It’s a new year, and for many an attempt to start something afresh. At Messy Church this month we look at the story of Zacchaeus – a corrupt state official who started his life afresh after meeting Jesus.
Please join us on Saturday 5th Jan at 3:30pm for our usual mix of craft, activities, stories and songs, all with a hot meal to finish.
#FollowTheStar to St Catherine’s Church at 10:30am on Christmas Morning for a short fun service to celebrate God’s gift to us.
Please join us for Carols under the Old Oak Tree on Christmas Eve at 7:00pm. Please wrap up warm and bring your torches and voices for some community singing.
Please join us on Sunday Morning at 9:30am for our monthly All Star Family Service. This month is a special retelling of the Christmas Story.
#FollowTheStar to St Catherine’s this Christmas.
Our Nine Lessons and Carols service is this Sunday 16th at 6pm. It is followed by seasonal refreshments and entertainment in the hall.
Please join us for this traditional start to the Christmas season.
Please join us at 4pm on Sunday 9th December for our Christingle service, which is in aid of the Children’s Society. Join us and show a child they’re not alone this Christmas.
As we approach the 100th anniversary of the Armistice, it is only natural that our theme for this Saturday’s Messy Church be Remembrance.
But the solemnity of the occasion doesn’t mean we can’t have a little fun as we explore our theme, producing poppies and thinking about peace. This should be a great opportunity for all the family to spend time together exploring these themes.
Our hot meal is Jacket Potatoes and Beans, with Cake and Custard for dessert.
So please join us this Saturday – November 3rd at 3:30pm – for our usual mix of Fun, Faith and Food.
As the autumn colours appear in the trees, it is time to celebrate Harvest.
While few of us do any real harvesting these days, it is still a good time to stop and give thanks for what we’ve got, and to help others who have less.
Accordingly we invite you to bring donations of food for the charity ‘Readifood’ – Reading’s food bank.
We’ll start our time together with lots of fun craft and activities linked to our Bible story – The feeding of the 5,000.
Then we’ll celebrate, singing songs, hearing the Bible story and praying together. We’ll also hear how we can help others over Christmas through ‘Operation Shoebox’.
This should be a great opportunity for all the family to spend time exploring these themes together.
Please join us at St Catherine’s on Saturday 6th at 3:30pm. Why not invite a friend.
Please join us at 6:30pm for our 5th Sunday joint evening service.
This Sunday will be a time of praise & worship led by a combined music group with some new worship songs.
After the summer break for Holiday Club, Messy Church resumes its usual routine of meeting on the first Saturday of month. And that’s sooner than you might think ! It’s this Saturday – the 1st of September.
Many of the children will have joined us for our Holiday Club, and we’re keeping the holiday club fun going with this week’s theme – “Chip Shop Church”.
However, unlike Holiday Club, we want the whole family to come along and join in the mixture of Fun, Faith and Food, while finding out a bit more about what it means to be Church.
Keeping with the Chip Shop theme, our hot meal will be Fish Fingers (vegan option available)
We’d love to see you at St Catherine’s, this Saturday, starting at 3:30pm for Messy Church !
Also, below, is our Messy Church calendar for the whole year. Also, look out for details on St Catherine’s new Sunday afternoon Family service coming soon !
