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  May

SERVICES IN THE BENEFICE THIS WEEK:
There is just one service in the Benefice on 5th May:- 
10.00  (Great Brickill)  Benefice Holy Communion.
This is a joint service for everyone in the four villages of the Brickhills & Stoke Hammond when we will welcome the Archdeacon of Buckingham, the Venerable Guy Elsmore to lead our service.

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

The readings for 5th May, the Sixth Sunday of Easter are:-
Acts 10: 44-48;  1 John 5: 1-6;  John 15: 9-17

"PATHWAYS" EDITION SPRING 2024:
To download the latest copy of Pathways, the magazine for the people of the Diocese of Oxford:-  Click Here

RECTOR'S SABBATICAL:-
Please note that the Rector is on sabbatical leave until 1st July. All clergy are due a three-month sabbatical every ten years. The Rector’s last sabbatical was in 2010 – his intended sabbatical in 2020 was cancelled due to Covid. Services will continue as normal and cover is being arranged for the Rector's absence.

RECTOR'S
NEWSLETTER

Pushing back against poverty
Christian Aid Week 12th to 18th May

May 2024

Dear friends,

Christian Aid Week is a celebration of hope and life. It brings together many people in this country, from churches and other community groups, to do something positive for people in poverty, by giving and collecting donations.

We hear a lot about financial problems at the moment, and some of us are in very difficult situations. However, we should not forget that we are still wealthy and privileged, compared to the majority of the world’s people. For Christian people, our giving is part of our thanksgiving to God, and a sign of our trust that God provides more than enough for us to share. It is good to give whatever we can, whether it is a large or small amount.

The theme for Christian Aid Week is ‘pushing back against poverty’, and they can share many examples of how small gifts can help to provide significant opportunities for people to change and develop their lives and opportunities. There is more information about their work on their website: www.christianaid.org.uk
and there will be some opportunities to give through our churches, or online through the website.

Every gift that we can give, however big or small, to Christian Aid or to any other charity we would like to support, can become part of making a big change to people’s lives, and our world.

Revd John Waller