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† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer11 September 2022The 13th Sunday after Trinity It has been announced by Buckingham Palace that Her Majesty the Queen has died. The Bishop of Oxford has issued the following statement.     Her Majesty the Queen has been a cherished presence in all of our lives and for the whole of our lives. She has been our … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer04 September 2022The 12th Sunday after Trinity Welcome I wonder if you remember your first day at school or college/university? I certainly remember my first day at boarding school aged just nine. The school was huge and I had to sleep in a big room with lots of other girls, and share a bathroom! When I … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer28 August 2022The 11th Sunday after Trinity Pieter Breugel The Elder – Peasant Wedding Banquet THE EUCHARIST SERVICE IS IN ST ANDREWS CHURCH AT 10.30 Welcome Today’s bible readings invite us to look deep into the meaning of hospitality, recognising its place at the heart of the kingdom of God. Our place in it depends on God’s infinite … Read More

† 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

† 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

† 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

† 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

† 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