Church Notices
Notices for 18th October 2026
1. The church will be open for visitors this afternoon between 2.00 and 4.00, with a guided tour at 2.30 and again on Wednesday between 11.30 and 1.30 2. Next Sunday will be a service of Family Communion, and the Revd Stephen Brown will be leading the service. 3....
Parish Diary
PARISH DIARY FOR THE COMING WEEKS The Church is open for visitors, 11.30 – 1.30, every Wednesday and every third Sunday in the month from 2.00 to 4.00 pm, with a guided tour at 2.30 pm 2nd Aug - Holy Communion – Trinity 9 9th Aug - All Age Worship – Trinity 10...
✨🎄 Christmas Services 🎄✨
We’d love you to join us this December as we celebrate the joy of Christmas together: 🕯️ Sunday 14th December – Family Christmas Service - Christingle At our usual time of 9.30am. A beautiful service for all ages. 🎶 Sunday 21st December – Nine Lessons & Carols At...
Harvest
Sunday 12th October will be our Harvest Festival. If you are planning on bringing a harvest gift please try to include only nonperishable or long dated items as we will, as usual, be taking all the harvest gifts to the foodbank in Clayton. There will be a Ploughman’s...
Richard Thomas Roe Walton Memorial Plaque
Notice is hereby given that work will take place to repair and refurbish the memorial plaque to Richard Thomas Roe Walton, (died 1st April 1845) which is situated on the internal south wall of St. James parish church, Altham. Any person who is a descendant of the...
VE Day Anniversary Concert
On the evening of 10th May the Haslingden Concert Band treated us to fantastic concert to mark the occasion of the 80th Anniversary of VE Day. A fabulous programme of music was enjoyed by all. A fantastic total of £608 was raised which will be added to the Church...
Roof Work
Altham Church roof repaired thanks to grant from the National Churches Trust in association with the National Lottery Heritage Fund The final stage of refurbishing the roof of St James’ C of E Church, Altham – which was built in 1512 – has been completed. The latest...
Roof work – exhibition
Have you see the exhibition at the back of church showing the recent work to the roof?
Holy Week Services
HOLY WEEK SERVICES DURING HOLY WEEK 24th March - Palm Sunday 25th March - Holy Communion with the opportunity to receive prayer and the laying on of hands for healing at 7.30 pm here at St James 26th March - Open the Book Easter worship in St Mary’s church 26th March...