| † St Andrews Proclaiming Christ in Clewer 3rd August 2025 The Seventh Sunday after Trinity |
 This Sunday’s Gospel reading is from Luke 12 The land of a rich man produced abundantly. And he thought to himself,“What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?” WELCOME The seventh Sunday after Trinity. In the Eucharist we leave aside the cares and worries of the world as we come to hear of better motivations for our lives based on God’s vision for the world. First reading is Hosea 11, 1-11. Although God has loved Israel and called ‘his son’ out of Egypt, the people are bent on turning away. Even so, God will not destroy them but will return them to their home. The second reading is Colossians 3, 1-11. We are urged to seek those things that are above and leave behind the ways we once followed. There are no longer differences between us in race or station in life. Jesus is in us all. And the Gospel reading is Luke 12, 13-21. Someone in the crowd asks Jesus to tell his brother to share the family inheritance with him. Jesus uses the question as a way of explaining that being motivated only by the acquisition of money is pointless. In his parable, Jesus tells of a rich man who dies on the very night he is finally satisfied that he has accumulated enough wealth. Jesus calls us away from concern about money to a new and better focus. There is much to do and much to be enjoyed, but it isn’t motivated by anxiety about money. We could focus on building good relationships with the family God has given us. But most of all, our lives could be motivated by a desire to share the glory of God, the glory of the living God, which is the greatest treasure of all. Canon Brian COLLECT Lord of all power and might, the author and giver of all good things: graft in our hearts the love of your name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and of your great mercy keep us in the same; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen READINGS – ONLY THE GOSPEL WILL BE READ IN THE MORNING [Genesis 18.20-32] or Hosea 11, 1-11 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. The more I called them, the more they went from me; they kept sacrificing to the Baals, and offering incense to idols. Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk, I took them up in my arms; but they did not know that I healed them. I led them with cords of human kindness, with bands of love. I was to them like those who lift infants to their cheeks. I bent down to them and fed them. They shall return to the land of Egypt, and Assyria shall be their king, because they have refused to return to me. The sword rages in their cities, it consumes their oracle-priests, and devours because of their schemes. My people are bent on turning away from me. To the Most High they call, but he does not raise them up at all. How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, O Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart recoils within me; my compassion grows warm and tender. I will not execute my fierce anger; I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am God and no mortal, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come in wrath. They shall go after the Lord, who roars like a lion; when he roars, his children shall come trembling from the west. They shall come trembling like birds from Egypt, and like doves from the land of Assyria; and I will return them to their homes, says the Lord. This is the word of the Lord Thanks be to God Colossians 3.1-11 So if you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life is revealed, then you also will be revealed with him in glory. Put to death, therefore, whatever in you is earthly: fornication, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed (which is idolatry). On account of these the wrath of God is coming on those who are disobedient. These are the ways you also once followed, when you were living that life. But now you must get rid of all such things-anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive language from your mouth. Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have stripped off the old self with its practices and have clothed yourselves with the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of its creator. In that renewal there is no longer Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and free; but Christ is all and in all! This is the word of the Lord Thanks be to God Gospel Reading Luke 12.13-21 Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke. Glory to you, O Lord. Someone in the crowd said to him, ‘Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me.’ But he said to him, ‘Friend, who set me to be a judge or arbitrator over you?’ And he said to them, ‘Take care! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of possessions.’ Then he told them a parable: ‘The land of a rich man produced abundantly. And he thought to himself, “What should I do, for I have no place to store my crops?” Then he said, “I will do this: I will pull down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.” But God said to him, “You fool! This very night your life is being demanded of you. And the things you have prepared, whose will they be?” So it is with those who store up treasures for themselves but are not rich towards God.’ This is the Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ. INTERCESSIONS Everlasting God, we join together in praying to you for the needs the church, the world, our communities and ourselves, trusting in your love which reaches out from before the foundation of the world. Lord, in your mercy hear our prayer Holy God, whenever we start to get offended by your generosity or open-mindedness, give us the grace to repent and join your rejoicing. Guard the Church against self-righteousness and all rules and limits which you would not own, but keep always before us the rule of love. Lord, in your mercy hear our prayer Creator God, we pray for your world. Forgive us when we are ungrateful when spiritual blindness prevents us from appreciating the wonder of your creation and the endless cycle of nature. Forgive us for taking without giving; reaping without sowing. We pray for the farmers of the world many of whom still use those methods described by Jesus and we especially pray that they may be treated with fairness for their labours. Lord, in your mercy hear our prayer Father God, we thank you for the love we share with our families and our friends. We recognise that they may have faults and they love us in spite of ours. Help us to be flexible and adaptable in all of our relationships and also capable of accepting constructive criticism. Lord, in your mercy hear our prayer Loving God and Lord of life, we pray for the gift of courage to face up to and cope with illness. We pray for it for ourselves, and for those who we know need our prayers. Lord, in your mercy hear our prayer We thank you for those who through their courage have come through illness and for those facing the reality that there is little light at the end of their earthly tunnel. Lord, in your mercy hear our prayer Gracious God, give us ears to hear and minds to understand the message of immortality for the children of your kingdom so that we may look forward with patience and confidence to that time when we will join you in the peace of eternity. We especially pray for any we know who have recently died and are on that journey to you. Lord, in your mercy hear our prayer Faithful God, we thank you for the opportunity of being together in prayer. As we look forward to the week to come, we pray for an awareness of your love and support in all we do. Merciful Father accept these prayers for the sake of your Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen Adapted from the web site of The Anglican Chaplaincy of the Costa Blanca POST COMMUNION Lord God, whose Son is the true vine and the source of life, ever giving himself that the world may live: may we so receive within ourselves the power of his death and passion that, in his saving cup, we may share his glory and be made perfect in his love; for he is alive and reigns, now and for ever. Amen NOTICES EVENING SERVICE ON SUNDAY Sunday evening’s service is Eucharist at 5.00pm. Readings The same as above SERVICES FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS Church open every day 10.00am until 6.00pm No Tuesday, Thursday Evening Prayer during August Morning Prayer on Wednesdays at 8.00am in Church Sun 27 Jul 10:30am Parish Eucharist – 6th Sunday after Trinity Sun 03 Aug 10:30am All Age Eucharist – 7th Sunday after Trinity 5.00pm Eucharist Sun 10 Aug 10:30am Parish Eucharist – 8th Sunday after Trinity 5.00pm Evening Prayer Sun 17 Aug 10:30am Parish Eucharist – 9th Sunday after Trinity 5.00pm Evening Prayer Sun 24 Aug 10:30am Parish Eucharist – 10th Sunday after Trinity 5.00pm Evening Prayer Sun 31 Aug 10:30am Parish Eucharist – 11th Sunday after Trinity 3.00pm Worship Explorers – Children’s Church No evening service – 5th Sunday of the month PLEASE PRAY FOR The Suffering: Sam, Matt, Al, Sharon, Vivienne, Stef, John F, Joanna, Jane P, Tom B, Val, Bronwyn. Refugees, Prisoners, the Homeless and those who mourn. The Departed: Lucie Lazell, Patricia Faulkner, all those recently departed this life, and those whose anniversaries fall at this time. Baptisms: Weddings: Community Prayers: Clewer Green School, Mrs Branch, Mr Seymour, and all the staff, pupils, staff and governors. Busy Buttons CORE Charity and for all the work that they do. 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 Alma Beacon Hub. Please pray for the PCC as they work through the Mission Action Plan and discern God’s mission in Clewer. Parish Cycle of Prayer: Please pray for all who live or work in Shirley Avenue, Kingsbury Mews, Rutherford Close, West Crescent, East Crescent, Hatch Lane, and Firs Avenue. Anglican Cycle of Prayer: please pray for The Church in the Philippines. Please pray also for the Churches in these Dioceses: Niger West (Nigeria), Nike (Nigeria), Nimule South Sudan), Nnewi (Nigeria), Northern Izon (Nigeria), and the Northern Territory (Australia).Please continue to pray for and support your neighbours and families in any way you can whilst keeping yourself safe. UPCOMING EVENTS Coffee and More Wednesday 6th August 10.00am (see below) Churchyard Teas – the next afternoon tea in the churchyard will be for the VJ day 80th anniversary on Friday 15th August. Look out for other dates as they are confirmed. A date for your diary – Saturday 30 August 12.00-3.00pm, Parish Picnic at St Leonards Hill. Details to follow. The next Worship Explorers will be on 31 August at 3.00pm Another date for your diary – Friday 26th September at Windsor Boys School, starting at 5.00pm, 24-hour Sing-Along to raise money for the Night Shelter.    Please consider supporting the work of the Baby Bank. You can donate your second-hand baby clothes/supplies or even volunteer your time. Alternatively, you can help us out with a cash donation to help with the day-to-day running costs of The Baby Bank. Simply click on the link below to see how you can get involved. https://thebabybank.org  WINDSOR FOODSHARE Loving our neighbours From their Facebook, X (Twittter) and Website Pages: https://www.facebook.com/windsorfoodshare https://twitter.com/WindsrFoodshare https://www.windsorfoodshare.org.uk And their new page https://taplink.cc/windsorfoodshare 📢 Can you help? We are currently very low on toiletries and cleaning products – these items are essential for our clients and often overlooked. 🧼 Items needed include: • Shower gel • Shampoo • Toothpaste • Deodorant • Toilet roll • Washing-up liquid • Laundry detergent • Household cleaning sprays There are many ways to donate food to us – https://www.windsorfoodshare.org.uk/donating-food. We have a permanent donation box at Tesco Superstore, Dedworth and also at Waitrose & Partners in Windsor town centre. So if you are shopping it is easy to pop a pack or two in the donation box. Or why not try our Wishlist on Common Good and Amazon (you can click through to these from our linktree at https://taplink.cc/windsorfoodshare). You can also drop off to us on: – Wednesdays 09.00-13.30; or – Thursdays 09.00-15.00 at Dedworth Green Baptist Church (Smiths Lane, Windsor SL4 5PE). Thank you all so much for your continued support! 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 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 Rector Revd Rosie Webb 01753 852334, email: rector@clewerparish.org Parish Office email: office@clewerparish.org Parish Website: www.standrewsclewer.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/standrewsclewer Churchwarden: Vacant Contact via email: office@clewerparish.org Safeguarding Policy: www.standrewsclewer.org/safeguarding-policy Safeguarding Officer: clewerparishsafeguarding@gmail.com |