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From
the Rector, David Stone I'm
delighted to introduce this section of the website designed to help
welcome newcomers and visitors to St Nicolas Church. We are a large and
diverse family, a community which ranges from firm Christian believers
on the one hand to those whose journey of faith exploration has only
just begun. Old and young, healthy and wounded, finders and seekers -
all are welcome here. To
sustain the spiritual life
of such a varied community there is a wide range of services and
activities for you to play a part in – details of which are set out on
this website and in the welcome pack available at church. You can also
find out more from members of
the church welcome team (identified by a badge). Filling in one of the
‘Feedback and Keeping in Touch’ forms will help us to do just
that. In particular, we’d like to invite you to a Newcomers Event,
which we aim to hold several times a year. The
core of what we're about here is summed up by the phrase 'SHARING
THE LIFE OF JESUS TODAY' . At St Nicolas we aim to share
Life
by maintaining a focus on Loving God, Involving
Everyone, Finding Faith, and Enabling
Growth. To help us in these aims, we have organised our leadership into
a number of support and development teams: Community
Support - what we offer to the local community
Evangelism -
how we help outsiders to find faith
Pastoral Care and Small Groups - how we look
after one another
Worship
- how we respond to God's love in worship
Youth &
Children - our work among
young people Pages
with more details
about some of these areas are included in this section of the website.
We also have teams of people with responsibility for communication,
finance and the fabric of the church buildings, Meanwhile,
let me introduce some of the team... I'm David Stone,
the Rector of St Nicolas. Our Associate Vicar is Sarah Alexander and we
are looking forward to welcoming James Cook as our new Curate in
October. Jane
Sutton is our Licensed Lay Minister. Our
Licensed Youth Minister is currently vacant and our
children's worker is Annabelle Abbott. John
Davies is our Pastoral Adviser for Older People. Sue
Elliott is our Administrator and Pastoral Co-ordinator, ably
assisted by Anne Montgomery, our Assistant Administrator.
Our Facilities Manager is Belinda Bowrey. The
principal representatives of the congregation are the churchwardens,
Nigel
Freeman and Nic Cope.
We hope you'll introduce yourself to one or other of us, especially if
you decide to make this your spiritual home. Contact details are here
or in the monthly church magazine. St
Nicolas has been at the
centre of Newbury's spiritual life for over 900 years, with the present
building dating from the 16th century. Our doors are open every day
from 9.00 am until around 5.00 pm. Feel free to drop in to look round,
to reflect and to pray. The
Church Office is
situated in St Nicolas Hall, just opposite the main south door of the
church. The office is open for enquiries, including information about
baptisms, weddings and funerals, from 9.00 am to 3.00 pm, Mondays to
Fridays. St
Nicolas Church Office
West Mills
Newbury
Berks RG14 5HG
Telephone 01635 47018 Email office@st-nicolas-newbury.org
Finally,
if there is a
particular need you think we might be able to help with, please don't
hesitate to call the Pastoral Care Line on 01635 529783. We
look forward to meeting you! St
Nicolas belongs to the
Church of England and is part of the worldwide Anglican Communion. We
are a member of the Newbury Team Ministry, along with St John Newbury,
St George Wash Common and St Mary Speen. St Nicolas is within the
Newbury Deanery, the Archdeaconry and Episcopal Area of Berkshire
(under the care of the Bishop of Reading) and the Diocese of Oxford. We
are linked with other local Christians through our membership of
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