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Crowthorne Late Night Shopping Friday December 2nd 2022

Once again the Churches in Crowthorne are bringing the Christmas Lights to Crowthorne to light up the High Street in time for the festive Late Night Shopping event.

Come and join us outside the library at 5pm when we kick off the evening with a Christmas Celebration including Carols from BreakAway Brass.

Make sure you visit the Baptist Church (next to the Library) for a wide range of stalls and activities and the Methodist church (opposite the Prince) will be hosting a display of angels.

If you miss the carols on Friday, we’ll be back on Saturday (December 17th) we’ll be again singing carols in the square, this time at 10am and with some very special guests.

Details of ALL Church services in Crowthorne and Finchampstead are now on the website

PS You’ll find the words to the Carols here.

Crowthorne Late Night Shopping Poster December 2022

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Crowthorne Live Screening of Queen’s Funeral from 10:00am Monday 19th September 2022

Crowthorne Baptist Church, High St, Crowthorne RG45 7NT will be showing the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at the church on Monday the 19th September. Courtesy of the BBC streaming service who have given permission for us to stream live.The funeral will be taking place at Westminster Abbey and is scheduled to begin at 11:00 am. The Church will be open from 10:00am. This is for anybody who would like to watch it with others. Tea and coffee will be provided throughout the morning.

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Hope has arrived! A celebration for Easter Sunday

Hope has arrived and Jesus is risen!! Music and pictures explain why Christians celebrate Easter as the arrival of new life and hope. First produced in 2021, but too good not to watch again!

Produced by Barry Bailey (assisted by James Laverick) on behalf of Churches together in Crowthorne

Join us at one of our Easter Services (online options included)
https://churchestogetherincrowthorne.org.uk/easter-services-2022

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Jesus rode a donkey into town (Crowthorne and Sandhurst)

So starts the second number of the cantata by Roger Jones – Jerusalem Joy – performed by a combined choir and band of 60 from the churches in Crowthorne and Sandhurst plus members of the Crowthorne CofE School choir last Sunday 10th April.

Jerusalem Joy retells the story from Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jersualem on Palm Sunday, to his death on a cross on the Friday and the amazing events of Easter Sunday morning when hisdisciples discover that Jesus “is not here” – he is risen from the dead.

Soloists from the choir took on roles in this semi-staged performance that was enthusiastically received by the audience of c150 at St John the Baptist Church, Crowthorne.

PS A week later, and we’re still humming the catchy tune to ‘Jesus rode a donkey into town’.

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We’re back – meeting and worshipping together!

Blessed with amazing sunshine, members from Churches Together in Crowthorne resumed ‘normal’ Good Friday activities in Crowthorne today, following the Covid-enforced two year pause.

We gathered for a short act of worship in the Baptist Church which included a powerful video “Mary did you know?” and a monologue read by Rev Kevin Mill describing Pilate’s struggle to write a report to his superiors following the dramatic events surrounding the Crucifixion.

Next, approximately 60 people joined the Walk of Witness, following a plain wooden cross to 5 different “stations” along the High St. At each station, we listened to a description from the Bible telling the story and were given a different object to focus on – a nail, a thorn (holly leaf), a piece of wood, a piece of curtain torn in two and finally a stone representing the stone rolled in front of Jesus’ tomb. It certainly made us think more deeply about the suffering that Jesus endured on that day.

As we closed, Rev Kevin Mills reminded us that whilst the events of Good Friday was not the end, we also needed to remember the Saturday – Jesus dead and buried – before celebrating the excitement of new life on Easter Sunday.

Thanks to everyone who took part, particularly the Methodist Church for hosting refreshments and Rev Kevin Mills and the Baptist Church for hosting the service and coordinating the Walk of Witness ‘Stations’.

Walk of Witness, Good Friday 2022