Notices for Sunday 21^st April (Easter 4)

St Barnabas is hosting the Caversham Churches Together Annual Assembly this Tuesday 23rd April at 7:30pm. Please come along and find out what good things Christians are doing together across Caversham.

This Sunday: 21^st April (Easter 4):

9:30am Parish Communion (in church)
11:30am Café Church (Parish Centre)

Readings this Sunday:
Acts 4.5-12 1 John 3.16-end John 10.11-18

Prayer for the week:
Risen Christ, faithful shepherd of your Father’s sheep: teach us to hear your voice and to follow your command, that all your people may be gathered into one flock, to the glory of God the Father. Amen.

What’s On This Week

For details of What’s on this week, go to our What’s On (calendar) page.

Please pray for:

Those who have asked for our prayers: Colin Baker, Cathy Cordery, Shirley Corti, George, Lauranne Gillespie and family, Mary Lewis, Ron Saban, Pauline Smith and Guy Watt. Also for David Tigwell, Wendy Preston, Joanne Weston and Alma Bone, who have died recently.

Notices:

Toddler Thursdays: from 8:45am every Thursday in term-time. For pre-schoolers and their parents/carers. Please spread the word.

Churches Together in Caversham (CTC) Annual Assembly: 23rd April, 7:30pm here at St Barnabas – please support this important collaboration between the churches in Caversham.

Earth Day Litter Pick! Monday 22^nd April is Earth Day, a global movement to remind us of the importance of looking after our environment. Christine Bartlett is organising a litter pick in the afternoon: please speak to her to join in (and tell her where the litter pick is most needed!)

Eco tip: For those of you thinking about holidays, travel-sized beauty products are so alluring, but cause a huge amount of waste for no reason and very little product. Instead, make a one-off investment in refillable travel bottles and pots from Boots or Superdrug: even better, wash out and reuse any mini bottles you already have.

AB Walker Annual Memorial Service: this will take place in The Minster, Reading RG1 2LG, on Sunday 21^st April, starting at 4:00pm. All Welcome.

Environmental Film Night: Tuesday 14^th May (7-9pm) in St Barnabas Church. Join us for a screening of the thought-provoking environmental documentary, The Oil Machine. Followed by a discussion about the impact of oil on our society and the environment. Click here to book or just turn up.

Scour your sheds for Mission in the Gambia! Alan Tuvey is inviting donations of surplus plumbing, electrical fittings, pipe, fixings, screws and tools, to help fit out a Pastor’s house in west Africa. Contact Alan by email: [email protected] or see the poster on the Parish Centre noticeboard.

Holiday Club for ages 5-11: Run by Churches Together in Caversham, 29^th July – 2^nd August at St Anne’s school, £27, Click here to book: don’t delay – places are going fast!

Regular giving to St Barnabas. If you consider St Barnabas is your home church, please support our mission and ministry. The best way is to give regularly through the Parish Giving Scheme by clicking here. Or see the ‘Giving’ page on our website. Ask Richard Cunningham (our treasurer) or Revd Kevin for further details.