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
- A Heavenly Family
It is traditional on the fourth Sunday in Lent to give thanks for and to remember our mothers. For most people, our relationship with our mother is one of the most intimate in our lives. Even before we are born, we know our mother and she, in some measure, knows us. For good or for ill, it is a relationship which has a profound effect on the development of our personalities and our outlook on the world.
Jesus mother and his immediate family feature in our reading this Sunday (Matthew 12:46-50). But Jesus says that the truest intimacy with him is based not on biological kinship, but on spiritual kinship. Those who become his disciples – who do the will of his Father in heaven – are his true family, his brother and sister and mother. As we show our gratitude for our earthly families, let us rejoice that Jesus welcomes us into his heavenly family.