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 19th April, the Third Sunday of Easter:-
9.30  (Bow Brickhill)  Holy Communion
9.30  (Stoke Hammond)  Cafe Church
11.00  (Great Brickhill)  Family Service

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

The Bible readings for the services on Sunday 19th April:-
Acts 2: 14a, 36-41;   Luke 24: 28-35

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 refreshments in the church.

RECTOR'S
NEWSLETTER

April 2026

Hope through Confusion

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 also 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

A personal note:
I have 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.