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.
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.
Fundraising for the Spire: Summer Rock Friday 11th JulyOur next fundraising event in aid of the Spire Appeal is an evening of live rock music from 70's, 80's, 90's, with the Project 7 band from 8.00 pm in St Michael's Pastoral Centre. There will be a licensed bar, and hot dogs and burgers for sale. £5 adults, £2 children from the Pastoral Centre or on the door. Come and enjoy!
Supporting Us
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 wooden tiles (shingles) on the spire, the peal of six bells and the clock all need attention, the total cost of which is around £250,000. For more information, and how you can donate to this appeal, please visit our WinSpire 2024 page. Visiting the ChurchThe 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.)
HighlightsThe July 2025 Newsletter is here.
July 2025 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 . . .Church Mission Society our charity for July. See article in the July Newsletter.
See here for more information and a list of charities we are currently supporting. 
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How We Show Our Gratitude to God
The following article by Catherine Wilkins (Stewardship Officer) appears on the front page of the July 2025 Newsletter
I have found the recent removal of our bells for restoration to be interesting both in terms of the bells themselves and also the history behind them.
It is traditional for church bells to carry inscriptions, and four of ours have inscriptions in memory of Rev Henry Parsons (Rector 1850-1878) and his family and were "given by his parishioners, relations and friends as a testimony of their gratitude and affection" as recorded over the door to the south aisle.
The word that jumped out at me in that inscription is ‘gratitude’. The donors were grateful to God for the life and ministry of a man who had done so much for his parish, and that gratitude was seen as important enough to be recorded alongside their affection for him back in 1880.
Fast forward 145 years, and I wonder how we show our gratitude to God in our giving of time, talents and finances today? Do we give willingly, prayerfully, and happily, in the knowledge that ‘all things come from you, and of your own do we give you’?
Following on from Stewardship Sunday last month, I’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who has already contacted John or me in response to the Stewardship leaflet and the letters that were sent out. If your Stewardship leaflet is still languishing in a ‘to do' pile, perhaps it is time to move it to your ‘things to pray about’ pile, and eventually into your ‘actioned’ folder.
It is traditional for church bells to carry inscriptions, and four of ours have inscriptions in memory of Rev Henry Parsons (Rector 1850-1878) and his family and were "given by his parishioners, relations and friends as a testimony of their gratitude and affection" as recorded over the door to the south aisle.
The word that jumped out at me in that inscription is ‘gratitude’. The donors were grateful to God for the life and ministry of a man who had done so much for his parish, and that gratitude was seen as important enough to be recorded alongside their affection for him back in 1880.
Fast forward 145 years, and I wonder how we show our gratitude to God in our giving of time, talents and finances today? Do we give willingly, prayerfully, and happily, in the knowledge that ‘all things come from you, and of your own do we give you’?
Following on from Stewardship Sunday last month, I’d like to say a big thank you to everyone who has already contacted John or me in response to the Stewardship leaflet and the letters that were sent out. If your Stewardship leaflet is still languishing in a ‘to do' pile, perhaps it is time to move it to your ‘things to pray about’ pile, and eventually into your ‘actioned’ folder.
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
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
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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