The Parish of Wargrave with Knowl Hill

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Missions, Away Giving & Links to Resources

Like all churches, we exist within a wider Christian and World Community. This page provides you with some links to our community, organisations with which we are associated, and sources of information on worship and spiritual development.

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The Local Church		The parish has three churches - St Mary's Wargrave, St Peter's Knowl Hill and St Paul's Warren Row - offering a variety of services and worship styles to suit every taste. We belong to Sonning Deanery - a group of 16 parishes roughly corresponding to Wokingham Borough, under the leadership of Revd Canon David Hodgson (Area Dean) and  Martin Hughes (Lay Chairman). Our Parish and the Deanery is part of the The Diocese of Oxford There are five Church Schools within the parish. Wargrave has an active social, cultural and sporting life in which church members are well represented. The Parish Council web site and Wargrave News Online provide information and contact points.
The Wider Church		The Church of England    Anglican Communion Official Website World Council of Churches
Missions & Relief Organisations		Our Missions Action Team manages our regular giving. The charities we help are listed below in our Missions and Relief Organisations panel. Contact Verna Houghton for more information. Tearfund  and Traidcraft      Church rep: Michael Carver We are a Fairtrade Church and a member of the Wokingham Fair Trade Campaign. Click here for a list of Fairtrade Churches in our area.    Church rep: Mike Buckland    Christian Community Action     Church rep: Mike Buckland Support CCA by shopping online here. Amazon, M&S, Littlewoods, Asda, eBay, Ticketmaster, National Express and many more. London City Mission     Church rep: Verna Houghton   Yeldall Manor      Church rep: Felicity Beatty The Children's Society (supported at our Christingle Services, held every Advent in our village schools)
Environment		Organisations A Rocha                       Christian nature conservation organisation Eco-Congregation          Guidance for churches from A Rocha Christian Ecology Link   Portal for UK environmental issues Friends of the Earth       UK pressure group The John Ray Initiative    Scientific think tank Home & Shopping Ecotopia                       Environmentally friendly shopping Ecotricity                      Green electricity and gas iMeasure                       Home energy monitoring calculator Recycling Recycle Now                 What you can recycle where Recycling Appeal           Mobile phone & printer cartridge recycling Cartridge Recycling        Printer cartridge recycling Other useful links  Ethical Essentials          Environment & ethics : useful practical ideas Greater Reading Environmental Network       Local chat forum
Opportunities		If you are thinking of short-term work overseas, a GAP year or sabbatical, or just wish to know more about a particular charity or area of service, the following members of our church may be able to help you: Counselling: Karen Brouwer, Salome Laschinger, Jane Poirrier, Jane Shaw Environment: Mike Buckland, Hazel Jump, Guy Laschinger Persecuted Church: Bernhard Brouwer (Open Doors), Mike Buckland (Christian Solidarity Worldwide), John Cook, Verna & David Houghton (Barnabas Fund) Languages (teaching & translation) - Angie & Mike Buckland Child sponsorship (Compassion): Sue Giles Drug rehabilitation (Yeldall Manor): Peter Emms, Felicity Beatty Latin America -  Mike Buckland, Rachel Perry Africa - Mike Carver, Mike Wilson, Kat Brouwer, Emily Buckland, Kate Blacker Orphanage in India - Lesley & Steve Turville  This is not an exhaustive list. It is intended to help you connect to a country or area of service you are interested in, and/or explore how you or someone you know can use their God-given gifts to serve His church. Anyone who would like vocational guidance of any kind should contact our clergy. Also, Christian Vocations serves the UK church for this purpose.
Spiritual support, Worship resources		Scripture Union  Quench in Reading  Christian Bookshop in London Street, Reading St. Andrew's Bookshop at Wokingham  Church House Bookshop    Bibles and Bible Reading Aids (NB: internal page) Christianity Explored    Spring Harvest  Soul Survivor   Saltmine Trust Hymns

 

Office Address:

Parish Office, Mill Green 

Station Road 

Wargrave 

Berks 

RG10 8EU 

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