Sunday 23rd February 2025
Prayer for the Week
Dear Lord, as Lent approaches, may I clean up my life as I walk with you in the desert. My relationship with you hinges on faith, a faith that believes in resurrection. Show me what needs to die in me to clear a path to be more like You, love you more dearly.
That I may know you, Jesus!
They tell me he is a refiner that he cleanses from spots; he has washed me in his precious blood, and to that extent I know him. They tell me that he clothes the naked; he has covered me with a garment of righteousness, and to that extent I know him. They tell me he is a breaker, and that he breaks chains, he has set my soul at liberty and therefore I know him. They tell me that he is king, and that he reigns over sin; he has subdued my enemies beneath his feet, and I know him in that way. They tell me he is a shepherd: I know him for I am his sheep. They say he is a door: I have entered in through him, and I know him as a door. They say he is food: my spirit feeds on himas on the bread of heaven, and therefore, I know him as such. (Charles Spurgeon)
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.
May their souls rest in peace AND RISE IN GLORY
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Cippenham St. Andrew’s,
Anglican Parish 23rd February 2025
Genesis 2. 4b-9, 15-25
These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created.
In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, when no plant of the field was yet in the earth and no herb of the field had yet sprung up—for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was no one to till the ground; but a stream would rise from the earth, and water the whole face of the ground— then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being. And the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east; and there he put the man whom he had formed. Out of the ground the Lord God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, ‘You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.’
Then the Lord God said, ‘It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner.’ So out of the ground the Lord God formed every animal of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every animal of the field; but for the man there was not found a helper as his partner. So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said,
‘This at last is bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
this one shall be called Woman,
for out of Man this one was taken.’
Therefore a man leaves his father and his mother and clings to his wife, and they become one flesh. And the man and his wife were both naked, and were not ashamed.
Revelations 4
After this I looked, and there in heaven a door stood open! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, ‘Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.’ At once I was in the spirit, and there in heaven stood a throne, with one seated on the throne! And the one seated there looks like jasper and cornelian, and around the throne is a rainbow that looks like an emerald. Around the throne are twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones are twenty-four elders, dressed in white robes, with golden crowns on their heads. Coming from the throne are flashes of lightning, and rumblings and peals of
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Contact Person
Rev. Neil Popham - 01628 661994
2nd Sunday before Lent
Holy Communion Service 9.30am– Rev Neil
Tuesday
Children’s (11-13yrs) meeting 6.30-7.30pm
Bible Study – Peter’s Story at 6.30pm on zoom
CSCT meeting 7.30pm
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 - 6.30pm
Saturday
Coffee shop 10am-12pm
Sunday next before Lent
Holy Communion Service 9.30am– Rev Neil
Readings for Next Week
Exodus 34. 29-35; 2 Corinthians 3. 12-4.2; Luke 9. 28-43.
Dates for your Diary 2025
CSCT meetings at 7.30pm: 25th February
4th March from 5pm - Shrove Tuesday: Pancakes and Songs of Praise. Come sample different fillings on pancakes and then sing and worship God
5th March - Ash Wednesday
15th March - St Patricks Social Event/ fundraiser night
30th March - Mother’s Day
St Patrick’s Social Event /Fundraiser:
Date/Time: 15th March from 6.30-10.30pm
Cost: £10 for adults, under 16’s are free
Come and enjoy a night of music, dancing, Irish dancing, Irish Bingo.
Bring a plate of finger food
Cash Bar
Raffle prizes galore!!
Collect
Almighty God, you have created the heavens and the earth and made us in your own image:
teach us to discern your hand in all your works
and your likeness in all your children; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who with you and the Holy Spirit reigns supreme over all things, now and for ever.
Amen
thunder, and in front of the throne burn seven flaming torches, which are the seven spirits of God; and in front of the throne there is something like a sea of glass, like crystal.
Around the throne, and on each side of the throne, are four living creatures, full of eyes in front and behind: the first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with a face like a human face, and the fourth living creature like a flying eagle. And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and inside. Day and night without ceasing they sing,
‘Holy, holy, holy,
the Lord God the Almighty,
who was and is and is to come.’
And whenever the living creatures give glory and honour and thanks to the one who is seated on the throne, who lives for ever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall before the one who is seated on the throne and worship the one who lives for ever and ever; they cast their crowns before the throne, singing,
‘You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honour and power,
for you created all things,
and by your will they existed and were created.’
Luke 8. 22-25
One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, ‘Let us go across to the other side of the lake.’ So they put out, and while they were sailing he fell asleep. A gale swept down on the lake, and the boat was filling with water, and they were in danger. They went to him and woke him up, shouting, ‘Master, Master, we are perishing!’ And he woke up and rebuked the wind and the raging waves; they ceased, and there was a calm. He said to them, ‘Where is your faith?’ They were afraid and amazed, and said to one another, ‘Who then is this, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?’
Post Communion Prayer
God our creator, by your gift the tree of life was set at the heart of the earthly paradise,
and the bread of life at the heart of your Church: may we who have been nourished at your table on earth be transformed by the glory of the Saviour’s cross and enjoy the delights of eternity; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen