Everyone is welcome to our services, and we are always delighted to see newcomers in any of our churches. We welcome members of other Christian churches to receive Holy Communion or, if you feel more comfortable, please come forward with the rest of the congregation to receive a blessing.
If you are unable to get to church, members of Church at Castle will visit you at home, and the Ministry Team will gladly arrange for Communion to be given at home to anyone who wishes it.
Sunday services (normal pattern)
9.00 am
St. Giles’
Sung Eucharist
* Every Sunday except 3rd Sunday (see * below)
9.30 am
St. Augustine’s
Sung Eucharist
* Every Sunday except 3rd Sunday (see * below)
10.30 am
St. Luke’s
Service of the Word
First Sunday in month
10.30 am
St. Luke’s
Family Communion
* Every Sunday except 1st & 3rd Sunday (see above and * below)
A Church at Castle united evening service is held every second Sunday evening of each month at Castle Street Methodist Church.
* Every third Sunday there is a united Parish communion when all three churches worship in a single service. The location of each month’s service is shown in the rota at the top of this page.
United ecumenical morning services take place on the Sundays after Christmas Day and Easter Day and the last Sunday in August. On these Sundays this is the only morning service in the parish.
Weekday services
These take place every week except during the month of August and in the week following Easter Sunday and Christmas.
All are welcome to attend this midweek Communion service. The service is weekly except during the month of August and on the Thursday following Christmas Day and Easter Sunday. Refreshments will be served afterwards.
These monthly workshops are held on the fourth Saturday of the month, with a two-hour morning from 10.30am to 12.30 pm. Margaret Waring (Textiles Society and Embroiderers’ Guild) will lead the workshops. In general all materials for the session will be provided. Participants will be invited to make a donation. Please book in advance as the number of participants is limited. Email: amwaring8@gmail.com or office@churchatcastle.org. You may like to bring something you have been creating recently and we can discuss how to proceed.
All who attend this service of Holy Communion are warmly welcomed to St Luke’s. At present this service is not livestreamed, but if you wish to join a Sunday service online, there is one at 9am from St Giles’ and another at 9.30am from St Augustine’s. If you would like to join any service on Zoom please contact Sheila Rozeik, the Parish Administrator. for details. The order of service can be downloaded from the Resources page HERE.
All are welcome to attend this midweek Communion service. The service is weekly except during the month of August and on the Thursday following Christmas Day and Easter Sunday. Refreshments will be served afterwards.
All are welcome to join this Sunday Communion service in person, when the congregations of all the ‘Church at Castle’ churches come together to worship at St Luke’s. Refreshments are offered after the service. There will be no other morning services in the parish, other than at St Giles’ where the Romanian Orthodox Parish of St John the Evangelist will celebrate Eucharist.
Breathing Space meets once a month to pray for the parish, our churches and local communities and individual concerns. Meetings are usually on the first Wednesday of the month. Breathing Space welcomes new members who want to feel part of a praying community – we would love to have YOU with us. Please contact Margaret on 354561 for more information about the group.
All are welcome to attend this midweek Communion service. The service is weekly except during the month of August and on the Thursday following Christmas Day and Easter Sunday. Refreshments will be served afterwards.
Scripture asserts that ‘In the beginning, God made the world’ (Genesis 1.1.) and St. John’s gospel starts, ‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God… All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being.’ (John 1.1 & 3). Scientists today accept that there was a beginning to time and space, which happened 13.8 billion years ago. What was created was finely tuned to a remarkable degree, like Goldilocks’ porridge, ‘Just right’ for life to appear. The ‘Big Bang’ which started time and space was not a chaotic explosion, but opened a precisely designed universe. The speaker, Revd Dr Rodney Holder, has explored ways in which science and faith complement each other in a number of books and is a regular speaker on the relationship between religion and science, especially cosmology.
This is the first in the Autumn programme of talks and recitals at St Augustine’s church, supported by the local Roads’ Associations (Windsor, Richmond, Oxford and Benson Area). A complimentary glass of wine or fruit juice and nibbles are served at most events. Retiring collection.
The September talks will focus on aspects of Creation science and Christian responsibility and October’s themes celebrate Black History month. You can view the full programme HERE or pick up a leaflet in one of our churches.
Come and choose from the delicious homemade cakes, tray bakes, biscuits, tea breads, jams, marmalades and pickles (many are suitable for freezing so come and stock up). The sale will take place at the Church Gate if fine, otherwise inside the church. The sales are normally held on the first Saturday of the month during the warmer months, to support the current charities: Cambridge Food Bank, International Red Cross and St Giles Hospitality Fund. If you would like to join the team of bakers please contact the Parish Office. Enjoy a cake and coffee inside the church or in the garden.
The three parish churches join together for a Harvest thanksgiving service.
We are celebrating the Season of Creation with special services and talks. Creationtide is the period in the annual church calendar, from 1st September to 4th October, dedicated to God as Creator
