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† St Andrews
Proclaiming Christ in Clewer
Pews News: October 2015
Welcome, in the name of Jesus Christ, to this house of prayer.
Rector’s Ramblings
It’s that time of year again! The days are beginning to get noticeably shorter, the leaves are beginning to change colour and the shops are full of new season coats.
Perhaps the summer has been too long for you and you are ready for the change?
Courgettes always seem such a good idea, but we can soon have our fill and always manage to leave one lurking in the undergrowth and are surprised at the size it can go … and then we never eat it!
How lucky we are to be able to grow things in the soil here, we have a rich and plentiful harvest and our supermarkets provide those exotic things we can’t grow.
Harvest is a time of thanksgiving for God’s creation, whether we are growers or not, but not everyone has the time, wherewithal or inclination to have a go at growing their own fruit and veg. Some do not have safe ground let alone a garden or pots. Taking time to grow or farm land means you are there to look after it, it’s your piece of dirt. This harvest time we are reflecting on those whose lives are unstable, who have no firm ground on which to build or rebuild their lives. Refugees, the homeless, those living in difficult conditions. A safe home and a garden can all too easily be taken for granted and the choice of what we will eat tomorrow is not a worry. But for some it is, it is a great worry, a burden that makes shoulders drop, heads hang, eyes hollow and feet heavy. As Christians we have a duty of care for others and we cannot help but be moved by the plight of the refugees, and we must also remind ourselves of the homeless in our own neighbourhood and the families who need to rely on food banks. Sometimes the issue becomes too great and we don’t know what to do with it.
The key words I offer for this month are SHARE, CARE and PRAYER. Are we sharing our lives and resources with each other and those in need? If we are then we are able to learn more about each other and the world around us and provide more care, physically or emotional and spiritually. Prayer underpins our whole lives, through it we are able to bring people and situations before God. This is what Christians are made for! The harvest is through us, our lives, our prayers, our actions. GIVE THANKS with a grateful heart. Revd Rosie
Sunday Services for the Month of October
1st Sunday – 4 October – Trinity 18
10.30am Harvest Festival Family Service
readings: 1 Timothy 6: 6-10; Matthew 6: 25-33.
5pm Parish Eucharist
2nd Sunday – 11 October – Trinity 19
10.30am Parish Eucharist
readings: Amos 5.6-7, 10-15; Hebrews 4.12-end; Mark 10.17-31.
5pm BCP Evensong –Psalm 127, Joshua 5.13-6.20, Matthew 11.20-end
3rd Sunday – 18 October – Trinity 20, St Luke the Evangelist
10.30am Parish Eucharist
3pm Children’s Church (Child-centred Holy Communion)
5pm Healing and Wholeness Eucharist
readings: Isaiah 35.3-6; 2 Timothy 4.5-17; Luke 10.1-9.
4th Sunday – 25 October – Bible Sunday
10.30am Parish Eucharist
readings: Isaiah 55.1-11; 2 Timothy 3.14-4.5; John 5.36b-end.
5pm BCP Evening prayer. Psalm 119.1-16; 2 Kings 22; Colossians3.12-17
Midweek Services in October
Fridays 9.30am Prayers & Bears in the Church
For Your Prayers
Healing Prayers Katie Dennis, Jack Trigwell, Jenny Evenden, baby Blake, Terry Shaw, Jasmine, Phoebe, Valerie, Roy Pardoe, Abigail, Jim Allen, Zena, Tina, Roly Cockman
Baptisms: Minnie Snashall, Parker MacLaughlin
Weddings: For all couples preparing for marriage.
Prayers for the Departed: and those whose anniversary of death falls at this time
Parish Cycle of Prayer: Please pray for all those who live and/or work in Nelson Road, Bridgeman Drive, St Johns Drive, Clewer Green School, St Edwards First School, St Edwards Middle School and Windsor Girls School.
Notices & Dates for Your Diary
2016 Parish Calendar
All Things Bright and Beautiful. Thank you to everyone who entered pictures and who cast votes, the response has been wonderful and interesting.
Voting will be announced at Harvest Festival.
St Andrews 2016 parish calendar will be on sale at this year’s Festival Fair.
St Andrews Sewing Bee – Thursdays – 11am to 2pm in the Lodge (bring your lunch). Next due to meet 8th October.
Church Cleaning
Friday afternoons at 2pm
The BIG Churchyard Tidy
This takes place every 2nd Saturday of the month.
The next one is on 10 October at 10am.
Please join us even if you only have an hour to spare.
Children’s Church
This service is a wonderful service for children and families, and proving to be very popular. We need your help to set up, make refreshments, clear away and most importantly, to welcome families. This is all part of Living and Loving at St Andrews.
If you have not been before then why not come along and experience this style of worship, we do not have age limits, your help and support would be very much appreciated.
Harvest Festival 4th October 10.30am Family Service
All fresh produce will be sold off after the service and money donated to the Homeless Project, tins and packets will be donated to the Food Share, and please bring any items you have collected for the refugees for Calais Action.
Warning
St Andrews Festival Fair is coming! November 28th
Please start thinking about your contribution to this wonderful opportunity to get involved with our now annual event. Georgine is coordinating again this year. Start crafting, knitting, jam making etc – let’s put the FUN into fundraising!
Confirmation
Bishop Andrew will be joining us for our Festival Mass on Sunday 29th November at 3pm. This service will also include confirmations.
If you have been considering your faith journey and would like to make this next step them please talk to Revd Rosie. Growing in Faith sessions will start 9th October, Friday evenings. Venue to be confirmed. We will be joining with members of
All Saints Dedworth for this.
Children at Communion – a separate course for under 11’s who wish to take communion before confirmation, will be held after school during a week day. Again please talk to Revd Rosie
Bible Challenge
Wednesday Evenings 7.30pm at church
A church that is not reading the bible together will not grow.
Come and join us in our bible challenge, reading from the beginning to the end!
All welcome, we can even provide the bibles and if you miss a week don’t worry, check the website to see where we have got up to and catch up.
Dare to be Dedworth, Festival at All Saints runs for the whole of October, please take a programme home with you, go along and join in, visit the flower festival or listen to the talks, there is a wide variety of events open to everyone.
Harvest Giving
Harvest of Food
This year our tinned/packet food gifts will be divided between the local Food Share Project and Windsor Homeless Project.
Calais Action Gifts – practical support for Refugees – thank you for your items
Gifts of Money to will go towards helping Us (formerly USPG) support refugees arriving in Europe.
They have issued an appeal for donations to fund the Diocese in Europe as it reaches out to refugees arriving throughout Europe.
The Diocese in Europe is working on the frontline with refugees, and has asked Us to be the official agency for Anglican churches in Britain and Ireland to channel donations for its work.
Your donations will go towards the Rapid Response Fund and will help the diocese to provide emergency medical support, food, shelter and pastoral care for refugees. Initially, there will be a particular focus on the situation in Greece and Hungary.
Bishop in Europe David Hamid writes: ‘Thank you so much for your support at this critical time. Us will collect the funds and transfer consolidated funds to the diocese for use in Greece, Hungary and where there is need. We have an efficient process agreed that will help our partners working on the ground.’
God will provide…through us!
Revd Rosie Webb, Rector
St Andrew’s Rectory
16 Parsonage Lane.
Tel: 01753 852334
Email: rector@standrewsclewer.org.
Parish website: www.standrewsclewer.org