Our services and events for Remembrance are: Remembrance Sunday – 8th November 2020 – 10.45am – Remembrance Service The service will be streamed on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/swinstaug Our annual service for Remembrance Sunday where we will remember the 80 men named on our war memorials, and all those who have died in conflicts
This coming Sunday, 4th October, is our Harvest Thanksgiving at 11am both in church and online. We will be giving thanks to God for all the wonderful gifts he gives us. We encourage everyone again this year to donate items to the Swindon Food Collective to help those in our communities who may be struggling
Peace Doves are finally installed A new installation of doves has been installed in the nave of the church. Earlier in the year, we had planned to install the doves as a commemoration of the 75th anniversary of VE Day on 8th May. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we had already set up the frame
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Updates Following recent changes in the Government guidelines during the Coronavirus outbreak, from 13th June, we are able to open the church for individual prayer and reflection, providing that social distancing measures are maintained. To ensure we have the correct, and most safe, measures in place, the church will re-open for individual prayer
On Friday 8th May, we commemorate the 75th anniversary of VE Day – when the Second World War ended in Europe. We will be broadcasting a special service service of commemoration and remembrance for the 75th anniversary at 10.45am on our Facebook page. The service takes the form of a service or prayer and reflection,
The readings for Sundays during May can be downloaded by clicking this link: Sunday Lectionary Readings – May 2020 Readings include the festivals of Ascension and Pentecost as well as for the feast day of St Augustine of Canterbury, our patron saint.
Regular and Online Giving As a Church, we are entirely self-funded, relying heavily on our volunteers and the generosity of our congregation and visitors. Even when the building is closed, we still need to cover basic costs to ensure that St Augustine’s remains your Parish Church. We do not receive any income from the Church
Worship at Home – Holy Week and Easter Services we are streaming on our Facebook page this week which you can join in with. Orders of Service are available from our website. Click on the Facebook logo on the right or in the toolbar at the top of this page to go directly to our Facebook
Praying for our community, nation and world We know this is a difficult time for everyone – our lives have changed drastically in a short space of time. We know that many people are worried about what is going on and how it will impact their lives. As Rodbourne’s parish church, we already pray for
Studying the Lord’s Prayer and what it means During Lent we’ll be using the Pilgrim Course to look deeper at the Lord’s Prayer – familiar words, that we pray often at St Augustine’s, but don’t always get a chance to reflect on what it says about God, what is says about us and how Jesus
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