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In the summer of 2018, the Parish started the ‘Partnership for Missional Church’ programme. Partnership for Missional Church is a three-year journey that sets churches free to join in with God’s mission in their local community.  You can find out more about the programme here. A web page has been set up as a repository forContinue reading “Partnership for Missional Church (PMC) documents now available”

We’ve been asked to highlight this appeal from Greyfriars bookshop … Dear Sir/Madam, Greyfriars Bookshop You probably know that Greyfriars Bookshop is now the only Christian Bookshop in Reading, very much part of a dying species. Due to the competition they face from online stores and eBooks, it is a real battle for physical bookshopsContinue reading “Greyfriars Bookshop”

I am writing this article four days before the Bishop of Reading comes to open our new premises, so I am trusting that much of it will happen.   On reflection, this has been the story of the project from the time when it was first conceived, nearly thirty years ago, and that is howContinue reading “Project Update – end of April”

March has been a month of consolidation after the impressive growth spurts earlier in the year.  We have learnt to be patient while boilers and pipework and other bits of plumbing are installed and all those electrical wires hanging out of the walls and ceilings get stuff attached to them. We are more or lessContinue reading “Project Update – end of March”

From our Vicar – Rev. Denis Smith This is a time of great change and challenge for the Church of England.  It is no longer just sufficient to be there and wait for people to come in. Together we are searching for and finding new ways of being church. Here are some pointers to ourContinue reading “A Welcoming Message”