St Catherine's

Storm Eunice – Friday 18th Feb ’22

Due to Storm Eunice arriving on Friday 18th, day time activities in Church have been cancelled. These include

Tots Praise,
Café Siena
Friday Friends.

Posted byStuart PooreFebruary 17, 2022January 14, 2025Posted inCafe, Centre, Children & Youth, Friday Friends, Social, Tots PraiseLeave a comment on Storm Eunice – Friday 18th Feb ’22

Friday Friends Programme – up to Easter 2022

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.

The program for the rest of February through to Easter 2022 is as follows :-

February	18^th	* UPDATE : * Cancelled – due to Storm Eunice ***
	25^th	David Attenborough – Our Planet: Our Business
March	4^th	Memory Box – Strong Women in our Society
	11^th	Sing Along with Bert Randall
	18^th	A trip down Memory Lane
	25^th	British Comedy
April	1^st	Craft (Easter bonnet, Easter eggs, animal painting)
	8^th	CLOSED
	15^th	CLOSED
	22^nd	…

Posted byStuart PooreFebruary 17, 2022February 17, 2022Posted inCentre, Friday Friends, SocialLeave a comment on Friday Friends Programme – up to Easter 2022

Vivace Voices

Vivace Voices Ladies Choir meet most Wednesday afternoons at 1:30pm in St Catherine’s Church. They’d love you to join them. Why not pop along ?

See https://www.vivacevoices.uk/ for more details.

Posted byStuart PooreFebruary 16, 2022Posted inCentre, Church, SocialLeave a comment on Vivace Voices

A Welcoming Space

We have a dream…!

…that we will be a welcoming space here for everyone in our community…where people are able to sit in the sunshine (or the rain!), chat, and build relationships, a place to be, and belong.

We are asking for donations towards a selection of outdoor furniture from below, which will go on the outside tarmac area in front of the Church.

All are made from 100% recycled plastic waste, will not rot or splinter, no more painting or staining required, weatherproof, long life span, maintains the appearance of treated timber.

There are donations envelopes incorporating Gift Aid declarations at church, or contact us and we will send you an envelope. Please talk to Rev Gill if you wish to donate the full price of any item.

Posted byStuart PooreFebruary 8, 2022February 10, 2022Posted inCentre, SocialLeave a comment on A Welcoming Space

Bible Book Club

Bible Book Club, Wednesdays, 4.00pm

A Book Club with a difference! It’s reading the Bible – and the rule is – only people who don’t go to church are allowed to attend!

We will be looking at a chunk of the Bible each week, and then discussing the questions that it raises for those who come.

Everyone is welcome – and if you’d like to join us, please contact Gill Rowell, our vicar, who will be leading the sessions, or email us here. They are fun, thought provoking and real.

Posted byStuart PooreFebruary 7, 2022February 11, 2022Posted inChurch, SocialLeave a comment on Bible Book Club

Sunday 30th – Bring Your Own

For the 10am Service on Sunday 30th January, we invite you to bring your own Songs and Words of Praise.

Come ready to share a Bible verse or passage, hymn, song or poem!

The service will start with a short, spoken service of Holy Communion, after which we invite you to contribute a Bible reading, poem, or choose a Hymn or song from Songs of Fellowship – saying why it is special to you!

Our Songs of Fellowship books 1-3 will be available, bit if it’s not in that book, just let us know beforehand and our musicians are willing to give most songs a good try.

As it is also Leprosy Sunday, we will also be showing a short video; and Chris Stratta from the Leprosy Mission will be coming to update us on progress later in the year.

Posted byStuart PooreJanuary 23, 2022Posted inCharity, Church, ServicesLeave a comment on Sunday 30th – Bring Your Own

Youth Group – Pick ‘n’ Mix – Spring Programme (2022)

Pick and Mix – our youth group for 11-18 year olds is restarting 14th January with a games evening at the Vicarage.

If you are 11-18 and want to join us we would love to have you.

Details of our Spring Term plans are below.

For more information please e-mail us.

Posted byStuart PooreJanuary 8, 2022April 3, 2023Posted inCentre, Children & Youth, Pick -n- Mix, SocialLeave a comment on Youth Group – Pick ‘n’ Mix – Spring Programme (2022)

Friday Friends Programme – Jan & Feb 2022

Why not arrive early and enjoy a meal in Café Siena.

The program for the start of 2022 is as follows :-

January	7th	Table Games
	14th	Craft
	21st	Homeshare from Age UK Reading
	28th	Life around Reading : The Kennet & Avon Canal
February	4th	Swan Upping
	11th	Music and Love
	18th	…

Posted byStuart PooreJanuary 4, 2022January 22, 2022Posted inCentre, Friday Friends, SocialLeave a comment on Friday Friends Programme – Jan & Feb 2022

Carols under the Old Oak Tree – 24th Dec 2021

Join us on Christmas Eve at 7pm under the Old Oak Tree to sing along with our Carols. Wrap up warm – although the current weather forecast says it should be quite mild !