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† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer20th July 2025The Fifth Sunday after Trinity WELCOME This is extracted from the Everyday Faith app from the Church of England. If you don’t already use this, it is highly recommended.https://www.churchofengland.org/faith-life/exploring-faith/everyday-faith Thursday’s was based on today’s Gospel reading (Luke 10.38-42), written by Lucy Moore. Hospitality: Welcoming Work ReflectionWe have friends coming to stay in a couple of hours. I’ve been … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer13th July 2025The Fourth Sunday after TrinityThe Good Samaritan – 1890 by Vincent van Gogh WELCOME The fourth Sunday after Trinity. Today we hear a familiar parable in which Jesus teaches us about who our neighbours are and what loving them as ourselves might mean. So let us give thanks and praise for God’s everlasting love, … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer6th July 2025The Third Sunday after Trinity WELCOME This week I took a group of children from Clewer Green to Winton House. We were invited to a special event to remember the 10th anniversary of the death of Sir Nicholas Winton. The children had not visited this particular home before so it was an added adventure. … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer29th June 2025The Second Sunday after TrinitySaint Peter and Saint Paul, Apostles Saint Peter and Saint Paul, ApostlesWELCOME Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Apostles The first reading is Acts chapter 12, verses 1 to 11Peter escapes from prison at night in confusion and realizes that it is God’s divine intervention that has freed him to continue his … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer22nd June 2025The first Sunday after Trinity WELCOME Ordinary Time – Green What is Ordinary Time? Historically, after Easter, Ascension, and Pentecost, the church enters a long period known as Ordinary Time, stretching from the day of Pentecost and Trinity Sunday to the start of Advent — about half of the liturgical year. It is time out … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer8th June 2025Pentecost WELCOME Where we lived in Reading, on a summer evening before dusk, you were likely to see a hot air balloon gaining height and drifting over the houses. The park at the top of the hill was a popular place for hot air ballooners, the colours were spectacular and you could often … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer1st June 2025The Seventh Sunday of Easter https://www.thykingdomcome.global WELCOME Today we think about the introductions and how to start a conversation with God. And Jesus came to teach us how to know. The first reading is Ezekiel 36, 24 to 28.God speaks words of reassurance through Ezekiel to the Israelites in exile, promising that they will … Read More

† St AndrewsProclaiming Christ in Clewer25th May 2025The Sixth Sunday of Easter WELCOME Over the Easter period two members of my family moved house and began to build a home in a new place. Home. It’s a word that comes with a lot of stuff. In a literal sense. We put our stuff, our physical belongings, in our homes, the things … Read More