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    Ears to Hear

    If God wanted to speak to you, how would he do it? Psalm 19 talks about the heavens and skies proclaiming God’s glory and what he has made – which is a message we should take note of. The Psalm

    raymond 24 October 202524 October 2025 RectorsWeekly Read more

    What do you know?

    Benjamin Franklin made popular the saying that in this world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes. And we could probably come up with some other things that we find hard to avoid (like struggle and

    raymond 11 October 202511 October 2025 RectorsWeekly Read more

    Shipman Head Down

    The sea is not calm today. A fresh south-westerly breeze has blown Over a hundred Atlantic miles of Ocean, Ripples making wavelets making waves making bigger as the swell comes in Crashing onto rocks that would stand imperious Spilling and

    raymond 27 September 202527 September 2025 RectorsWeekly Read more

    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

    Follow my leader

    For those of you well attuned to following a SatNav, have you tried Zen Navigation? I first heard about it from Dirk Gently (a Douglas Adams character) and it involves finding someone who looks like they know where they are

    raymond 27 August 202527 August 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

    Maths is Fun, Faith is Better

    Maths is Fun, Faith is better Let’s say x = ymultiply both sides by x gives x2 = xysubtract y2 gives x2 – y2 = xy – y2which is (x + y)(x – y) = y(x – y)divide by (x

    raymond 16 August 202516 August 2025 RectorsWeekly Read more

    Rain

    What do you think of the rain? For some, it just rain spoils a picnic or an afternoon of sport (cricket, or tennis anyone?). The less rain the better. Although if you look at the garden turning brown and worry

    raymond 9 August 20259 August 2025 RectorsWeekly Read more
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    Shaw Church What's On

    • Wednesday 29 October
      10:00 am
      Barnabas Group
    • Sunday 2 November
      10:00 am
      Holy Communion
    • Sunday 2 November
      3:00 pm
      Bereavement Service
    • Sunday 2 November
      4:00 pm
      Bereavement Tea
    • Monday 3 November
      10:30 am
      Myrtle Cafe
    • Tuesday 4 November
      9:45 am
      Meeting Point

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

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