Current news and events
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We have tried to assemble all the information you might need in the menu on the left hand side of this screen. If you need further information, please contact the website editor, Ken Perrett. Contact details can be found on the "How to Contact Us" page.
Once you become more familiar with the site, you will find lots more information in the "Top menu" under the main headings of our Vision for further details. These are:-
- - Christ-centred Worship (Information about the Church services)
- - Building the Church Community (Church activities and nurturing disciples)
- - Our Local Community (both local and the wider Church)
- - Concerned for Creation (Justice, peace and sustainabiity, missions and fairtrade)
There are more details of our Vision in the "Our Vision" page in the menu across the top of the screen.
Meanwhile you are very welcome to join us for any of the Church services and other activities. |
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Please click here to go to the PCC page which has a comprehensive report of the annual meeting held on 28th April 2013. |
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Our assistant curate, David Ramsbottom, will be ordained priest at 4pm, Saturday 22nd June at Reading Minster. If you would like to attend and support him on this auspicious occasion then please speak to him. He will allocate his 30 available tickets on a “first come, first served” basis.
We look forward to him presiding at Holy Communion for the first time on the following day at our Patronal Festival and celebrating with him afterwards at the Parish Barbeque. |
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Crowthorne Foodbank food shortages this week are: (please ensure the food is in date – otherwise we are unable to give it away)
cereal bars
chocolate bars
tin tomatoes
cereal
long life milk
pasta sauces
tinned pulses
tinned fruit
Thank you so much for your continued support. |
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Crowthorne Methodist Church
Wednesday, 5th June 2013, 7.30pm
An unusual Illustrated Talk
Click here for more details
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We shall be selling fair trade goods on the following dates:
9th June
30th June
14th July
28th July
It continues to be a difficult time financially, but if you can; please do support our fair trade stall by buying the goods. The people who produce the goods that we are sell live on the poverty line for most, if not all their lives.
For more information please speak to Anne Pelham. |
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The weekly newsheet is given out at the Sunday services and contains up-to-date news for the week ahead. The latest version is attached - just click on the attachment to download it. Previous versions can be found on the "Documents for downloading" page. |
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Why not go onto the electronic circulation list for SJN? With today’s demands on your time you may not always to able to get to church every week to pick up a paper copy at the start of the month. Perhaps you want to stay in touch with St John’s and attend when it suits you? Do send your requests to
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See the full report in colour on the May Fair page. |
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This service will be suitable for those less used to our church and wanting a friendly service. Everyone welcome.
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SUNDAY JUNE 30TH at 6pm
Please join us with your friends and families for our annual 'Songs of Praise' service when favourite hymns are chosen by members of our local community. All are welcome and the service will be followed by refreshments. We look forward to seeing you there.
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Crowthorne Foodbank – supermarket food collections
We are truly grateful to all the churches in Crowthorne who have ‘got on board’ with Wokingham Vineyard Church in helping with Crowthorne Foodbank either by donating food, money or by volunteering in the Foodbank itself on the days where we are open (Mondays & Thursdays 12noon-2pm). It has been a very humbling experience to see people’s response to this project and attached is information about what Foodbank does and how it operates together with a list of food which goes in the food parcels and data regarding how much food has been donated to date plus the number of people we have already been able to help feed.
Tesco’s (along with other supermarkets) are partnering with Foodbanks across the country by allowing food collections at their major supermarkets a couple of times a year, which is absolutely amazing! Crowthorne Foodbank have signed up to collect at both the Tesco Sandhurst and Wokingham stores on Friday 5 and Saturday 6 July, and we would love it if Churches Together in Crowthorne were able to provide volunteer support as well. If there is anyone in your church who would like to help for an hour or maybe two we would be extremely grateful. A full briefing will be given on how we go about asking customers to buy an item from the shopping list and then donate it on the way out of the supermarket. Ideally we need at least four volunteers on duty at any given time – so the more people who are able to volunteer, the better.
If anyone is able to help at all please would they contact Rosemary, Crowthorne Foodbank Manager, either by email
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or mobile 07938 913377
Thank you so much.
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10am All Age Parade Eucharist
celebrating the birth of St John’s Patron Saint
This will be the first Eucharist presided over by Rev David Ramsbottom after his ordination as a full priest.
There will be a parade by our uniformed organisations and a special preacher, Rev John McMahon, Chaplain at Broadmoor Hospital
Followed by the Parish Barbeque |
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Sunday 23rd June 12.30pm
Parish Patronal Barbeque
at the Vicarage
The Parish BBQ on Sunday 23rd June celebrates the annual Patronal Festival of St. John the Baptist. All members of the congregation & families are invited to gather from 12.30pm onwards, in the vicarage garden, bringing rugs, chairs etc.
Offers of salads would be gratefully accepted. Please let members if the Social Committee know if you are able to bring a salad when purchasing tickets.
Sausages, burgers with other cold fare with pudding will be available.
A pay bar will be available
Tickets remain at Family-£15 Adult £5 child £3 available from members of the Social Committee
DO JOIN US IF YOU CAN! |
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Daily prayer intentions are distributed with St John's News with some prayers that might be used. The latest prayer list is attached. |
Crowthorne Good Neighbours need volunteer drivers.
If you can spare any time during the day to transport elderly and/or infirm people to hospital/doctor/dentist appointments, please contact 01344 761001
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St John's News is produced monthly. The latest version is available for downloading.
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