In this newsletter:"We are Easter people, and Alleluia is our song!"
The Alpha course
Judith's ordination events and gift
APCM roundup
Patronal festivals
Shared Interest
Dates for your diary"We are Easter people, and Alleluia is our song!"Have you uttered the word "Alleluia" this Easter? It ought to be a daily refrain for every Christian from Easter day forward. For "alleluia" is the song of the Christian, affirming our joy in the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Our tradition invites us to refrain from using the term during the 40 day season of Lent, as a... Read more...
In this newsletter:Journeying through Easter
PMC - The spiritual journey ahead
PMC - Challenge for Lent
Annual Parochial Church Meeting
Dates for your diaryJourneying through EasterSo we’re heading towards Easter, with most of Lent behind us. We’ll soon be into the high intensity of Passiontide and Holy Week, and Easter itself. Those of us who are closely involved with what happens in church will be very, and probably living with heightened emotions, as the story of betrayal and sacrifice, death, mourning, and resurrection swirls around us once more.And then what?Perhaps we can use what remains... Read more...
In this newsletter:Journeying in Lent
Annual Church Meeting
Holy Week & Easter services
Dates for your diaryJourneying in Lent
Lent will soon be upon us, starting with Ash Wednesday on 1st March. For those of us who wish it, we can gather that day in the morning at St John's, or the evening at St Peter's (see pew sheets for times) to receive on our foreheads, in ash, the sign of the cross. We follow our Lord into the place of desert, fasting and testing, where we are asked to look at ourselves afresh, to deny... Read more...
In this newsletter:Highlights of the Christmas Season
New parish fete chair
Another chance to do Alpha
December PCC meeting report
Our Generous God
Contemplating Lent
Sunday@4 – Community Prayer Meeting
Dates for your diaryHighlights of the Christmas Season
Every now and then in ministry there is a moment that you know will stay etched in your mind forever. For me one of those was on Christmas Eve at St John’s, when I looked out from behind the altar and saw real donkeys, sheep and goats beside a baby in a manger, and a church packed to the... Read more...
In this newsletter:Arriving at Advent
Closure of St Margaret's churchyard
Parish fete - Committee chair needed
Alpha
PMC - where are we going now?
Dates for your diaryArriving at Advent
Advent must mean that Christmas is not very far away. "Groan! I haven't done my present shopping, or even thought of the list, let alone made plans for Christmas itself."As the nights draw in, and daylight becomes sparse, the beacon light of Advent shines brightly to illumine our lives against all the commercial pressures of modern society that wants to locate Christmas as the principle shopping season... Read more...
In this newsletter:Caversham Church fete - Committee chair needed
Forthcoming Services
Holiday highlights
Studying Galatians
Got Questions? Try Alpha
PMC updateCaversham Church fete - Committee chair needed
Having successfully steered us through her second fete, Sabita has decided to retire as chair of the fete committee. She has done a great job during her time in the post and we thank her very much. We are now in need of someone to replace her. Do you think this person might be you? You would need a good organisational approach and be prepared to engage with a variety of people, in... Read more...
In this newsletter:A New Adventure
Review of worship
From our curate
Dates for your diary
PMC Report from the Parish What’s God up to here? DayA New Adventure
It has been just over a month since my licensing service – and what a cracking service that was! It was a joy to be among so many people worshipping God wholeheartedly together and seeking his strength and equipping me for my time here. Huge thanks to all those involved in organising it, and for the refreshments afterwards, and to everyone who has been part of the warm welcome we... Read more...
In this newsletter:Holy Week and Easter services
Greetings from our new Curate
Annual Church Meeting
Transition Minister recruitment update
Prayer card
Dates for your diaryHoly Week and Easter services
With Holy Week and Easter soon upon us, we have agreed the following pattern of services. We have produced an Easter card for congregation members to give out to neighbours. Please collect them from church.Since the three-column format of the Easter card cannot easily be shown here, please refer to the Forthcoming Events page - website editorGreetings from our new Curate
Judith Ryder, our new Curate joining... Read more...
In this newsletter:2016: A Year of Prayer
The Good News at Christmas
Gazing on God: the road to prayer
Vacancy of a second priest update
PMC Update2016: A Year of Prayer
Like most clergy, I frequently have people come to me to ask for help in their prayer life, or to ask whether we can have more opportunities to reflect on what we believe. The clergy answer in this parish will always be a confident "yes". So I was delighted that, at the recent meetings to discuss the recruitment of a second priest for St John's, there... Read more...
Partnership for Missional Church update
Many of you will know by now about Partnership for Missional Church (PMC). You may have heard Rachel preach on this over the summer, or may have been in St Peter or St Margaret on 20 September when Bob Armstrong, from the PMC delivery team, preached.As a parish we have committed to be part of the Berkshire PMC pilot for next 3 years alongside approximately 10 other benefices in this area. PMC aims to resource us and guide us as we seek to change our church culture so that we see all that we... Read more...
