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:- February

SERVICES IN THE BENEFICE THIS WEEK:-
The services in the Benefice on 1st February, the Fourth Sunday of Epiphany, are:-
9.30  (Great Brickhill)  Holy Communion
11.00  (Bow Brickhill)  Family Service in the Hall
11.00  (Stoke Hammond)  Family Service

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

The Bible readings for Sunday, 1st February:-
1 Kings 17: 8-16;  1 Corinthians 1: 18-31;  John 2: 1-11

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

VACANCY / RECRUITMENT OF NEW RECTOR:
Due to legal reasons, the formal recruitment process for a new Rector can only commence on Monday 11th May, the day after Revd John Waller officially retires. A team of representatives from across the Benefice will be drawing up the Parish Profile and working hard to ensure that everything is in order to advertise the vacancy at the earliest opportunity. If the post is filled from the first round of applications, a realistic time for the new Rector to start would be October. Revd John Waller's final service will be Benefice Holy Communion at Great Brickhill on Sunday 26th April at 11am followed by a Bring and Share lunch in the church.

RECTOR'S
NEWSLETTER

February 2026

Dear Friends, 

Come and See  

This year Easter is quite early, on April 5th, so the season of Lent will also begin early, after Ash Wednesday on February 18th.

One of the customs of Lent, along with the traditional discipline of giving up something we usually enjoy, is to take time to pause and reflect on our faith and God’s calling to us.

Each year our diocese produces a Lent course, under the title ‘Come and See’. This year the course will focus on our service of Holy Communion, and there will be two ways of taking part in it.

Firstly, anyone who is interested can register to receive an email every day, offering some brief reflections and prayers. If you would like to try this, you can register on our diocesan website here:
     https://www.oxford.anglican.org/come-and-see/

Secondly, we will be holding some weekly discussion groups during Lent, to discuss the course material together. Full details will be available soon, and you would be welcome to join one of the groups, as we seek to renew and deepen our faith.

Revd John Waller

A personal note:
I have recently announced to our churches that I will be retiring from full time ministry at the end of April. After that I will be moving to Worcester to live closer to my family and friends.