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]

The Start Course - an introduction to the Christian faith in 6 small-group sessions, run online via Zoom. Monday evenings at 8pm from 12th 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 - January update
Our beautiful church building needs repair. The six bells are currently away being repaired, the wooden tiles (shingles) on the spire are due to be replaced in the first few months of 2026 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 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.

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 January 2026 Newsletter is here.

January 2026 Services 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 . . .

St Michaels Hardship Fund, our chosen charity for January.
See January Newsletter page 2, or here for details of this and other charities we are currently supporting.

Bright Hope For Tomorrow . . . .

The following article by Rev John Castle appears on the front page of the January 2026 Newsletter.

As I look back over the past year and look forward to 2026, the words of the hymn Great is thy faithfulness give me cheer. It is good to look back and take stock of what has happened in our lives over the past year, to give thanks for achievements made, for help received in difficult times, and for lessons learned. As we were reminded at Christmas, God is with us – Emmanuel – he has been, whether or not we realised it, and he will be with us in the future.

It’s also good to set ourselves some goals for the future; but to do so prayerfully. Rather than “what do I want to achieve this year?” ask “what might God want to do with me, and how can I prepare myself for his service?”

Practical preparation could include paying more attention to our physical, emotional and spiritual health, which could mean, for example, drink less, give more, pray daily.

God will be with us – but will we make him the centre of our lives this year? The rewards will be enormous:

Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!

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.

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