| † St Andrews Proclaiming Christ in Clewer 11 September 2022 The 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 example and a rock for the nation and commonwealth. Her devoted service has given stability to the nation throughout this Elizabethan age. Her deep, personal Christian faith has been an inspiration to many, including me. The whole nation will be united in mourning for our beloved Queen in the coming days. We will need time to grieve and to share our grief with others. We pray at this time for the Queen’s family and especially for Charles as he prepares to become King. This will be a season for deep reflection in the life of our nation as we look back in thanksgiving and forward in hope. This United Kingdom has deep foundations in Christian faith. A key part of our faith is the distinctive hope of resurrection from the dead: that our life in Christ endures beyond death and for eternity. As we grieve and pray, we also look forward together in hope to that new and eternal life with God. We have prayed through all of our lives: God save the Queen. We now entrust Her Majesty to her Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and commit ourselves afresh to his service and to God’s eternal kingdom. COLLECT Merciful Father and Lord of all life, we praise you that we are made in your image and reflect your truth and light. We thank you for the life of our late Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth, for the love she received from you and showed among us. Above all, we rejoice at your gracious promise to all your servants, living and departed, that we shall rise again at the coming of Christ. And we ask that in due time we may share with your servant Elizabeth that clearer vision promised to us in the same Christ our Lord; who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, world without end. All Amen READINGS Lamentations 3.22-26, 31-33 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. ‘The Lord is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘therefore I will hope in him.’ The Lord is good to those who wait for him, to the soul that seeks him. It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. For the Lord will not reject for ever. Although he causes grief, he will have compassion according to the abundance of his steadfast love; for he does not willingly afflict or grieve anyone. This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. Psalm 121 I lift up my eyes to the hills; * from where is my help to come? My help comes from the Lord, * the maker of heaven and earth. He will not suffer your foot to stumble; * he who watches over you will not sleep. Behold, he who keeps watch over Israel * shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord himself watches over you; * the Lord is your shade at your right hand, So that the sun shall not strike you by day, * neither the moon by night. The Lord shall keep you from all evil; * it is he who shall keep your soul. The Lord shall keep watch over your going out and your coming in, * from this time forth for evermore. 2 Corinthians 4.16-5.4 So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. For this slight momentary affliction is preparing us for an eternal weight of glory beyond all measure, because we look not at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen; for what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal. For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling— if indeed, when we have taken it off we will not be found naked. For while we are still in this tent, we groan under our burden, because we wish not to be unclothed but to be further clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. GOSPEL READING Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John. Glory to you, O Lord. John 6.35-40 Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not believe. Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and anyone who comes to me I will never drive away; for I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. This is indeed the will of my Father, that all who see the Son and believe in him may have eternal life; and I will raise them up on the last day.’ This is the Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you, O Christ. INTERCESSIONS Eternal God, our heavenly Father, we bless your holy name for all that you have given us in and through the life of your servant Queen Elizabeth. We give you thanks: for her love of family and her gift of friendship; for her devotion to this nation and the nations of the Commonwealth; for her grace, dignity and courtesy; and for her generosity and love of life. We praise you for: the courage that she showed in testing times; the depth and of her Christian faith; and the witness she bore to it in word and deed. Gracious God, we give thanks for the reign of your servant Elizabeth, our Queen, and for the example of loving and faithful service which she has shown amongst us. We thank you for the strength she has shown throughout her life, helping her to meet the demands her office made upon her. We remember her family and all who mourn her passing. Help us to follow her example of dedication and to commit our lives to you and to one another, through Jesus Christ our Lord. We pray for our Sovereign Lord the King and all the Royal Family, that you might reassure them of your continuing love and lift them from the depths of grief into the peace and light of your presence. PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION Father in Heaven, whose Church on earth is a sign of your heavenly peace, an image of the new and eternal Jerusalem: grant to us in the days of our pilgrimage that, fed with the living bread of heaven and united in the body of your Son, we may be the temple of your presence, the place of your glory on earth, and a sign of your peace in the world; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen Listen to Canon Brian’s Sermon last Sunday NOTICES SUNDAY EVENING SERVICE Since we are in a period of mourning for her late majesty Queen Elizabeth II, our evening service will be a service of Prayer and Reflection, in Church at 5.00pm. SERVICES FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS Evening Prayer on Tuesday and Thursday at 5.00pm via Zoom Church Open for Private Prayer, every day until the funeral, 8.00am – 8.00pm Sun 11 Sep 10.30am 13th Sunday after Trinity, Parish Eucharist 5.00pm Evening Prayer – IN CHURCH Sun 18 Sep 10.30am 14th Sunday after Trinity, Parish Eucharist 5.00pm Evening Prayer, Zoom Sun 25 Sep 10.30am 15th Sunday after Trinity, Parish Eucharist 5.00pm Evening Prayer, Zoom Sun 02 Oct 10.30am Harvest Festival 5.00pm Eucharist, in Church   HARVEST FESTIVAL Our Harvest Festival service is on 02 October, followed by a bring and share lunch, in Church. NEXT CHURCHYARD TIDY The next, and end of season, churchyard tidy is 08 Oct 10.00am-12.00 THANKSGIVING FOR PETS To remember the feast day of St Francis, on 09 October we will be having a thanksgiving for pets service at 3.00pm. Bring your pets! PAM HOCKEDY’S MEMORIAL Pam Hockedy’s memorial service is on 14 October at 11.00am. There will be refreshments, so help would be appreciated. Please speak to Revd Rosie if you can help. WILD CHURCH Our new Wild Church service starts on 16 October, in Clewer Park at 3.00pm. Look our for further details nearer the time. PLEASE PRAY FOR The Suffering: Blake, Sam, Reuben, Don, Karl, Hugh and Sarah, Joanna, Holly, Hugo, Frank and Barbara, Bill, Suzanne, Christopher, Jackie, Norman and Diane, Frank, and Louise. Refugees, Prisoners, the Homeless and those who mourn. The Departed: Patricia, Pam Hockedy, and all those recently departed this life, and those whose anniversaries fall at this time. Those baptised this month: Matthew Harris Community Prayers: Clewer Green School, the head teacher Martin Tinsley and all the pupils, staff and governors. For all our Care Homes, for the safety of residents and staff. Parish Cycle of Prayer: Please pray for all who live in Cleves Court, Carter Close, St Johns Road, Gordon Road, Dawson Close, Convent Road, and Bailey Close. Anglican Cycle of Prayer: please pray for The Church of Bangladesh. Please pray also for the Churches in these Dioceses: Montreal (Canada), Moosonee (Canada), Moray, Ross & Caithness (Scotland), Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), Morobo (South Sudan), Morogoro (Tanzania).Please continue to pray for and support your neighbours and families in any way you can whilst keeping yourself safe.  WINDSOR FOODSHARE From their Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/windsorfoodshare CAN YOU HELP We are currently running low on long life milk and desserts (custard, trifle etc) All items can be dropped off to the church: Dedworth Green Baptist Church, Smiths Lane, Windsor, SL4 5PE 9.30am-1.30pm Wednesdays 9.30am -3.00pm Thursdays. or alternatively they can be brought from our Amazon wish list. The address they are delivered to are saved to Amazon to make your life a little easier  .https://amzn.to/3a1IMAk Thank you all for your continued support and for helping to feed local families. More information, and to donate online: https://www.windsorfoodshare.org.uk/food-donations Did you know that Windsor Foodshare has its own just giving page. If you are donating with just giving don’t forget to tick the gift aid box that way we get an extra 25% on top of your donation. Every single penny we get given goes to help feed local families. https://www.justgiving.com/windsorfoodshare PARISH SHARE CALCULATION There are to be changes to the Parish Share calculation and the Deanery Lay Chair and Deanery Treasurer will be at St Andrews for a meeting to discuss these changes and to answer any questions. The meeting is due to be held on 6 October starting at 8pm and all are welcome. If you would like to know more please see/contact the treasurer (Andrew Webb) he has details of the proposed changes and how they will affect us. He can be found in church on most Sundays or contacted by email at treasurer@clewerparish.org If you have a question, or questions, and are not able to attend the meeting please email Andrew with them and he will make sure they are raised at the meeting and an answer sent to you as soon as possible after. CHURCH FINANCES – MESSAGE FROM ANDREW Thank you to everyone for all you have been able to give in this difficult time. Please consider continuing your regular giving by paying directly to our bank account, the details of which are: HSBC Bank, High Street, Windsor 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 You may wish to consider transferring to 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, please contact the Parish Office by email. CONTACTS The Parish Office is now closed. The Office Number is: 07490 094261 Email: office@clewerparish.org Parish Website: www.standrewsclewer.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/standrewsclewer Churchwarden: Stuart Cockman Safeguarding Policy: www.standrewsclewer.org/safeguarding-policy Safeguarding Officer: clewerparishsafeguarding@gmail.com |