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!
Services - CoronaVirusThe notes below are intended as an overview of our Sunday services during these unusual times; please see the Services page for the current month for specific details.
Book of Common Prayer Holy Communion 8.00am
This service will restart in September and will be held in church. Everyone attending will be asked to provide their details for ‘test and trace’, maintain social distancing, and use hand sanitiser on entry. Communion will only be given as a wafer (gluten free available). All those speaking will not wear a face covering so that lip readers in our congregation can read the lips. Unless you are exempt, you are required to wear a face covering. Parish Communion 9.30am Our Parish Communion service is held every Sunday both in church and broadcast via our Facebook page . You do not need a Facebook account to watch. Everyone attending in church will be asked to provide their details for ‘test and trace’, maintain social distancing, use hand sanitiser on entry. Communion will only be given as a wafer (gluten free available). All those speaking will not wear a face covering so that lip readers in our congregation can read the lips. Unless you are exempt, you are required to wear a face covering. At the moment, the only singing allowed is a soloist. Family Service 11.15am Our Family Service is on the first and third Sundays of the month and is held in church. Everyone attending in church will be asked to provide their details for ‘test and trace’, maintain social distancing, use hand sanitiser on entry. All those speaking will not wear a face covering so that lip readers in our congregation can read the lips. Unless you are exempt (including under 11s), you are required to wear a face covering. At the moment, the only singing allowed is a soloist. Evening Services Please check our newsletter or the current services page for the arrangements of the evening services, which will be live streamed via Facebook and may also be in church. Visiting the ChurchWe are trying to keep the church open as much as possible for private prayer, but this does depend upon the availability of volunteer stewards.
Visiting/Using the Pastoral CentreThe Pastoral Centre is now available for use on a restricted and ‘by appointment’ basis. Please see the Pastoral Centre page for further details.
Supporting UsAll are welcome to join in our services whether online or in the church. If you wish to support our activities financially, please take a look at our Donations Page.
800th Anniversary in 2020Details of our plans for the Flower Festival 26th - 28th September are on the 800th Anniversary Page.
HighlightsText of the sermon by Rev John Castle on Sunday Morning 20th September (beginning the sermon series on Nehemiah) at Parish Communion can be found here.
September 2020 Services (with details of "hymns of the month") are here.
The September 2020 Newsletter is available here.
Please Pray For . . .St Michaels School
The Sonning Deanery Prayer Cycle can be found at this link. The emphasis is currently on the world and the church in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic.
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"All my hope on God is founded. He doth still my trust renew"
The following article by Churchwarden Catherine Wilkins appears on the front page of the September Newsletter.
This time last year we were gearing up for 15 months of 800th Anniversary celebrations. When Bishop Alan preached at Michaelmas he spoke of all the generations over 800 years who had come to St Michael’s to pray in times of trouble, give thanks for God’s goodness and worship together in His presence. None of us could have imagined that only six months later we would be forced to lock our doors and stay away for the first time in our history. Our 800th plans dropped by the wayside as we realised the impact of Covid-19 on our individual lives, and as a congregation.
’Me through change and chance He guideth, Only good and only true...’
Moving on another six months, and we can now see how far we have come through adversity, learning new ways to spread God’s word in our community, supporting each other and providing hope and encouragement.
‘God unknown, He alone calls my heart to be His own.’
This Michaelmas, let us give thanks that we are now able to worship in person and online, and start to enjoy our social activities once more after a year that will be remembered for many years to come.
’Me through change and chance He guideth, Only good and only true...’
Moving on another six months, and we can now see how far we have come through adversity, learning new ways to spread God’s word in our community, supporting each other and providing hope and encouragement.
‘God unknown, He alone calls my heart to be His own.’
This Michaelmas, let us give thanks that we are now able to worship in person and online, and start to enjoy our social activities once more after a year that will be remembered for many years to come.
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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