From Wreaths to Worship: Entering Advent

Wreath Making
As we step into Advent, our churches are already alive with the warmth and creativity of the season. This weekend, St Edmund’s hosted a wonderfully successful wreath-making workshop, filling the hall with laughter, concentration, the scent of evergreens, and the joy of crafting something beautiful together. Combined with the vibrant Winter Fair at St Margaret’s – buzzing with music, stalls, and community energy – these moments have begun turning our hearts toward the festive season now unfolding around us.

This Advent Sunday, as we gather for our joint service and Bring & Share meal, we come not simply as individual congregations but as one family across St James’, St Edmund’s, St Margaret’s, and Grace Community. Advent invites us to pause, breathe, and look forward with expectation. It calls us to prepare not just our homes but our hearts – to listen again for the whisper of hope, the promise of peace, the song of joy, and the steady, transforming love of God coming among us.

And so we look ahead to a rich season of celebration: Nativity services, candlelit carols, Café Church Christmas gatherings, and Christmas Eve and Christmas Day worship across our churches. Each moment is an invitation – to wonder, to worship, and to walk together into the good news of Emmanuel, God with us. Come and share the journey.

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Whether you’re new to church or new to the area, you are very welcome at St James, Moss Side and St Edmund’s, Whalley Range.

Sundays

9.30am - 20-30min service at St Edmund's
10.30am – Morning worship at both churches
Relaxed, welcoming services with prayer, songs, a Bible-based talk, and optional Holy Communion. Everyone is invited to stay afterwards for drinks and conversation.

4.00pm – Grace Community (Urdu Service)
At St Edmund’s, we gather each Sunday at 4pm for worship in Urdu, with prayer, teaching, and fellowship.

Children & Families

Children and families are a valued part of our church life.

St James – Intergenerational worship with a children’s resource table in the service.

St Edmund’s –
1st & 3rd Sundays: All-age intergenerational worship
2nd & 4th Sundays: Sunday School

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