3rd Sunday of Lent

Welcome in the name of Jesus Christ, to this house
of prayer.

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

First Reading: Exodus 17.1-7
1 From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of
the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the LORD
commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was
no water for the people to drink. 2 The people
quarrelled with Moses, and said, ‘Give us water to
drink.’ Moses said to them, ‘Why do you quarrel with
me? Why do you test the LORD?’ 3 But the people
thirsted there for water; and the people complained
against Moses and said, ‘Why did you bring us out of
Egypt, to kill us and our children and livestock with
thirst?’ 4 So Moses cried out to the LORD, ‘What shall I
do with this people? They are almost ready to stone
me.’ 5 The LORD said to Moses, ‘Go on ahead of the
people, and take some of the elders of Israel with you;
take in your hand the staff with which you struck the
Nile, and go. 6 I will be standing there in front of you on
the rock at Horeb. Strike the rock, and water will come
out of it, so that the people may drink.’ Moses did so, in
the sight of the elders of Israel. 7 He called the place
Massah and Meribah, because the Israelites quarrelled
and tested the LORD, saying, ‘Is the LORD among us or
not?’

Second reading: Romans 5.1-11
1 Since we are justified by faith, we have peace with God
through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through
whom we have obtained access to this grace in which
we stand; and we boast in our hope of sharing the glory
of God. 3 And not only that, but we also boast in
our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces
endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and
character produces hope, 5 and hope does not

disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into
our hearts through the Holy Spirit that has been given to
us. 6 For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ
died for the ungodly. 7 Indeed, rarely will anyone die for a
righteous person – though perhaps for a good person
someone might actually dare to die. 8 But God proves his
love for us in that while we still were sinners Christ died
for us. 9 Much more surely then, now that we have been
justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from
the wrath of God. 10 For if while we were enemies, we were
reconciled to God through the death of his Son, much
more surely, having been reconciled, will we be saved by
his life. 11 But more than that, we even boast in God
through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have
now received reconciliation.

Gospel reading: John 4.5-42
5 Jesus came to a Samaritan city called Sychar, near the plot
of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. 6 Jacob’s
well was there, and Jesus, tired out by his journey, was
sitting by the well. It was about noon. 7 A Samaritan woman
came to draw water, and Jesus said to her, ‘Give me a
drink.’ 8 (His disciples had gone to the city to buy food.)
9 The Samaritan woman said to him, ‘How is it that you, a
Jew, ask a drink of me, a woman of Samaria?’ (Jews do not
share things in common with Samaritans.) 10 Jesus answered
her, ‘If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that is saying
to you, “Give me a drink,” you would have asked him, and
he would have given you living water.’ 11 The woman said to
him, ‘Sir, you have no bucket, and the well is deep. Where
do you get that living water? 12 Are you greater than our
ancestor Jacob, who gave us the well, and with his sons and
his flocks drank from it?’ 13 Jesus said to her, ‘Everyone who
drinks of this water will be thirsty again, 14 but those who
drink of the water that I will give them will never be thirsty.
The water that I will give will become in them a spring of
water gushing up to eternal life.’ 15 The woman said to him,
‘Sir, give me this water, so that I may never be thirsty or
have to keep coming here to draw water.’ 16 Jesus said to
her, ‘Go, call your husband, and come back.’ 17 The woman
answered him, ‘I have no husband.’ Jesus said to her, ‘You
are right in saying, “I have no husband”; 18 for you have had
five husbands, and the one you have now is not your
husband. What you have said is true!’ 19 The woman said to
him, ‘Sir, I see that you are a prophet. 20 Our ancestors
worshipped on this mountain, but you say that the place
where people must worship is in Jerusalem.’ 21 Jesus said to
her, ‘Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when you will
worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in
Jerusalem. 22 You worship what you do not know; we
worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.
23 But the hour is coming, and is now here, when the true
worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for
the Father seeks such as these to worship him. 24 God is
spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit
and truth.’ 25 The woman said to him, ‘I know that Messiah
is coming’ (who is called Christ). ‘When he comes, he will
proclaim all things to us.’ 26 Jesus said to her, ‘I am he, the
one who is speaking to you.’ 27 Just then his disciples came.
They were astonished that he was speaking with a woman,

but no one said, ‘What do you want?’ or, ‘Why are
you speaking with her?’ 28 Then the woman left her water-
jar and went back to the city. She said to the people,
29 ‘Come and see a man who told me everything I
have ever done! He cannot be the Messiah, can he?’
30 They left the city and were on their way to him.
31 Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, ‘Rabbi, eat
something.’ 32 But he said to them, ‘I have food to eat
that you do not know about.’ 33 So the disciples said to
one another, ‘Surely no one has brought him something
to eat?’ 34 Jesus said to them, ‘My food is to do
the will of him who sent me and to complete his work.
35 Do you not say, “Four months more, then comes the
harvest”? But I tell you, look around you, and see how
the fields are ripe for harvesting. 36 The reaper is already
receiving wages and is gathering fruit for eternal
life, so that sower and reaper may rejoice together.
37 For here the saying holds true, “One sows and another
reaps.” 38 I sent you to reap that for which you
did not labour. Others have laboured, and you have
entered into their labour.’ 39 Many Samaritans from that
city believed in Jesus because of the woman’s testimony,
‘He told me everything I have ever done.’ 40 So
when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to
stay with them; and he stayed there for two days.
41 And many more believed because of his word. 42 They
said to the woman, ‘It is no longer because of what
you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves,
and we know that this is truly the Saviour of
the world.’

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.

Readings for Evensong at 5pm: Ps 40; Joshua 1.
1-9; Ephesians 6.10-20

Parish Cycle of Prayer: Please pray for all retail
premises in our Parish and those who live or work
in Please pray for all who work or are involved with
Legoland, Dedworth Medical Centre, Scouts, Cubs,
Brownies, Guides, Thames Hospice, the Guards
Club and Windsor Lawn Tennis Club.

For the week ahead
Thurs 9.30am Morning Prayer
Friday 9.30am Prayers and Bears
Sunday 22 March Mothering Sunday
10.30am Eucharist
Readings: Exodus 2.1-10; John 19.25b-27
5pm Evening Prayer
Readings: Ps 31.1-16; Micah 7; James 5

Church Finances
In February the St Andrews income from regular giving,
donations and quarterly interest on investments
amounted to £3035 while the expenses for the month
(excluding extraordinary items) amounted to £5862.

Please pray for
Healing: Blake, Sam, Reuben, Margaret, David, Don,
Karl, Hugh, Sarah, Mark, Elsie, Lesley, Jack,
Refugees, Prisoners, the Homeless and those who
mourn.

The lately departed Dee Quick, John Woods, Mary
Webber and those whose anniversary falls at this time.

Community prayers: Clewer Green School, the
head teacher Martin Tinsley and all the staff and
governors

Anglican Cycle of Prayer: We pray for the Church
of England and the churches in Maseno (Kenya), The
Episcopal Church in Utah, Massachusetts, Vermont,
Virgin Islands & Honduras, Uyo (Nigeria), Hong Kong
Island, Valparaiso (Chile), Masindi-Kitara (Uganda),
Vanuatu (Melanesia), Victoria Nyanza (Tanzania),
Masvingo (Africa) and Hpa-an (Myanmar).

Bell ringing – Tuesdays at 7.00pm and Fridays at
7.30pm
Bible Study – every Tuesday at 10am in church. We
reflect on the readings from the previous Sunday.
Bible Challenge – Bible Challenge takes place weekly
on Wednesday evenings at 19:30 in the Brocas Chapel.
Lent Lunch 21 March 12-2pm at St Agnes
Our hosts this week will be the Bellringers who will be
raising money for the Bell Restoration Fund.
‘Let’s Talk’ Come along to the Swan for a chat and
coffee or a pint with Revd Rosie on Tuesdays at 11am
and at 8pm from 10 March for four weeks.
Mothering Sunday 22 March 2020 Donations for
flowers would be greatly appreciated. Please see Revd
Rosie if you can help with making the posies.
Churchyard Tidy Saturday 28 March from 10.00
to 12.00. Please help if you can to enable us to get the
churchyard ready for Easter.
WAMCF Dialogue The next inter-faith dialogue will
be on 18 March from 7pm to 8.30pm at St Edward’s in
Alma Road. The topic is “Would you want to know
you are going to die beforehand or die suddenly
without knowing?”
Palm Sunday Pilgrimage 5 April at 2pm
Follow the foot steps of Christians in Clewer
starting at the Hermitage. St Leonards Road. Get your
walking shoes on! You can join us at any point on the
walk.

Parish Office: Sharon Robinson (administrator)
Tel: 01753 864169
Email: office@clewerparish.org
Revd Rosie Webb: rector@clewerparish.org
PastoralCare Helpline: 07946 590223.
Parish website: www.standrewsclewer.org
Church warden: Stuart Cockman