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St. Andrew's Benefice
- Oct 27, 2020
- 1 min
All Souls' Day
All Souls’ Day falls each year in early November. This is a time in the year when the Church particularly remembers – and prays for – the...
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St. Andrew's Benefice
- Oct 9, 2020
- 2 min
A Letter from Dominic
Dear friends It is good – finally(!) – to be in the Rectory and feeling more settled each day. Ampthill has struck me as a very friendly ...
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St. Andrew's Benefice
- Oct 3, 2020
- 3 min
Pippa's Sermon - Trinity 17
Trinity 17 - Matthew 21:32-end We sometimes see in the newspapers stories of landlords and landowners using their estates to make money ...
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St. Andrew's Benefice
- Sep 26, 2020
- 3 min
Pippa's Sermon - Trinity 16
Harvest 2020 – Thoughts on the readings - Matthew 21:23-32; Philippians 2:1-13 Harvest feels such a glorious, golden time of year. Even w...
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St. Andrew's Benefice
- Sep 19, 2020
- 3 min
Pippa's Sermon - Trinity 15
Thoughts on the Gospel – Matthew 20:1-16 Another of those gospel passages where one's first reaction is ‘No! That can’t be right!’ And in...
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St. Andrew's Benefice
- Sep 11, 2020
- 3 min
Pippa's Sermon - Trinity 14
About forgiveness – a very tricky subject. We say ‘Forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.’ But have you ...
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St. Andrew's Benefice
- Aug 29, 2020
- 3 min
Pippa's Sermon - Trinity 12
Trinity 12 - alternative Collect God of constant mercy, who sent your Son to save us: remind us of your goodness, increase your grace wi...
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St. Andrew's Benefice
- Aug 21, 2020
- 3 min
Pippa's Sermon- Trinity 11
Gospel - Matthew 16:13-20; (Old Testament Isaiah 51:1-6) Verse 19 - ‘I will give you the keys of the kingdom ....’ That is s something wo...
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St. Andrew's Benefice
- Aug 14, 2020
- 3 min
Trinity 10: Thoughts for the week
Pippa writes: Week beginning 16th August – Gospel Matthew 15:21-28. Children can have an uncanny knack of making very profound remarks. I...
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St. Andrew's Benefice
- Aug 8, 2020
- 1 min
Virtual Coffee & Chat
VIRTUAL COFFEE & CHAT One of the many consequences of the lack of Soup Lunches and Coffee Mornings is that we are not supporting other ch...
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St. Andrew's Benefice
- Jul 24, 2020
- 1 min
Evensong Sunday 2nd August
EVENSONG at 6.30 pm on Sunday 2nd August. All welcome
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St. Andrew's Benefice
- Jul 24, 2020
- 1 min
St Lawrence, Steppingley Open Daily
A service takes place every Sunday at 11.15 am. Those attending are advised to bring their own mug!
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St. Andrew's Benefice
- Jul 8, 2020
- 1 min
Risk Assessment Completed
We have undertaken the parish safeguarding risk assessment for St Andrew's church in accordance with the Church of England's directives f...
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St. Andrew's Benefice
- Jul 1, 2020
- 1 min
Churches open daily again
From Monday July 6th, St. Andrew Ampthill and St. Lawrence Steppingley will again be open for visitors and private prayer, from 9am until...
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St. Andrew's Benefice
- Jun 6, 2020
- 1 min
June C&T free download
As well as the usual news and thoughts, this month's issue includes full details of our socially-distanced, no-contact Virtual Church Fe...
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St. Andrew's Benefice
- Jun 5, 2020
- 1 min
An application for a faculty
This would normally be posted up at church but due to the present situation we are publishing it on Facebook and the website. Any objecti...
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St. Andrew's Benefice
- May 4, 2020
- 1 min
May C&T free download
We are still unable to print or deliver our monthly Church & Town magazine, so a provisional, cut-down May edition can be downloaded or v...
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