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This section of the website is designed to help welcome newcomers and visitors to St Nicolas Church. We are a large and diverse family, a community which ranges from firm Christian believers on the one hand to those whose journey of faith exploration has only just begun. Old and young, healthy and wounded, finders and seekers - all are welcome here. To sustain the spiritual life of such a varied community there is a wide range of services and activities for you to play a part in – details of which are set out on this website and in the welcome pack available at church. You can also find out more from members of the church welcome team (identified by a badge). Filling in one of the ‘Feedback and Keeping in Touch’ forms will help us to do just that. In particular, we’d like to invite you to a
Newcomers Event
, which we aim to hold several times a year. The core of what we're about here is summed up by the phrase
'SHARING THE LIFE OF JESUS TODAY'
. At St Nicolas we aim to share Life by maintaining a focus on
L
oving God,
I
nvolving Everyone,
F
inding Faith, and
E
nabling Growth. To help us in these aims, we have organised our leadership into a number of support and development teams:
Community Support
- what we offer to the local community
Evangelism
- how we help outsiders to find faith
Pastoral Care
and
Small Groups
- how we look after one another
Worship
- how we respond to God's love in worship
Youth & Children
- our work among young people Pages with more details about some of these areas are included in this section of the website. We also have teams of people with responsibility for communication, finance and the fabric of the church buildings, Meanwhile, here are some of the team... Our Associate Vicar (and Acting Priest-in-charge following the departure of the Rector for pastures new in May 2010) is Sarah Alexander and we have a Curate in training, Murray Woolnough. Jane Sutton is our Licensed Lay Minister. Our Youth Minister is Paul Reisbach and our Children's Worker is Debbie Harrison. John Davies is our Pastoral Adviser for Older People. Sue Elliott is our Administrator and Pastoral Co-ordinator, ably assisted by Anne Montgomery, our Assistant Administrator. Our Facilities Manager is Belinda Bowrey. The principal representatives of the congregation are the churchwardens, Nic Cope and Val Hanson. We hope you'll introduce yourself to one or other of us, especially if you decide to make this your spiritual home. Contact details are here or in the monthly church magazine. St Nicolas has been at the centre of Newbury's spiritual life for over 900 years, with the present building dating from the 16th century. Our doors are open every day from 9.00 am until, usually, around 5.00 pm. Feel free to drop in to look round, to reflect and to pray. If you're coming from a distance, you might like to contact us to check we'll be open. The Church Office is situated in St Nicolas Hall, just opposite the main south door of the church. The office is open for enquiries, including information about baptisms, weddings and funerals, from 9.00 am to 3.00 pm, Mondays to Fridays. St Nicolas Church Office
West Mills
Newbury
Berks RG14 5HG
Telephone 01635 47018 Email office@st-nicolas-newbury.org Finally, if there is a particular need you think we might be able to help with, please don't hesitate to call the Pastoral Care Line on 01635 529783. We look forward to meeting you! St Nicolas belongs to the Church of England and is part of the worldwide Anglican Communion. We are a member of the Newbury Team Ministry, along with St John Newbury, St George Wash Common and St Mary Speen. St Nicolas is within the Newbury Deanery, the Archdeaconry and Episcopal Area of Berkshire (under the care of the Bishop of Reading) and the Diocese of Oxford. We are linked with other local Christians through our membership of Christians Together in the Newbury Area (CTNA). The full name of the parish is St Nicolas Newbury with St Mary Speenhamland. The church of St Mary Speenhamland in London Road (not to be confused with St Mary Speen) was declared redundant and eventually demolished in the early 1970's.
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