Church Floor Refurbishment : 26th – 30th October

Advanced notice that due to refurbishment of the church floor, both the Church and Garden Room will NOT be available between 26th and 30th October inclusive. No activities will be able to take place in either the Church or Garden Room (the Garden Room being used for storage).

Tuesday get Together and Café Siena will move into the Church Hall during that week.

Other groups and meetings – especially Lifegroups – will be making their own arrangements – so look out for details.

Service to Remember a Loved One – 3pm Sunday 25th October

Our Annual Service to Remember a Loved One, will take place at 3pm on Sunday 25th October, followed by tea and cake.

A time to remember friends or family who have passed away. It’s a time of quiet prayer and familiar hymns, It is open to all.

Please feel free to invite any who have been recently bereaved or you think would benefit from this service.

Harvest Festival Service – Sunday 11th October

We’re holding our Harvest Festival Service on Sunday 11th October at 10am.

As well as celebrating God’s creation and harvest, we are collecting gifts for Readifood. There will also be a Bread Making Competition and a Bring and Share lunch. Details below …

HARVEST GIFTS – We are collecting tins & packets for READIFOOD.

LUNCH – Please join us in the hall after the service for a Bring and Share lunch. 

BREAD MAKING COMPETITION – you are invited to bring a home-made loaf of bread to church which will be judged by the congregation in the hall after the Harvest Festival Service.

Children attending will be invited to Kids Club in the hall to make their own harvest bread.

St Cat’s Lite – Saturday 3rd Oct

Our next ‘St Cat’s Lite’ service is Saturday 3rd October, at it’s normal time of 3:30pm.

We’re continuing with our theme of “Meals with Jesus”. This month it’s ‘A Meal with Mary’.

St Cat’s Lite meets in church on the first Saturday of the month, starting at 3:30pm. We begin with various craft activities that help us think about the theme. We continue exploring the theme through songs, a story and prayer. We finish with refreshments.

Everybody is welcome, and St Cat’s Lite is particularly popular with young families.

Operation Christmas Child

Each year we take part in Operation Christmas Child, where we encourage people to give small Christmas Gifts in Shoeboxes for children around the world who may not get anything else at Christmas.

Leaflets about what to pack, along with flat-pack shoeboxes (a donation of 50p please) can be found at Church.

You can read more about the project here :- https://www.samaritans-purse.org.uk/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/ 

We will collect the shoeboxes on what we call “Shoebox Sunday” which this year falls on Sunday 15th November.

At the service we’ll learn more about Operation Christmas Child and what happens to our shoeboxes as they are sent off.

If you can’t pack a physical shoebox yourself, you can ‘pack’ a Shoebox online at: https://shoeboxonline.samaritans-purse.org.uk/

 

Friday Friends Programme – October & November ’26

Friday Friends meets from 2.00 – 4.00pm every Friday, price £3.50 (carers free), offering a mix of talks, light exercise, singing together, table top games or craft activities in a safe, warm and friendly environment – with tea and cakes.

See below for details of the program for October & November ’26.

October2ndCards & Games
9thSeated exercises with Juliet
16thQuiz with Susan
23rdVivace Choir
30thCraft with Madeline
November6thCards & Games
13thMarjy’s Poems
20thSeated exercises with Juliet
27thW.I. Choir

Eco Fair – Sat 19th Sept

Do you want to learn more about how you can save the planet? Could you do with advice on recycling, improving biodiversity in your garden or how to be greener at home or work?

If so, come to our Eco Fair on Saturday September 19th, 2-4pm, at St Catherine’s Church and find out more.

Learn about

  • Advice on recycling
  • Improving biodiversity
  • How to be greener
  • Easting sustainably

Stallholders include

  • Thatcham refillables, so bring your empty containers to try out their washing up liquid, laundry detergent etc.
  • Purley Repair Cafe
  • Reading Men’s Shed
  • Tilehurst Horticultural Association
  • Ripple Effect Charity Craft
  • Children’s Activities
  • Light refreshments.

Free Entrance. Come and be inspired!