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By Julie Chambers & Vicky Field Julie Chambers Vicky Field We both feel it is an honour to be Churchwardens here at St James.   A Churchwarden is an ancient lay office holder (unpaid) within the church, dating back to the 13th Century, when they used to have all sorts of responsibilities including the compliance with Bishops’ and Ecclesiastical Courts’ requirements such as collecting parish tithes, presenting ‘moral delinquents’ to the ecclesiastical courts. And yes, the power of arrest for...

Prepared by parishioner James Hukari I don’t know about you, but when I pick-up a book to read, I generally want to know something about it. The author, the plot, maybe the general period of time the book covers, how many pages it has, etc. I’m sure many are aware that the Church is on a three year lectionary cycle. Each year is dedicated to one of the so-called Synoptic Gospels - Matthew, Mark and Luke. Synoptic comes from the Greek syn meaning ‘together’ and opsis meaning ‘view.’ You...

By his great-grandson, Peter A Sampson Little did I know, at the outset of my ancestry search after my parents’ passing, that my quest...