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!
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. HighlightsText of the sermon on Sunday 19 May "Love One Another" written by Rev John Castle can be found here.
The May 2019 Newsletter is available here.
May 2019 Services are available here.
The Annual Review, produced as input to the APCM (church annual meeting) which took place on Sunday 28 April can be found here.
We are updating 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 . . .Howard Stilliard Fund, our charity for May 2019; see the Charities Page and article in the May newsletter.
The Sonning Deanery Prayer Cycle for May has a focus on St. Mary the Virgin, Winnersh and St. Catherine of Alexandria, Bearwood See below.
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"Now What?"
The following article by Rev John Castle appears on the front page of the May Newsletter.
We have all been in that in-between place, where something has ended and we are waiting to see what comes next: a job finishes, a house move is completed, the funeral is over … We may view the next stage in our life with excitement, trepidation or a mix of the two. But what is certain is that things will be different.
Jesus’ disciples felt like that after his resurrection. Life would never be the same. Jesus would no longer be with them physically, but had promised them his Spirit. Their mission beckoned – to make disciples of all nations, a daunting task.
As a church, we are at such a moment. Some well-loved faces are no longer with us; at our APCM we have celebrated a year past, and are looking to the year ahead; our sermon series on Caring for Creation is finished, but the challenges of the environmental crisis demand action; the need for people around us to know the love and guidance of God is more urgent than ever.
The disciples of Jesus responded by devoting themselves to prayer (Acts 1:14). We would do well to follow their example.
Jesus’ disciples felt like that after his resurrection. Life would never be the same. Jesus would no longer be with them physically, but had promised them his Spirit. Their mission beckoned – to make disciples of all nations, a daunting task.
As a church, we are at such a moment. Some well-loved faces are no longer with us; at our APCM we have celebrated a year past, and are looking to the year ahead; our sermon series on Caring for Creation is finished, but the challenges of the environmental crisis demand action; the need for people around us to know the love and guidance of God is more urgent than ever.
The disciples of Jesus responded by devoting themselves to prayer (Acts 1:14). We would do well to follow their example.
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