Recent highlights
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New series: Lord, teach us to pray
Prayer is a fundamental human activity: it’s how we engage with the infinite; it’s how we commune with our God who is unseen; it’s how we feed our relationship -
The Discipleship Collective
New - a group of people exploring what it looks like to walk with Jesus day by day; a collective where we encourage and learn from one another as we go: Cover the -
Celebrate Christmas
You are warmly invited to celebrate Christmas at with us at Wokingham Baptist Church. We will explore the story of Jesus' birth with children and their families, enjoy an atmospheric candlelit service of familiar carols -
New series: An Active Community
One of our core values as a church is that ‘we seek to be an Active Community’. In our first series of services in what is our 250th Anniversary year we explore what -
New series: Do not be afraid
Our new service series, starts on Sunday 1st December, the first Sunday in Advent. Throughout the gospels which tell the story of the birth of Jesus, there is a repeated refrain: ‘Do not -
Exploring Church Membership
Feel like this is the local church for you? Want to express that by getting more involved? Then this is for you! Join us for information and discussion after the morning service on Sunday -
Light Party
Tuesday 31st October, 5.30PM-7.00PM Join us for fun, games, story, craft (and treats) for a light alternative to Halloween. No scary costumes please but bright, sparkly or neon clothing welcome! Only £ -
Harvest, Lunch and Roy Searle Visit
We are delighted that Roy Searle is visiting us again on the weekend of 7th and 8th October. On Saturday afternoon, at 4.30pm in the sanctuary, Roy would like to share something of the -
Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival
Join us at the church for lantern making and crafts from 7pm on Friday 29th September, followed by a trip to Elms Field to share food (please bring your own) and time together beneath the -
You don't need to be at rock bottom to reach out!
Anxious? Stuck? Lost your spark and motivation? Holding on to past hurts? Carrying shame or secrets? Someone else's behaviour impacting your life? Celebrate Recovery is a faith-based 12 step programme. It is not -
Newcomers welcome lunch Sunday 1st October 新朋友午餐 2023年10月1日星期日
Have you recently joined us in person or online? Come and join us for lunch in the hall straight after morning service until 2pm to find out more about life at Wokingham Baptist Church, what -
New series: Living your blessed life! Wisdom for living well from the book of James
Our new service series, starts on Sunday 17th September: Living your blessed life! Wisdom for living well from the book of James. People talk a lot about ‘living your best life’; but how -
Alpha course starts Monday 25 September
Now more than ever people are asking the bigger questions in life: Why am I here? Why is all this happening? Is there more to life than this? and What is my purpose? You're -
Welcome Course 歡迎從香港來到英國的鄰居
我們為香港朋友準備的下一個歡迎課程將於9月20日星期三開始。 在歡迎課程中,我們邀請香港朋友一起喝茶吃蛋糕,暢談英國的生活和文化。如果你跟「地頭蟲」來一場輕鬆、有趣的討論是“你杯茶”的話,請不要錯過這個機會! 我們討論的主題包括: 觀迎來到英國 了解英國文化 交朋友 健康 解決問題 公民身份 有關課程的更多資訊和預留位置,請參閱www.wokinghambaptist.org.uk/welcomecourse Our next Welcome Course for our Hong Kong friends starts on Wednesday 20th September. At the Welcome Course, we invite our Hong Kong friends -
Welcome Laura!
We are delighted to say that our church member Laura is joining the Church Office Team this week, following Tina's retirement. She will be job sharing with Jackie. Welcome Laura! A reminder that the -
Bring and Share International Lunch
As a celebration of our diversity, after the morning service on 2nd July we will be having a bring and share international lunch. Please bring along your favourite dish to share - anything you like that -
New series: Time to rebuild - Lessons from Nehemiah
Our new series draws lessons from the Old Testament book of Nehemiah. It's the dramatic story of how a godly leader brought people together to rebuild their broken community. What needs rebuilding in -
Men's Pub Night
出嚟飲返杯英國同埋香港朋友大家傾下計新舊朋友都歡迎 Come out for a drinkCatch up with UK & HK friends new and oldAll Welcome When? Wednesday 31st May, 8pm Where? The Ship Inn, 104 Peach Street, RG40 1XH -
New series: Living as a Diverse Community
On Sunday 23 April we begin a new series: Living as a Diverse Community One of our church values is ‘we seek to be a diverse community’. At a time when -
Welcome Course 歡迎從香港來到英國的鄰居
我們為香港朋友準備的下一個歡迎課程將於4月19日星期三開始 在歡迎課程中,我們邀請香港朋友一起喝茶吃蛋糕,暢談英國的生活和文化。如果你跟「地頭蟲」來一場輕鬆、有趣的討論是“你杯茶”的話,請不要錯過這個機會! 我們討論的主題包括: 觀迎來到英國 了解英國文化 交朋友 健康 解決問題 公民身份 有關課程的更多資訊和預留位置,請參閱www.wokinghambaptist.org.uk/welcomecourse Our next Welcome Course for our Hong Kong friends starts on Wednesday 19th April. At the Welcome Course, we invite our Hong Kong friends to join -
Welcome Course update 歡迎課程更新
Our first Welcome Course for has now finished but we had some lovely feedback from the participants (see below) and hope to run it again after Easter. In the meantime, opportunities for Hong Kongers -
Easter: Hope is Here!
Good Friday - An Hour at the Cross A quiet reflective service at 10.15am including Bible readings, monologues, music and prayer, in the sanctuary. After this, at 11.30, there will be hot cross -
Easter Experience
A huge thank you to the dedicated team of volunteers who helped to make Easter Experience a big success last week – those leading and helping in zones, supplying refreshments, working behind the scenes to -
New series: Jesus and the Crowd
So often Jesus was surrounded by crowds of people. In our services up to Easter we explore his interactions with individuals, but also with the crowds who flocked to see him and saw those interactions -
TOAST starts Sunday 15th January
TOAST (Together On A Sunday Teatime) is a new group that will be starting in January 2023 for children and young people in school years 6 – 8. TOAST will meet on the third Sunday -
New series for the new year: Who Cares?
This week we start a new series of services exploring what the Bible teaches about caring for the people around us: Who Cares? Why does caring make us more fully human? Who should we -
4321 restarts 10th January
4321 restarts for the spring term on Tuesday 10th January, and you can read the latest newsletter here. Tickets will be available as usual on Friday evenings at 8pm the week before on TicketSource. Only -
You don't need to be at rock bottom to reach out!
Anxious? Stuck? Lost your spark and motivation? Holding on to past hurts? Carrying shame or secrets? Someone else's behaviour impacting your life? Celebrate Recovery is a faith-based 12 step programme. It is not -
Time to Remember - Time to Reflect
On Sunday 11th December at 6.30pm we are holding a simple reflective service. This is for anyone who has experienced grief and loss, or those experiencing the storms of life, this Christmas season.  -
Market place stall for Harvest - Saturday 15th October
We are running a stall in Wokingham Market Place on Saturday 15th October 2022 from 10am to 2pm. Our theme will be Harvest Festival which we are celebrating at church the following weekend. We will -
New Series for Autumn 2022 - Ephesians: Church United!
It feels like we’re living in an increasingly polarised world. We’re conscious of divisions culturally and politically, in terms of age and race, between rich and poor; even within church denominations -
"Well done, good and faithful servant..."
... now with her King. We give thanks to God for our Queen Elizabeth II. While we mourn her death, we rejoice in her clear Christian faith and so in her eternal life. Lynn -
Karen Bugg's induction service
Karen Bugg will be inducted as Minister of Berkhamsted Baptist Church on Saturday 17th September at 3.30pm. The service will be followed by a simple tea of jacket potatoes and fillings, followed by desserts -
Meet Lois: our new Children and Families Worker
We are delighted that Lois Theobald starts her role as our new Children and Families Worker on Monday 22 August. Please remember Lois and her family in your prayers as she takes on this new -
Karen Bugg's ordination service
On Sunday 3rd July we were delighted to celebrate Karen's ordination - a wonderful occasion. The service wasn't livestreamed but you can watch the recording on YouTube: -
Community groups
Community groups We recently started our community groups which aim to be part of the bigger mission of sharing God’s love with our community. There were three groups in September and they will -
Praying for Peace
I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people – for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all -
National Day of Reflection
On 23 March 2022, it will be two years since the first UK lockdown. Whether a death is recent or long ago, and whether or not it was due to Covid-19, every year there -
Interested in becoming a Church Member? Come to lunch!
Anyone and everyone is always welcome to attend our services and other events at Wokingham Baptist Church! There comes a point, though, when it’s helpful to know who is on board – who -
New series: Colours of the Cross
The death of Jesus on a wooden cross 2,000 years ago is the central event of the Christian faith; what many would claim to be the turning point of human history. The cross and -
World Day of Prayer 2022 - I know the plans I have for you
Previously the Women's World Day of Prayer, this is a global event where every country around the world takes part in the same service on the same day. Each year the service is written -
New series: God Still Speaks
This January we will be exploring the role of the Prophetic. As we head into a new year it’s important to know that our God is not dead or silent or trapped in -
Climate Sunday
Sunday 5 September was Climate Sunday when we explored how God is at work to restore all things, and so part of our mission as His people is to care for His creation and work -
New monthly service pattern
As lockdown restrictions and social distancing requirements have now been eased, rather than simply return to what we’ve always done, we will be moving to a new monthly pattern for our services after -
Meet the Duprees: Our BMS Mission Workers
On Saturday 7th August we will be joined by our BMS Mission Workers from Albania, Annie and Dan Dupree and their children Charis (16), Isaac (15), Amaya (10) and Thalia (3). They will be with -
ReGen shelter building
ReGen met on Sunday 9th May at Gorrick Wood and did some shelter building! After creating the shelters, they hung up the hammocks underneath the protection and then took some time to lie back and -
Baptist Assembly
This year's Baptist Assembly is online from Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 May. Bringing the Baptist Assembly as an online event has presented an exciting opportunity for churches to join together in a national -
ReGen flying high
ReGen met for the first time in person on Sunday 25th April, after several months of being on Zoom... and what a beautiful day it was to go kite flying at Cantley Park! As we -
Church open for private prayer
This Sunday, 11th April, we will be opening the church building for private prayer between 2pm and 6pm . We recognise that there has recently been a lot of grief amongst our church family -
ReGen mug cakes
ReGen recently made chocolate mug cakes from home on Zoom! The joy of making mug cakes is that they only take 1 minute 30 seconds in the microwave! But as we waited for the mug -
Tek Ura's London to Tirana Challenge
Our BMS Mission Partners in Albania, Dan and Annie Dupree, work in an area near to Tirana where there is a lot of poverty and also a number of marginalised groups. They started "Tek Ura -
Wednesday morning prayer
We want to create the opportunity for a regular prayer time in the week for anyone who can join. It is short and sharp, just 30 minutes at 8am every Wednesday, with the intention that -
ReGen hammocks in Gorrick Wood
In the autumn, ReGen did some socially distanced hammock building in Gorrick Wood, and the pictures have finally become available! It looks fun: -
One Small Step - Come as you are
Starting this week... Are you stuck in a rut, overworked? Do you suffer from addiction, anxiety or an unhealthy habit? Whatever the behaviour, however big or small, there is hope for change... "One -
Wokingham Pride
Wokingham Pride takes place on Saturday 11th July, and churches, businesses and other organisations were invited by the Town Council to send a message, to help build understanding and friendship. Here is the message the -
Aquarium 2050
Re:Gen, our youth group, recently spent some time considering plastic waste and its effect on marine wildlife. They created an awesome art installation called Aquarium 2050 in our church’s worship area, to