Wittenham Avenue, Tilehurst, RG31 5LN
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 .
Our Christmas Fair will be on Saturday December 3rd. See the poster below for more details.
Advent starts on Sunday November 27th this year – the countdown to Christmas.
Click here for more details of our Christmas services
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
Thank you to everyone who donated to Operation Christmas Child. This morning we collected 45 shoeboxes of gifts and toys as well as 65 warm hats.
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/
Our Sunday Morning Service starts at the earlier time of 9:30am for Remembrance Sunday – 13th November.
This is to allow time for those who wish attend the Remembrance service at Tilehurst Triangle.
Our own service is a short all-age service, so everyone is welcome.
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.
St Catherine's