Welcome to the Website of St Michael and All Angels Church, Sandhurst, Berkshire
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Our purpose:
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Knowing God for ourselves
Growing as individuals and as a church Showing God's love in the world |
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 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 the office open hours. See the contact page for details.
HighlightsThe July Newsletter is available here.
Services for July can be found here.
Photos of the recent Songs of Praise can be found on the Sandhurst Churches website.
Sandhurst Counselling Service has been chosen as the Mayors Charity.
See the News Page. Concert by the Cecilia Singers in aid of Winspire Saturday 23 September.
See the News Page. Texts of the sermons on Sunday 23 July by John Castle (morning services) and Emma Hodge (evensong) can be found here.
Please Pray For . . .Compassion, one of the charities we support regularly as a church.
The Sonning Deanery Prayer Cycle for July features St James Finchampstead and St Mary and St John California and St Elegius Arborfield Green. See below.
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Time For Rest
The following article by St Michaels Family Worker Angela Harper appears on the front page of the July Newsletter.
Mark 6:30-32
Jesus taught his disciples that it was important for them to take a holiday. Jesus’ disciples travelled from town to town telling others about God and his love for them. They worked so hard that they often didn’t even have time to eat or sleep. When Jesus saw how tired they were, he said to them, ‘Come with me to a quiet place and get some rest.’ The Bible then says, ’So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place.’
What has happened to the timeout that God planned for us? Not only do we fill in every moment of the working week if not doing our job, then it’s driving someone here, dropping something off there! Jesus knew how stressed we can become. He knew that we would get all of our priorities wrong. He was well aware that our crazy lives would take their toll on our health and on our closeness to our Heavenly Father.
We can learn from Jesus. He was never too busy or too overwhelmed to take time out with his Heavenly Father and pray.
Mark 6:30-32
Jesus taught his disciples that it was important for them to take a holiday. Jesus’ disciples travelled from town to town telling others about God and his love for them. They worked so hard that they often didn’t even have time to eat or sleep. When Jesus saw how tired they were, he said to them, ‘Come with me to a quiet place and get some rest.’ The Bible then says, ’So they went away by themselves in a boat to a solitary place.’
What has happened to the timeout that God planned for us? Not only do we fill in every moment of the working week if not doing our job, then it’s driving someone here, dropping something off there! Jesus knew how stressed we can become. He knew that we would get all of our priorities wrong. He was well aware that our crazy lives would take their toll on our health and on our closeness to our Heavenly Father.
We can learn from Jesus. He was never too busy or too overwhelmed to take time out with his Heavenly Father and pray.
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