We are hoping to move back to St James GX in the summer, which is very exciting. More details will follow in the weeks ahead. When we go back to Church the service patterns will remain (including the new 4pm service).

You may remember the old “Sweet Shop” picture from 2011 (below). This shows that our plan was always to hold the experimental service pattern once we returned to church. (This image was created before the re-ordering. So, instead of “NOW” read “BEFORE”, instead of “INTERIM” read “NOW):

Sunday, April 29th will be our annual Survey Sunday. On that day we will ask everyone in all our services to fill in a short survey so we can get some good information about our services and  ministries.

One of the key questions we will be asking you is: “Which will most likely be your main service from September?” Maybe you can give this question some thought before 29th April.

Want to catch up on the story so far? Below is a videocast with Martin Williams and Christoph Lindner, which was recorded in 2011 before the church re-ordering started. In it they take you through the “sweet shop” and explain the service development strategy for both the building phase and the time after.

St James Gerrards Cross Relocation Plans from Christoph Lindner on Vimeo.

Sunday 27 November 2011: Song Café
Neil and Tanya Wilson: Music that glorifies God

Neil has been Worship Leader at St James since September. Neil and his wife Tanya spoke about their life, their faith, their passions and their music. And sang us key songs from their life!

Sunday, 6 November 2011: Life Stories
Richard and Carolyn Davey: A life in mission

Richard & Carolyn have been missionaries with WEC since 1980, both in Senegal and the UK. They have been members of St James for many years and will move to Leamington in 2012. At later@saintjames they told their story.

Please click on one of the links for more resources:

Pray 100

Participate 100

Give 100

Download the ProVison brochure

Watch the ProVision presentation by Martin Williams on YouTube.

We are thinking about prayer in all our Sunday services this week. Here is a list of books on prayer that St James staff have found helpful in the past. Some of them may be out of print, but there are usually great bargains to be had for second hand books. The list is not in order of priority (A-Z by first name) and the books deal with a variety of themes around prayer – usually the subtitle will make that clear.

Why not try one of them to stoke your prayer life?

Alice Smith: Beyond the Veil: Entering into Intimacy with God through Prayer

Andrew Murray: Waiting on God

Andrew Murray: The Prayer Life  (A classic)

Bill Hybels: Too busy not to pray (Very practical, great for new Christians)

Brother Lawrence: The Practice of the Presence of God (17th century contemplative classic!)

C.S. Lewis: Letters to Malcolm

Clift & Kathleen Richards: Praying Bible Promises

D.A. Carson: A Call to Spiritual Reformation: Priorities from Paul and His Prayers (More advanced and theological)

Dallas Willard: Hearing God: Developing a Conversational Relationship with God

Jason Mandryk: Operation World: The Definitive Guide to Every Nation (Key resource for informed intercession)

John Pritchard: How to Pray (good introduction by the Bishop of Oxford)

Joyce Huggett: Listening to God: Hearing His Voice

Madame Guyon: Experiencing the Depths of Jesus Christ (French mystic around 1700, very practical)

Margaret Feinberg: God Whispers: Learning to Hear His Voice

Paul Yonggi Cho: Prayer – The Key to Revival

Pete Greig: God on Mute: Engaging the Silence of Unanswered Prayer

Philip Yancey: Prayer: Does it Make Any Difference? (A journalist’s approach)

R A Torrey: How to Pray: Praying with Power and Authority (A classic from the Moody revival movement)

Stormie Omartian: The Power of a Praying Wife / Parent / Woman