There is a Jumble Sale in St Catherine’s Hall on Saturday 25th May opening at 2:00 pm.
Entrance 25p. Refreshments and car parking are available.
Category: Centre
Friday Friends Programme – May & June 2019
Friday Friends meets weekly from 2.00 – 4.00pm every Friday, price £3.50 (carers free), offering a mix of talks, light exercise, singing together, tabletop games or craft activities in a safe, warm and friendly environment – with tea and cakes.
Here’s the programme for the rest of May through June 2019.
Mother’s Union Quiz Night – June 12th
Why not come to the Mothers Union Quiz on Wed, June 12th at 8pm in St Catherine’s church hall.
Brush up your general and local knowledge and join in the fun. All genders and ages welcome. Teams are typically 4-6 people, but you don’t have to be in a team to come.
Advanced booking is required for catering planning.
Tickets in advance £4 to include Ploughman’s Supper. Email info@stcatherines-tilehurst.org.uk if you are interested.
RG31 Magazine – May 19
The May issue of RG31 – our Parish Magazine – is now available on-line here, or click on the image.
Rah Rah Theatre Company presents Top Hat Tails at Friday Friends – 10th May
On 10th May, the Rah Rah Theatre will be visiting Friday Friends, at St Catherine’s, to present “Top Hat Tales”.
This is a musical love story based around the famous Broadway musical songs of the 1930’s, 40’s and 50’s, sung by stars such as Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Gene Kelly, Marilyn Monroe, Doris Day and Bing Crosby. The show has been devised to whisk audiences back to this memorable era allowing them to participate and reminisce.
All are welcome – please come and join in the fun. The cost is £3.50 to include the usual refreshments.
Friday Friends starts a littler later than normal that week with refreshments at 2:30pm , but you can still arrive early for lunch in the Café. The Café opens at 10:00am, with the lunch menu starting at 12 noon.
The performance starts at 3:30pm.
Mother’s Union Public Talk : Thrive – Wed 8th May
The Mother’s Union are hosting a public talk this Wednesday 8th May. They welcome a guest speaker from Thrive – a national charity – who will talk about social and therapeutic horticulture and using gardening to change lives.
All are welcome to the talk in St Catherine’s Hall from 8pm.
Youth Group Programme : Summer ’19
The Youth Group is for secondary school aged young adults and meets fortnightly in St Catherine’s Hall from 7:45 to 9:15pm.
See the flyer for additional dates and details.
Messy Church – Saturday 4th May
It might be a Bank Holiday weekend – but that doesn’t stop Messy Church!
We seek to provide a space where the whole family can spend quality time together to share in Fun, Faith and Food, with craft activities, stories, songs and a shared meal together to finish.
We hope that you can join us at St Catherine’s this Saturday (May 4th) at 3:30pm. Bring a friend !
Holiday Club 2019 is “Backpackers”
We’re excited to announce that the 2019 Holiday Club will be called ‘Backpackers’.
With a travel theme, there’s plenty of exploring, fun and games, making, songs, drama and more, as the children journey through European cities.
At Backpackers, children will travel with Jesus as he arrives in Jerusalem and explore the events of his last week on earth through the awesome accounts from the Gospel of Matthew. There’ll be the normal mixture of Fun, Games, Craft, Bible Stories and Songs, plus the chance to perform Drama and Song.
Backpackers will take place from Monday 12th August to Friday 16th, from 10am to 12noon. These is also an opening ‘preview’ service for all the family on Sunday 11th August at 10:30am.
The cost is £10 for the week, this is to cover refreshments and materials (a reduction to £5 for additional children in the same family).
For all the latest news about out Holiday Club, click here.
Registration forms are not ready just yet – but keep an eye out form them, either at church or contact us at info@stcatherines-tilehurst.org.uk .
Messy Church – Saturday 6th April : Easter
The Easter School holidays are about to start. But what is Easter all about?
We know it’s more than just chocolate and bunnies, but why do Christians consider Easter far more important than Christmas?
Why not join us at Messy Church this coming Saturday to help us think about the Easter message through our usual mix of fun, faith and food. They’ll be plenty of craft activities to help us explore the Easter story and we’d love you to stay and eat with us – fish fingers this week!
We hope to see you at St Catherine’s this Saturday (April 6th) at 3:30pm.
