Sunday 13th September 2025
Prayer for the Week
Lord of Peace, in this busy and often chaotic world, I come seeking Your perfect peace. Quiet the storms in my mind and still the anxieties in my heart. When worry threatens to overwhelm me, help me remember that You are in control. Replace my fear with faith, my tension with tranquillity, and my distress with Your divine calm. Let Your peace that surpasses all understanding guard my heart and mind. All-knowing God, I face many choices and decisions this week, both large and small. I acknowledge my limited understanding and seek Your divine wisdom. Guide my thoughts and illuminate my path with Your perfect knowledge. When I stand at crossroads, show me the way I should go. Grant me discernment to recognize Your voice amidst the clamour of competing opinions. Help me to choose what honours You and serves Your purpose. Amen
Prayers for the sick and for those recovering: Wendy, Auril, Ian, Zelma, Mike, Jacqui, Frank, River, Theo, Maggie, David, Priscilla, Paul, Rod, Kiera, Yolanda, Sarah, Levi, Joy, Viola, Martin, Joan Katarina, Liz, Sharon, Vlad, Rachel, Esa, Sr Mary-Lawrence, Tyson, David, Sally and Jenny, Val, Frank and Joan.
Pray for those who have departed from this world :
From our Book of Remembrance: Norma Hackett, Jeff Jefferson; May their souls rest in peace AND RISE IN GLORY
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Cippenham St. Andrew’s,
Numbers 21. 4-9
4From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; but the people became impatient on the way. 5The people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we detest this miserable food.” 6Then the Lord sent poisonous serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many Israelites died. 7The people came to Moses and said, “We have sinned by speaking against the Lord and against you; pray to the Lord to take away the serpents from us.” So Moses prayed for the people. 8And the Lord said to Moses, “Make a poisonous serpent, and set it on a pole; and everyone who is bitten shall look at it and live.” 9So Moses made a serpent of bronze, and put it upon a pole; and whenever a serpent bit someone, that person would look at the serpent of bronze and live.
Philippians 2. 6-11
6who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, 7but emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, being born in human likeness. And being found in human form, 8he humbled himself and became obedient to the point of death— even death on a cross. 9Therefore God also highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, 10so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
John 3. 13-17
13No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of Man. 14And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. 16“For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life. 17“Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Post Communion Prayer
Faithful God, whose son bore our sins in his body on the tree and gave us this sacrament to show forth his death until he comes: give us grace to glory in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, for he is
Anglican Parish 13th September 2025
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Contact Person
Rev. Neil Popham - 01628 661994
Holy Cross Sunday
Holy Communion Service 9.30am– Rev Neil
Tuesday
Children’s ministry 6-8pm
Bible Study for on zoom at 6.30pm
Wednesday
Foodbank 11am-1pm
PCC meeting 7pm
Thursday:
Holy Communion Service 10.45am Rev Neil
Family Time 16.30-18.30pm
Friday:
Poppets from 9-11
Choir practice - 6.30pm
Saturday
High Tea 2-4pm Come and enjoy variety of cakes and dainty sandwiches
St Matthew Apostle and Evangelist Sunday
Holy Communion Service 9.30am– Rev Neil
Readings for Next Week
Jeremiah 18. 1-11, Philemon 1-20, Luke 14. 25-33.
Dates for your Diary 2025
PCC Meetings – 7pm on 17th September, 12th November
Afternoon High Tea – Saturday 20th September 2-4pm
Harvest Service – 12th October
St Andrew’s Day Service – TBA
Christmas Fair 6th December from 10am
Collect
Almighty God, who in the passion of your blessed Son made an instrument of painful death to be for us the means of life and peace: grant us so to glory in the cross of Christ that we may gladly suffer for hs sake; who is alive and reigns with you , in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God now and for ever. Amen
our salvation, our life and our hope, who reigns as Lord, now and for ever. Amen
In The Shadow of The Cross
Poet: Catherine Pulsifer
In the shadow of the cross, we find solace
A symbol of love and sacrifice so divine.
For all Christians, young and old, rich or poor
It holds a special meaning, a sign to align.
No cultural distinction can tarnish its grace
For it unites us all in faith, regardless of race.
From the hills of Africa to the streets of Rome
The cross stands tall, a symbol of hope and home.
To the destitute, it offers a promise of worth
A reminder that they're loved by a God of this earth.
In times of despair, when all seems lost
The cross whispers strength, no matter the cost.
For the young and innocent, its arms outstretched wide
Guiding their footsteps, with love as their guide.
In the cross, they find forgiveness and grace
A sanctuary of peace in this chaotic space.