Safeguarding
The Revd Alan Winfield is the Parish Safeguarding Officer, and any safeguarding issues should be raised with him. See details on the Safeguarding Page.
St James' Church Home Page
St James' Church
Welcome to St. James Church, Smisby. Use the Menu above for more information about the Church.
Welcome to the web pages for our ancient village church.
St James Church has stood on the hill above the village of Smisby for more than 950 years. There are four churches in the Benefice we belong to – Melbourne, Smisby, Stanton by Bridge, and Ticknall.
The Incumbent is the Rev'd Canon Rosemary Donovan who is suported by a Ministry Team of Clergy and Readers.
Church News
We now have permission to remove the coniferous trees that were damaging two of the graves. This work will be carried out during November, and the stonework of the graves will be reset,
Church Porch
The gable end of the porch, including the stone cross, is deteriorating and we are having remedial work carried out to address this. Several pieces of stone were found to have serious cracks, and the gable has now been stabilised and several slates replaced.
Church Services at Smisby
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4th October |
5:30 p.m. |
Harvest Festival |
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11th October |
5:30 p.m. |
Holy Communion (BCP) |
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18th October |
5:30 p.m. |
Evening Prayer |
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25th October |
5:30 p.m. |
Evening Prayer |
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1st November |
5:30 p.m. |
Holy Communion (BCP) |
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8th November |
5:30 p.m. |
Service of Remembrance |
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15th November |
5:30 p.m. |
Evening Prayer |
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22nd November |
5:30 p.m. |
Evening Prayer |
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29th November |
5:30 p.m. |
Evening Prayer |
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6th December |
5:30 p.m. |
Holy Communion |
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13th December |
5:30 p.m. |
Evening Prayer |
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20th December |
5:30 p.m. |
Carol Service |
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25th December (Friday) |
9:00 a.m. |
Christmas Holy Communion |
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27th December |
5:30 p.m. |
Prayers for the New Year |
The Fallen from Smisby
Thanks to more research by Garry Margerrison we now have finally identified the details for all of the fallen that we remember at Smisby. We now have not just their rank and service numbers but where they died and where they are buried including those from WW2 on who we previously had no information.