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! 

St Cat’s Lite – 5th Sept

It was great seeing so many of the children at Holiday Club in August. We hope they ejoyed it as much as we did. If you want to continue the fun, why not come along to St Cat’s Lite.

St Cat’s Lite has much of the fun and activities as Holiday Club – with one important addition. Parents and Carers get to join in as well !

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.

Our next St Cat’s Lite is Saturday 5th September. We’re continuing our theme of “Meals with Jesus” – this month it’s “Lunch with Levi” – a story about Jesus making friends with an unpopular guy.

Everyone is very welcome at this or any of our activities.

Cancellations due to Holiday Club

Our Deep Sea Divers Holiday Club runs from Monday 17th – Wednesday 19th August, using both the Church and the Hall.

This means Tuesday get Together (Morning of 18th) and Wednesday Morning Communion (Morning of 19th) are cancelled for the week.

Normal service will resume the following week.

Café Siena will open on Thursday as usual.