† St Andrews

Pews News Easter 6

25 May 2014

Welcome in the name of Jesus Christ to this house of prayer, especially if you are new to us for the first time today!
Refreshments will be served after the service, please stay and join us.

Readings for 10.30am Eucharist:
Acts17.22-31, 1 Peter 3.13-end, John 14.15-21

The Collect Prayer for Easter 6
God our redeemer,
you have delivered us from the power of darkness
and brought us into the kingdom of your Son:
grant, that as by his death he has recalled us to life,
so by his continual presence in us he may raise us to eternal joy;
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.

Post Communion Prayer
God our Father,
whose Son Jesus Christ gives the water of eternal life:
may we thirst for you,
the spring of life and source of goodness,
through him who is alive and reigns, now and for ever.

5pm Service – Common Worship Evensong
Readings: Psalm 73.21-28. Job 14.1-2,7-17;19.23-27a
1 Thessalonians 4.13-end

New Sunday Service Times
Please remember to tell your friends and neighbours about the new service times, the more we all spread the message the more will find out!

This week
Wednesday 28th: 10am Eucharist. Church & Coffee Corner
Thursday 29th: Ascension Day Service (8pm)
Friday 30th: 9.30am Prayers & Bears in the Lodge

Next Sunday 1st June: Easter 7
10.30am All Together Family Eucharist
Readings: Acts 1:6-14; John 17:1-11

5.00pm – Eucharist
Readings: as above plus – 1 Peter 4.12-14; 5.6-11.

For your prayers
Healing Prayers: please let Revd Rosie have the names of people who have requested prayers.
Prayers for the Departed: Patrick Humphrey, Clive Pomeroy, Pamela Collins
Those preparing for baptism and our ministry to young families, and the Prayers & Bears service.
Baptisms for June: Honor Alessandra BARKER (22nd)
Weddings: Paula Finlay and Ian King

Funerals: Clive Pomeroy (27th); Pamela Helen Collins (30th)
(at the Crematorium)

Notices

Thank you for your contributions during Christian Aid Week.

The PCC will be having an away day in July to reflect on our church mission plan and really begin to put down a vision as to how we might Proclaim Christ in Clewer. Your prayers would be very much appreciated.

We will be having a series of ‘working’ days over the next few months. These will include general tidy up within the church and the churchyard, and time to collate information about the building that we will be able to use in a new ‘Guide’ book. Dates will be published on the website and via pews news. Please keep a look out and join us.

PCC diary dates
DAC visit 30th May at 10.30
PCC away day at Ascot Priory 19th July

Gifts & Talents
Managing and maintaining a place of worship takes time and effort, people and prayer. We all have different gifts and talents and we would like to find out more about those in each other and how we might share the many roles and responsibilities of our parish.

Please could you pray about your discipleship and how best you might serve God at St Andrew’s? For example: Sidesperson, helping with refreshments, being available to help open the church to the public, gardening cleaning, baptism team, ministry team including helping to plan family services, musicians and singers, readers and chalice assistants. The more there are of us, the more we can share and have fun in the service of God!

Story Bags – Are there any ‘sewers’ among you who could help with the making of story bags? These are to support and nurture children’s’ spirituality as well as keep them occupied during their visit with us. Please talk to Revd Rosie if you can help.

Flower arranging workshop – are you interested in helping with the flowers in church but feel you need some training, or would just like to learn anyway? Revd Rosie would like to have expressions of interest. The workshop will be planned for a Saturday morning and be run by an experienced flower arranger. Being creative together!

Wednesday Morning Coffee Corner – can anyone please lend Revd Rosie a hand on these days?

For your diaries

Marie Curie Tea Party – Thursday 17th June, 10.30am, Scout & Guide HQ, Maidenhead Road.
Lilian Allen’s daughters are holding a Marie Curie Tea Party and are inviting anyone who would like to bake a cake, to bring it along. The idea is that you bake the favourite cake of someone you loved and lost. They will then put a flag in it in that person’s memory.

They will also be holding a Mary Berry & Paul Hollywood style bake off, just for fun (shame Paul Hollywood can’t come!!).
Bring mugs and friends – the more the merrier – to make it fun.

21st June – 7.30pm All Saints’ and St Andrews Mens Group. Invite you to a unique evening of fine food and the cultural experience of Cyprus. Open to all ages and families.

Cypriot Evening of fine food and fun.

Cost is £15 per person, there is a cash bar. For further information contact Andrew Giles Tel: 01753 863907 – see flyers for further details

Parish Priest: Revd Rosie Webb
St Andrew’s Rectory
Parsonage Lane
01753 852334
www.standrewsclewer.org