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CHRIST IS RISEN
ALLELUIA
A new commandment I give you: love one another,
as I have loved you
SUNDAY SERVICES
10.0 a.m.
Parish Communion
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6.30 p.m.
Evening Prayer
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For more information
click here
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and every Wednesday
at 11.0 a.m.
there is a celebration of
HOLY COMMUNION
(Book of Common Prayer)
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The Sunday Club is a childrens' group which meets during the
10.0 a.m. service, joining everyone in church at 10.45 for the last part of the service and refreshments.
Our church is open every day
from roughly 10.0 to 5.0
for private prayer and reflection or just to get a bit of peace and quiet. The churchyard is of course always open for a little bit of green space.
ASCENSION DAY
Thursday 29th May
Parish Communion 7.30 p.m.
LEWIS CARROLL
CHORAL EVENSONG
to commemorate his
first sermon as a curate,
preached at Sandford
church.
6.30 p.m. on 15th June.
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i thank You God for most this amazing
day: for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes
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(i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun’s birthday; this is the birth
day of life and of love and wings: and of the gay
great happening illimitably earth)
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how should tasting touching hearing seeing
breathing any—lifted from the no
of all nothing—human merely being
doubt unimaginable You?
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(now the ears of my ears awake and
now the eyes of my eyes are opened)
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E. E. Cummings
O Almighty God,
who alone canst order our unruly wills
and affections;
Grant unto thy people, that they may love
the thing which thou commandest,
and desire that which thou dost promise;
that so, among the sundry
and manifold changes of the world,
our hearts may surely there be fixed,
where true joys are to be found;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.
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BCP Collect for Easter 4
We are part of the United Benefice of Littlemore with Sandford on Thames,
and the priest-in-charge is the
Rev. Margreet Armitstead.
USEFUL LINKS
will take you to the website for the Oxford Diocese, which has loads of information on events in the Diocese.
St Mary and St Nicholas church in Littlemore is our sister church.
Thoughtful opinions on anglican matters.
www.sandfordtalkingshop.org
Sandford's amazing cafe, shop and Saturday market (always looking for new volunteers).
The village website, which includes Parish council information.
facebook.com/Sandford.on.Thames/
Facebook page for the Sandford Link magazine.
www.facebook.com/sandfordonthamesWI/: information about what is going on at the Sandford Women's Institute.
WHAT IS CHRISTIANITY?
A Christian is someone
who believes that if we get to know Jesus Christ and follow his teachings, we can work with his Spirit to let God's kingdom into our world - a kingdom of love, justice,
and peace.
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If you want to explore further, christianity.org.uk is a great website:
click here
OUR CHURCH
AND CHURCHYARD
For over 900 years St Andrew's has stood at the heart of the village, and its church bells have rung out to mourn or celebrate every great event of our country's history.
For centuries Sandford villagers have been laid to rest in the churchyard, which is
a place steeped in history and memories - still open to all
and visited by many for
peaceful meditation or reflection.
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The church building is of interest in itself - click
on the button below
for a leaflet on its history.
In 1086 the Domesday Book
counted 18 families as living by
the sandy ford over the Thames
Six hundred years later the
population of the village
had barely doubled,
and it was still under 200 people
at the start of the 19th century.
Today the parish boundaries
have been enlarged, and the
population numbers
more than 1,200.
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If you are new to the village,
welcome.
You may find the newcomers
guide (click here )
a useful introduction
to what goes on.