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As Easter approaches we are delighted to publish the Spring 2026 edition of the church magazine, St James' Life. The picture shows Year 1 children from Broadgate Primary School learning about the Easter story during a recent trip to St James'.

The Great Easter Egg Hunt is one of the largest community events in Horsforth. This years event is at St James' on Saturday 04 April, 10am to 12noon. All are welcome to come and join in the Easter fun - search for eggs, have a go at the chocolate tombola, eat cake, drink tea/ coffee and find out something about the Great Easter Story.

Readings: Romans 8:6-11; John 11:1-45 Today’s reflection is by Reader, Cal Bailey. I wonder if you like watching videos of the 10 greatest tries in rugby, or the 10 best goals in football or the top sixes in cricket? I think the video of this event in chapter 11 of John’s gospel, the illness, death and raising of Lazarus, will be in the top 10 in heaven, because it has everything in it. It speaks loudly to our world of illness, pain, and violence. The gospel of John is locate

Readings: Exodus 2:1-10; Luke 2:33-35   Today’s reflection is by the Vicar, the Revd Canon Jonathan Cain.  Holy Ground   Preaching is always to be approached with humility and care; perhaps never more so on a Sunday like today, Mothering Sunday.  In our tradition this was the day to return to worship at your mother church, the place where you were baptised and first nurtured in faith.  In more recent times, the church has absorbed the secular and originally American custom of

Our service at 10.30 on Sunday 09 November will include an Act of Remembrance.