† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer21 August 2022The 10th Sunday after Trinity Jesus heals a woman who cannot straighten her back. THE EUCHARIST SERVICE IS IN ST ANDREWS CHURCH AT 10.30Welcome First Reading: Isaiah 58, 9-14Isaiah speaks of future hope, the rebuilding of what is destroyed in the nourishing of land that is parched. But it’s linked to a command to live … Read More
Pews News – 14 Aug 2022
† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer14 August 2022The 9th Sunday after Trinity “‘I came to bring fire to the earth” THE EUCHARIST SERVICE IS IN ST ANDREWS CHURCH AT 10.30 Welcome First reading is Isaiah 5, 1-7Isaiah prophesies judgement on God’s wayward people. Unresponsive to God’s tending, they are as fruitless as a failed vineyard. The Lord will withdraw provision and … Read More
Pews News – 07 Aug 2022
† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer07 August 2022The 8th Sunday after Trinity THE EUCHARIST SERVICE IS IN ST ANDREWS CHURCH AT 10.30Welcome First reading Genesis 15, 1-6 God introduces himself to Abraham as a shield. Something he will need as he chooses to believe God in spite of evidence to the contrary. It was surely crazy to believe that Abram would father a … Read More
Pews News – 31 Jul 2022
† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer31 July 2022The 7th Sunday after Trinity THE EUCHARIST SERVICE IS IN ST ANDREWS CHURCH AT 10.30Welcome One of the positive things that happened in lockdown, and during my sabbatical, was the opportunity to have a good clear out! Time to sort through all those cupboards, visit the tip, sell things online, recycle or give to charity. … Read More
Pews News – 24 Jul 2022
† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer24 July 2022The 6th Sunday after Trinity THE EUCHARIST SERVICE IS IN ST ANDREWS CHURCH AT 10.30 Welcome Readings: Trinity 6/ Proper 12 : Gen 18. 20-32; Col 2.6-15; Luke 11.1-13 One of the wonderful things about ministry with children and families, is to see them gradually learn the Lord’s Prayer. As the children begin at our … Read More
Pews News – 17 Jul 2022
† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer17 July 2022The 5th Sunday after Trinity THE EUCHARIST SERVICE IS IN ST ANDREWS CHURCH AT 10.30 Welcome The first reading is from Genesis 18.1-10. In the guise of three men the Lord appears to Abraham in the desert. Abraham hurries to offer them hospitality and they tell Abraham that his wife, Sarah, will have a son. The … Read More
EXTREME HEAT WARNING – OXFORD DIOCESE ADVICE
The heatwave arriving on Sunday is expected to bring the most extreme hot weather ever recorded in UK. The government has issued the first ever national emergency red alert for heat ahead of expected record temperatures on Monday and Tuesday. Because churches are usually cooler than most other buildings, we will be opening the church on Sunday afternoon, and during … Read More
Pews News – 10 July 2022
† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer10 July 2022The 4th Sunday after Trinity THE EUCHARIST SERVICE IS IN ST ANDREWS CHURCH AT 10.30 Welcome Our first reading is from Deuteronomy chapter 30 verses 9-14.God exhorts the people to choose life by following God’s gentle and easy commandments. The second reading is from the letter to the Colossians chapter 1 verses 1-14. Paul praises the … Read More
Pews News – 03 Jul 2022
† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer03 July 2022The 3rd Sunday after Trinity THE EUCHARIST SERVICE IS IN ST ANDREWS CHURCH AT 10.30 Welcome One of my favourite films is The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, starring Ingrid Bergman. It is a wonderful story about Gladys Aylward, a Christian woman who felt called to be a missionary in China. Gladys Aylward was one of … Read More
Pews News – 26 Jun 2022
† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer19 June 2022The 1st Sunday after Trinity THE EUCHARIST SERVICE IS IN ST ANDREWS CHURCH AT 10.30 Welcome A time for change? Yes but! This week saw a trip to visit one of our church family members, who has moved to be near her family. A time for change, to move on from living on her own … Read More