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CHURCH NEWS
The Benefice of Buckden & the Offords
St Mary’s Parish Church
www.stmarysbuckden.org.uk
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Vicar (& Parish Office)
810371
Revd Ally Barrett, The Vicarage,
Church St, Buckden PE19 5TL
vicar@stmarysbuckden.org.uk
Churchwardens
Anne Carter
812789
David Riley
810718
churchwardens@stmarysbuckden.org.uk
Good neighbours this winter…
If one of your
neighbours needs some company or help, do encour-
age them to contact Friends in Deed:
Friends in Deed (transport): 07914 669 967
Friends in Deed (general):
07810 006 598
Need a place to meet?
The St Mary’s Living
Stones Room (including kitchen and toilet facilities) is
available for hire for meetings and social gatherings.
For more information, contact
Karen Miles tel 810027
karen.miles@stmarysbuckden.org.uk
Services in February 2014
in St Mary’s unless otherwise indicated
Sun 2
9.30am Family Service (Offord)
10:30am Family Eucharist
6.00pm BCP Holy Communion
Wed 5 9.30am Holy Communion
Sun 9
8.00am BCP Holy Communion
9.30am Holy Communion
(Offord)
10:30am Family Eucharist
4.00pm Stepping Stones
Wed 12 9.30am Holy Communion
Sun 16 9:30am BCP Matins (Offord)
10.30am Family Eucharist
4.00pm Messy Church
(Offord Church Rooms)
6.00pm BCP Evensong
Tue 18 3.00pm Hardwick Dene Communion
Wed 19 9.30am BCP Holy Communion
Sun 23 8:00am BCP Holy Communion
9:30am Holy Communion (Offord)
10:30am Family Communion for
Thinking Day
7.30pm Night Prayer
Wed 26 9.30am BCP Holy Communion
St Mary’s is open
Need some peace?
You are welcome to use the
Quiet Room at the back of the church.
Prayers
are said on weekdays at midday.
Prayer
requests
may be sent to Revd Ally or left in
church.
Special/New Events this month
Sunday 2
nd
February at 6pm
– special service of
Holy Communion for Candlemas.
Sunday 23
rd
February at 10.30am
– Special Fam-
ily Communion service to celebrate Girlguiding
Thinking Day and the centenary of the Brownies.
Fairtrade Fortnight
runs from 24
th
February, so
there will be a fairtrade stall in church after the
10.30am service on 23
rd
February & 2
nd
March.
Regular Groups and Events
‘Honeycomb’
: a group of and for those who have
been bereaved. The group will meet on the 1st
Sunday each month at 3pm in St Mary’s Living
Stones Room
.
More tea vicar?
Revd Ally (or a member of the
ministry team if she’s not around) will be in Church
on Wednesdays 10-11am if you want to drop in for
a confidential chat about anything.
Living Stones Café
: Wednesday 5
th
February
(and on the first Wednesday each month), 2.30pm
– 4pm in St Mary’s Living Stones Room. All are
welcome to drop in for tea/coffee/cakes.
Coffee & Cakes:
Every Saturday,
10.30-noon) in
St Mary’s Living Stones Room. For more details or
to help, contact Gina Bylett, 812777.
‘Angel Voices’ gospel choir
will rehearse in St
Mary’s on Friday 14
th
& 21
st
February at 6.45pm.
Contact Chris & Gina Bylett 812777
Foundations Group
meets on Monday 3
rd
and
17
th
February, 1.30-3pm in the Vicarage, for infor-
mal and friendly exploration of what we believe
and why.
Ground Floor Group
meets on two Thursdays per
month at 8pm at the Vicarage for fellowship and
growing in faith. This month we meet on 6
th
and
20
th
February.
The Churches Together Study Lunch
meets on
Monday 10
th
February at 12.30pm and on the se-
cond Monday each month in the Methodist Hall for
delicious soup & bread, and discussion.
The Bible Study Group
will meet on Monday 24
th
February, 1.30-3pm in the Vicarage.
New members are always welcome.
The fantastic sum of £200 was raised at the Christingle
service in December and will be donated to The Chil-
dren’s Society. A big thank you to all who attended and
gave so generously.
