Skip to content
Shaw Church

Shaw Church

Knowing Jesus, Sharing God's love, Caring for People

Menu

  • Welcome
  • Services
    • Lent and Easter Services
    • Regular Services
    • Baptism, Marriage, Funeral
  • Getting Involved
    • Services
    • Small Groups
    • For Children
    • Less-active people
    • The Wider World
  • Supporting You
    • Prayer
    • Caring for less-active people
    • Barnabas Group
    • Myrtle Café
    • Relief in Need Charity
  • About us
    • Contact Us
    • Who’s who
    • Weekly Notice Sheet
    • Purpose and Focus
    • Giving
    • Hire the Church Centre
    • Accessibility
    • Safeguarding
    • Privacy
    • Calendar
    • Church Sharepoint

    Author: ed

    Building that will last

    We all know the story of the three little pigs, don’t we? One little pig puts in the hard work and builds a house out of bricks. The other two cut corners and settle for houses made of wood or

    ed 21 September 202525 September 2025 RectorsWeekly Read more

    A meeting of minds

    How good is your poker face? I’m sure you will have used one at some point, whether or not it was during a real life game of poker. Though some of us do wear our hearts on our sleeves, all

    ed 14 September 202525 September 2025 RectorsWeekly Read more

    The Gospel is foolish and offensive

    What is the stupidest thing you’ve ever heard? Most of us have heard some pretty daft things in our time, and we can only hope that it wasn’t us that said it. What about the most offensive thing anyone’s ever

    ed 7 September 202525 September 2025 RectorsWeekly Read more

    Become who you are!

    Paul’s opening to his letter to the Corinthians includes a paradox which is at the heart of the Christian life. In verse two, he says the Christians in Corinth are already ‘sanctified’ (i.e. saint-ified) because of their relationship with Jesus

    ed 24 August 202524 August 2025 RectorsWeekly Read more

    Lost and Found

    Everyone knows what it’s like to get lost. We’ve all done it – you take a wrong turn at some point, you end up somewhere you aren’t meant to be, you don’t know how to get back on track. In

    ed 25 July 202525 July 2025 RectorsWeekly Read more

    Who is in Control?

    In my second year at university, I experienced something I will never forget. Late at night, I was sitting in my bed, reading, when the entire room began to vibrate. There was a low rumbling sound. It lasted for about

    ed 27 June 202527 June 2025 RectorsWeekly Read more

    Easter Eyewitnesses

    Luke’s preface tells us that he has interviewed the eyewitnesses and written his Gospel so that its first reader, a man called Theophilus, can be certain that what he has been taught is true. But one odd feature of the

    ed 17 April 202517 April 2025 RectorsWeekly Read more

    How good is good enough?

    One thing you might have been wondering when we started going through the ten commandments is ‘How good is good enough?’. As we go down the list, is it ok if I score 6/10 or do I really need 8/10

    ed 3 April 20253 April 2025 RectorsWeekly Read more

    Listen to your mother

    What’s the most valuable thing you learnt from your Mum? Many of us pick up indispensable life skills thanks to the patient teaching of our mothers. The list is endless: what day to day objects are called, how to brush

    ed 27 March 202527 March 2025 RectorsWeekly Read more

    What makes a happy ending?

    If you think of any happy story, there will be something that causes everything to turn out well in the end. Perhaps it’s a bit of good luck, or a moment of supreme courage, or the persistence of one of

    ed 1 March 20251 March 2025 RectorsWeekly Read more
    • « Previous

    Shaw Church What's On

    • Sunday 12 October
      10:00 am
      Morning Worship

      click for details

    • Monday 13 October
      10:30 am
      Myrtle Cafe
    • Tuesday 14 October
      9:45 am
      Meeting Point
    • Wednesday 15 October
      10:00 am
      Barnabas Group

    St Mary's Church Shaw cum Donnington
    Church Road
    Newbury
    RG14 2DR

    t: 01635 40450
    e: [email protected]
    w: shawchurch.org

    Copyright © 2025 Shaw Church. All rights reserved. Theme Spacious by ThemeGrill. Powered by: WordPress.