Wittenham Avenue, Tilehurst, RG31 5LN
Cornwell Charity Crafts will be selling their homemade craft items in Café Siena on Thursday 14th and Friday 15th November as well as at the Christmas Fair on Saturday 16th.
They are a group of church members who make handmade gifts to sell for charity.
All profits go to Ripple Effect – a charity working alongside farming families in East Africa, flighting hunger and the climate crisis.
Please drop by and see what’s on sale –many items are suitable as Christmas Presents.
Come and join others to meet with God at our new, monthly, informal worship and prayer evening.
Our next meeting is Sunday 10th November at 6:30pm.
We welcome anyone wanting to bring their musical instrument to join in as much or as little as you want.
Our Remembrance Sunday Morning Service starts at the earlier time of 9:45am on Sunday 10th November.
This is to allow time for those who wish attend the Remembrance service at Tilehurst Triangle at 11am
Everyone is welcome.
Please join us at St Catherine’s for our Christmas Fair on Saturday 16th November. Doors open at 2pm.
Come to see loads of stalls, gifts, games and refreshments.
Also, a special guest from the North Pole will be making an early visit to Tilehurst.
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 ‘flatpack 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 collect the shoeboxes on what we call “Shoebox Sunday” which this year falls on Sunday 17th 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/
Here’s an article from our RG31 Parish Magazine
You’re invitied to join us at St Cat’s Lite, an all-age, fun, informal service with stories, songs, craft activities and refreshments to finish.
It takes place on the first Saturday of the month, starting at 3:30pm. The next one is Saturday 2nd November.
Young and Old, Neighbour and Stranger, Family and Friends – Everyone is welcome !
Our Annual Service of Remembering and Thanksgiving, organised by the Mothers Union, will take place at 3pm on Sunday 27th 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.
A reminder that Tots Praise is on half term break, so our next meeting is Friday November 8th – 9:15am.
The Autumn ’24 issue of RG31 – our Parish Magazine – is now available on-line here, or click on the image.
Our special Eco Service on Sunday 20th October will have the theme “Stewardship of the Earth”. Our guest speaker is Professor Sir Brian Hoskins.
Sir Brian is the Founding Director and Chair of the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment. Most recently he was the winner of the prestigious Japan Prize for the establishment of a scientific foundation for understanding and predicting extreme weather events.
Please join us at 10am for a morning service of prayer and worship and to hear our special guest speaker. The service will include Communion.
St Catherine's