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    RectorsWeekly

    5 Words

    With over 700,000 words, the Bible is quite a long read (it’s 1189 chapters, so if you read one chapter a day, it will take you more than 3 years). Some of it is stories you can really get into,

    raymond 29 June 2023 RectorsWeekly No Comments Read more

    My heart’s desire

    What do you want? You could answer ‘a cup of tea’ or ‘Glastonbury Twanger pithivier’ (and perhaps add ‘please’ because you’re polite). The context affects the answer. But suppose there isn’t a context, no kettle, no waiter, suppose you were

    raymond 22 June 2023 RectorsWeekly No Comments Read more

    Pray for the Harvest

    What are you harvesting this year? Strawberries, Raspberries? Do you have an apple tree or two? Some beans or carrots? Salad leaves ready to pick? I was talking to someone who grows things in her raised beds that she can’t

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    Trinity and Spirituality

    What does the Trinity mean for our relationship with God? Many of us may be tempted to think that the answer is ‘not a lot’. But the more you look for it, the more you find things that point to

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    Tricky Trinity?

    I’ve heard it said (though I’ve never seen the statistics!) that Trinity Sunday is the most common Sunday of the year for clergy to be off sick. The reason being, presumably, that teaching on the Trinity is so difficult that

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    Then and Now

    Imagine being able to say “I was there at the beginning”. And perhaps you really can – because you were there, you helped shape something great. But for many of us, we join after the beginning – as an apprentice,

    raymond 25 May 2023 RectorsWeekly No Comments Read more

    From groaning to glory

    Earlier this week, Raymond and I were talking to some children about the creation story in Genesis 1. At its climax, God blesses the man and woman and says “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it.” (Gen

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    Send him victorious

    Last weekend, people across the country and around the globe gathered around their TV screens to join those at Westminster Abbey in praying for the King. Our Psalm last week (Psalm 20) was also written as a prayer for King

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    Happily Ever After

    The key to a good fairy tale, is “They all lived happily ever after.” We tell children this because we don’t want them to worry – however bad it gets, it will be alright in the end. Then we grow

    raymond 4 May 2023 RectorsWeekly No Comments Read more

    Church Harbour

    “A ship in a harbour is safe, but that’s not what ships were built for.” That was the caption on a poster I saw. It’s a call to action, of course: don’t stay hidden away if there’s something good you

    raymond 27 April 2023 RectorsWeekly No Comments Read more
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    Shaw Church What's On

    • Sunday 19 October
      10:00 am
      Holy Communion
    • Monday 20 October
      10:30 am
      Myrtle Cafe
    • Tuesday 21 October
      9:45 am
      Meeting Point
    • Wednesday 22 October
      10:00 am
      Barnabas Group
    • Wednesday 22 October
      10:30 am
      Holy Commuion
    • Sunday 26 October
      10:00 am
      Morning Worship

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    Church Road
    Newbury
    RG14 2DR

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