Prayer for the Week

Lord, when I look at the suffering You endured for me on the cross, I can hardly fathom Your great love for me. God, You so loved the world that You freely sacrificed Your Son for my sin on the cross. The weight of this gift overwhelms me with wonder and awe. Thank you, Jesus, for the blood You shed for me, for bearing the punishment I deserved. Make my heart radiate with overwhelming grace for others, especially when it's difficult, and flood my heart with gratitude for Your sacrificial work on the cross.

In Jesus' Name we pray, 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.

Pray for those who have departed from this world we know.

From Our Book of Remembrance: 

Charles Williams, Nancy Dunsdon & Alvin Gough - May their souls rest in peace AND RISE IN GLORY

Church Warden- Nick     07511862659

Lay Chair- Sandie   01753 575107

PCC Secretary - Matt      07984321334     

PCC Treasurer- Sunny     07850321156               

Safeguarding Officer-    07951074256

Website Editor- Ray       07730221947

Poppets – Rev Neil       01628 661994

The Choir - Leiola        07710329518   

Room Hire-Sylvia        07546710834 

LLM – Angeline           07951074256

Church of England Parish Office email 

standrewscofecippenham@hotmail.co.uk

Website: standrewcippenham.org

 Cippenham St. Andrew’s, 

Anglican Parish             20^th April 2025 

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praise and honour, glory and might, now and in all eternity. Amen

Isaiah 65.17-25

For I am about to create new heavens and a new earth; the former things shall not be remembered or come to mind. But be glad and rejoice for ever in what I am creating; for I am about to create Jerusalem as a joy, and its people as a delight. I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and delight in my people; no more shall the sound of weeping be heard in it, or the cry of distress. No more shall there be in it an infant that lives but a few days, or an old person who does not live out a lifetime; for one who dies at a hundred years will be considered a youth, and one who falls short of a hundred will be considered accursed. They shall build houses and inhabit them; they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit. They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat; for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands. They shall not labour in vain, or bear children for calamity; for they shall be offspring blessed by the Lord - and their descendants as well. Before they call I will answer, while they are yet speaking I will hear. The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, the lion shall eat straw like the ox; but the serpent - its food shall be dust! They shall not hurt or destroy on all my holy mountain, says the Lord.

Acts 10.34-43

Then Peter began to speak to them: ‘I truly understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ—he is Lord of all. That message spread throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John announced: 

how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power; how he went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him. We are witnesses to all that he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree; but God raised him on the third day and allowed him to appear, not to all the people but to us who were chosen by God as witnesses, and who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one ordained by God as judge

Contact Person 

Rev. Neil Popham - 01628 661994

Easter Sunday

Holy Communion Service 9.30am– Rev Neil

Tuesday

Children’s ministry 6-8pm

Bible Study via zoom 6.30pm

Wednesday

Foodbank 11am-1pm

Thursday: 

Holy Communion Service 10.45am Rev Neil

Family Time 16.30-18.30pm

Friday:

Poppets from 9.15-11.15am

Choir practice - TBC

Saturday

Coffee shop 10am-12pm

2^nd Sunday in Easter

Holy Communion Service 9.30am– Rev Neil

Readings for Next Week

Acts 5: 27-32, Revelation 1: 4-8, John 20: 19-31

Dates for your Diary 2025

300 Club

The spring draw for the 300 Club was held after the Communion Service on Sunday 13th April. The winners are:

1st Prize No 34 Shirley Fernandes £60
2nd Prize No 19 Matt Devereux £40
3rd Prize No 58 Madeleine Bowron £25

The next draw will be in the Autumn and if you have joined before 30th September you will also be eligible for the St Andrew's Day draw for a prize of £100. Contact Shelagh on 07941 432706 for more information.

                  Collect

Lord of all life and power, who through the mighty resurrection of your Son overcame the old order of sin and death to make all things new in him: grant that we, being dead to sin and alive to you in Jesus Christ, may reign with him in glory; to whom with you and the Holy Spirit be

of the living and the dead. All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.’



Luke 24.1-12

But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in, they did not find the body. While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men in dazzling clothes stood beside them. The women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, ‘Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.’ 

Then they remembered his words, and returning from the tomb, they told all this to the eleven and to all the rest. Now it was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told this to the apostles. 

But these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them. But Peter got up and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he saw the linen cloths by themselves; then he went home, amazed at what had happened.

Post Communion Prayer

God of Life, who for our redemption gave your only-begotten Son to the death of the cross, and by his glorious resurrection have delivered us from the power of our enemy: grant us so to die daily to sin, that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his risen life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen