Welcome to Shaw Church
- Glory to God in the Highest! It’s Christmas.
We look forward to seeing you at our Christmas Celebrations
The Parish of St Mary’s Shaw cum Donnington
We are a community of Christians bringing the Good News of God’s love to everyone in the parish, through Worship, Prayer, Teaching, and Serving.
We invite you to come and join us as we gather to worship God on Sundays at 10am, or in any of the other things we have going on.
Shaw cum Donnington lies to the north of Newbury in Berkshire, and St Mary’s Church is in the middle of the parish, just to the East of the A339.
You can find more about us and what is going on through this website, and do get in touch with the Church Office if there’s anything we can help you with or if you would like more information.
A word for the week
- Is the Old Testament relevant today?
It’s quite common for Christians to think that the Old Testament is less relevant to us than the New. Not only is it full of unfamiliar names and places from thousands of years ago, but many of its laws do not apply to us. Even the name ‘Old Testament’ might make us think it is less relevant.
For many of us, Paul’s perspective on the Old Testament might come as a surprise. While the Old Testament was, of course, given to God’s people in the time before Christ’s coming, there’s a sense in which Paul thinks now is the time it really comes into its own. ‘These things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come.’ 1 Cor 10:11 It’s as though everything that came before was just the preparation for now.
Seen like that, perhaps you could say the Old Testament is actually more relevant now than it ever has been.
Ed