Wittenham Avenue, Tilehurst, RG31 5LN
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 November :-
| November | 4th | Table Games |
| 11th | Curling with Bill | |
| 18th | Mark Bowman & His Movie Clips | |
| 25th | Carol and the Bells |
Our Annual Memorial Service, organised by the Mothers Union, will take place at 3pm on Sunday 30th October, followed by an afternoon tea.
A time to remember friends or family who have passed away. It is open to all.
The service will be followed by Tea and Cake and a chance to chat.
Every time there is a 5th Sunday in the month, we try something a bit different. For Sunday 30th October we’re having a Café Style Church.
We will start at 9.30am with a croissant and jam breakfast. Then at 10.00am we will have a service of sharing songs and scriptures that are special to us and how God has spoken to us through them. This will be a special time of worshipping God and encouraging one another.
Communion follows for those who would like it.
Operation Christmas child is a way of bringing some Christmas cheer to a poor, needy or suffering child.
The idea is to fill a shoebox with small gifts, (please read their leaflet carefully about what is acceptable). You pick whether it’s for a boy or girl and say what age the contents are intended for.
A simple shoebox gift packed with love and fuelled by prayer can have a huge impact!
If you have trouble getting a shoebox, we have a supply of flat pack boxes already decorated for 50pence each.
The organisers – Samaritan’s Purse – request a donation of £5 or more towards transport costs.
We are an official collecting point for filled Shoeboxes.
We’re also holding a special service on Sunday 20th November at our usual time of 10.00am to receive the filled Shoeboxes, when you can hear more about what happens to the filled boxes. Or you can leave filled boxes at St Catherine’s any time before 20th November.
Alternatively, you can ‘pack’ a Shoebox online at: https://shoeboxonline.samaritans-purse.org.uk/
Click here to see the fantastic shoeboxes we collected before Covid.
Following the success of the renowned St Catherine’s Ceilidh Band at our Jubilee Jamboree, they are returning for a special Ceilidh night. It’s on Saturday 29th October, from 6:30 – 9:30pm and is being run as a fundraising event for St Catherine’s.
Email us for more details
Ever wanted to find out how all these Bible passages you hear slot together to make one big story?
THE BIBLE COURSE will be taking place at the Vicarage, starting on Tuesday 18th October at 7.00 pm. This is an 8-week course produced by the Bible Society with videos and discussion (no pressure to say anything unless you want to) – a good introduction to the Bible. Everyone is welcome, but this is especially aimed at those who have little knowledge and would like to know more!
If you’d like to join us please e-mail to get in touch.
The Autumn ’22 issue of RG31 – our Parish Magazine – is now available on-line here, or click on the image.
St Catherine’s ECO SALE Saturday 1st October , 12 – 3.00 pm. – A fundraising event to tie in with the Great Big Green Week 24th September – 2nd October.
A mini car boot/table top sale with pitches or tables for hire (£15 if you keep the profits, free if you donate them to St Catherine’s!).
There will be refreshments and hot bacon/sausage rolls, a cake stall and a Hamper raffle.
We would love offers of good quality used items to sell and people to help sell them! Preloved and good-as new clothes, homeware, china and glassware, toys and games, books. Please bring them into church during the week starting 24th September (due to lack of space in church).
We’re holding our Harvest Festival on Sunday 26th September, starting in our 10am Sunday Service.
The service will be lead by our Eco Church team.
HARVEST GIFTS – We are planning to decorate the church for harvest on Friday 23rd September with packets and tins for Readifood and would appreciate them at church anytime during the week before the Friday afternoon.
BREAD MAKING COMPETITION – you are invited to bring a home-made loaf of bread to church which will be judged by the congregation in the hall after the harvest festival service.
PLOUGHMAN’S LUNCH – Please join us in the hall after the service for a celebratory Ploughman’s lunch.
Bakers will be invited to contribute their loaves to the lunch (but it’s not at all compulsory!).
Please let us know if (1) if you intend to make a loaf (2) if you would like to come to the lunch.
FINANCIAL GIFTS will go to the DEC APPEAL FOR PAKISTAN.
Tots Praise now starts a little earlier at 9:15am on Fridays during term time. Why not join us !
All parents, grandparents and carers with babies, toddlers and pre-schoolers are very welcome to join us for singing and dancing 
, story time 
, craft 
and refreshments 
Stay afterwards to enjoy fresh coffee and homemade cake from Café Siena whilst little ones explore our toy corner 
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