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† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer22 March 20265th Sunday of Lent – Passiontide Fresco from the Church of St. Lazarus – Lazarus rising from the tombWELCOME 5th Sunday of Lent – Passiontide As we prepare to walk with Jesus through his passion, worship with hearts full of gratitude and trust. The first reading is Ezekiel 37.1-14, the Lord shows Ezekiel a … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer15 March 2026Mothering Sunday WELCOME Mothering Sunday 2026 The first reading is 1 Samuel 1.20-end, Hannah has been unable to conceive that she prayed for a Son, promising that she would dedicate him to God if her prayers were answered. The gospel reading is John 19.25-27, as he’s dying on the cross, Jesus makes provision for his … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer08 March 20263rd Sunday of Lent Icon of Jesus and Samaritan woman, in Church of St Photina in Nablus WELCOME 3rd Sunday of Lent Today’s readings Exodus 17.1-7, God meets the material needs of the people of Israel, wondering in the desert, finding the miracle of the rock, it is revealed as a life source the … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer01 March 20262nd Sunday of Lent WELCOME 2nd Sunday of Lent “For God so loved the world that he gave his only son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish and may have eternal life.” John 3.16 We come before God with our prayers and praises, that together we may renew our faith. … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer22 February 20261st Sunday of Lent WELCOME 1st Sunday of Lent Today we hear the story of Jesus’s temptation. So, in our eucharist we’ll think about how we put God to the test and how we can resist temptation in our own life. Bringing to mind those times when we’re faced temptation, knowing that Jesus knows … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer15 February 2026Sunday before Lent View from the top of Mt Tabor- site of the Transfiguration WELCOMESunday before Lent This week sees the beginning of Lent and I wonder what that means for you? Perhaps it is time to look more closely at the word Lent, what does it mean? ‘Lent’ is the past tense of … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer08 February 20262nd Sunday before Lent WELCOME2nd Sunday before Lent As God’s beloved children, let us join with all the beauty of creation and come before God in praise and worship. We approach just as we are, with all our dreams and hopes, with all our worries and struggles, all our gladness and sadness. Suffering is … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer01 February 2026Candlemas Presentación de Jesús en el Templo by Francisco Rizi (ca. 1663) WELCOMECandlemas (Presentation of Christ in the Temple) Today we celebrate the presentation of Christ in the temple, turning point in the churches year, a new beginning. It’s other name, Candlemass, commemorates the blessing of the year’s new candles. As epiphany ends we begin … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer25 January 2026Third Sunday of Epiphany / Conversion of Paul Saul of Tarsus (to become the apostle Paul) on the road to Damascus by H M Brock WELCOME3rd Sunday of Epiphany / Conversion of Paul St Pauls says, “if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away, everything has become … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer18 January 2026Second Sunday of Epiphany WELCOME2nd Sunday of Epiphany Here is a tale of two lambs, Francisco de Zurbaran’s 1630 painting Agnus Dei is stark in its simplicity depicting a bound lamb resting on a stone slab staring with mute resignation out towards the left-hand side of the canvas. In contrast at the centre … Read More