St James Chorley

Morning Service 8.45am
This is the earlier of our two Sunday morning services. Most weeks we take part in the Lord's Supper using the Book of Common Prayer service (1662) but on a 5th Sunday we use the BCP Morning Prayer. There is always a sermon and hymns are sung, led by a pianist.
The service generally last about an hour.

Morning Praise 10.30am 
This is the later of our morning services. Mostly the service is Morning Praise but once a month we have Holy Communion (mostly on the second Sunday) and there are various other special services through the year such as Harvest and Remembrance.

There is always singing which includes both traditional and brand new all led by our music group. The service is family orientated and Children's activities take place in the same building except when we have an occasional family service. Bible teaching is an important part of the service and there is always a sermon.

The service generally lasts an hour or an hour and a quarter.  Coffee is served after the service and many people stay behind to chat.

Prayer Ministry with members of the prayer team is available after the service.

Evening Praise 6pm

The evening service is held jointly with the parishes of St. Barnabas Heapey and St. Paul's Withnell but is always held at St. James.  The service includes prayer and praise but is more informal and more focussed on in-depth teaching than the morning services.  

The service itself lasts about an hour. After the service coffee is available and, for those who wish to stay, there is then opportunity to grill the speaker or discuss issues raised together.  There an informal breaking of bread and sharing of wine after the talk once a month.

The pattern - which is often not followed because of special and seasonal services.  See above for further details of the different services.