• Over the years St James's has cared and provided for children and tried to provide a rich experience for them. Right from the beginning of his incumbency, Revd Fitz Wygram showed a keen interest in children and education.
Children through the years shows what happened from when records began up until 2017.
• There have been designated children's services since the earliest days as maintaining children's interest has always been important to St James's.
Family Worship through the years shows what happened from when records began up until 2017.
• The Church’s endeavours to 'catch them young' has always led her to foster activities for young people. Whilst Sunday Schools cater for them in their early years, other organisations are necessary to keep them interested when they grow past this stage and approach the age of confirmation. The youth organisations which existed at the end of the nineteenth century were considerably different in character from those which exist today.
Youth Groups through the years shows what happened from when records began up until 2017.
• The June 1885 magazine reported about the flourishing Sunday School: “The numbers still continue to increase, and in addition to some fifty older ones who attend classes at Mrs Fitz Wygram's and at the Vicarage, there are now two hundred and ninety two upon the books.”
St James's Sunday School through the years shows what happened from when records began up until 2017.
• The 2007 Action Mission Plan aimed to give children and young people every opportunity to become involved in the Christian life by making it more attractive and accessible. So a Carers and Toddlers group was set up and immediately became extremely popular.
St James's Ark through the years shows what happened from when records began up until 2017.
• There have been designated children's services since the earliest days and maintaining children's interest has always been important to St James's.
Family Worship through the years shows what happened from when records began up until 2017.
• Early on in his incumbency, Revd Fitz Wygram discovered that only thirteen children out of a local population of 1,100 went to any sort of school. Having a keen interest in children and education, he made a grant of land in Mill Lane and in 1867 two schools were built at a cost of £315.
St James's Church Schools through the years shows what happened from when records began up until 2017.
• The Hampton Hill Uniformed Groups originally were church organisations and the children regularly attended church services and joined in with various church activities. Around 2014 things changed and the connection between them and the church became looser.
The links above show what happened from when records began up until 2017. The Annual Parochial Church Meeting Reports show the annual reports from most teams and groups since then. (Scroll down the document of the year you are interested in to find the report you want)
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Together at Eleven |
Youth Group |
A visiting school group |