4.00pm Crib Service
For all the family, please come and join us.
10.45pm Carols round the Tree
11.15pm Midnight Communion

Thatcham Bellringers this evening (16 December 2011) recorded their thousandth peal – a remarkable achievement for a dedicated band of ringers. Bill Butler was interviewed on BBC Radio Berkshire and there are reports on the BBC and Newbury Weekly News websites in anticipation … those of us who were privileged to be there had a small celebration afterwards.
Bill Butler, a stalwart of the tower, who has been ringing in Thatcham for over 50 years, told us afterwards that his philosophy had always been that services in the church began in …

Times and seasons
December can feel like a funny time of year. For the Church, Advent is the beginning of the year, waiting for Jesus to come, and Christmas is the celebration which launches us forward to live and tell the story of Jesus as it becomes real in our lives. It is the beginning, and we tell that wonderful story from John’s Gospel – In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God – that unfinished story which draws us in and …

A Meditation for Advent
I think I will decline your invitation to come to you at Christmas time this year.
You never really want me and it’s boring.
You don’t invite me any other time.
The menu’s unambitious and I hate it.
I can’t abide the presents and the games.
I don’t know anyone who will enjoy it.
I think I should, politely tell you so.
Thank you for wasting postage on the letter… but
No I won’t be coming at Christmas time this year.
Refrain
No I won’t be coming at Christmas time this year.
The way you treat me makes …