Café Siena will be open Thursday & Friday 10am-2pm as usual during the extreme heat weather warning.
However, due to the heat and out of consideration for our volunteers we will only be serving cold food.
Café Siena & Extreme Heat
Extreme Heat Warning
Our usual activities continue during this extreme heat weather warning.
However think about what’s best for you – and if that means not traveling and staying home – please do so.
Keep yourself cool : The heat can affect your health and make you feel unwell, there are many simple things you can do to keep yourself safe:
- Keep out of the sun and avoid any exercise between 11am to 3pm when the sun is the strongest
- Drink plenty of fluids
- Close your curtains in rooms that face the sun
- If you are going out, take water with you, keep in the shade, wear sunscreen and wear a wide brimmed hat
Follow these easy tips to keep cool when out and about:
- Carry some water with you and drink lots of fluids
- If you feel unwell, stop for some fresh air
- Dress light, choose light fabrics in light colours
- Help others – for anyone struggling, ice packs/cold compresses to wrists, neck, elbows can help them cool down quickly
- Take a small hand-held battery fan
Help to protect the vulnerable people that you know, including older people, those with underlying conditions and those who live alone. They may need support to keep cool and hydrated.
Summer Fair – Saturday 20th June
Our Summer Fair is being held on Saturday 20th June, from 12 noon to 3pm.
Please join us for a variety of games, stalls and refreshments. All we ask for admission is a donation of a coin into our bucket !
Charity Craft Sale
ECO Prayers – June ’26
Our ECO prayer of the month …
Everlasting God
whose Spirit broods everlastingly over the lands and the waters,
and endows them with form and colour:
give us, we pray, the mind and heart
to rejoice in the majesty of creation.
Teach us to be responsible stewards of this world
and to seek the common good,
that through your blessing all may flourish,
and creation sing your praise
in Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen
Prayer by the Rt Revd Robert Atwell, Former Bishop of Exeter and former Chair of the Liturgical Commission
Dwell – Re-arranged
Dwell – our informal evening worship service – is not running on 14th July.
This is to allow people to attend Transform Reading’s evening of Prayer & Worship taking place the same evening at The Globe, Portman Road, starting at 7pm.
Friday Friends Programme – June ’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 June ’26.
| June | 5th | Cards & Games |
| 12th | Quiz with Susan | |
| 19th | Singalong with Richard & Friends | |
| 26th | Craft with Valerie |
St Cat’s Lite – Saturday 6th June
Our next ‘St Cat’s Lite’ service is Saturday 6th June, at it’s normal time of 3:30pm.
We’re continuing our series of themes called “Meals with Jesus”. This month it’s ‘Tea with Zach’.
Everybody is welcome.
St Cat’s Lite is a fun, informal, all-age service which usually meets on the first Saturday of the month. While open to anyone of any age, it’s especially popular with children & families.
We start with different craft activities that help us think about the theme. We continue exploring the theme through songs, stories and prayer. We finish with refreshments.
Everyone is very welcome at this or any of our activities.
Art Exhibition & Talk – Thursday 4th June 2pm – Following Jesus
There is an opportunity to come and meet Artist and poet Emma Major on Thursday 4th June at 2pm for a talk about the paintings currently being exhibited at St Catherine’s and to hear poems from Emma’s new book ‘Stanzas of Grace and Light’.
The exhibition of paintings by Emma Major is inside St Catherine’s Church and is now open, running through to 29th June.
For more details about Emma and her work, goto
https://www.llmcalling.com/post/following-jesus-exhibition-and-stanzas-of-grace-and-light-book
ECO Events – June ’26
Our ECO Church Team would like to share the following events with you …
The Pangbourne Floodplain Meadow walk is on Thursday 11th June. 7pm – 9pm. All are welcome. Bring friends and family. Meet by the Dolphin Centre. Please wear clothing and footwear suitable for the weather/conditions.
For those going to Pangbourne Fête on Saturday the 13thJune come and say hello to the PAWS team on their stall or join in with the recycling folk. They would be greatly appreciate more volunteers.
NB Their July event is now confirmed as Thursday July 23rd (not 21st the provisional date) – focus Thames water quality and swimming, speaker Jo Robb. More details to follow.
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