St. Michael and All Angels Sandhurst

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!

Visiting the Church

Everyone 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.

Highlights

Sandhurst Crafters Christmas Fair in Aid of Sandhurst Counselling Service. Saturday 17 November at Owlsmoor Community Centre. See News Page

Pre-Advent Fair Sunday 18 November between/after morning services in the Pastoral Centre.

Text of the sermon by Rev John Castle "Story of Ruth (part 1)" on Sunday 4 November can be found here.

The November Newsletter is available here.

November Services are available here.

New rates for hire of the hall and meeting rooms apply from September 2018. See details of rooms and rates here.

A CD by the Choir entitled "Anthems Psalms and Canticles For The Church Year" is on sale at £10. For details of content see the News Page.

Please Pray For . . .

Barnabas Fund, one of the charities we support regularly as a church. See the charities page.

The Sonning Deanery Prayer Cycle for November has a focus on the parish of Finchampstead and California. See below.

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"Lest We Forget"

The following article by Rev John Castle appears on the front page of the November Newsletter.

One Hundred years ago the First World War ended. In the past month I have made two visits that brought home to me the devastating consequences of all wars. The first was to the Imperial War Museum in Manchester, where I saw letters and other artefacts belonging to ordinary families in WW1. The other was to the bombed-out shell of St Nicholas’ church in Hamburg, kept as a memorial to the 35,000 victims of the July 1943 ‘firestorm’ unleashed by Allied bombers, and, as the display board put it, ‘to the victims of German atrocities in Europe’. Fair’s fair.

Unfortunately, the same destruction of lives, homes and property continues today in many war zones, of which Syria and Yemen are salient examples. We may feel helpless, but I believe God calls us to venture out of the comfort of our indifference, pray earnestly for peace and justice, support those charities that bring aid to the needy, and be people of peace in our own families, workplaces and communities. We can all make a difference.

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