Parish Church of St James the Great, Cradley

05/11/2024

Don't forget the concert on the 9th of November. See picture

30/07/2024

At the start of July we harvested 24 small bales of hay from the west of the spring wildflower hay meadow in Cradley Churchyard, we now have another 10 from the other side, all going to feed the Soay sheep in Ledbury.

08/03/2024

We were given an informative overview at our first Lent talk on Tuesday about the activities of the Embrace the Middle East Charity's activities. If you are interested in learning more the following URL's will direct you to their website pages:-

https://embraceme.org/israel-palestine-news
https://embraceme.org/resources

Our resources help you understand and engage with our work and with Christians in the Middle East. Discover our church resources, including Lent Study Guides and Prayer Diary. Download our magazine and catalogue. And explore our online resources, including blog, webinars and podcast.

07/12/2023

The Christmas Trees can be set up in Church on Saturday Morning of the 9th of December. and will be on display from Sunday the 10th of December until January the 6th. The Church is open daily from 8:00am until 5:00pm

26/10/2023

The PCC have decided to register the Church on the 'Give as you live Website', so that parishioners(if they wish) can nominate the the church as the charity to receive the donations made by retailers for any online purchases. Simple register on the website and nominate the Church as the beneficial charity.
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Give as you Live Online enables you to raise money for your favourite charity from your everyday shopping online.

28/09/2023

Our Harvest Family Service is this Sunday at 10:45 where we will be making a river of silver for the Water Aid Charity. Everyone welcome.

27/09/2023

The picture, taken from the Glastonbury Thorn path, shows the bare-ish patch on the summer wildflower hay meadow seeded on 25 September 2023 in patches with (from west to east):
Birds’ Foot Trefoil, collected August 2023 by Paul M
Wildflower seeds from YuMove in memory of Ruby (our Springador)
Yellow Rattle from Linda B (Cradley Wild) and Janita.

19/09/2023

The Cradley Church Harvest Supper is on 30th September at 7:00pm in Cradley Village Hall. Tickets are still available at only £10 including supper and entertainment see photo for details.

18/09/2023

There will be an open meeting on Wednesday the 20th of September in the Village Hall for anyone interested in organising/taking part in the 2024 Village Fete. Meeting starts at 7:30pm everyone is welcome.

29/08/2023

Last two opportunities to for a Cream Tea on Sunday September 3rd and 10th, from 3pm to 5pm.

27/08/2023

The Cradley Churchyard summer wildflower hay meadow has been cut and the 20 hand-bales of hay will be enjoyed by Soay sheep. There were also 4 builders bags of loose hay that needed drying out. We will sow yellow rattle this autumn and will also be adding some more wild daffodils to the spring wildflower hay meadows in October.

30/06/2023

22 bales of hay from the Cradley Churchyard spring wildflower meadows are now ready for the Soay sheep. Part of the hand baler is in the foreground. Many thanks to Seb H, Clive B and Mike H for their help.