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Welcome to St. James Church website, I hope you will want to look further into what we are about as a Church or, better still, pop in and visit us. We can't promise the latest visual/audio equipment, a live band playing contemporary music, or a church filled to the brim with young people - although we do have one or two plus a few families - but what we can promise you is a church that is trying to be authentic. By that I mean genuine. Genuine about the need to worship God, follow Jesus and be real about our successes and failures. We are not all-singing and all-dancing - although we do sing - and we are not perfect. We have a choir that is mostly the wrong side of 50 and a congregation that are not the best singers in the world. The Vicar - that's me - is also the wrong side of 50 and has been around in the ministry for over 25 years. However his passion is undiminished when it comes to following Jesus and does his best, with God's help, to bring others with him on the journey of faith.
So we can't promise fireworks but we can promise preaching and teaching that sticks faithfully to the Bible and Christian tradition within the framework of the historic Anglican Church. We can't promise the best facilities for children, families and young people, but we are open for anyone to come and join us and help us improve. We can't promise a young vibrant congregation, but we can promise a group of Christians who would love to see the average age go down every Sunday we meet.
So no false promises then, just an invitation to come and join us so that together we can become the Church Jesus said he would build. Is God calling you to come and join us? I hope so.
God bless you,
Mark - Vicar and Area Dean of Swansea
You can contact me in a number of ways:
Parish office (in the Parish Centre behind the Church) - I am usually there every Tuesday morning betwee 10am and 1pm - or after the Wednesday Holy Communion Service at 10.30am.
The Parish phone number is (01792) 459449 or my home number is (01792) 470532
The Parish Centre - and the Church - Walter Road, Uplands, Swansea SA1 4QF
The parish email is stjamesuplands1@googlemail.com
The vicar's blog 'Selah - to pause, to think' can be accessed by clicking here
