St. Michael and All Angels Sandhurst

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. We love to welcome people, whether you're looking for a church to worship in, would like to explore the Christian faith or are interested in getting married or having a child christened, or have recently lost a loved one.
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! Feel free to e-mail or phone us - see our Contact page.

The Bible Course
This 8-week course from the Bible Society is a great introduction, that will help you grasp the big story of the Bible and make sense of how it all fits together.
We'll be running it on Zoom and in person on Tuesdays at 8pm from 13th January.
Sign up now to register an interest, by e-mailing Rev John Castle, [email protected]

Supporting us
To make a one-off donation, please use the Donate button, which will take you to our page on Givealittle, who administer donations securely for us. You can include GiftAid here if appropriate. Your money will go to support the regular work of our church and the maintenance of our buildings.
For information about giving regularly to St Michael's, please visit our Donations page.

DONATE

If you would like to donate to a particular fund, e.g. the Spire Project, or would like to learn about making a regular monthly contribution, please visit our Donations page.

The Spire Project
Our beautiful church building needs repair. The six bells are currently away being repaired, the wooden tiles (shingles) on the spire are being replaced, and the clock needs refurbishment of the face, and major repair of the mechanism if it is to tell the time again. An update on the clock can be found on page 8 of the September 2025 newsletter.

The total cost of the whole Spire Project is around £250,000, and only a small proportion of this has yet been received in grants. We are hoping that local people and business will be willing to make some significant donations to enable our Spire, bells and clock to be returned to their former glory.

For more information, and how you can donate to this appeal, please visit our WinSpire 2024 page.

See also the article on Page 6 of the March 2026 Newsletter.

Visiting the Church

The church is usually open for visiting and private prayer on weekdays and weekends (except during Sunday morning services), and you are welcome to light a candle as an act of prayer. This depends upon the availability of volunteers to open and lock it, but you can also phone or e-mail the office to arrange for the church to be open when you want to visit. (See contact page.)

Highlights

The March 2026 Newsletter is here.

March 2026 Services (continuing until Easter Day, 5 April) are here

Missed a service, or want to remind yourself of the sermon? In most cases the text of the sermon is available on the Services pages; select the month using the link above or in the main menu, then scroll down to the date you want.
Our Parish Communion Service, and some others, are live-streamed on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/StMichaelsSandhurst and also on YouTube
https://youtube.com/channel/UC4vYB32hY4ana2nl8NeM-lA.
The Facebook post can also be viewed immediately after the event; the Youtube video takes a few hours to be available after the service has finished.

Please Pray For . . .

Release International, our chosen charity for Lent.
See the March Newsletter page 2 for details. See here for details of other charities we are currently supporting.

Daffodils

The following article by Emma Hodge appears on the front page of the March 2026 Newsletter.

March brings an abundance of spring bulbs and one of my favourites is the Daffodil. On grey days their bright yellow flowers are a welcome reminder of sunshine. Yet when they are not flowering, the bulb is not dormant, beneath the soil it is being nourished, growing roots, and sometimes dividing to form new bulbs. Despite what is happening around them, daffodils continue to grow and survive.

Our lives have similar seasons. There are times when we need nurturing, space to re-group, opportunities to reassess our priorities. This may be prompted by redundancy, ill health or bereavement, or it may be just because we haven’t reviewed our lives for a while.

When we do review our lives, will we ask God what his priorities are for us and how we might grow and develop? Is our relationship with God in need of strengthening? March falls in Lent, making it a good time to stop, review and renew our relationship with God. We can do this in prayer, bible study, or by reading or watching a Christian book or film.

Facebook

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

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

Safeguarding

Safeguarding information can be found here.

This website (c) Copyright St Michael And All Angels Church Sandhurst 2011 - 2025
Copyright of individual articles and photographs belongs to the author/photographer
Registered Charity No 1134547