Sunday 10th August 2025
Prayer for the Week
Thank you that no matter what we face this week, we can do so knowing that there is nothing so overwhelming that you will be separated from us.
Just knowing that right at this moment the one who died for us - who gave his life for us - is in the presence of God sticking up for us makes us feel like we can make it through this week.
Pour your grace upon us this week.
Bless the people we meet on our way oh Lord. On the road, in the restaurant, at the office. Let them see the light in us and rejoice in you oh God. Let our lives be a point of contact with you. Let them appreciate you in our lives such that they would want to be a part of our happiness. Let us bring them closer to you, our source of joy. We know you have taken care of the week already. Thank you Lord. Amen
Prayers for the sick and for those recovering: Wendy, Auril, Ian, Zelma, Mike, Jacqui, Frank, River, Theo, Maggie, David, Priscilla, Paul, Rod, Kiera, Yolanda, Sarah, Levi, Joy, Viola, Martin, Joan , Katarina, Liz, Sharon, Vlad, Rachel, Esa, Sr Mary-Lawrence, Tyson, David, Sally and Jenny, Val, Frank and Joan.
Pray for those who have departed from this world :
From our Book of Remembrance: Harry Smithers. May their souls rest in peace AND RISE IN GLORY
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and the works of your commandments;
that through your most mighty protection, both here and ever, we may be preserved in body and soul; through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen
Isaiah 1: 1, 10-20
The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the teaching of our God, you people of Gomorrah! What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the Lord; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts; I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of goats. When you come to appear before me, who asked this from your hand? Trample my courts no more; bringing offerings is futile; incense is an abomination to me. New moon and sabbath and calling of convocation— I cannot endure solemn assemblies with iniquity. Your new moons and your appointed festivals my soul hates; they have become a burden to me, I am weary of bearing them. When you stretch out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.
Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek justice, rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow. Come now, let us argue it out, says the Lord: though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be like snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land; but if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured by the sword; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
Hebrews 11: 1-3, 8-16
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Indeed, by faith our ancestors received approval. By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible. By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to set out for a place that he was to receive as an inheritance; and he set out, not knowing where he was going. By faith he stayed for a time in the land he had been promised, as in a foreign land, living in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. For he looked forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder is God. By faith he received power of procreation, even though he was too old—and Sarah herself was barren—because he considered him faithful who had promised. Therefore from one person, and this one as good as dead, descendants were born, “as many as the stars of heaven and as the innumerable grains of
Cippenham St. Andrew’s,
Anglican Parish 10th August 2025
(Green)
Contact Person
Rev. Neil Popham - 01628 661994
Trinity 8 Sunday
Holy Communion Service 9.30am– Rev Neil
Tuesday
Children’s ministry 6-8pm
No Bible Study for 1 week
Wednesday
Foodbank 11am-1pm
Thursday:
Holy Communion Service 10.45am Rev Neil
Family Time 16.30-18.30pm
Friday:
Messy Church from 10.00 -2
Choir practice - 6.30pm
Saturday
Coffee shop 10-12
Trinity 9 Sunday
Holy Communion Service 9.30am– Rev Neil
Readings for Next Week
Isaiah 5. 1-7, Hebrews 11. 29-12.2, Luke 12. 49-56.
Dates for your Diary 2025
Messy Day – 15th August 10-2pm
PCC Meetings – 7pm on 17th September, 12th November
Songs of Praise at St Nicholas Taplow – 7th September
Afternoon High Tea – Saturday 20th September 2-4pm
Harvest Service – 12th October
St Andrew’s Day Service – TBA
Christmas Fair 6th December from 10am
Collect
Almighty Lord and everlasting God, we beseech you to direct, sanctify and govern both our hearts and bodies in the ways of your laws
sand by the seashore.” All of these died in faith without having received the promises, but from a distance they saw and greeted them. They confessed that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth, for people who speak in this way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. If they had been thinking of the land that they had left behind, they would have had opportunity to return. But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; indeed, he has prepared a city for them.
Luke 12. 32-40
“Do not be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell your possessions, and give alms. Make purses for yourselves that do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. “Be dressed for action and have your lamps lit; be like those who are waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that they may open the door for him as soon as he comes and knocks. Blessed are those slaves whom the master finds alert when he comes; truly I tell you, he will fasten his belt and have them sit down to eat, and he will come and serve them. If he comes during the middle of the night, or near dawn, and finds them so, blessed are those slaves. “But know this: if the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour.”
Post Communion Prayer
Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands that have taken holy things; may the ears which have heard your word be deaf to clamour and dispute;
may the tongues which have sung your praise be free from deceit; may the eyes which have seen the tokens of your love shine with the light of hope; and may the bodies which have been fed with your body be refreshed with the fullness of your life; glory to you for ever.
Amen