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

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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
 Dalby Diary Dates : November  &  December ​​
  • Sun 22nd : Celtic Communion with Dean Nigel 6.30pm
  • Tues 24th : Films in the afternoon : 2.30 p.m.                          EDIE (12)    (97 mins)                                                                 The story of eighty-three-year-old Edie (Sheila Hancock) who decides that it’s never too late to set yourself a challenge!  She embarks on the gruelling climb of Mount Suilven in beautiful Scotland and learns to accept that requiring help (from Jonny, a young local lad) is not failure.
  • Wed 25th: Dalby Ducklings from 10.00am - 11.30-am               NB> due to over crowding we have had to bring in a booking system, please contact;  cherylcousins@manx.net if you want to be part of this Toddler group. Thanks 
  • Thurs 27th:  Meditation at Dalby. 7.30pm - 9.00pm
  • Fri 23rd: : Hub Music session from 7.30pm​.  
  • Sat 28th Nov : Sorry, the Taste of Christmas is now fully booked.
  • Sun 29th: Advent Sunday; Evening prayer 6.30pm
December :
  • Fri 4th: Hub Pub from 7.30pm
  • Sun 6th : 6.30pm.  Candlelit Evening prayer led by Cheryl
  • Tues 8th : A Special Christmas Whist Drive with Raffle & home made refreshments in the schoolrooms 7.30pm
  • Wed 9th: Dalby Ducklings from 10.00am - 11.30-am               NB> due to over crowding we have had to bring in a booking system, please contact;  cherylcousins@manx.net if you want to be part of this Toddler group. Thanks 
  • Thurs 10th: Meditation at Dalby from 7.30pm - 9.00pm
 
  • Sat 12th : Dalby Movies & Chip night .....  6.30 p.m.
    A light-hearted “Jungle Duo” for the young and the young in heart. A double bill with fish and chip supper during the interval.
     THE JUNGLE BOOK (U) No other film of Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book” has ever achieved the acclaim of Walt Disney’s personally supervised version *****. Come and enjoy this brilliant classic - and please, feel free to sing along if you feel compelled to do so!                                                                                             and .... DORA THE EXPLORER AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD (PG) (98 mins)  We return to the jungle for this adventure story - “Packed with action, full of surprises, and fun for everyone” “Grab your friends and family and join Dora on the adventure of a lifetime.”   “A treasure hoard of fun” (****) – Daily Telegraph.  Come and join us for this dose of very welcome escapism!  Please come early to order and pay for your supper .
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  • Wed 18th: A Christmas Special : Dalby Soup Stop serving from 12.30 -1.30pm; everyone welcome!
 
  • Friday 18th: Special Christmas Screening :            The Nativity  BBC Film,  approx 2hrs starting at 7.00pm
    We’re inviting you to come  and be challenged, intrigued, enchanted as you hear the familiar story in a  new way! Refreshments will be provided, feel free to bring your own wine/beer                                                                                        A brilliant film, written by Tony Jordan script writer for East Enders. At the time, he did not believe in the Nativity story, but said that since writing The Nativity, his opinion changed.............               Review by Sam Wollaston of The Guardian :  “what is nice about this new telling of an old story: it will resonate, and it's relevant. It's very human, too, because that's what it's about, the characters and what happens to them and between them, rather than the message. In short, it's not preachy, and that's a relief."
                   Donations to cover costs are really helpful!
 
  • Sun 20th:  5.30pm Community Carol singing by candlelight, around the wood-burner in the schoolrooms with hot punch & mince pies
 
  • Thurs 24th: Christmas eve: Kids Crib Service. A Journey to Bethlehem at 6.00pm  Come and share the magic of this special night as we journey to Bethlehem on Christmas Eve. We meet with the land-lord of the Inn, some shepherds, a few kings and many angels who share with us their very special story of an unforgettable night many years ago.  A simple candle-lit gathering at St James’s for any passing angels or shepherds, young children and the young at heart, with carols and an acted story everyone always welcome. ( lasts about 45 min.) 
  • 11.30pm: Candlelit Christmas Communion: We’d love you to join us for a special candlelit communion with Canon Kelly and Cheryl Cousins as we come together on Christmas Eve to celebrate the gift of love coming into our world, there will be a short reflection by Cheryl. Hope you can come and join us for this very special village celebration and gathering.
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  • Sun Jan 3rd 2021:  3.00pm :                                           The Annual Manx Language Society Christmas Service at Dalby Church                                                                                     This annual service is held on the Sunday nearest 11 days after the modern Christmas. A real celebration with the traditional nine lessons and carols, several of which may be sung by visiting choirs (Caarjyn Cooidjagh from the South, Cliogeree Twoaie from the North or the Bun Scoill children’s choir from the Manx language primary school in St John’s, organised by Yn Cheshaght Ghailckagh  (The Manx Language Society.) It has been running since the days when Manx was regularly used in the more remote churches over 100 years ago. After the service we like to get together for a cup of tea or coffee, some cake and a chat. Everyone Welcome, the service will be in the Manx throughout.
  
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! 
Other Events and activities
Proceeds from events after costs go to our restoration fund  ( we've just got or planning permission to re-frame and double glaze both church windows on the East wall of the church that are seriously rotten due to ongoing water penetration and a determined rodent!  We're now in the process of getting a Church Faculty to get the work done .... ) as well as Alana's Gift, to support the Unit at St. Johns Primary School, and The Manx Charity working overseas: Bees for Burundi.
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!