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!
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 and audio recording of the sermon by John White "The Request of James and John" Sunday 21 October can be found here. Also text of the previous weeks sermon on the same page
The October Newsletter is available here.
October Services can be found here.
New rates for hire of the hall and meeting rooms apply from September 2018. See details of rooms and rates here.
A new 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 . . .Crowthorne Food Bank
Note the collection of items for this charity on Harvest Sunday, 7th October. The Sonning Deanery Prayer Cycle for October has a focus on the Arborfield and Barkham family of Churches. See below.
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"A Time And Place To Remember"
The following article by Sue Campbell (Churchwarden) appears on the front page of the October Newsletter.
In August, I visited for the first time the National Memorial Arboretum, near Lichfield in Staffordshire. Covering 150 acres and containing at least 330 memorials, it raised in me a range of emotions, including anger when I visited the Far East Prisoners of War Memorial, and extreme sadness when I found the name of a former pupil on the Basra Wall, which has been brought back from Iraq and rebuilt at the arboretum.
Since then I have been thinking about our need to remember and share our memories. Remembering is an active thing; it is living, changing and part of everyday life. It comforts those left behind and pays respect to what is past. It can be personal or shared.
Our churchyard, like the arboretum, is a shared active place, a visible connection between past and present which can comfort those who visit. My thanks goes out to Peter Hulbert and his team who keep it such a lovely place in which to spend time.
"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." Isaiah 42:10
Since then I have been thinking about our need to remember and share our memories. Remembering is an active thing; it is living, changing and part of everyday life. It comforts those left behind and pays respect to what is past. It can be personal or shared.
Our churchyard, like the arboretum, is a shared active place, a visible connection between past and present which can comfort those who visit. My thanks goes out to Peter Hulbert and his team who keep it such a lovely place in which to spend time.
"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." Isaiah 42:10
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