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.

Supporting Us

To make a one-off donation, please use the Donate button, which will take you to our page on the Parish Giving website, who administer donations 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.
Please note, we are currently having a technical problem with gifts through our Givealittle page, so we are using our Parish Giving account for one-off donations while the problem is being addressed.

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 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.

Stewardship campaign 2024
When we recognise all the blessings that God has given us, what should be our attitude towards the things we own, the talents, skills, money and time we have? What part do you play in your church?
Please read the leaflet below, and consider your response to God.
Although Stewardship Sunday has now passed, offers as in the leaflet are still very welcome.

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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 2025 Newsletter is here.

January 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 . . .

The St Michaael's Hardship Fund our charity for the January. See article on Page 2 of the January Newsletter. Details of this and other charities we support regularly are here.

2025 - A Year Of Promise?

The following article by Rev John Castle appears on the front page of the January 2025 Newsletter

How does the year ahead look to you? What plans do you have? The world may seem as uncertain a place as ever, but the message of Christmas and Epiphany is “God is with us” (Hebrew Emmanuel). So let’s put our hand into the hand of God and step forward boldly, trusting him to lead us.

One of my favourite verses is Jeremiah 29:11. It was given to me while I was in hospital aged 18 after a road traffic accident:
For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Are we willing to believe that God might have plans for us this year? The pattern we see in the Bible and in my experience is that this is two-sided: we need to do our bit and God will do his. It may mean acting on an intuition, a thought while praying, a sign in the world around us, or a communication through other people. If it seems to be in accordance with God’s will, do it.

This could involve doing something God has been trying to get through to you about already, but you’ve been too fearful or too lazy, or too self-centred. God wants us to trust him, but also to obey. Are we willing to put him first in 2025?

Trust and obey, for there’s no other way to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey. (John Henry Sammis, HON 553)

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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