The Benefice of:

The Brickhills &
Stoke Hammond

Buckinghamshire

Revd John Waller
The Rectory
10 Pound Hill 
Great Brickhill
Milton Keynes
MK17 9AS
Tel: 01525 261062  
rector@brickhillschurches.org.uk

WELCOME TO THE WEBSITE OF

THE BRICKHILLS & STOKE HAMMOND

All Saints, Bow Brickhill 
St Mary the Virgin, Great Brickhill
St Mary Magdalene, Little Brickhill
St Luke, Stoke Hammond

For information re the individual churches, click on the church name above, or on the photo below

For general information for all the Benefice, cliick on the Menu bar (3 horizontal lines) above

Older information has been archived and can be found in the "Archive" section at the bottom of the Menu list
 

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Bow Brickhill

Great Brickhill

Little Brickhill

Stoke Hammond



BOW BRICKHILL

NEWS

NEW ELECTORAL ROLL:

A new Electoral Roll for each parish is required for 2025. For full details and application form:- Click Here

LENT COURSE:

The six-week Lent course is based on a book by Paula Gooder:-

"WOMEN OF HOLY WEEK"

(1). Tuesday afternoons at Stoke Hammond, 1pm soup lunch and course from 1.30pm to 3.00pm

(2). Midweek evening sessions across the Benefice at 8pm

For a flyer giving details of the Lent Course and the Easter services:- Click Here

 



GREAT BRICKHILL

NEWS

NEW ELECTORAL ROLL:

A new Electoral Roll for each parish is required for 2025. For full details and application form:- Click Here

LENT COURSE:

The six-week Lent course is based on a book by Paula Gooder:-

"WOMEN OF HOLY WEEK"

(1). Tuesday afternoons at Stoke Hammond, 1pm soup lunch and course from 1.30pm to 3.00pm

(2). Midweek evening sessions across the Benefice at 8pm

For a flyer giving details of the Lent Course and the Easter services:- Click Here

 



LITTLE BRICKHILL

NEWS

NEW ELECTORAL ROLL:

A new Electoral Roll for each parish is required for 2025. For full details and application form:- Click Here

LENT COURSE:

The six-week Lent course is based on a book by Paula Gooder:-

"WOMEN OF HOLY WEEK"

(1). Tuesday afternoons at Stoke Hammond, 1pm soup lunch and course from 1.30pm to 3.00pm

(2). Midweek evening sessions across the Benefice at 8pm

For a flyer giving details of the Lent Course and the Easter services:- Click Here



STOKE HAMMOND

NEWS

NEW ELECTORAL ROLL:

A new Electoral Roll for each parish is required for 2025. For full details and application form:- Click Here

LENT COURSE:

The six-week Lent course is based on a book by Paula Gooder:-

"WOMEN OF HOLY WEEK"

(1). Tuesday afternoons at Stoke Hammond, 1pm soup lunch and course from 1.30pm to 3.00pm

(2). Midweek evening sessions across the Benefice at 8pm

For a flyer giving details of the Lent Course and the Easter services:- Click Here

 

DAILY MESSAGE

Jesus Predicts His Death a Third Time

Now Jesus was going up to Jerusalem. On the way, he took the Twelve aside and said to them, “We are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. On the third day he will be raised to life!”
Matthew 20: 17-19
02/04/2025
Wednesday 2nd April
2:30pm - 4:30pm -
Sunday 6th April
12:00am -
Monday 7th April
2:00pm - 3:30pm -
Sunday 13th April
12:00am -
11:00am - 3:00pm -
Monday 14th April
2:00pm - 3:30pm -

BENEFICE
SERVICE INFORMATION:

** CHURCH SERVICES **
The services across the Benefice follow a four month cycle. 
Click on the relevant link below for a current PDF file of the services for:-  April

SERVICES IN THE BENEFICE THIS WEEK:
The services in the Benefice on Sunday, 6th April:-
9.30  (Great Brickhill)  Holy Communion
9.30  (Stoke Hamond)  Cafe Church
11.00  (Bow Brickhill)  Family Service in the Hall (Mothers' Day Theme)

To download a PDF with full details for the current month's services and readings:-  Click Here

The readings for Mothering Sunday, 30th March:-
Colossians 3: 12-17;   Luke 10: 38-42

LATEST "PATHWAYS" EDITION:
To download the latest copy of Pathways, the magazine for the people of the Diocese of Oxford:-  Click Here

BISHOP OF BUCKINGHAM CONSECRATION SERVICE:  

The consecration service for the Bishop of Buckingham, Revd Canon Dave Bull, took place at Canterbury Cathedral on 27th February. The service can be viewed via the following link:-
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPWrcHf2bX_azpEXlA5_y6MxCTop6eEij

RECTOR'S
NEWSLETTER

Hope through Confusion 

April 2025

Dear Friends,

It is often easier to see the shape and pattern of events when we look back. Situations that feel muddled and confused at the time can seem easier to accept and understand with hindsight.

When we hear the Easter story, we already know how it will conclude, and we can overlook the turmoil that the disciples went through. As we follow that story, through the arrest, trial and crucifixion of Jesus, to the first resurrection appearances, we can see the disciples struggle with their reactions of shock, grief, panic and fear, before they begin to understand what has really been happening, and what it means.

When we are shocked by things that happen to us, when we are weighed down with grief and sorrow, or when we feel lost in fear and confusion, we can remember the Easter story and the experience of the disciples, and be encouraged to trust that God is with us in the midst of the turmoil, and may be at work in ways that we cannot see at the time.

And we can be encouraged by the promise that:
    "in all things God works for the good of those who love him". (Romans 8. 28)

Wishing you all an Easter filled with joy and hope.

Revd John Waller

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