Start the new school, college or work year with a blessing.
Bring your backpack, pencil case, lunch box, handbag, or anything else that is a symbol of your daily life.
The blessing will be part of our normal Sunday service.
Start the new school, college or work year with a blessing.
Bring your backpack, pencil case, lunch box, handbag, or anything else that is a symbol of your daily life.
The blessing will be part of our normal Sunday service.
Join our South Sudanese community at St James’ in Toowoomba, at 1 pm on Christmas Day for a Christmas Service in the Dinka language of South Sudan.
Children and adults are always welcome at St James’. No prior experience is necessary! We understand that small children have needs, so it’s OK to bring snacks.
We humans are story-makers and story-tellers, but for Christians, the Christmas story is the most precious story, the story of when the one great God came to be with us, and to be exactly like one of us, in the form of the baby Jesus. That’s so important because it means that God, in Jesus, knows the joys and sorrows, the exciting times and the pain of being human.
We would love you to join us to celebrate that God is with us at Christmas and always.
This service includes Holy Communion.
Join us at St James’ in Toowoomba, at 10 am on Christmas Day for a traditional Christmas Service, with lots of carols.
Children and adults are always welcome at St James’. No prior experience is necessary! We understand that small children have needs, so it’s OK to bring snacks.
We humans are story-makers and story-tellers, but for Christians, the Christmas story is the most precious story, the story of when the one great God came to be with us, and to be exactly like one of us, in the form of the baby Jesus. That’s so important because it means that God, in Jesus, knows the joys and sorrows, the exciting times and the pain of being human.
We would love you to join us to celebrate that God is with us at Christmas and always.
This service includes Holy Communion.
Join us at St James’ in Toowoomba, at 7.30 am on Christmas Day for a traditional Christmas Service, with lots of carols.
Children and adults are always welcome at St James’. No prior experience is necessary! We understand that small children have needs, so it’s OK to bring snacks.
We humans are story-makers and story-tellers, but for Christians, the Christmas story is the most precious story, the story of when the one great God came to be with us, and to be exactly like one of us, in the form of the baby Jesus. That’s so important because it means that God, in Jesus, knows the joys and sorrows, the exciting times and the pain of being human.
We would love you to join us to celebrate that God is with us at Christmas and always.
This service includes Holy Communion.
Join us at St James’ in Toowoomba, at 11.30 pm on Christmas Eve for a traditional Midnight Mass Service, with lots of carols.
After this service, we say Merry Christmas, with bubbly and cake!
Join us at St James’ in Toowoomba, at 5.30 on Christmas Eve for a special telling of the Christmas story for families with young children, with lots of carols.
Children are invited to come dressed as angels, shepherds, wise persons, royalty or farm animals.
We understand that small children have needs, so it’s OK to bring snacks.
We humans are story-makers and story-tellers, but for Christians, the Christmas story is the most precious story, the story of when the one great God came to be with us, and to be exactly like one of us, in the form of the baby Jesus. That’s so important because it means that God, in Jesus, knows the joys and sorrows, the exciting times and the pain of being human.
We would love you to join us to celebrate that God is with us at Christmas and always.
This service includes Holy Communion.
at St James on
Sunday 14 December 2025 at 5.30 pm
followed by parish party meal, two courses plus wine for $20 per person.
Funds raised from the meal will go towards mission projects supported by the parish.
All are welcome!
Please RSVP by email here.
Join us in the church just before 10 am to sing some well-loved Christmas carols, followed by our mid-week service of Holy Communion.
After the service, morning tea will be served in the parish centre, with Christmas themed food and decorations.
Everyone is welcome, especially those who usually receive communion in their homes.
RSVP for catering purposes by phoning the office on 07 46391858.
Please RSVP below by 1 December 2025 for catering purposes.
October 15th is International Pregnancy & Infant Loss Remembrance Day, where bereaved parents from Australia and around the world pause to remember their babies who’ve died.
Around this day we offer a special, quiet remembrance service for those who have experienced the loss of a child, no matter how old or how long ago, but with special care for those who have experienced a stillbirth or infant loss in the past year.
Join us at St James’ Church, 145 Mort Street Toowoomba.
This service is designed and led by a bereaved parent, and is sensitive to the needs of people of all faiths and those who have no faith. It will be held outdoors in our peaceful grounds, weather permitting.
Photo by Alfred Schrock on Unsplash
At St James’ Toowoomba, we treasure our pets and welcome yours.
You are invited to join us for the blessing of pets and wildlife.
Come to our 10 am service to receive a blessing for your pet. This will be an outdoor service
A sausage sizzle will be available for the humans.
All pets (and their owners) welcome! If you don’t feel comfortable bringing your pet, then please bring a photograph.
This will be a Conversation That Matters. Volunteer trainers from the Queensland Police Force will join us to talk to us about personal safety at home and when we are out and about.
Everyone is welcome, so bring a friend!
Photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash
Serving members of 25th 49th Battalion, along with Members of the 25th 49th Battalion Association will be welcomed at our 7.30 am service.
The event features the parading of colourse and the Harlaxton RSL Brass Band.
Organ pipes at St James’ Anglican Church
Experience the ambience
Neo-gothic architecture
Stained-glass windows
Beautiful grounds
Learn about the rich history as a worshipping community, with links to the broader community of Toowoomba
10 am: The History, Architecture and Stained Glass Windows
PowerPoint presentation by Lyn Hodgson
11 am: Sunday School Memories
Presented by Lynne and Julien
11.30 am: Organ Recital on historic pipe organ
Organists Eduarda van Klinken and Pamela Duane. Guest soloists Ian Kammholz, tenor, and a talented young violinist
12.30 pm to 2 pm: Renewal of wedding vows
Rev Mark and Rev Melissa, certificates given
2 pm: Musical performance by Dinka youth choir
Experience the joy of these young singers
2.30 pm: Sing Praises
Join us for community ‘favourite’ hymn singing, led by St James’ Choir and organist Andrew Doecke
3.30 pm: Explaining Anglican Worship
Rev Mark and Rev Melissa
5 pm: Sung Evensong
Traditional High Anglican Evensong, commemorating the New Guinea Martyrs of World War II
Refreshments for purchase: morning tea and lunch
Display of historic church vestments and vessels
History and archive displays
Mini market table with home bake, preserves, plants, crafts
Our church and hall are heated.
This is a FREE EVENT. Donations to church ministry would be appreciated.
A funeral is a farewell filled with love and respect.
This conversation will help you start the process of preparing for a funeral ahead of time, so that loved ones know your and/or your partners’ wishes.
What to expect:
Planning funerals and memorials
Cremation & burial options
The role of the executor
Walk away with a draft plan
Light refreshments will be available.
Free entry.
This event has been cancelled due to low registrations.
Celebrating the resurrection of Jesus, after his sacrifice for everyone on the cross, to bring us back into relationship and eternal life with God.
Services are at the usual Sunday times of 7.30am, 10am and in Dinka at 1pm. Please join us!
Join us in vigil as we wait the coming resurrection of Christ on Easter Day.
The new Paschal candle is lit, we renew our baptismal vows and celebrate of the resurrection of our Lord. This service is rich in tradition and scripture and includes holy communion (please note that incense will be used).
Recalling the crucifixion (video), silent reflection, invitation to pre-sanctified holy communion and a short sermon.
This service is in the Dinka language.
Good Friday
Remembering the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross for us.
This service continues the service begun the night before… with communion that was consecrated then set aside and watched over, as representative of Christ’s body and blood.
We re-enter the church for this service in quiet and relative darkness…
Travel the journey from Jesus’ rejection by the crowd to his crucifixion and death.
Join us for this moving liturgy, which includes the symbolic memorial of Jesus washing his followers’ feet on the night before he died.
Our service concludes in darkness, silent prayer and the opportunity to sit quietly in keeping vigil with Christ awhile.
The word Maundy comes from a middle English word meaning command, and we use that word today to remind us that Jesus commanded that we should love, serve and care for one another.
Inviting children and young people, parents and parishioners. No cost.
In the evening, before he was betrayed, Jesus shared the Passover meal with his friends and this was the beginning of our Christian Holy Communion.
Celebrate through a Passover meal with readings and explanation of symbolism, through sensory combinations of sound, smell, and tastes, involved in following the age-old rituals of the Jewish people.
Our Thursday evening will begin in the hall at 5:15 for our meal continuing over to Church for Maundy Thursday service with the washing of the feet and clearing of the church.
Lynne Cain must have definite numbers please by 13 April - as we want to supply the exact amount of food. Lynne: 0437 465 623
Palm Sunday (sometimes also known as Passion Sunday in some Christian traditions) celebrates the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, riding on a donkey. Citizens waved palm fronds and laid them in front of him, as one would to pave the way for their king.
In celebration and remembrance, we make fresh palm crosses to give out today at our services.
Each year, our palm crosses are kept and brought back before the next Ash Wednesday. Then the old palm crosses are burnt, ground and mixed with Chrism oil, to become the ash used in signing of the cross on our foreheads at the Ash Wednesday ceremonies.
Ars Cantorum Presents…
Towards Easter: A Concert of Eastertide Music
Featuring Worthy is the Lamb, by Lloyd Larsen
with supporting music by Victor Johnson, Kenneth Leighton, Tchaikovsky, David Rasbach, Claudio Casciolini and more.
Conductor: Pam Duane
Accompanist: Andrew Doecke
Tickets $25 (school aged children no charge)
Tickets available from Choir members and St James’ Parish Office (ph 46391858), or at the door prior to the concert.
Light refreshments will be served in the Parish Centre after the concert - Come and Join Us!
In partnership with Amnesty International Toowoomba Group, the film Shayda will be shown on Thursday 20th March, 7 pm, at St James Anglican Parish Hall.
Shayda is a dramatisation of (Director) Noora Niasari’s early life, set in the Iranian diaspora community of suburban Melbourne. “It was something I had experienced, but I hadn’t really seen on screen before.” - The Guardian Film Review by Wenlei Ma
Admission by donation
Come and see the film, join us for the discussion and a light supper afterwards.
Please join us for Lenten Bible Studies, starting early March and continuing for the 6 weeks of Lent. Our book is Hope25, which includes both daily readings and reflections from Australian Bishops, and a weekly group study based on a Bible reading and testimony. The cost of the book is $12. Three groups are available:
Sundays 7pm by Zoom, starting 2 March, led by Melissa
Wednesdays around 9.30 am St Anne’s, starting 5 March (after 9 am service), led by Melissa
Wednesdays around 11 am St James’, starting 5 March (after 10 am service), led by Mark
Or sign up to host your own group or to study privately. Sign up sheets are available at church or phone the office.
On Ash Wednesday our special service of Holy Communion includes the imposition of ashes and the Lenten litany. All are welcome.
This service will be followed by our first session of our Lenten Bible Study: Hope25.
Image by Ahna Ziegler on Unsplash
Please join us for Lenten Bible Studies, starting early March and continuing for the 6 weeks of Lent. Our book is Hope25, which includes both daily readings and reflections from Australian Bishops, and a weekly group study based on a Bible reading and testimony. The cost of the book is $12. Three groups are available:
Sundays 7pm by Zoom, starting 2 March, led by Melissa
Wednesdays around 9.30 am St Anne’s, starting 5 March (after 9 am service), led by Melissa
Wednesdays around 11 am St James’, starting 5 March (after 10 am service), led by Mark
Or sign up to host your own group or to study privately. Sign up sheets are available at church or phone the office.
Please join us in St James’ Parish Centre for the latest Movies that Matter, along with Toowoomba Amnesty International.
Tea/coffee and discussions after movie.
This edition of Bible Book Club, is about getting the most out of your Bible, an introductory webinar.
Topics will include:
choosing a Bible translation
the structure of the Bible
literary genres in the Bible
ways of reading the Bible
resources that may help
This will be an online session, meeting via Zoom on Sunday 2 February from 7 pm to 9 pm (or earlier). Email melissa@stjames.org.au for the link code to join.
How Bible Book Club works (although this webinar will be slightly different):
Each Book Club meeting will focus on a book or set of chapters from the Bible, coinciding with the lectionary cycle. Participants are encouraged to read the book or chapters before the meeting, but it’s not essential. The meeting will be live via Zoom and recorded to be accessed later by anyone who can’t attend in person. This recording will be publicly available.
It is hoped that Bible Book Club will enhance participants’ and viewers’ understanding of the Sunday readings.
