| † St Andrews Proclaiming Christ in Clewer 03 March 2024 The Third Sunday of Lent |
 WELCOME Third Sunday in Lent The first reading is from Exodus, chapter 20 vv 1-17 To 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 18-25 St Paul finds his energy, his hope, his reason in the scandal of the cross. God’s profound counter-cultural act of overflowing, reckless love. The Gospel reading is St John, chapter 2 vv 13-22 Jesus begins his public ministry by fervently taking a stand against the prevailing commodification and policing of access to God in the temple. Canon Brian COLLECT Almighty God, whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, and entered not into glory before he was crucified: mercifully grant that we, walking in the way of the cross, may find it none other than the way of life and peace; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen READINGS Exodus 20.1-17 Then God spoke all these words: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; you shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, punishing children for the iniquity of parents, to the third and the fourth generation of those who reject me, 6but showing steadfast love to the thousandth generation of those who love me and keep my commandments. You shall not make wrongful use of the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not acquit anyone who misuses his name. Remember the sabbath day, and keep it holy. For six days you shall labour and do all your work. But the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lordyour God; you shall not do any work – you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your livestock, or the alien resident in your towns. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but rested the seventh day; therefore the Lordblessed the sabbath day and consecrated it. Honour your father and your mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbour. You shall not covet your neighbour’s house; you shall not covet your neighbour’s wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbour. This is the word of the Lord Thanks be to God 1 Corinthians 1.18-25 For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, ‘I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.’ Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God decided, through the foolishness of our proclamation, to save those who believe. For Jews demand signs and Greeks desire wisdom, but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling-block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For God’s foolishness is wiser than human wisdom, and God’s weakness is stronger than human strength. This is the word of the Lord Thanks be to God THE GOSPEL READING Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John. Glory to you, O Lord. John 2.13-22 The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found people selling cattle, sheep, and doves, and the money-changers seated at their tables. Making a whip of cords, he drove all of them out of the temple, both the sheep and the cattle. He also poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables. He told those who were selling the doves, ‘Take these things out of here! Stop making my Father’s house a market-place!’ His disciples remembered that it was written, ‘Zeal for your house will consume me.’ The Jews then said to him, ‘What sign can you show us for doing this?’ Jesus answered them, ‘Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.’ The Jews then said, ‘This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and will you raise it up in three days?’ But he was speaking of the temple of his body. After he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this; and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken. This is the Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ. INTERCESSIONS Everlasting God, be with us in this time of prayer, and help us to feel your presence. Mindful of the Commandments that you gave to Moses we pray that you would be worshiped above all else in our land and that we can at all times be given the strength to reject the idolatry of our secular world. Lord in your mercy, Hear our Prayer Faithful God we pray for the church throughout the world and especially for our Parish here in Clewer. We give thanks for our Clergy, and for our bishops and archbishops throughout our country. Lord in your mercy, Hear our Prayer Creator God, we pray for the governments of the world and all world leaders, that they may always seek for peaceful solutions in their dealings with other nations and rule their own countries with compassion and justice. Lord in your mercy, Hear our Prayer Heavenly Father, we thank you for our families, friends and neighbours and for the people with whom we work or share our daily lives. We pray for those who are lonely, those isolated because of age or ill-health, and those who find it difficult to make friends or be accepted. Lord in your mercy, Hear our Prayer Gracious God, we pray for all who are in pain or are suffering at this time. We remember especially those who are facing long or incurable illnesses. In a moment of quietness we pray for them, and any we know who are in any kind of need at this time. Lord in your mercy, Hear our Prayer Merciful God, we pray for those we love but see no longer. Grant them your peace, let light perpetual shine upon them, May they rest in peace and rise in glory. We remember before God those who have recently died, and those whose anniveraries fall at this time. Lord in your mercy, Hear our Prayer Faithful God, as we go out from our worship into the Marketplace which is our world we thank you for the help you give us to resist the temptations that will assail in the weeks ahead. Merciful Father, accept these prayers for the sake of your Son, our Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen POST COMMUNION Merciful Lord, grant your people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh and the devil, and with pure hearts and minds to follow you, the only God; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen Listen to Canon Brian’s Sermon for last Sunday Listen NOTICES EVENING SERVICE ON SUNDAY As it is the first Sunday of the month, Sunday Evening’s Service is a Eucharist in Church at 5.00pm. SERVICES FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, INCLUDING EASTER Church Open every day 10.00am to Dusk Sun 03 Mar 10.30am All Age Eucharist – The Third Sunday of Lent 5.00pm Eucharist – in Church Sun 10 Mar 10.30am Mothering Sunday 5.00pm Evening Prayer – in Church Sun 17 Mar 10.30am Parish Eucharist – The Fifth Sunday of Lent 3.00pm Wild Worship 5.00pm Evening Prayer – in Church Palm Sunday, Holy Week & Easter Services on the poster below  PLEASE PRAY FOR The Suffering: Blake, Sam, Hugo, Don, Karl, Sarah, Joanna, Holly, Frank and Barbara, Bill, Suzanne, Christopher, Jackie, Diane, Sylvia, Mary, Gracie, Carmel, Christine, Vivienne, the Brocas family, Martin, and Jane. Refugees, Prisoners, the Homeless and those who mourn. The Departed: Lisa Barrott, Betty Doughty, Doreen Hiscock, Andrew (Bill) Sinclair, all those recently departed this life, and those whose anniversaries fall at this time. Those baptised: Weddings: Community Prayers: Clewer Green School, the head teacher Martin Tinsley, all the pupils, staff and governors, and the Bible Explorers. Busy Buttons CORE Charity and for all the work that they do. For all our Care Homes, for the safety of residents and staff. We pray also for Windsor Christian Action, and the work of the Homeless Project, Street Angels, FoodShare, and the Alma Beacon Hub. Parish Cycle of Prayer: Please pray for all who work in, or visit, All Retail Premises, Mill Stream Houseboats, Boatyard, Windsor Race Course, Forest House Veterinary Group, Petworth Court, Care Homes: Sandown Park, Queens Court, Mountbatten Grange and Winton House. Anglican Cycle of Prayer: please pray for the Church of Uganda. Please pray also for the Churches in these Dioceses: Chubu (The Nippon Sei Ko Kai), Clogher (Ireland). Coast (Nigeria), Cochin (South India), Coimbatore (South India), and Colombia. Please continue to pray for and support your neighbours and families in any way you can whilst keeping yourself safe.  LENT STUDY Our Lent Study this year will take place over five sessions to be held via Zoom on Wednesday evenings at 8.00pm. This will be based on the book A Christian Look at the Environment. The sessions will be held as Zoom meetings. We will send a reminder email each Wednesday.       Come and Sing Stainer’s Crucifixion Windsor Parish Church and Thames Valley Church Music invite you to come and take part in a devotional performance of Stainer’s Crucifixion in Windsor Parish Church. Details available on the posters in Church  LENT STUDY Copies of our Lent Study booklet are avilable in Church, for a suggested £3 donation. Alternatively, you can opt in to receive the section for the day by email from the Diocese of Oxford: https://oxford.anglican.org/come-and-see#register https://mailchi.mp/oxford.anglican.org/come-and-see This has the advantable of having a link to an audio version, so you can listen to the Bishop of Oxford reading it.  A Warm Hub will be running at the Alma Beacon starting on the 7th of January. Please share the poster where you can. Download here: https://www.standrewsclewer.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Alma-Beacon-Warm-Hub.pdf  FUNDRAISING FOR A NEW SOUND SYSTEM We are raising money to pay for a new sound system for St Andrews, to replace the aging system we use currently.If you can help, please use either: * Our bank account (details below, please use a reference of “Sound System”). * Our Parish Giving page: https://www.parishgiving.org.uk/donors/find-your-parish/clewer-st-andrew-windsor/ The QR code above goes to the same page Thanks to everyone for all the donations towards the sound system so far, if anyone would like to help with fundraising and events please talk to Revd Rosie.  From their Facebook, Twittter and Website Pages: https://www.facebook.com/windsorfoodshare https://twitter.com/WindsrFoodshare https://www.windsorfoodshare.org.uk CAN YOU HELP? We are very short of: UHT milkTinned FruitCooking saucesRiceTinned tomatoesTinned vegThis week we helped 212 people with the food that the community has donated to us. We have a permanent donation box at Tesco Superstore and also at Waitrose & Partners. So if you are shopping it is easy to pop a carton or two in. Or why not try our Wishlist on Common Good and Amazon. https://www.forcommongood.co.uk/…/giftr…/registry/215636 https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/23EUESGGRMAVZ… We still ask that any food donations for Windsor Foodshare are dropped into Dedworth Green Baptist church as this will still be our main base.  Saturday Volunteers Required We are urgently need more Saturday volunteers from around 11am – 2pm (core opening hours are 11.30am – 1.30pm) at the Alma Beacon. These are relaxed sessions featuring Ieva’s Happy Bunny art classes. Please let me know If you are able to attend these sessions – you can book on knack if you already have an account or email me at: chris@windsorhomelessproject.org ..with details of when you can attend. I can help you set up a knack account if you need assistance. Thank you for your dedication and support. We look forward to hearing from you! Best regards, Chris Speakman CHURCH FINANCES – MESSAGE FROM ANDREW Thank you to everyone for all you have been able to give in this difficult time. We prefer the Parish Giving Scheme, which we promoted in previous years. Details are on our page on their web site: https://bit.ly/2XCLuCr [https://www.parishgiving.org.uk/donors/find-your-parish/clewer-st-andrew-windsor/] We also have the printed application forms available in Church, or contact the Parish Office by email office@clewerparish.org Alternatively, by paying directly to our bank account, the details of which are: HSBC Bank Sort Code: 40-47-37 Account number: 11373366 Account name: PCC St Andrews Church or if your bank doesn’t like this Parochial Church Council St Andrews Clewer Parish CONTACTS The Parish Office is now closed. email: office@clewerparish.org Revd Rosie 01753 852334 email rector@clewerparish.org Parish Website: www.standrewsclewer.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/standrewsclewer Rector: Revd Rosie Webb 01753 852334 rector@clewerparish.org Churchwarden: Stuart Cockman Contact via email: office@clewerparish.org Safeguarding Policy: www.standrewsclewer.org/safeguarding-policy Safeguarding Officer: clewerparishsafeguarding@gmail.com |