St James Church, Gerrards Cross

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St James' Church, Gerrards Cross
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St James' Church, Gerrards Cross
St James Church, Gerrards Cross
51°34′52.5″N0°33′24″W / 51.581250°N 0.55667°W / 51.581250; -0.55667
OS grid reference TQ 00093 87924
Location Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire
Country England
Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship Evangelical
Website saintjames.org.uk
History
Dedication James the Just
Architecture
Heritage designation Grade II* listed
Architect(s) William Tite
Completed1859
Administration
Diocese Diocese of Oxford
Archdeaconry Buckingham
Deanery Amersham
Parish St. James, Gerrards Cross with St. James Fulmer
Clergy
Rector The Revd Matthew Beeby
Curate(s) The Revd James Forward
The Revd Ross Mungavin
The Revd Ben Clarke
Laity
Churchwarden(s) Andrew Bell and Wendy Shingleton

St James is an evangelical Church of England parish church in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. The Parish of St. James, within the Deanery of Amersham in the Diocese of Oxford, is the result of the amalgamation of St James Gerrards Cross and St James Fulmer, which began sharing a single parochial church council in 1984 and were formally merged in 1986.

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The current rector is The Rev. Matt Beeby. One of the previous incumbents, Paul Gavin Williams, is currently the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham.

The church is listed Grade II* on the National Heritage List for England. [1]

Services and activities

Regular services are conducted at St James Gerrards Cross each Sunday at 10:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. There are children's and youth activities alongside all services, and youth activities after the evening service. There are regular services at St James Fulmer each Sunday at 11:15am.

Talks and sermons from most Sunday services can be downloaded through the St James podcast service (link below).

There are other activities throughout the week, including a monthly prayer gathering on the first Wednesday of each month at 8:00pm.

An Alpha course is run three times a year.

History

The church was consecrated by the Bishop of Oxford on 30 August 1859. [2] It was erected at the sole cost of the sisters of the late General George Alexander Reid, who was MP for Windsor.

The St James Centre, a modern multifunction building to the rear of the site, was opened in March 2006 by George Carey.

The church celebrated its 150th anniversary on 31 August 2009.

Organ

The pipe organ may be by Henry Jones from around the time the church was opened. It was modified in 1910 by S.F. Dalladay and 1970 by Cedric Arnold, Williamson & Hyatt. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. [3]

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References

  1. Historic England, "Church of St James (1124389)", National Heritage List for England , retrieved 5 March 2018
  2. "By Electric Telegraph". Hampshire Telegraph. Hampshire. 3 September 1859. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  3. "NPOR [D06667]". National Pipe Organ Register . British Institute of Organ Studies . Retrieved 30 March 2015.