Prayer for the Week

Heavenly Father, I place this week into your hands. Fill my heart with your peace and give me clarity in all my tasks. Let my work bring you glory and bless those around me. Strengthen my spirit to resist discouragement and keep my heart fixed on you. I declare this week shall be filled with productivity, joy, and divine favour. I seek your guidance, direct my steps and help me walk in your wisdom. Let my thoughts be aligned with your will, and may my heart be sensitive to your voice. Help me to make the right decisions, and when I am uncertain, let your peace be my confirmation. Gracious God, I ask for wisdom as I go through this week. Let your divine knowledge fill my mind so I can make choices that align with your plan. Teach me to listen before I speak, to act in love, and to serve with humility. In the name of Christ, Amen

Prayers for the sick and for those recovering:  Wendy, Auril, Zelma, Mike, Jacqui, Frank, River, Theo, Maggie, David, Paul, Kiera, Yolanda, Sarah, Levi, Joy, Viola, Martin, Joan, Sharon, Eileen, Rachel, Esa, Tyson, David, Sally, Jenny, Val, Frank , Ruby and Rachel.

Pray for those who have departed from this world: 

Pray for all who have died in our hospitals and nursing homes.

From our Book of Remembrance: Peter Collett, Hazel Mitchell, Irene Peake, Elizabeth Rajan and Leslie King.

May the souls of the departed rest in peace AND RISE IN GLORY

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PCC Treasurer- Sunny     07850321156               

Safeguarding Officer-     07951074256

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Poppets – Rev Neil        01628 661994

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Church of England Parish Office email 

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Website: standrewcippenham.org

New events

1^st Communion classes on Sundays at 6.30pm see Sophia/Neil for details

Dates for your Diary 2026 

CSCT meetings at 7.30pm: 9^th September

PCC meeting at 7pm: 16^th September

Special quarterly envelope collection: 13^th September

world to yourself: help us to proclaim the good news of your love, that all who hear it may be drawn to you; through him who was lifted up on the cross, and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen

Exodus 3. 1-15

Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led his flock beyond the wilderness, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. ²There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of a bush; he looked, and the bush was blazing, yet it was not consumed. ³Then Moses said, ‘I must turn aside and look at this great sight, and see why the bush is not burned up.’ ⁴When the Lord saw that he had turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, ‘Moses, Moses!’ And he said, ‘Here I am.’ ⁵Then he said, ‘Come no closer! Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.’ ⁶He said further, ‘I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.

7 Then the Lord said, ‘I have observed the misery of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cry on account of their taskmasters. Indeed, I know their sufferings, ⁸and I have come down to deliver them from the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the country of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. ⁹The cry of the Israelites has now come to me; I have also seen how the Egyptians oppress them. ¹⁰So come, I will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.’ ¹¹But Moses said to God, ‘Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh, and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?’ ¹²He said, ‘I will be with you; and this shall be the sign for you that it is I who sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall worship God on this mountain.’

13 But Moses said to God, ‘If I come to the Israelites and say to them, “The God of your ancestors has sent me to you”, and they ask me, “What is his name?” what shall I say to them?’ ¹⁴God said to Moses, ‘I am who I am.’ He said further, ‘Thus you shall say to the Israelites, “I am has sent me to you.” ’ ¹⁵God also said to Moses, ‘Thus you shall say to the Israelites, “The Lord, the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you”:
This is my name for ever,
and this my title for all generations.

Romans 12. 9-21

 Let love be genuine; hate what is evil, hold fast to what is good; ¹⁰love one another with mutual affection; outdo one another in showing honour. ¹¹Do not lag in zeal, be ardent in spirit, serve the Lord. ¹²Rejoice in hope, be patient in suffering, persevere in prayer. ¹³Contribute to the needs of the saints; extend hospitality to strangers

 Cippenham St. Andrew’s, 

Anglican Parish          30^th August 2026 

 (Green) 

Contact Person  

Rev. Neil Popham - 01628 661994

Trinity 13 Sunday

Holy Eucharist Service 9.30am – Rev Neil

Monday

Rev Neil’s day off

Tuesday

Children’s Ministry- 6-8pm

Bible Study on Zoom 6.30pm

Wednesday

Foodbank 11am-1pm

Thursday: 

Holy Eucharist Service 10.45 Rev Neil

Children’s ministry 16.30 - 18.30

Friday:

Poppets 9.15 – 11.15am

Choir practice 6.30pm

Saturday

Coffee shop 10-12am

Trinity 14 Sunday

Holy Eucharist Service 9.30am – Rev Neil

Readings for Next Week

Exodus 12. 1-14, Romans 13. 8-14, Matthew 18. 15-20. 

^{We're All Valued Equally}

^{WAVE for Change is a movement of people with and without learning disabilities working together to create more vibrant mixed-ability places in the heart of our communities.}

^{(Our church has signed up to be a WAVEmaker)}

^{A Poem on Hope}

^{Hope awakens within my soul}

^{Alight that shines so bright}

^{Though trails come and storms may roll}

^{My faith is my guiding light.}

^{With every step I take in faith}

^{My hope grows all the more}

^{For I know that in God’s grace}

^{There is always an open door.}

^Collect

^{Almighty God, who called your Church to bear witness that you were in Christ reconciling the} 

14 Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. ¹⁵Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. ¹⁶Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly; do not claim to be wiser than you are. ¹⁷Do not repay anyone evil for evil, but take thought for what is noble in the sight of all. ¹⁸If it is possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. ¹⁹Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave room for the wrath of God; for it is written, ‘Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.’ ²⁰No, ‘if your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are thirsty, give them something to drink; for by doing this you will heap burning coals on their heads.’ ²¹Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

                 Matthew 16. 21-28

 From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. ²²And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, ‘God forbid it, Lord! This must never happen to you.’ ²³But he turned and said to Peter, ‘Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling-block to me; for you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.’

24 Then Jesus told his disciples, ‘If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. ²⁵For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake will find it. ²⁶For what will it profit them if they gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?

27 ‘For the Son of Man is to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay everyone for what has been done. ²⁸Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.’

Communion Prayer

God our creator, you feed your children with the true manna, the living bread from heaven:

let this holy food sustain us through our earthly pilgrimage until we come to that place where hunger and thirst are no more; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen