroll down for further details

Welcome to St James Church in Riding Mill.

In the Diocese of Newcastle and set in the beautiful Tyne Valley, we are the Parish Church in the heart of the village.

The village is a lively community and we offer a place of Christian worship and welcome.

This website will give you some basic information. Do contact us if you would like to know more about Jesus and our lives with him, or better still, come and join us at any of our services!

Visit our other pages for more information.

Service details

Welcome

Welcome to the website of St James’ Church, Riding Mill.

We warmly welcome newcomers and visitors to our church services, here at St James’, please check out the times of these below. We offer coffee and tea after both our main Sunday service and our midweek Holy Communion, a chance to meet us for an informal chat.

We also hold regular fundraising events throughout the year at St James.

Thank you for visiting our website. We would love to welcome you to St James’, Riding Mill in the near future.

CHURCHWARDEN’S EXCITING UPDATE!

We have wonderful news for you all.

You will be as thrilled as we are to see that our vacancy at St James’s is now advertised on the Diocesan website. Take a few moments to look at the vacancies on the Newcastle Diocese website (https://www.newcastle.anglican.org/vacancies/) ; you will not only see an image of the church we love but you can also read the full role description for the post, our parish profile, and other key information for applicants.

We have worked hard to get to this stage. When we learnt that our Archdeacon, Peter Robinson, was leaving the Diocese in a matter of weeks we had serious concerns that our vacancy would drift and be forgotten. To now see that the post is being advertised is a huge relief and we are sure that you will share in the joy we feel and pray for the next phase in St James’s role in our church and parish community.

Jenny and Rod

Parish Profile

IMPORTANT Coronavirus (COVID-19) & St James' Church

With effect form Wednesday 18th March 2020 all scheduled services are cancelled.

Update 24th June 2020

Whilst the government has given permission to re-open churches, we are working with our Diocese and Area Dean to establish how the broad announcement is implemented safely in our church buildings.

The wardens emphasise their cautious and balanced approach in the decisions to be made.

Further details in respect of re-opening and resumption of collective worship will be listed here as they are announced, whilst services in our church buildings remain cancelled, some churches are open for private prayer - details in the following links.

Click here for the times at which Corbridge Church is open for private prayer

Click here for the times at which the Moorland Group churchs are open for private prayer and outdoor public worship

Home Service resources for collective personal worship are available on the Home Services page.

Announcement from Archbishops of Canterbury and York.

“In light of the Government guidance around non-essential contact, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York have issued advice that public worship is suspended until further notice”.

“Churches should be open where possible but with no public worship services taking place”.

Further guidance may be otained from:-

https://www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-churches

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

https://www.gov.uk/government/topical-events/coronavirus-covid-19-uk-government-response

Forthcoming Event details

Safeguarding in the Parish

Safeguarding Policy

St James’ Pastoral Care and Visiting

We now have an established Pastoral Care Team in the village. All the team members are DBS checked.

If you would like a member of the team to visit you, either at home or in hospital, please contact Lynda on 01661 886785.

We look forward to hearing from you.