St Catherine’s Pre-school

All of us at St Catherine’s Church are very sorry to hear that St Catherine’s Pre-School has decided to close, but fully understand their reasons for having to do so. We have very much enjoyed the long relationship we have had with the Pre-School over many years, renting space to them and sharing our facilities.

We would like to wish staff, parents and children the very best for the future, and extend a warm welcome to everyone all to attend any of the church events in St Catherine’s Centre.

Originally founded in 1966 by members of St Catherine’s Church, the Pre-school has been run as a completely independent charity for many many years now. St Catherine’s Church has had no managerial involvement other than as owner of the space they hired.

To contact them, please email stcatherines.manager@outlook.com  .

Please go to their website http://www.stcatherinespreschool.co.uk/ for more details.

Café Siena – December 2022 Opening Times

Thu 1st – Usual opening times
Fri 2nd – CLOSED for a private function

Thu 8th – Usual opening times
Fri 9th – Usual opening times

Thu 15th – Pre-booked café Christmas lunch – No standard café service.
Fri 16th – Usual opening times

Thu 22nd – Open 10.00-13.00
Fri 23rd – CLOSED

Thu 29th – CLOSED
Fri 30th – CLOSED

Christingle – Sunday 4th December 2022

Please join us at 4pm on Sunday 4th December for our ever popular Christingle Service.

As well as using Christingles to think about Christmas, we’ll be raising money for the Children’s Society.

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 .

Gill’s Last Sunday – 27th November

Gill is retiring on at the end of the month, so her last Sunday service with us is 27th November.

This will be a special service, an opportunity to say goodbye to Gill and to thank God for all that he has done and all that he will do.  Please note that the service will be much longer than usual as there is much to celebrate.  We will be sharing communion and there will also be the opportunity for anointing with oil.  A Bring and Share lunch will follow.

To read her RG31 magazine article, click here

Shoebox Sunday – 20th November 2022

This Sunday – 20th November – is a Family Communion with special emphasis on Operation Christmas Child – which sends Shoeboxes of hope and joy to needy children around the world.

We call it Shoebox Sunday as it is the last day you can drop off your filled shoebox.

We’ll learn more about Operation Christmas Child and what happens to our shoeboxes as they are sent off.

If you haven’t packed a physical shoebox yourself, you can ‘pack’ a Shoebox online at: https://shoeboxonline.samaritans-purse.org.uk/