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!
Easter ServicesYou will be very welcome to join us at St Michaels for any of our services over the Easter period. Details of these services (beginning on Palm Sunday, 14th April) can be found here.
Services for the other churches in Sandhurst can be found here. You may also find the following Church of England website helpful to find services at churches in other places. https://www.achurchnearyou.com/ Visiting the ChurchEveryone is welcome to come into the church, to spend some time in a quiet space away from the busy-ness of life, to take shelter from a sudden shower, or to look around; whatever the reason, you are more than welcome. We try to keep the church open as much as possible for private prayer.
If the church is locked, you can obtain a key from the office (in the centre at the bottom of the path) during office open hours. See the contact page for details. A history and guide booklet is available in the church and from the office, or you can find extracts here. HighlightsThe Church Office will be closed for the Easter Bank Holidays, and on Thursday 18 April will be open only from 9.00am to 11.00am.
The April 2019 Newsletter is available here.
April 2019 Services are available here.
The Annual Review, produced as input to the APCM (church annual meeting) on Sunday 28 April can be found here.
We need to update the church Electoral Roll (church membership list). See the article on the News page, where you can find the form you need to complete to continue as a member of St Michaels.
Please Pray For . . .Church Mission Society, our charity for April 2019; see the Charities Page and article in the April newsletter.
The Host Lent Appeal; see the article in the March newsletter, which is reproduced below.
The Sonning Deanery Prayer Cycle for April has a focus on St Mary The Virgin Wargrave with St Peter's Knowl Hill See below.
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"In-between Times"
The following article by Rev Jane Kraft appears on the front page of the April Newsletter.
As I drove back from Salisbury I listened to the latest Brexit news over the car radio. For many, these times between the referendum and leaving the European Union have been frustrating and anxiety provoking. By the time you read this we may have moved on but at this moment the way ahead is unclear.
Between times is a strange and often difficult place to be; looking back and looking forward and not quite feeling comfortable and at ease with the present and yet not wanting or being able to move from it to another place.
We are on a journey through life and along the way we encounter such moments, and find ourselves, for whatever reason, in that in-between place, the time between the ‘what was’ and ‘what lies ahead’. It is a time of waiting, and not knowing. This space is where, if we learn to wait on God and let it form us, can be a threshold into a deeper richer awareness of God. And as we dwell in this space allow ourselves, "gently to notice the tiny moments of consolation and comfort, the small mercies . . . in doing this . . . receive any glimpses of God’s grace as food for the journey".
Between times is a strange and often difficult place to be; looking back and looking forward and not quite feeling comfortable and at ease with the present and yet not wanting or being able to move from it to another place.
We are on a journey through life and along the way we encounter such moments, and find ourselves, for whatever reason, in that in-between place, the time between the ‘what was’ and ‘what lies ahead’. It is a time of waiting, and not knowing. This space is where, if we learn to wait on God and let it form us, can be a threshold into a deeper richer awareness of God. And as we dwell in this space allow ourselves, "gently to notice the tiny moments of consolation and comfort, the small mercies . . . in doing this . . . receive any glimpses of God’s grace as food for the journey".
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