St George’s Church APCM
7.30pm on Tuesday, 20 October in St George’s Church and on Zoom. Please click on the links to access documentation relating to St George’s APCM: 2018 APCM Minutes (to be approved on 20/10/2020) 2019 APCM Agenda 2019 Annual Report… Read More
Foodbank donations
Thank you to all who continue to support our local Foodbank. The need is still growing, as is the response from our community. So far in lockdown, the St George’s collection point has provided 614kg of food donations,… Read More
VE Day – 75th Anniversary of the end of the war in Europe
Sadly our churches cannot gather this day to remember VE Day. It is a poignant reminder of a country – indeed a whole continent and world – that was weary and exhausted from a time of prolonged disruption… Read More
Christian Aid Week 2020
10-16th May 2020 No doubt we are all very aware that we will not be collecting this year in Christian Aid Week and that this will mean a huge drop in income. I think you will know that… Read More
Lost and Found
There are some familiar stories that Jesus told about losing something and then finding them. There is the shepherd with a hundred sheep who leaves the ninety nine to go and find the one that is lost, or… Read More
Musings for May
Written On the 1st of May “So here hath been dawning another blue day, think wilt thou let it slip useless away” These two lines, which form the beginning of a hymn that was a favourite of my… Read More
Forty years, Not Forty Days
Posted recently on this website is a piece entitled, What Sort of 40 Days? written by Rev. Rita Ball. Rita begins by talking about the number 40 and how she was told as a child it might not… Read More
What Sort of 40 Days?
Many years ago I was told by a well-meaning Sunday school teacher that “forty days” in the Bible did not actually mean a count of forty days but just “a long time” and although I am not convinced… Read More
Daily Prayer with the Church
Safeguarding
St George the Martyr
Andover Road
Wash Common
Newbury.
RG14 6NU
Vicar of Benefice
Revd Becky Bevan
01635 41249
(Benefice Office)
St George’s Church is open for private prayer on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, from 10am – 2pm (access via the door on the tower side).
Public Worship is on hold following the Lockdown announcement and the concerns over the new strain of Covid-19.
Our benefice service is available online weekly on Sunday from 10.00am on YouTube http://tiny.cc/stg-stj.
Morning Prayer and Wednesday Worship are both available during the week via Zoom. Contact the Benefice Office on 01635 41249 for details of the links.
The Benefice Office is staffed, but closed to visitors. Alex Brown can be contacted on 01635 41249.
St John the Evangelist
St John’s Road,
Newbury
RG14 7PY
Associate Vicar
Revd Gary Collins
01635 41249
(Benefice Office)
St John’s Church is open for private prayer on Wednesdays, 11am – 1pm.
On-line worship continues via our YouTube channel and Zoom – details from the Benefice Office on 01635 41249.
The Benefice Office is staffed, but closed to visitors. Alex Brown can be contacted on 01635 41249.
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Last Updated: January 14, 2021 by Alex Brown
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