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!
Supporting The Children's SocietyAs a church we support the work of the Children's Society each Christmas.
If you would like to make a personal donation to that charity, please click the button below. Covid PrecautionsThe seating arrangements at church services are:
The south side of the church (right of the central aisle) will be for those who require social distancing, everyone to wear masks and no-one to sing. The north side of the church (left of the central aisle) will be for those who wish to sing and are happy being around people who may or may not be wearing masks. In this area, wearing of masks is encouraged, and singing (where applicable) is encouraged. Update 9 December 2021 - All are now required to wear a mask in church unless exempt 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 online or in the church.
We appreciate any financial contributions you would like to make, which can be easily done via our Donations Page. HighlightsThe January 2022 Newsletter is available here.
January 2022 Services are here.
The following YouTube stream is being used https://youtube.com/channel/UC4vYB32hY4ana2nl8NeM-lA Home Schooling SupportIf studying churches you may find this page (and perhaps others in the History section) helpful.
Please Pray For . . .St Michaels Hardship Fund, our chosen charity for January. Details of this and other charities we support regularly are here.
The Sonning Deanery Prayer Cycle (updated each month) can be found here.
The Children's Society, the charity we support as a church at Christmas time. See the article on page 5 of the December newsletter.
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"The Present Moment . . . . . "
The following article by Rev Jane Kraft appears on the front page of the January Newsletter.
For some of us, the beginning of a New Year is a time to look forward; for others it is a time to look back and take stock of the hopes which became an actuality and the moments which brought tragedy and distress.
As this New Year begins, we need to look around this broken and divided world and acknowledge the ecological damage we have done to our planet in the past and seek ways of addressing this for the future.
We need to engage with the situations of those who are less fortunate than we are: the homeless; the destitute; the persecuted; the refugee; the starving; the unemployed, and try to improve them.
The past is past and can influence us for good, only if we learn the lessons it has to teach us.
The future is in God’s hands, and we look forward in faith to what he will do.
As for the present, J Neville Ward said this about it:
‘The will of God is always something we are to do NOW, in this present moment, because the present moment is the only moment in which we can do anything.’
The question is, what are we going to do today?
As this New Year begins, we need to look around this broken and divided world and acknowledge the ecological damage we have done to our planet in the past and seek ways of addressing this for the future.
We need to engage with the situations of those who are less fortunate than we are: the homeless; the destitute; the persecuted; the refugee; the starving; the unemployed, and try to improve them.
The past is past and can influence us for good, only if we learn the lessons it has to teach us.
The future is in God’s hands, and we look forward in faith to what he will do.
As for the present, J Neville Ward said this about it:
‘The will of God is always something we are to do NOW, in this present moment, because the present moment is the only moment in which we can do anything.’
The question is, what are we going to do today?
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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