St. Birinus Church, Calcot, Reading

<body background="../images/Speckle.jpg"> <h1 align="center">This page uses frames to help navigate the site, but your browser doesn't support them.</h1> <p align="left"><a href="St_B_Menu.htm">Please click here to navigate our site.</a></p>  <font face="Arial"> <table border="0" align="right" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p align="center"> <img border="0" src="Photos/St_B_Pic_small.jpg" width="250" height="170"></tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p align="center"><b>Building</b><font face="Arial"><b> Exterior</b></font></td> </tr> </table> <h1> <font face="Arial">Welcome</font></h1> <p><font face="Arial">Welcome to the web pages of St Birinus Mission, Calcot. </font></p> <p>St. Birinus Church used to be in it's own parish on the western edge of Reading in Berkshire.</p> <p>From October 1<sup>st</sup> 2007 a new Parish was formed - "The Parish of Tilehurst - St.Catherine and Calcot - St.Birinus".  Some parts of the former parish were combined with the adjoining parishes of St.Matthew's and St.Michael's. (<a target="info" href="St_B_History_Fr.htm">Click here for details</a>)</p> <p>Moving forward in the spirit of St.Birinus there is a "St.Birinus Mission Initiative" in which we are exploring how to be a Christian Community in new ways.</p> <p>In the spirit of unity and support in the parish the three churches St.Catherine's, Cornwell Community Church and St.Birinus Mission join together regularly to worship as one.</p> <p>Increasingly we are working with other churches in the area to change the way in which the Church can love and serve the community. We are looking at development of the St.Birinus building to better serve the community.</p> <p>We hope these pages will tell you a little more about the Church - both the people and the building.</p> <p>Find out about our 'sister' congregations <a target="_top" href="http://www.stcatherines-tilehurst.org.uk">St Catherine of Siena, Tilehurst by clicking here</a> and the <a target="_top" href="http://www.cornwellcommunitychurch.org.uk">Cornwell Community Church by clicking here</a>.</p> <p><a target="info" href="../Common/Services_Special_fr.htm">For details of Christmas Services, click here</a></p> <p><font face="Arial">Our parish purpose is: -</font></p> <b><i> <p><font face="Arial">“To worship God and show Jesus’ love makes a difference in reaching, serving and caring”.</font></p> </i></b> <p><font face="Arial">We try and measure everything we do against this statement.</font></p> <p><font face="Arial">If you do not find in these pages what you want to know, please contact us by <a href="mailto:Info@StCatherines-Tilehurst.Org.Uk" target="_self">clicking here</a>.</font></p> <p align="center"><font face="Arial"> <a target="info" href="../Common/Parish_Fr.htm">Map of the parish</a></font></p> <hr> <p><font size="2">This web site is maintained privately. Though not an official organ of the Church of England, or any church body, it does offer links to official news releases and other documents such as Constitutions and Canons, links to official parish/diocesan pages, and other such documents.</font></p> <hr> <p>You are visitor number :  <script type="text/javascript"> var sc_project=3005129; var sc_invisible=0; var sc_partition=32; var sc_security="9b84b23e"; </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="http://www.statcounter.com/counter/counter.js"> </script><noscript><a href="http://www.statcounter.com/" target="_blank"> <img src="http://c24.statcounter.com/counter.php?sc_project=3005129&java=0&security=9b84b23e&invisible=0" alt="free log" border="0"></a> </noscript>    since 1st October, 2007</p></font> <p align="left"> </p> </body>