Sunday 19th January 2025
Prayer for the Week
Father, Thank you for giving me hope in situations that seem impossible. I praise You that You are the God of the impossible. Thank You that your power is released when I put my trust in You. Forgive me for the times I try to s would see Your glorious power on display as I fully trust in You. In Jesus; name 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.
Pray for those who have left this earthily life:
Peter Hamlyn, Edith Hanford, Elijah praying for their families as they mourn.
May their souls rest in peace AND RISE IN GLORY
Funeral Services:
27th January - Edith Hanford
28th January – Peter Hamlyn 12.30pm followed by service at St Andrew’s Church
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Poppets – Rev Neil 01628 661994
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A Prayer for the world God gave us to live in:
Heavenly Father we pray for peace in all the war torn zones . Pray that the cease fire does not get derailed and that the Middle East residents can try to rebuild their lives.
Pray for Los Angeles, that the fires get put out permanently , and give the people courage to want to rebuild their lives, may they remember you are father to all.
Pray for the hungry that they may find food. Bless all the NGO’s who put themselves out there to feed the hungry, delivering food to remote and sometimes dangerous areas.
Lord have mercy.
make known your heavenly glory; 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. Amen
Isaiah 62. 1-5
For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent,
and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest,
until her vindication shines out like the dawn,
and her salvation like a burning torch.
The nations shall see your vindication,
and all the kings your glory;
and you shall be called by a new name
that the mouth of the Lord will give.
You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,
and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.
You shall no more be termed Forsaken,
and your land shall no more be termed Desolate;
but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her,
and your land Married;
for the Lord delights in you,
and your land shall be married.
For as a young man marries a young woman,
so shall your builder marry you,
and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,
so shall your God rejoice over you.
1 Corinthians 12. 11-11
Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. You know that when you were pagans, you were enticed and led astray to idols that could not speak. Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God ever says ‘Let Jesus be cursed!’ and no one can say ‘Jesus is Lord’ except by the Holy Spirit.
Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. To one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, and to another the utterance of knowledge according to the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another the discernment of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, to another the interpretation of tongues. All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses.
John 2. 1-11
On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. When the wine gave out, the mother of Jesus said to him, ‘They have no wine.’ And Jesus
Cippenham St. Andrew’s,
Anglican Parish 19th January 2025
(White)
Contact Person
Rev. Neil Popham - 01628 661994
Epiphany 2 Sunday
Holy Communion Service 9.30am– Rev Neil
Prayers for Christian Unity 3pm at St Mary’s Hitchum
Tuesday
Children’s (11-13yrs) meeting 6.30-7.30pm
Bible Study – Peter’s Story at 6.30pm on zoom
Wednesday
Foodbank 11am-1pm
PCC meeting 7pm
Thursday:
Holy Communion Service 10.45am Rev Neil
Family Time 16.30-18.30pm
Friday:
Poppets 9-11am
Choir 6.30pm
Saturday
Coffee shop 10am-12pm
Epiphany 3 Sunday
Holy Communion Service 9.30am– Rev Neil
Readings for Next Week
Nehemia 8.1-3, 5-6, 8-10; 1 Corinthians 12. 12-31a; Luke 4. 14-21.
Dates for your Diary 2025
PCC meetings at 7pm: 22nd January
CSCT meetings at 7.30pm: 25th February
St Patricks night: 15th March
Mothering Sunday 30th March
Collect
Almighty God, in Christ you make all things new:
transform the poverty of our nature by the riches of your grace, and in the renewal of our lives
said to her, ‘Woman, what concern is that to you and to me? My hour has not yet come.’ His mother said to the servants, ‘Do whatever he tells you.’ Now standing there were six stone water-jars for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. Jesus said to them, ‘Fill the jars with water.’ And they filled them up to the brim. He said to them, ‘Now draw some out, and take it to the chief steward.’ So they took it. When the steward tasted the water that had become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the steward called the bridegroom and said to him, ‘Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the inferior wine after the guests have become drunk. But you have kept the good wine until now.’ Jesus did this, the first of his signs, in Cana of Galilee, and revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.
Post Communion Prayer
God of glory, you nourish us with your Word
who is the bread of life: fill us with your Holy Spirit
that through us the light of your glory may shine in all the world. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen
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