A SPECIAL festival for girls in years 3 upwards will take place in Finchampstead this Sunday. Precious Fest will include performers from sisterly singer/songwriter duo Fern and Adrienne, as well as craft events, a picnic supper, talks and more music. All girls taking part need to be accompanied by a mum, a gran, aunt or carer and everyone will be …
THE DIRECTOR of a new film about a Dad struggling to come to terms with the murder of his daughter will reveal his secrets at a special screening event next week. Stuart Hazeldine will be at the Showcase Cinema in Winnersh on Friday, June 16 to talk about the making of The Shack, based on the best-selling book. In it, …
A SINGER/SONGWRITER dubbed the Welsh Springsteen is planning to come to Earley next month. Martyn Joseph, who fuses jaw-dropping guitar playing with a show-stopping voice, will be bringing his latest show to St Nicolas Church in Sutcliffe Avenue on Saturday, June 3. His songlist includes a focus on challenging injustice wherever it’s found, educating via advocacy and campaigning for human …
On Thursday night there’s a great chance to experience the amazing Watoto Children’s Choir. The group will be in Finchampstead to present their latest show, Signs and Wonders. The choir are all orphans and other vulnerable children, and for their show, they will present new worship music from Watoto Church in Uganda and invite audiences to expect an encounter with God. …
On Sunday, May 21, Wokingham Methodist Church is holding a special service – it’s marking its birthday. And this is not just any old date, it’s the 200th anniversary of Methodists gathering to worship in Wokingham. There are two elements to today’s celebrations: a special service at 10.30am, and there is also an exhibition taking place showing how Methodists have …
CHILDREN are invited to find some hidden Easter Eggs this Saturday. Members of the Salvation Army in Lower Earley are organising the fun event which includes a family-friendly barbecue. The eggs will be hidden around the Army’s base in Chalfont Close from 2pm. To ensure there are enough eggs for children, places should be booked in advance. These are free, …
Wokingham Choral Society is presenting St John’s Passion, telling the story of Christ’s last week. The music is based on John’s Gospel and was originally intended to be broken up by a sermon in the middle. That won’t be the case today, but you will be made very welcome as the Choral Society present the Passion at All Saints Church …
All Saints Church and Methodist Church, Wokingham Youth and Children’s Worker Our vision is for young people in our community to come to faith in Christ. We are seeking to employ a youth and children’s worker as a member of the staff teams at All Saints and Wokingham Methodist Church to work alongside our volunteers to help us fulfil this …
CLASP members will be teaming up with volunteers from the Wokingham Methodist Church to serve delicious breakfasts to raise money for local charities. Sammie Gibbs, Project Co-ordinator at CLASP, said: “We will be splitting the money raised between CLASP and YPWD Berkshire (Young People With Dementia), this charity was chosen by our members. “Our members will be helping to run the event, …
Winnersh author Linda Fawke has recently published her first novel A Taste of his own Medicine. It is a story of love, lust, loss and revenge with a touch of black humour. The novel was started about four years ago when Linda took part in Na-No-Wri-Mo (National Novel Writing Month). This is an event where writers are challenged to produce 50,000 …
