| † St Andrews Proclaiming Christ in Clewer 12 November 2023 Remembrance Sunday |
 WELCOME Remembrance Day 2023 Jesus commanded us to love one another. I wonder how you would answer if I said to you, “What do you think love is?” Would you say that “love is….” That special feeling? Would you say that it is having all the patience in the world? Might you say that love is letting your sister play on your xbox? Would you say that it is giving someone another chance? Or maybe would you say that love is about making sacrifices? The reading in John 15:13 “Jesus says, “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” (NIV) Love can be all of the things I just said but it is also so much more. At the heart of loving each other as Jesus has loved us is the willingness to put other people’s needs before our own needs, whatever we feel like; to sacrifice what we want for the good of the other person. Today we are thinking about the greatest love that people can show each other….. the love that involves sacrificing one’s very own life for the good of others. On this Remembrance Sunday we remember those who lay down their lives in the fighting of war, so that we can live in freedom. Act of commitment Let us commit ourselves to responsible living and faithful service. Will you strive for all that makes for peace? Will you seek to heal the wounds of war? Will you work for a just future for all humanity? We Will Merciful God, we offer to you the fears in us that have not yet been cast out by love. May we accept the hope you have placed in the hearts of all people, and live lives of justice, courage and mercy; through Jesus Christ our risen Redeemer. Amen Blessings for your week Revd Rosie COLLECT Almighty Father, whose will is to restore all things in your beloved Son, the King of all: govern the hearts and minds of those in authority, and bring the families of the nations, divided and torn apart by the ravages of sin, to be subject to his just and gentle rule; who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen READINGS – USED AT THE EVENING EUCHARIST Micah 4.1-5 In days to come the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be raised up above the hills. Peoples shall stream to it, and many nations shall come and say: ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.’ For out of Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. He shall judge between many peoples, and shall arbitrate between strong nations far away; they shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning-hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more; but they shall all sit under their own vines and under their own fig trees, and no one shall make them afraid; for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken. For all the peoples walk, each in the name of its god, but we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever. This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. Philippians 4.4-6 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. THE GOSPEL READING Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John. Glory to you, O Lord. John 15.12-17 ‘This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing; but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father. You did not choose me but I chose you. And I appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that will last, so that the Father will give you whatever you ask him in my name. I am giving you these commands so that you may love one another. This is the Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ. INTERCESSIONS These Prayers are taken from Churches Together Remembrance Sunday 2005 Let us pray for all who suffer as a result of conflict, and ask that God may give us peace: for the service men and women who have died in the violence of war, each one remembered by and known to God; May God give peace: God give peace For those who love them in death as in life, offering the distress of our grief and the sadness of our loss; May God give peace: God give peace For all members of the armed forces who are in danger this day, remembering family, friends and all who pray for their safe return; May God give peace: God give peace For civilian women, children and men whose lives are disfigured by war or terror, calling to mind in penitence the anger and hatreds of humanity; May God give peace: God give peace For peace-makers and peace-keepers, who seek to keep this world secure and free; May God give peace: God give peace For all who bear the burden and privilege of leadership, political, military and religious; asking for gifts of wisdom and resolve in the search for reconciliation and peace. May God give peace: God give peace O God of truth and justice, we hold before you those whose memory we cherish and those whose names we will never know. Help us to lift our eyes above the torment of this broken world, and grant us the grace to pray for those who wish us harm. As we honour the past, may we put our faith in your future; for you are the source of life and hope, now and forever. Amen. POST COMMUNIONGod of peace, whose Son Jesus Christ proclaimed the kingdom and restored the broken to wholeness of life: look with compassion on the anguish of the world, and by your healing power make whole both people and nations; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.. AmenListen to Canon Brian’s Reflection for All Souls Listen NOTICESEVENING SERVICE ON SUNDAY Our evening service will be a Eucharist for Remembrance Sunday at 5.00pm. SERVICES FOR THE NEXT FOUR WEEKS Tuesday and Thursday 5.00pm Evening Prayer on Zoom Church Open every day 10.00am – 6.00pm Sun 12 Nov Remembrance Sunday – No 10.30 service in Church 10.45am Service at the War Memorial in the Rec 5.00pm Parish Eucharist for Remembrance Sunday Sun 19 Nov 10.30am Parish Eucharist – 2nd Sunday before Advent 3.00pm Wild Worship 5.00pm Evening Prayer – Zoom Sun 26 Nov 10.30am Parish Eucharist – Christ the King 5.00pm Evening Prayer – Zoom Sun 03 Dec 10.30am Feast of St Andrew – All Age Eucharist 5.00pm Advent Carol Service PLEASE PRAY FOR The Suffering: Blake, Sam, Hugo, Don, Karl, Sarah, Joanna, Holly, Frank and Barbara, Bill, Suzanne, Christopher, Jackie, Diane, Sylvia, Mary, Gracie, Carmel, Christine, and Vivienne. Refugees, Prisoners, the Homeless and those who mourn. The Departed: David Wallis, all those recently departed this life, and those whose anniversaries fall at this time. Those baptised: Weddings: Community Prayers: Clewer Green School, the head teacher Martin Tinsley and all the pupils, staff and governors. For all our Care Homes, for the safety of residents and staff. We pray also for Windsor Christian Action, and the work of the Homeless Project, Street Angels, FoodShare, and The Night Shelter. Parish Cycle of Prayer: Please pray for all who live or work in Little Buntings, Tyrell Gardens, Duncroft, Perrycroft, Ryecroft, Rydings, Ellison Close, and Addington Close. Anglican Cycle of Prayer: please pray for the Church of Mocambique e Angola. Please pray also for the Churches in these Dioceses: Asante-Mampong (West Africa), Saint Asaph (Wales), Athabasca (Canada), Atlanta (USA), Attooch (South Sudan), and Auckland (Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia).Please continue to pray for and support your neighbours and families in any way you can whilst keeping yourself safe.  Our Remembrance Day Service will be at the Clewer Memorial Park, not in Church, our Eucharist service will be at 5pm in Church.   ADVENT WHATSAPP GROUP If you would like to sign up to receive a message each day in Advent, please add your name and mobile number on the sheet in Church, or email the office at office@clewerparish.org POSADA It will be lovely to send out the Posada on Advent Sunday – please ensure you have signed up to take part and host the Holy Family on its journey to the stable, returning at the Crib Service on Christmas Eve.     WINDSOR FOODSHARE  From their Facebook, Twittter and Website Pages: https://www.facebook.com/windsorfoodshare https://twitter.com/WindsrFoodshare https://www.windsorfoodshare.org.uk CAN YOU HELP? We are currently very short ofCooking SaucesUHT MilkBiscuitsTinned FruitTea bagsWe get less food donations in the spring and summer, even though we are still feeding the same amount of people. We have a permanent donation box at Tesco Superstore and also at Waitrose & Partners. So if you are shopping it is easy to pop a carton or 2 in. Or why not try our Wishlist on Common Good and Amazon. https://www.forcommongood.co.uk/…/giftr…/registry/215636 https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/23EUESGGRMAVZ… You can drop off to us on Wednesdays 9.30-1.30 or Thursdays 9.30-3.00 at Dedworth Green Baptist Church. We do not like to ask as we know times are tough for lots of people right now. Imagine if your whole street donated one tin each to us how this would help our stocks. CHURCH FINANCES – MESSAGE FROM ANDREW Thank you to everyone for all you have been able to give in this difficult time. We prefer the Parish Giving Scheme, which we promoted in previous years. Details are on our page on their web site: https://bit.ly/2XCLuCr [https://www.parishgiving.org.uk/donors/find-your-parish/clewer-st-andrew-windsor/] We also have the printed application forms available in Church, or contact the Parish Office by email office@clewerparish.org Alternatively, by paying directly to our bank account, the details of which are: HSBC Bank, High Street, Windsor Sort Code: 40-47-37 Account number: 11373366 Account name: PCC St Andrews Church or if your bank doesn’t like this Parochial Church Council St Andrews Clewer Parish CONTACTS The Parish Office is now closed. email: office@clewerparish.org Revd Rosie 01753 852334 email rector@clewerparish.org Parish Website: www.standrewsclewer.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/standrewsclewer Rector: Revd Rosie Webb 01753 852334 rector@clewerparish.org Churchwarden: Stuart Cockman Contact via email: office@clewerparish.org Safeguarding Policy: www.standrewsclewer.org/safeguarding-policy Safeguarding Officer: clewerparishsafeguarding@gmail.com |