Preston Schoolroom is a former Victorian schoolroom in the grounds of St Catherine’s church in what was part of the vicarage garden. Refurbished with modern facilities, the schoolroom is a spacious and pleasantly decorated, fully heated hall with a large, sprung wooden floor and bright and welcoming LED lighting. Facilities include a fitted kitchen and male and female toilets. The hall also boasts a large, private secure garden laid to grass. Ideal for children to play and for adults to relax, the garden adds considerably to available space in fine weather. Preston Schoolroom is a flexible venue available to hire for children’s and family parties, meetings, clubs of all sorts, youth organisations, rehearsals and all manner of events. For further information or to enquire about booking, please contact: secretary.preston.schoolroom@gmail.com Or telephone: 01795 535896
Everyday Faith is an app that delivers a daily series of short readings, reflections and prayers which are usually based on a weekly theme. Each devotion - around five minutes in length - is a support in developing our faith from day to day throughout the week Core Features Daily Readings: Selected relevant passages from the Bible.Short Reflections: Curated thoughts based on a specific weekly theme.Morning Prayers: Simple prayers to prepare you for the day ahead.Full Audio: Complete audio recordings of all daily written content. The app is free, has no in-app purchases, and functions across major smartphone and tablet formats. Everyday Faith is free to download for iOS and Android here: https://www.churchofengland.org/faith-life/exploring-faith/everyday-faith
At St Catherine’s we’ve recently adopted this mission prayer. Join us in praying for God to lead us into growth. God of Mission, Who alone brings growth to your Church, Send your Holy Spirit to giveVision to our planning, Wisdom to our actions, Joy to our worship,And power to our witness. Help our church to grow in numbers, In spiritual commitment to you, And in service to our local community, Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
George was an early Christian martyr (died 23 April 303AD in Palestine) and is venerated as a saint. Of Middle Eastern heritage, he was born in Cappadocia - a province of the Roman Empire in Anatolia - in modern central-eastern Turkey.He became a member of the Praetorian Guard for Roman emperor Diocletian but, when he refused to denounce his Christian faith, he was executed as part of the Diocletianic persecutions (a series of edicts that withdrew Christians' legal rights and demanded that they should comply with traditional religious practices and offer sacrifices to Roman gods). He is one of the most venerated saints in Christianity and, as well as being the patron saint of England, he is also the patron saint of Aragon, Catalonia, Georgia, Ethiopia, Portugal and Palestine.Saint George - pray for us 🙏