St James Dalby - Church & Community - on-going community gatherings
We run a series of on-going Community events each month just to gather together and keep in touch with one another ........
For details of one off special events please visit the Community Events page
For details of one off special events please visit the Community Events page
Dalby Ducklings: from 10am - 11.30am The 2nd & 4th week of the month.
NB> to regulate the numbers this is now by booking only, could you please contact Cheryl : [email protected] to check if we have availability before you head out to Dalby! Thanks
NB> to regulate the numbers this is now by booking only, could you please contact Cheryl : [email protected] to check if we have availability before you head out to Dalby! Thanks
Dalby Soup Stop: serving from 12.30pm - 1.30pm
The third Wednesday of the month
The third Wednesday of the month

We run the Dalby Soup Stop in the schoolrooms serving from 12.30 - 1.30pm. It offers a range of home made soups, with bread and butter, cakes and coffee. Anyone is welcome to drop by and catch up on the skeet and join us for lunch. No charge, but donations to cover costs are always very gratefully received!
Please always check confirmation on the monthly diary on our Community Events page.
Please always check confirmation on the monthly diary on our Community Events page.
![]() Dalby Movies :
Every second Saturday (7.30) and fourth Tuesday (2.30pm) in the month. October to April Everyone welcome, no need to book just come along and join us. There’s no admission but we do need donations to help us cover our costs ... refreshments are provided, but feel free to bring your own wine or beer if you want. If you know anyone who’d like to come but needs transport please let Cheryl know, and we’ll see if we can arrange a lift. Flyers are available in the schoolrooms Look forward to seeing you! We're very grateful for the support from the Isle of Man Arts Council for the grant funding they have given to Dalby Church to buy the screen, projector and sound system for our regular cinema sessions . |

Meditation : The Practice of Stillness & Silence
We meet to share teaching and to practice together on the 2nd and 4th Thursday in the month from 7.30 to 9.00pm in Dalby schoolrooms.
Meditation is about being still both inwardly and outwardly. In the busyness of our lives it brings a quiet centerdness, an awareness of “Being”, and an awakening of our spirit. At Dalby we follow the practice of the World Community for Christian Meditation from the Benedictine teaching of John Main. If you’d like to find out more about the practice you’d be very welcome, you don’t need to have done it before to come and join us. If you’d like more information please ring Cheryl on 843471.
We meet to share teaching and to practice together on the 2nd and 4th Thursday in the month from 7.30 to 9.00pm in Dalby schoolrooms.
Meditation is about being still both inwardly and outwardly. In the busyness of our lives it brings a quiet centerdness, an awareness of “Being”, and an awakening of our spirit. At Dalby we follow the practice of the World Community for Christian Meditation from the Benedictine teaching of John Main. If you’d like to find out more about the practice you’d be very welcome, you don’t need to have done it before to come and join us. If you’d like more information please ring Cheryl on 843471.
More regular events and initiatives ................................
Sunday Cake & Coffee ; This is a carbon-saving initiative with a regular 12+ meeting every Sunday morning for a couple of hours in the schoolrooms to collect their Sunday papers & have a chat. We have a rota for someone to go and collect papers on behalf of the group, the rest of us just struggle in for the coffee.
If you live in the village and would like to get your papers collected, have a word with Kevin.
The Courier drop : the weekly Courier is a free all- Island paper dropped off at the schoolrooms and available for anyone who wants to stop by to collect it; feel free to help yourself to tea and coffee and home made flap jacks whilst you’re visiting!
"Shopping Mall” Dalby style : we've got a bric-a- brac table and odds and ends, books, home-made jams and cards in the schoolrooms; this is extended to include surplus fresh veggies from local gardens, and organic apples....again open daily as well as Fresh farm veg roadside stall throughout the winter
Co-operative jam making : surplus soft fruit is shared between those with gardens and those who like to make jams ......... black currant and raspberry jam is kindly donated and regularly on sale in the schoolrooms.
Community Freezer & catering : we have a freezer in the basement we use for big events, but in between anyone in the community is welcome to make use of it if for some reason you’re doing mass catering. Similarly crockery and cutlery, tables and chairs can be borrowed by Dalby folk, but please first let Pauline know so we know everything is there when we need it.
Sunday Cake & Coffee ; This is a carbon-saving initiative with a regular 12+ meeting every Sunday morning for a couple of hours in the schoolrooms to collect their Sunday papers & have a chat. We have a rota for someone to go and collect papers on behalf of the group, the rest of us just struggle in for the coffee.
If you live in the village and would like to get your papers collected, have a word with Kevin.
The Courier drop : the weekly Courier is a free all- Island paper dropped off at the schoolrooms and available for anyone who wants to stop by to collect it; feel free to help yourself to tea and coffee and home made flap jacks whilst you’re visiting!
"Shopping Mall” Dalby style : we've got a bric-a- brac table and odds and ends, books, home-made jams and cards in the schoolrooms; this is extended to include surplus fresh veggies from local gardens, and organic apples....again open daily as well as Fresh farm veg roadside stall throughout the winter
Co-operative jam making : surplus soft fruit is shared between those with gardens and those who like to make jams ......... black currant and raspberry jam is kindly donated and regularly on sale in the schoolrooms.
Community Freezer & catering : we have a freezer in the basement we use for big events, but in between anyone in the community is welcome to make use of it if for some reason you’re doing mass catering. Similarly crockery and cutlery, tables and chairs can be borrowed by Dalby folk, but please first let Pauline know so we know everything is there when we need it.