The Parish Magazine May 2023

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Lord Carey to preach at
Community Coronation
Celebration Service at
11am on Sunday 7 May
After attending the Coronation on Saturday 6 May in
Westminster Abbey of Charles and his wife Camilla as
King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the other
Commonwealth realms, The Rt Rev and the Rt Hon the
Lord Carey of Clifton will preach at a special service of
celebration in St Andrew's Church Sonning on Sunday 7
May at 11am.
Following the service the celebrations will continue in The
Ark and The Ark gardens. Everyone is welcome to both
the service and the following drinks reception in The Ark
gardens.
Lord Carey was the 103rd Archbishop of Canterbury
from 1991 to 2002 and is always a very welcome visitor
to St Andrew's. His last visit was to preach at our special
service to celebrate Her Majesty The Queen Elizabeth II's
Platinum Jubilee in June last year.
Cake glorious cake!
In the penultimate week of the spring term, the Reading
Blue Coat chaplaincy held a cake sale and raffle to raise
money for the Aldworth Partnership, which is the umbrella
term for the school's outreach work.
The stalls were run by the chaplaincy prefect as well as
other younger pupils who attend the weekly chaplaincy
lunchtime club.
Rev Kate said: 'What was particularly special is that
it wasn't just a school event, a number of members of St
Andrew's also baked cakes and flapjacks for us to sell. I am
very grateful for the support from the church and it was lovely
to see my two 'worlds' of school and church come together.'
Churches Together!
By Rev Kate
The Parish Magazine - May 2023 7
Behind the scenes on Mothering Sunday . . .
Left to right: Penny Feathers, Rosemary Nutbrown and Molly Woodley
who made Mothering Sunday bunches of flowers. Liz Nelson
. . . and front of house on Palm Sunday . . .
Members of St Andrew's music group
Indy Biddulph
On 19 March I was delighted that we were able to host 61 adults and children from a variety of local Roman Catholic
congregations at the halfway point of their charity walk. The annual walk called ‘The Big Lent Walk’, raises money for
the charity CAFOD. It was a wet and windy day so everyone was grateful for the warmth of The Ark and a hot drink! But
it wasn’t just warmth and hospitality that we offered, it was also fellowship. We sang hymns and it was lovely to meet so
many new people — at least 14 different nationalities represented by flags which they carried on the walk.