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Our planned Calcot litter pick and prayer walk on Sunday 26th March has had to be postponed.
This usually takes place on the last Sunday of each month, so the next one is 30th April. We meet at 2pm outside Highview in Calcot.
Everyone is invited to join us in April.
We have all sorts of different groups and activities taking place in our Church Hall.
Starting this Thursday (16th March) at 1:15pm, a new over 60s Fitness Class is starting. It’s a fun & friendly, gentle exercise class for 45 minutes and is followed by Tea, Coffee & Biscuits. The cost is £5.
Call Alison on 07969 210804 for details.
Wednesday 8th March at 7:30pm, St Catherine’s will be holding a World Day of Prayer service.
This will take place instead of the previously planned Mother’s Union meeting.
Many of you will remember this as the “Women’s” World Day of Prayer before the name was changed. It is not a Mothers’ Union service so, as usual, anyone is welcome to attend. Other churches have also been invited if they so wish.
This is an excelent opportunity to catch the global wave of prayer if you missed the other earlier services.
We look forward to seeing you there.
There are two Church of England initiatives this year to help us follow Lent.
The Oxford Diocese initiative “Come and See” is aimed at
Come and See will send you a short email each day, Monday to Saturday. And on Sundays during Lent you receive a short video from Bishop Steven exploring the theme for Come and See that year in a bit more detail. Each email begins with a short passage of text from the Bible. If you’ve never opened a Bible before, please don’t worry, just go with the flow as you settle in to the journey.
Click here for more details and/or Click here to sign up
Dust and Glory encourages us to take a fresh look at the frustrations and failings that every day brings and, rather than pretending we can always avoid them, seek to learn from them and grow closer to God through them.
Dust and Glory: A Lent journey of faith, failure and forgiveness is the Church of England’s Lent theme for 2023. This year’s resources are informed and inspired by the Archbishop of Canterbury’s 2023 Lent Book, Failure: What Jesus said about sin, mistakes and messing stuff up (SPCK) by Bishop Emma Ineson, who has also co-written the daily reflections booklet for adults (CHP).
As in recent years, the weekly themes of the Archbishop’s Lent Book are also explored in daily reflections from the Church of England, who can be followed on facebook here.
Dust and Glory: A Lent Journey of faith, failure and forgiveness offers a daily Bible reading, a short reflection and a practical challenge, as well as a prayer linked to the week’s theme. Co-written by Bishop Emma Ineson and Abbie Martin, the booklet is designed to be used either in parallel with the Lent Book or independently.
The award-winning Church of England campaigns app for iOS and Android – including daily audio – is now available to download. Anyone who has the Church of England’s #FollowTheStar app already installed will automatically get the Lent update.
To mark the beginning of Lent, there will be an Ash Wednesday Communion service at St Catherine’s on Wednesday 22nd February, starting at 7:30pm.
Everybody is welcome.
This service is in place of the regular 9am Wednesday morning Communion which will not take place that day.
Our Third Saturday Prayer initiative continues on Saturday 18th February, from 9 – 10am with breakfast available from 8:30am.
Prayer topics will include the earthquake in Syria/Turkey.
Everyone is welcome.
Your help is needed to appoint our next Vicar! We would love you to join us on Saturday 11th February, 10.30am – 12noon in St Catherine’s Church for a working session – coffee, tea and biscuits will be available from 10.00am to enable a prompt 10.30am start.
The purpose of the session is to:
Your experience of St Catherine’s will be valuable as we progress our understanding of the requirements of the new vicar. So great if you came with a very brief story to share of an occasion when you felt that St Catherine’s was fulfilling its purpose.
Friday Friends meets weekly 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 February & March:-
| February | 3rd | Cards & Games |
| 10th | Valentine Crafts with Valerie Poore | |
| 17th | Alan Copland – Reading Nostalgia | |
| 24th | Seated exercises with Juliet & Bettle Drive | |
| March | 3rd | Cards & Games |
| 10th | Sing along with Richard & Friends | |
| 17th | Curling with Bill | |
| 24th | Carol of the Bells | |
| 31st | Easter Craft with Valerie Poore |
Our Third Saturday Prayer initiative continues on Saturday 21st January, from 9 – 10am with breakfast available from 8:30am.
As usual we will be praying for two areas of St Catherine’s activity, one of our mission activities and a national/global item. This month the topics will be St Catherine’s Centre, the PCC, CCA and the NHS.
Pick and Mix – our youth group for 11-18 year olds meets fortnightly Fridays during term time, starting at 7:45pm in St Catherine’s Hall. £1 per person.
Teens of all faiths and none are very welcome
If you are 11-18 and want to join us we would love to have you.
For more information please e-mail us.
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