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Letters from the Vicar

March 2024

Dear Friends The month of March was originally the first month of the year in older versions of the Roman calendar because of its association with the first day of spring.   According to Royal Museums Greenwich, the 2024 Spring equinox occurs on 19th March at 11:06pm...

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February 2024

Dear Friends, February is a time to look out for “Snowdrops” (galanthas nivalis) better known as “Candlemas Bells” across St Sebastian’s Churchyard, Bramshill Forest and our Parish. These flowers often bloom around this time of the year, even before “Candlemas”. Other...

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January 2024

Dear Friends Happy New Year and a St Sebastian’s Parish welcome to 2024. I hope you were able to have some special family time during the Christmas Holiday season of 2023, only a week or so ago. A favourite New Year quote of mine by Joel Osteen is “to reach up for the...

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December 2023

Dear Friends, Charles Dickens cited in “A Christmas Carol”, “I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all year long.”  Peter Marshall once cited: “May we not 'spend' Christmas or 'observe' Christmas, but rather 'keep' it.”   Isn’t it so tempting to be...

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November 2023

Dear Friends November has always been a time of festivals and celebrations marking the end of the harvest and the beginning of Winter.   In this Parish of Wokingham St Sebastian’s, it is also a time where through baptism we become members of one another in Christ and...

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October 2023

Dear Friends Welcome to the month of October in Wokingham Without and beyond its borders. October is a month for our semi-rural senses, according to The Campaign for Rural England. In our forests and nature parks, near and far, trees begin to turn colour, leaves...

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August and September 2023

Dear Friends Welcome to the summer months of August and September in the Parish of Wokingham Without. Of August, John Todhunter (1839-1916) said: “Summer declines and roses have grown rare, but cottage crofts are gay with hollyhocks.   And in old garden walks you...

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July 2023

Dear Friends Welcome to the month of July in the Parish of Wokingham Without.  July is named after Julius Caesar, a Roman general, statesman and historian.  Julius Caesar is not mentioned in the Bible, nor did he live during the times recorded in the Bible, having...

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Calendar

Feb
16
Sun
10:00 am 10am Sunday Worship and Communion @ St Sebastian's Church
10am Sunday Worship and Communion @ St Sebastian's Church
Feb 16 @ 10:00 am – 11:15 am
10am Sunday Worship and Communion @ St Sebastian's Church | England | United Kingdom
This is a Communion Service that follows an adapted Common Worship format. This service, complemented by a Service Book and overhead projection, also features Worship Hymns / Songs, Bible readings, the Word of God, Intercessions[...]
Feb
17
Mon
9:00 am Parish Office Open @ St Sebastian's Parish Centre
Parish Office Open @ St Sebastian's Parish Centre
Feb 17 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Parish Office Open @ St Sebastian's Parish Centre | England | United Kingdom
The parish office is open. You can also request for the church to be open for private prayer and reflection during this time by emailing or calling Kirsty in the office.
7:30 pm 7.30pm Prayer Meetings
7.30pm Prayer Meetings
Feb 17 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
7.30pm Prayer Meetings
Prayers Join Zoom Prayers Meeting ID: 973 9010 8686 Passcode: 563138 Join us online, every Monday at 7.30pm .
Feb
21
Fri
9:00 am Parish Office Open @ St Sebastian's Parish Centre
Parish Office Open @ St Sebastian's Parish Centre
Feb 21 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Parish Office Open @ St Sebastian's Parish Centre | England | United Kingdom
The parish office is open. You can also request for the church to be open for private prayer and reflection during this time by emailing or calling Kirsty in the office.
Feb
23
Sun
8:00 am 8am Sunday Morning Worship @ St Sebastian's Church
8am Sunday Morning Worship @ St Sebastian's Church
Feb 23 @ 8:00 am – 8:45 am
8am Sunday Morning Worship @ St Sebastian's Church | England | United Kingdom
This service is held weekly at 8:00am on Sundays and 10:00am fortnightly on Wednesdays. Please check the Parish calendar for the latest services The service follows the Common Worship structure and is supported by the[...]
10:00 am 10am Sunday Word and Worship @ St Sebastian's Church
10am Sunday Word and Worship @ St Sebastian's Church
Feb 23 @ 10:00 am – 11:15 am
10am Sunday Word and Worship @ St Sebastian's Church | England | United Kingdom
This is a non-Eucharistic Service. The informal structure, complemented by a Service Book and overhead projection of the service, reflects our love for Worship Hymns / Songs, Bible readings, the Word of God and Intercessions,[...]

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Location

Crowthorne is located in the Royal County of Berkshire close to the Hampshire and Surrey Borders.

The village of Crowthorne is split between the Unitary Authorities of Bracknell Forest Borough Council and Wokingham Borough Council and even those who live in the Wokingham Borough will tell you that they actually live in Crowthorne. There are few retail facilities within the Parish a small parade of shops in the east...