It always makes me smile, or at least give an internal eyeroll, when in January all TV and online marketing changes overnight. Our Christmas decorations have barely made it back into storage when we are suddenly encouraged to switch our affections from brandy butter to being beach body ready, from copious chocolates to couch to … Read more …
Here at St Mary’s, we take safeguarding seriously. Read on to find out more.
New Year’s Day dawned with flooding on the news, but a stalwart few assembled at Knowl Hill for the annual new year’s day walk. Read on to find out more.
A New Year has begun and we are off on another orbit around the sun. By the way… how are you doing with your New Year’s resolutions? This annual ‘reset’ is an opportunity to contemplate what we should be about personally, and I would argue as a church family as well. Each year at St … Read more …
This is for you: parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, godparents! Summer camps are happening and they promise to be a highlight of the summer for young people. Read on to find out more.
I pondered whether to attend the Gingerbread Evening as I didn’t have a guest to invite, and living in Bracknell it felt a bit of a trek back and forth in the dark after a long day at work (and secretly I am useless in the kitchen!). But my daughter, a keen cook, saw the … Read more …
Why not try our Christmas quiz? Maybe you are putting your feet up after an energetic time with children or grandchildren, or the Christmas dinner is on hold as the turkey needs a little longer to roast …. Below are listed the initial letters of the first lines of 33 Christmas carols. Can you work … Read more …
Beth Gomm, staff member at Christian Connections in Schools spoke at the recent St Mary’s prayer evening. She asked for prayers for CCIS for the following: Please pray for various Christmas presentations continuing to happen both in schools and in local churches for around 50 schools in Slough and in Windsor and Maidenhead. Please pray … Read more …
Andrew and Christian Walker get it. They get that parenting children so that they make good ethical decisions in a world that morally seems to have lost the plot, is hard! They get that parents are time poor, and even if they wanted to would struggle to read all the books they need to keep … Read more …
The year 12 and 13 (age 16 – 18) youth growth groups combined for a Christmas social recently. This involved making and decorating gingerbread houses – some of which ended up as houses and some of which ended up on the floor! Choose your favourite creation from the photos below.