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:-  May

SERVICES IN THE BENEFICE THIS WEEK:
There is just one service in the Benefice on 3rd May, the Fifth Sunday of Easter:-
10.00  (Stoke Hammond)  Benefice Holy Communion led by Revd Steve Barnes

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

The Bible readings for the service on Sunday 3rd May:-
Acts 7: 55-60; 1 Peter 2: 2-10; John 14: 1-14

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 have been drafting 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 Farewell Service was a Benefice Holy Communion service at Great Brickhill on Sunday 26th April.

RECTOR'S
NEWSLETTER

May 2026

 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts … And be thankful
                                            (Colossians 3: 15)

Dear Friends, 

By the time you read this, I will have ended my time as Rector of our four churches and villages, after living and working here for over 23 years. I have received many cards and good wishes, and kind words, from a number of people, and I am very grateful for them all.

Recently, as I have been reflecting on my time here, I feel that one of the most important things I have learnt over these years is the importance of being thankful. In the very best times, it is good to take time to appreciate all the gifts and blessings we receive, and to remember to give thanks to God for them. In the most difficult times, my experience has been that there are always some things that we can be thankful for, and starting with thankfulness is the best way to approach the setbacks and challenges that we face.

So I will pray for our churches and villages here, as you look forward to appointing a new Rector in due course, and, as I look forward to a new and different stage in my own life, I will leave here with thankfulness in my heart for so many things.

Revd John Waller