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. HighlightsDiscovery Meeting. An opportunity to find out more about St Michaels. Sunday 24th March 3.30pm in the Pastoral Centre Upper Room. (intended mainly for those new-ish to St Michaels)
Text of the sermon by Dave Percival "A Wildly Wonderful World" on Sunday 10 March can be found here. A link to the video shown at the service is within the document.
The March 2019 Newsletter is available here.
March 2019 Services are available here.
We need to update 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. The deadline for returning forms is 4th April if you wish to vote at the APCM
Update on the 800th Anniversary celebrations 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 . . .A Rocha, our charity for March 2019; see the article in the March newsletter which is reproduced below.
The Host Lent Appeal; see the article in the March newsletter, which is reproduced below.
The Sonning Deanery Prayer Cycle for March has a focus on St Andrews Church Sonning with Charvil See below.
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"Why Giving Up For Lent Could Help Save The Planet"
The following article by Churchwarden Sue Cambell appears on the front page of the March Newsletter.
Our focus this Lent will be on the work of the A Rocha charity.
Perhaps you are like me and need some achievable ideas to do during Lent - things we can do to help us as Christians live a more sustainable life on our planet. Here are some suggestions:
· What about giving up one of the following: alcohol, sweets/chocolate, sugar, snacking between meals? Not eating crisps won’t save the planet on its own, but watching personal consumption will!
· We could be more unselfish: give away something every single day, be it time, money, or something you own to aid organisations that are promoting the green agenda.
· We could be less greedy of the planet’s resources and not buy anything besides the essentials during Lent. We could make do and mend, reuse and recycle more efficiently. We could make a positive effort to use less energy by walking, sharing lifts, turning lights off etc.
· The focus of our Lent prayer could be for our planet and our world leaders and their efforts to stop global warming.
· Finally, we should stay close to the glory of God’s presence in the world around us all day, every day, by enjoying and conserving all our natural world has to offer.
Perhaps you are like me and need some achievable ideas to do during Lent - things we can do to help us as Christians live a more sustainable life on our planet. Here are some suggestions:
· What about giving up one of the following: alcohol, sweets/chocolate, sugar, snacking between meals? Not eating crisps won’t save the planet on its own, but watching personal consumption will!
· We could be more unselfish: give away something every single day, be it time, money, or something you own to aid organisations that are promoting the green agenda.
· We could be less greedy of the planet’s resources and not buy anything besides the essentials during Lent. We could make do and mend, reuse and recycle more efficiently. We could make a positive effort to use less energy by walking, sharing lifts, turning lights off etc.
· The focus of our Lent prayer could be for our planet and our world leaders and their efforts to stop global warming.
· Finally, we should stay close to the glory of God’s presence in the world around us all day, every day, by enjoying and conserving all our natural world has to offer.
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