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:-  August

SERVICES IN THE BENEFICE THIS WEEK:
The services in the Benefice on 17th August, the Ninth Sunday after Trinity, are:-
9.30  (Bow Brickhill)  Holy Communion
11.00  (Great Brickhill)  Family Service with Baptisms
17.00  (Stoke Hammond)  Compline following afternoon tea 

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

The Bible readings for Sunday, 17th August:-
Isaiah 61: 10-11;  Galatians 4: 4-7;  Luke 1: 46-55

LATEST "PATHWAYS" EDITION:
The Summer 2025 edition of Pathways, the magazine for the people of the Diocese of Oxford, is now available. To download the latest copy of Pathways:-  Click Here

RECTOR'S
NEWSLETTER

Saying 'Thank-you'  

August 2025

Dear Friends,

It is good to say ‘Thank-you’. I am sure that we have all had the experience of feeling that we are being taken for granted, when nobody shows that they appreciate what we do. And we know how good it feels when somebody takes the trouble to say ‘Thank-you’, and to show that they do appreciate us.

We all have troubles and difficulties in our lives, but we all have many things to be thankful for as well. Perhaps we would have a better perspective on our lives if we paid more attention to all the good things we have, and were grateful for them.

But who do we say our ‘Thank-you’ to? The most important thing we can do, as well as showing our gratitude to other people when we can, is to thank God for all the good things in our lives. Many people pray in some way, and a very important part of prayer is to give thanks to God, as well as asking for the things we want, for ourselves and for others – and that is something we can all do.

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God."  (Philippians 4. 6)

Revd John Waller