Shaw Church

Welcome

We are the Church of England parish of St Mary’s Shaw cum Donnington – just to the north and east of Newbury.

Our purpose and focus is Knowing Jesus, Sharing God’s Love, Caring for People.
You can read more about it here.

We meet every Sunday at 10am, as well as at other times during the week.
Everyone is welcome to join us.

Word for the Week

• Peace on earth – but how?30 November 2025
  The vision of world peace in Isaiah 2:1-5 is so iconic that there is a statue of a man beating a sword into a ploughshare at the UN headquarters. It was donated by, of all countries, the USSR. It’s an image which captures something of the world we all yearn for. But how could such a world come about? In its context, the statue at the UN suggests that by coming together and talking, the nations can put aside their differences. For all the good that the UN has undoubtably done, it is clearly incapable of such a far-reaching peace. In Isaiah’s vision, world peace is not a human achievement. Instead, it happens as God’s word goes out from Jerusalem to the ends of the earth and the nations come to him for wisdom. In God we have grounds for hope that his peace will one day come.