Café Siena reduced service

Reduced service during November & December

Our Manager Jo will be having further surgery mid November and will be unable to work for a few weeks.

Café Siena will remain open but there will be a reduced menu and we may close at 1.30pm. As we are staffed by lovely volunteers the service we can offer will depend on staffing availability both in the kitchen and as servers.

Café Siena will close for it’s Christmas break on Friday 12th December and reopen on Thursday 8th January 2026.

As always we appreciate your understanding and support while Jo is away.

St Cat’s Lite – Saturday 1st November

Our next ‘St Cat’s Lite’ service is on Saturday 1st November, starting at 3:30pm. This month’s theme is ‘Light Up the Darkness’.

St Cat’s Lite is a fun, informal, all-age service. We start with different craft activities that help us think about the month’s theme. We continue exploring the theme through songs, stories and prayer. We finish with refreshments. While open to anyone of any age, it’s especially popular with children & families.

St. Cat’s Lite usually takes place at St Catherine’s on the first Saturday of the month, starting at 3:30pm. December’s St Cat’s Lite will take place on Saturday 6th and will be our Christingle service.

Everyone is very welcome at this or any of our activities.

Shoebox Sunday – 16th Nov

Each year we take part in Operation Christmas Child, where we encourage people to give small Christmas Gifts in Shoeboxes for children around the world who may not get anything else at Christmas.

We collect the shoeboxes at our Shoebox Sunday service – which this year is November 16th.

Leaflets about what to pack, along with ‘flatpack shoeboxes’ (a donation of 62p please) can be found at Church.  You can read more about the project here :- https://www.samaritans-purse.org.uk/what-we-do/operation-christmas-child/ 

At the Sunday service we’ll learn more about Operation Christmas Child and what happens to our shoeboxes as they are sent off.

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

 

Memorial Service – 3pm Sunday 2nd November

Our Annual Service of Remembering and Thanksgiving, organised by the Mothers Union, will take place at 3pm on Sunday 2nd November, followed by tea and cake.

A time to remember friends or family who have passed away. It’s a time of quiet prayer and familiar hymns, It is open to all.

Please feel free to invite any who have been recently bereaved or you think would benefit from this service.

Friday Friends Programme – October & November ’25

Friday Friends continues to meet 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 October & November.

October3rdSingalong with Richard & Friends
10thRock Painting with Vicki
17thMarjy and her poems
24thVivace Choir
31stFire Safety in the home with RBFRS
November7thCards & Games
14thSeated Exercises with Juliet
21stWI Choir
28thCarol of the Bells

Needle Felting Workshop – 18th October

Woolly Art (aka Valerie Poore) is running a needle felting workshop where you’ll produce a landscape picture on Saturday 18th October.

It runs from 10:30am to 2:30pm, with refreshments served from 10am.

The cost is £55 which includes all materials, a two course lunch and other refreshments. Please instruct us of any dietary requirements.

Places are limited and a deposit of £15 is required to book your place. Please email us for more details.

All profits go to St Catherine’s Church.

Harvest Festival – Sunday 28th September

We’re holding our Harvest Festival Service on Sunday 28th September at 10am.

As well as celebrating God’s creation and harvest, we are collecting gifts for Readifood. There will also be a Bread Making Competition and a Bring and Share lunch. Details below …

HARVEST GIFTS – We are collecting tins & packets for READIFOOD.

LUNCH – Please join us in the hall after the service for a Bring and Share lunch. 

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.