Welcome to the Website of St Michael and All Angels Church, Sandhurst, Berkshire
Welcome by Rev John Castle, Rector
St Michael’s is a community of people who worship God together, and who want to know God better and serve him better in our daily lives.
People come to our church for all sorts of reasons - at major life events such as marriage, christenings, bereavement, to find God and his purpose for their lives or to get involved in a local Christian community.
Whoever you are, we hope you'll find what you are looking for on this site, so we can help you practically, spiritually or however we can!
People come to our church for all sorts of reasons - at major life events such as marriage, christenings, bereavement, to find God and his purpose for their lives or to get involved in a local Christian community.
Whoever you are, we hope you'll find what you are looking for on this site, so we can help you practically, spiritually or however we can!
Bishop Alan Wilson, R.I.P.The death has been announced of Rt Rev Dr Alan Wilson, Bishop of Buckingham, who was Rector of this parish from 1992 to 2003. A Memorial Service will be held on Saturday 13 April at 11.30am in All Saints, High Wycombe, which will be live-streamed. More information is in Bishop Steven's letter, which you can download below.
Our thoughts and prayers are with Alan's wife Lucy and their five grown-up children.
Visiting the ChurchThe church is usually open for visiting and private prayer on weekdays and weekends (except during Sunday morning services), and you are welcome to light a candle as an act of prayer. This depends upon the availability of volunteers to open and lock it, but you can also phone or e-mail the office to arrange for the church to be open when you want to visit. (See contact page.)
Supporting UsAll are welcome to join in our services whether in the church or online.
We appreciate any financial contributions you would like to make. Please use the Donate button below to make a one-off donation or to sign up for regular giving, both of which are handled on our behalf by the Parish Giving Scheme. HighlightsMarch 2024 Services are here
The March 2024 Newsletter is here.
Missed a service, or want to remind yourself of the sermon? In most cases the text of the sermon is available on the Services pages; select the month using the link above or in the main menu, then scroll down to the date you want.
Our Parish Communion Service, and some others, are live-streamed on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/StMichaelsSandhurst and also on YouTube https://youtube.com/channel/UC4vYB32hY4ana2nl8NeM-lA. The Facebook post can also be viewed immediately after the event; the Youtube video takes a few hours to be available after the service has finished. Please Pray For . . . A Rocha, our charity for Lent. See March Newsletter, or for details of this and other charities we support regularly see here.
The Sonning Deanery Prayer Cycle (updated each month) can be found here.
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What Is It To Be A Christian?
The following article by Jon Toohey appears on the front page of the March 2024 Newsletter
Views vary and there are many very clever and learned theologians out there to help, but they often differ leaving us lessor mortals still wondering. As one of those lessor mortals, this is just my view: To be a Christian is to follow Christ as best we can. More specifically, Jesus Christ.
What does Jesus require of us?
When asked by his disciples, Jesus replied:
“ Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.”
and
“ Love your neighbour as yourself.”
All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.
How do we love God?
A good place to start is by listening to God and we thus move to ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’
What is love?
We are helped by that wonderful definition given by Paul in a letter to the Corinthians, beginning:
“ Love is patient, love is kind…”
Who is our neighbour?
Jesus answered this with the parable of the Good Samaritan. From that we learn our neighbours are not only those people who we like, are like us and of our heritage.
So what is it to be a Christian?
I suggest it is to walk through life acknowledging God and being kind to others. Nicely summarised by the prophet Micah in approximately 700 BC:
“ …what doth the Lord require of thee but to do justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? ”
What does Jesus require of us?
When asked by his disciples, Jesus replied:
“ Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.”
and
“ Love your neighbour as yourself.”
All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.
How do we love God?
A good place to start is by listening to God and we thus move to ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’
What is love?
We are helped by that wonderful definition given by Paul in a letter to the Corinthians, beginning:
“ Love is patient, love is kind…”
Who is our neighbour?
Jesus answered this with the parable of the Good Samaritan. From that we learn our neighbours are not only those people who we like, are like us and of our heritage.
So what is it to be a Christian?
I suggest it is to walk through life acknowledging God and being kind to others. Nicely summarised by the prophet Micah in approximately 700 BC:
“ …what doth the Lord require of thee but to do justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? ”
Facebook Page
We use this public Facebook Page to make announcements about Services and Activities.
Anyone can read this page, but only designated Editors can post to it.
http://www.facebook.com/StMichaelsSandhurst
We use this public Facebook Page to make announcements about Services and Activities.
Anyone can read this page, but only designated Editors can post to it.
http://www.facebook.com/StMichaelsSandhurst
Facebook Group
This private Facebook Group is where members of the congregation can exchange thoughts and ideas.
You need to make a request to join this group, but any member of the group can then post to it.
http://www.facebook.com/groups/StMichaelsSandhurst
This private Facebook Group is where members of the congregation can exchange thoughts and ideas.
You need to make a request to join this group, but any member of the group can then post to it.
http://www.facebook.com/groups/StMichaelsSandhurst
Safeguarding
Safeguarding information can be found here.
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