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 (updated)

SERVICES IN THE BENEFICE THIS WEEK:
The services in the Benefice will be:-
Maundy Thursday:
19.30  Benefice Holy Communion (Said) at Stoke Hammond
Good Friday:
9.30  Hymns & Readings at Bow Brickhill
14.00  Hour of Devotion at Great Brickhill
Easter Sunday:
9.30  Holy Communion at Great Brickhill
9.30  Holy Communion at Stoke Hammond 
11.00  Holy Communion at Bow Brickhill
11.00  Family Service with Holy Communion at Little Brickhill

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

The readings for Easter Sunday, 20th April:-
Acts 10: 34-43;  1 Corinthians 15: 19-26;  John 20: 1-18

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