ST JAMES DALBY - CHURCH & COMMUNITY
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St James Dalby  - Community Events
​Community Gatherings /Dalby Ducklings / Soup Stop :   Cinema Program  :  Dalby Woodland

A little friendship, a little sympathy, a little sociability, a little human toil. . .is needed in every nook and corner. Therefore search and see if there is not some place where you may invest your humanity.   Albert Schweitzer
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We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community.  Dorothy Day
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Diary Dates September 2021 :

  • Fri 3rd : The Hub Pub; meeting from 7.30pm  .....
  • Sun 5th Sept : Celtic Evening prayer led by Cheryl Cousins : 6.30pm
  • Thurs 9th :  Sorry, this Meditation session has been Cancelled. 
  • Sun 12th: Holy Communion with Canon Margaret Burrow. 6.30pm​
  • Tues 14th : Dalby Whist Drive from 7.30pm, with light refreshments
  • Wed 15th : Dalby Soup Stop; serving home made soups with bread, cakes & Coffee frmo 12.30pm - 1.30pm
  • Sat 18th :  Stride & Ride  for Churches for the Isle of Man:  We're Open throughout the day for refreshments and toilets!  : the invitation is to make a journey, on foot or by bike, to discover and support some of the Islands’ historic churches and Chapels. You can go individually, or form a group with others and make a circuit of some of  the 80 churches/chapels on the Island, some are offering refreshments that day. Sponsor forms and further details in church or available from: Rosemary Clarke: rosemary.clarke@googlemail.com  01624 843 262
  • Sun 19th : Start of the Big Green Week across the Island  : 18th – 26th September  with thousands of events throughout the UK to celebrate how communities are taking action to tackle climate change, protect green spaces and to encourage others to become involved. The Island will be supporting this initiative through a series of local events. As part of our contribution Churches and Chapels are being asked to get involved as well as mark this in our worship on Sun 19th Sept. Locally this could help us all to focus our thoughts on environmental discussion points with our potential candidates for the Election here on the Island! For more information please see: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/51372486)                         https://www.christianaid.org.uk/get-involved/campaigns/wave-hope
  • Sun 19h: Taize Worship at Dalby; 6.30pm
  • Tues 21st :  We are having  a Film Screening in support of The Great Green Week at Dalby at 7.30pm. Come eat cake and catch up with the Real Price of Shopping and Shipping; how it affects the environment above and below water. The film FREIGHTENED takes us on a journey over seas and oceans investigating the many faces of World Wide Freight Shipping, and sheds light on the consequences on this all but invisible industry that serves our Life styles. Free admission, but donations to help us cover our costs and are always gratefully received. Please car share if you’re heading out to Dalby! 
  • Wed 22nd : Dalby Ducklings / Mums & Tots start up again! Meeting from 10.00am - 11.30am. Please email Cheryl to book.
  • Thurs 23rd : Meditation at Dalby from 7.30pm - 9.00pm
  • Fri 24th : Hub Music session from 7.30pm​
  • Sun 26th: Celtic Communion 6.30pm​​
October: 
  • Sun 3rd October : Dalby Harvest, with Lunches and Teas and  cakes and cake stalls from 12 noon – 5.00pm ,  followed by our Harvest Home at 5.30pm. Soloist Paul Costain   More details to follow ...............
Eco Note : We love sharing the comfort of Dalby with you, so please come enjoy the warmth of our heating .... and how about turning off your own, or at least turning it down whist you’re out ? That would help offset the carbon emissions of the drive out here!                                                                         PS> If you also car share, bringing friends and neighbours with you..... we’d be well on the way to a healthier and happier planet !  
Please note : Our " Dalby Booking Office " is but a grand term for a very amazing family who volunteer to do this out of the kindness of their hearts  amongst the busyness of their own lives...... it'd be good if you could please ring them within normal working hours whenever possible.

We don't use a computer booking system, just a note pad and pen, so we don't take bookings for any event ahead of it being advertised.

Also we don't take advance bookings or reservations for things like the Soup Stop, Film afternoons and evenings, Whilst drives, Meditation, etc etc. all of which operate on a donations basis  ( for which we are very grateful!!!) . These sessions are all just drop ins.... you're always very welcome to come and join us whenever ...... surprise us! 
Proceeds from events: after costs proceeds from Events go to our two charities for the year:  Alana's Gift, to support the Unit at St. Johns Primary School, and The Manx Charity working overseas: Bees for Burundi, as well as our Church Restoration Fund  ( we're currently working towards having the window on the South wall re-framed and double glazed, the cement mortar removed from the exterior wall, the pitch-pine panels removed from the interior wall and a damp-proof membrane fitted before the panels are re-instated ) .
Almost every month we have at least one event :  be it a concert, a slide show, quiz night, World Bonnag Championship, speaker or music night, it inevitably has a supper and approx 60 people attending. These nights are fun and fundraising, with proceeds going to the ongoing maintenance and restoration of this unique historic building and 10% of our proceeds after costs go to our nominated charities for the year.  
Margy is our events coordinator  : margykilley@manx.net 

​NB: Details and dates could well change between the point of visioning and the time of happening....so do please check it out or see additional advertising before making the trip out!