Today we took all our prayers from our prayer tree and prayed through them. <br>We then went outside and burnt them returning them to God (see fire and the smoke). <br>The prayer tree is now empty again, with new dove prayers to write as symbols of peace - (see empty tree and pic with one dove on). <br>Our theme for this Christmas is peace and st James church is open every day for all your prayers from 9.00 am - 4.00 pm.
A magnificent profit of £10, 044.59 was raised at this years Scarecrow Festival due to the amazing efforts of the wonderful community. We wanted to give you an update on where the money has been spent £6,505 for the tree work in St James church yard£702 toward the step free access work at St James£662 St Mary’s (Gilston) and St Botolohs (Eastwick) churches£381 to Grove Cottage, Bishops Stortford£300 to the pop up shop in SBW£300 to Herts and Essex Wildlife Trust£300 to MIND in Herts£300 to the Bishops appeal for Uganda£152 for replacement light bulbs in St James church£100 to Elodia, the girl St James support via Compassion£50 to UkraineThis leaves approximately £293 which will go toward the cost of heating oil for St James church.A big thank you to everyone who took part or who came along over the weekend, your support means a lot to us! Janet and Sam, St James Churchwardens-
At the Sawbridgeworth Christmas Lights we will be selling the mice that inhabited the church during the Scarecrow Festival.The money raised with be going toward providing step-free access at St James
