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† 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

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer21 January 20243rd Sunday of EpiphanySt Agnes Wedding Church at Cana, Lower Galilee, Palestine.Owned by the Custody of the Holy Land, Franciscan’s. WELCOME The Third Sunday of Epiphany Is anyone feeling hungry? The God who feeds us is here and waiting for us, so come to the feast! In our first reading from Genesis chapter 14 … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer14 January 20242nd Sunday of Epiphany Nathanael asked him, ‘Where did you come to know me?’  Jesus answered, ‘I saw you under the fig tree before Philip called you.’John 1.43-51 WELCOME Epiphany challenges us to discover what it means to see Jesus and to be seen by him as well, but with a deeper, different kind of … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer31 December 20231st Sunday of Christmas WELCOME  We come like the shepherds before us, to us give thanks for the birth of Jesus in a humble stable in Bethlehem. We prayerfully consider what his birth means for us and for our world. Our first reading from Isaiah, chapter 61 vv 10 –  chapter 62 v 3Isaiah … Read More