Eco Church – Bronze Award

In the year that UK chairs COP26 and we start to respond to the challenge of reducing our carbon footprint, we have completed an extensive survey of our environmental credentials under the A Rocha UK Eco Church scheme, launched in 2016. 

We finally submitted the survey earlier this week and we’re delighted to announce that we have qualified for a Bronze level award. 

From now on, Rocha will offer us practical guidance on how to achieve Silver or even Gold award level to demonstrate how we are caring better for God’s earth.  Look in the emailed Notices for weekly tips.

Cat’s Cartoon Club – February 2021

We had always planned for our new venture ‘Cat’s Cartoon Club’ to take place in the Church Hall, but we can only meet on-line for now. If you didn’t manage to join us on-line for our latest edition of ‘Cat’s Cartoon Club’ – about Disney’s Sleeping Beauty – you can watch it below …

All our other videos for the young or young at heart can be found here

All our videos can be found here

Mothers Union Meeting – Wed 10th Feb

The St Catherine’s Branch of the Mothers Union have decided to try to have their programmed February meeting using Zoom.  It is a talk by Graham Puddephatt on the Kennet and Avon Canal.  The meeting has been scheduled for Wednesday 10th February at 2.30 pm (please note the change of time to avoid clashing with the Bible Course).

The Zoom link is

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83918678630?pwd=VUlaaWo5UmNyb1QxT1RDelNsTFl1dz09

This meeting is open to any of our congregation, not just MU members, and we do hope as many of you who are able will join us.

Evening Prayer for the nation

Following the Archbishops’ call to prayer after the milestone of 100,000 Covid deaths was passed, we will be holding a simple service of Evening Prayer on Facebook, every day at 6.00 pm from Monday 1st February.

It will be words of preparation, Psalm 61, a sentence of scripture to lead us into prayer.

Our regular Morning Worship will continue at 10am each week day morning.

Coronavirus Statement from our Archbishops

“100,000 isn’t just an abstract figure – each number is a person: someone we loved and someone who loved us.”

Archbishop of Canterbury & Archbishop of York

Our Archbishops have published a letter, commemorating the 100,000 lives lost to the pandemic. The letter includes an invitation to everyone – whether they have faith or not – to join us in pausing and praying each day at 6pm from February 1.

Read the plain text version of the letter at cofe.io/NationPray.

Leprosy Mission Sunday

We are not able to hold our usual Leprosy Mission Sunday in Church this year. This means we will not be able to hand out our usual donation ‘giving envelopes’ for The Leprosy Mission.

Please remember the work of The Leprosy Mission in your prayers. If would like to make a donation please use the following link: 

https://leprosymission.netdonor.net/page/73514/donate/1?ea.tracking.id=p3638wxrr

Donations made between 24th January and 24th April will be doubled by the UK Government thanks to the UK Aid scheme.

Find out more about the work of The Leprosy Mission by visiting their website at https://www.leprosymission.org.uk/