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† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer31 March 2024 Easter Day WELCOME Easter Day 2024 Alleluia! Christ is risen! So here we are, Easter Day, we have come through the heartache of Holy Week, heard again the stories that led up to and included the Crucifixion. A week where a friend describes it as ‘hard work being a Christian’. Sermons prepared, services … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer24 March 2024 Palm Sunday WELCOME Today we mark a significant part of the events that lead us to the cross – Jesus’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem. Everyone had heard about the miracle of Lazarus, they believed and therefore followed and celebrated the messiah as he entered the city. A messiah who would change everything! But … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer17 March 2024 Lent 5, Passiontide begins Icon by Kelly Latimore: Christ the Mother Hen.Inspired by our Lent Study.WELCOME Lent 5, Passion Sunday The first reading is Jeremiah 31, vv 31-34God promises to make a new covenant with the people, and that everyone will know God intimately. The second reading is Hebrews 5, vv 5-10Through prayerful obedience … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer10 March 2024 Lent 4 / Mothering Sunday WELCOME Lent 4, Mothering Sunday This week we had International Women’s Day, a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women. In the church calendar, today is Mothering Sunday, a day refreshment day in the middle of Lent. A day to return to mother church, … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer03 March 2024 The Third Sunday of Lent WELCOME Third Sunday in Lent The first reading is from Exodus, chapter 20 vv 1-17To the ten commandments God maps out the landscape for Godly living, while providing directions for building a faithful holy, harmonious and flourishing community.  The second reading from 1 Corinthians, chapter 1, vv 18-25St … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer25 February 2024 The Second Sunday of Lent WELCOME Second Sunday of Lent The first reading is from Genesis chapter 17 vv 1-7 and vv 15-16God gives a new beginning and a promise to an elderly couple, Abraham and Sarah. It’s not just that they will at last become parents, but God will be the God … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer18 February 2024 The First Sunday of Lent WELCOME The first reading is from Genesis, chapter 9, vv 8-17God promises that never again will a flood destroy the earth. The rainbow is a sign of all creation and a reminder to God of this everlasting covenant.  The second reading is from first letter of Peter, chapter 3, … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer04 February 2024 2nd Sunday before Lent WELCOME We gather to worship the God who made Heaven and earth, whose love never ends. Even in the devastation and darkness of the world the light of God, the Living God, is never extinguished. God chooses to dwell with us, giving us the power to be God’s children … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer28 January 2024Candlemas WELCOME Today we celebrate one of the principal feasts of the church – the strange thing is that many will never have heard of it! The Feast of the Presentation occurs each year on February 2nd – exactly 40 days after Christmas. And most years the feast falls on a weekday, as … Read More