† St Andrews
Proclaiming Christ in Clewer
Pews News Trinity 3
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6 July 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 All Together Family Eucharist
Romans 7.15-25a, Matthew 11.16-19, 25-end.
The Collect
Almighty God,
you have broken the tyranny of sin
and have sent the Spirit of your Son into our hearts
whereby we call you Father:
give us grace to dedicate our freedom to your service,
that we and all creation may be brought
to the glorious liberty of the children of God;
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
O God, whose beauty is beyond our imagining
and whose power we cannot comprehend:
show us your glory as far as we can grasp it,
and shield us from knowing more than we can bear
until we may look upon you without fear;
through Jesus Christ our Saviour.
5pm- Parish Eucharist
Readings: Zechariah 9.9-12, Romans 7.15-25a, Matthew 11.16-19, 25-end.
This week
Wednesday 9July:10am Midweek Eucharist – Church & Coffee Corner
Friday 11 July:9.30am Prayers & Bears in the Lodge
Next Week
Sunday 13July – Trinity 4
10.30am Parish Eucharist
Readings: Isaiah 55.10-13, Romans 8.1-11, Matthew 13.1-9, 18-23
5.00pm BCP Evensong
Readings: 2 Samuel 7.18-end, Luke 19.41-20.8
For your prayers
Healing Prayers:please let Revd Rosie have the names of people who have requested prayers.
Abigail, Sheena Connolly, Marion Rowsell, Katie Dennis, Guy Mosely, Jack and Revd Louise
Prayers for the Departed: Percy Hand
Those preparing for baptism and our ministry to young families, and the Prayers & Bears Service.
Baptisms for July: Alana Osei (13th July), Maxx Taylor (27th July)
Parish Cycle of Prayer: Please pray for all those who live and work in the Boatyard Flats, Parsonage Lane, Errington Drive and Chantry Close.
Please pray for the PCC on their away day, 19th July, as they discern how we are live as disciples and proclaim Christ in Clewer.
Notices
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 or refresh 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 lend Revd Rosie a hand on these days, please?
Clewer Fuel Allotments – spare plots available. If anyone is interested or knows anyone else who may be interested in taking up this offer, please speak to Revd Rosie.
Food Share at All Saints, Dedworth – needs restocking, particularly toiletries and toilet paper. Please give generously and take your items to All Saints, or Tesco, who have the Food Share Bucket at the moment. Alternatively, please bring your donations to church and we shall see that they are forwarded.
Saturday Mornings – Come & Pray
9 – 10am Church will be open for prayer.
Dates for your diaries
Tuesday 8th July – Church Visitors
10.30am group visiting.
3.45pm Holy Trinity Redhill, holiday group visiting
Please can we have volunteers to show visitors around and make refreshments? If you know anything about the history of the church it would be really useful. If we want to get St Andrews on the tourist route as part of our mission and outreach, then now is the time to volunteer.
Saturday 12th July – Discover Your Dead Day 10am – 12noon
Volunteers please to help with refreshments.
Tuesday 22nd July – Clewer Green First School – Leavers’ Service
10am Service
Volunteers needed to help welcome visitors and serve refreshments.
Sunday 27th July – Churchyard Tidy-up 2 – 4pm, please come and help.
Sunday 31st August – 10.30am Service Only
Followed by the Parish Picnic at The Rectory
Thursday 7th September – Rock Mass
5.00pm Service
Musicians and singers wanted to play or sing at the Rock Mass.
Please see the Organist, Heather Henry for further information.
Summer Holidays
Friday Prayers and Bears will be extended to become
“St Andrews Summer Play and Praise”
9.30 – 11.00 Friday mornings throughout August, at church. There will be craft activities, story time, music and play, prayers and snacks. Please spread the word, and ..we will need volunteers, as always.
If you have any notices for the Pews News please let Revd Rosie have then the Thursday before the Sunday.
Coffee Corner
We hope you are beginning to enjoy the benefits of the Coffee Corner, however, coffee doesn’t make itself and cups don’t wash themselves.
It would be lovely to see some volunteers to help with this, otherwise you may find yourself on a rota!
To help keep the church mice at bay we need to clear and clean up after use, wipe down and empty the bins. Bins are provided for general waste, recycling and ‘slops’.
There is also a ‘piggy bank’ to collect coffee money, the suggestion is £1, we will then begin to raise money to cover the cost of the commodities.
This is all part of ‘living together’ at St Andrews, we don’t wish to burden the time and pockets of the same people every week. If we pay for our refreshments then we can buy more. Every little helps.
Thank you.
One Comment on “Pews News – 6 July 2014”
Greetings Rev. Rosie – We live at No.4 Clewer Court Road and we were wondering if the Churchyard tidy up could include some work on removing the ivy and other trailing plants on the top and external surfaces of the beautiful church wall bordering Clewer Court Road. It is a shame that the wall cannot be appreciated at the moment due to the rapid growth of these weeds..
Ivy is a very destructive plant and could quite rapidly grow its tendrils into and behind the flints and the brick pointing leading to premature and extensive repair work.
Unfortunately we are away next weekend otherwise we would be happy to help, armed with our hedge trimmer.
Kind regards
Gil Richardson