Wittenham Avenue, Tilehurst, RG31 5LN
Please join us for our Christingle Service on Sunday 15th December at 4pm.
Children will build a Christingle (made from an orange, red ribbon, 4 sticks with sweets and fruit and a candle) and we use it to explain the Christmas message.
We’re also raising money for the Children’s Society to help disadvantaged children.
This is just one of many Christmas events happening at St Catherine’s Tilehurst.
See https://stcatherines-tilehurst.org.uk/Christmas/ for all details.
Café Siena opening times over Christmas …
Please join us for our Christingle Service on Sunday 15th December at 4pm.
As well as songs and prayers, children will be given a Christingle (which is an orange, red ribbon, 4 sticks with sweets and fruit and a candle) and we use it to explain the Christmas message.
We’re also raising money for the Children’s Society to help disadvantaged children.
If you wish to make an on-line donation, please go to
https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/how-you-can-help/donate#make-a-donation .
Tots Praise is taking a break and will not restart in the New Year. Keep an eye on our Website and Facebook for potential new developments in 2025.
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 7th December.
Young and Old, Neighbour and Stranger, Family and Friends – Everyone is welcome !
Café Siena will be closed on Friday 6th December while we have our Christmas Lunch.
It will be open as normal on Thursday 12th December.
Advent officially starts Sunday December 1st.
You are very welcome to join us for our Advent Sunday service at 10am.
While Friday Friends continues to meet weekly over the Winter, we will, of course, be taking a break for Christmas and New Years. Full details are below.
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.
Why not arrive early and enjoy a meal in Café Siena.
See below for details of the program for December ’24 & January ’25
| November ’24 | 29th | Cards & Games |
| December ’24 | 6th | Christmas Craft with Madeline |
| 14th | WI Choir | |
| 20th | Carols & Readings with Tony | |
| 27th | Closed for Christmas | |
| January ’25 | 3rd | Closed for New Year |
| 10th | Terry Dixon Talk – Influential Women of Reading | |
| 17th | Seated Exercises with Juliet | |
| 24th | Cards & Games | |
| 31st | Curling with Paddy |
Thank you to everyone who contributed to Operation Christmas Child collection this year. On ‘Shoebox Sunday’, we collected Shoeboxes filled with Christmas Gifts for children around the world who may not get anything else at Christmas.
At the service we learnt more about Operation Christmas Child and what happens to your shoeboxes as they are sent off.
We collected 57 Shoeboxes, two large bags of knitted hats, and we know some of you also donated ‘virtual’ shoeboxes on-line.
Here’s some images of what happened to those Shoeboxes after the service …
If you didn’t manage to pack a physical shoebox, you can ‘pack’ a virtual Shoebox online at: https://shoeboxonline.samaritans-purse.org.uk/ . We know that some of you have already done that !
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