St. Luke’s was given a defibrillator in December 2023 and we really value being able to serve the community by having it.
St Luke's Christmas Tree Trail
It's time for
Visit our beautiful church full of decorated trees, enjoyed by people of all ages!
This year we are bringing things back to church.
Find out this year's winner
The donations have been collected and totalled. This year’s winner is…
Come to St. Luke's Church
Come down to St. Luke’s Church and view the Trees
- Purchase voting tokens on the door or in advance*
- Vote for your favourite trees in church using your tokens
- Enjoy the refreshments
- Keep up to date online when we announce the winner
*This year, as we are conscious that many people, do not carry much cash, so voting boxes will only take tokens in church. No boxes will contain coins.
These tokens can be purchased in advance from the parish office (open Tuesday – Friday 9:30 – 11:30 am) using credit cards or cash, or at the door on our event days.
Tokens are sold in bags of 10 for £5 and all the money raised from the event goes to charity.
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View the trees that have been decorated this year by local businesses and organisations on our ‘View the trees’ page or in person St. Luke’s Church
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Vote for your favourite 3 trees online once you have looked through all of the festive entries. You can also vote in person at St. Luke’s Church
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Donate to support this year’s chosen charity, the Thames Valley Hospice, along with St. Luke’s Church
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If you want to see all of the trees which have been entered with your own eyes then follow the tree trail
This year we are supporting Thames Valley Heartbeat!
Thames Valley Heartbeat was set up in 2019 to raise funds to purchase public access defibrillators for communities within the Thames Valley. Everyone involved with the charity is a volunteer. There are no salary costs and all the volunteers pay their own expenses. Every penny of the money raised is used to buy life saving defibrillators.
Cardiac arrest is a leading cause of premature death with fewer than one in twelve patients leaving hospital. However, with immediate treatment, lives can be saved. The heart stops because the electrical rhythm that controls the heart is replaced by a disorganised electrical rhythm. The quicker this can be treated, the greater the chance of successful resuscitation.
Cardiac arrest can be reversible, but it’s vital that it is recognised and acted upon in the first few seconds or minutes. Lives can be saved by CPR and the use of a defibrillator.
People are often reluctant to do anything for fear of making matters worse in the event of cardiac arrest, so Thames Valley Heartbeat provides confidence-building familiarisation sessions on CPR and the use of a defibrillator.
We are so grateful that St Luke’s has chosen our charity and more specifically our
Hope@22 project.
Our Hope@22 project was set up in January 2021. This was in a response to the number of clients who were waiting to receive our support who were feeling suicidal or had complex mental health conditions. Since the start of the project 8 counsellors have worked diligently supporting a number of clients each year. In total supporting 130 clients in the last 2 years. The counsellors who work in this project are amongst our most experienced and undertake additional training.
Whatever is raised will make a valuable contribution to reaching out to people in their time of
greatest distress.
Heavenly Father,
You gave your Son to be a light to the world
to bring us joy and life.
Jesus became one with us so that we might know your love;
we pray that, as we see the beautiful lights of Christmas,
these Christmas trees,
and all the other wonderful signs of this season,
we may be constantly reminded of your love
shown to us in your Son.
Amen