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CHURCH NEWS
The Benefice of Buckden & the Offords
St Mary’s Parish Church
Church St, Buckden PE19 5TL
www.stmarysbuckden.org.uk
Facebook:
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Twitter:
follow @A1ChurchBuckden
email:
enquiries@stmarysbuckden.org.uk
Churchwardens:
Anne Carter
812789
David Riley
810718
churchwardens@stmarysbuckden.org.uk
Pastoral Care Co-ordinator:
Marilyn Rolin
07719 087215
pastoral-
care@stmarysbuckden.org.uk
Friends in Deed (transport): 07914 669 967
Friends in Deed (general): 07810 006 598
Services at St Mary’s in March
Sun 1 10:30am Family Eucharist
6.00pm Holy Communion
Wed 4 9.30am Holy Communion
Fri 6
10.30am Women’s World Day of Prayer
Sun 8
8.00am BCP Holy Communion
10:30am Family Eucharist
1.30pm Baptism
Wed 11 9.30am Holy Communion
Sun 15
MOTHERING SUNDAY
10.30am Family Eucharist
6.00pm Evensong
Wed 18 9.30am Holy Communion
Sun 22 8:00am BCP Holy Communion
10:30am Family Communion
7.00pm Night Prayer
Wed 25 9.30am Holy Communion
Sun 29
PALM SUNDAY
8.00am BCP Holy Communion
10:30am Family Eucharist
Our sister church, All Saints’ Offord Cluny, has a ser-
vice at 9.30am each Sunday
Interregnum / Vacancy at St Mary’s
We do not currently have a vicar or priest in charge.
The selection process for a new priest will take some
months to complete. We are very grateful that Sunday
Services and Wednesday Communion continue with
the help of our team of retired clergy and licensed lay
ministers.
Bookings
for baptisms, weddings and funerals are still
being taken – please contact the churchwardens in the
first instance.
St Mary’s Living Stones Room
(with under-floor heat-
ing, kitchen and toilet facilities) is available for hire for
meetings, groups and social gatherings. Contact
en-
quiries@stmarysbuckden.org.uk
Cup of tea and a chat?
A member of the ministry team
will normally be in Church on Wednesdays 10-11am if
you want to drop in for a chat.
St Mary’s is open
St Mary’s is open
during the day for private prayer.
Need some peace and quiet?
You are welcome to
use the Quiet Room at the back of St Mary’s whenever
the church is open.
Lent Activities
The Churches Together Lent Study Lunches
start
on Monday 23
rd
February and run for 5 weeks
12.30pm in the Methodist Hall. This year’s topic is
Celtic Christianity.
Lent Bible study
: Why not dig out your old copy of “by
the skin of its teeth” or get its published replacement
The Writing on the Wall and use it as a daily guide
through the Old Testament?
Google: sacristy press writing on wall
Forthcoming Events
Women’s World Day of Prayer 10.30am Friday 6
th
March.
All are welcome to this annual, international &
interdenominational service which, this year, has been
written by Christian women in the Bahamas
Friends in Deed: Living Stones Café
Wednesday 11
th
March 2.30 – 4pm.
All are welcome to drop in for tea/coffee/cakes.
Wine Tasting For All - Sat. 14
th
March 7.30pm
.
Tickets £12.50 from 01480 431037. Price includes:
tasting of 6 wines, and complimentary glass of wine
afterwards with cheese
Buckden & District Churches Together AGM.
Monday 23
rd
March 7.30 pm at Buckden Towers.
Guest speaker from Operation Christmas Child. All
welcome
Saturday 28
th
March 7.30pm. Concert by the Cam-
bridge Guitar Orchestra
Regular Groups and Events
New members always welcome to come and join in
Coffee & Cakes:
Every Saturday,
10.30-noon in St
Mary’s Living Stones Room.
‘Honeycomb’
: A group for those who are on their
own and find that time hangs heavy at the weekend.
Meets at 7 Vineyard Way on the 1
st
Sunday each
month 3 - 4.30pm for conversation, tea and cake,
board games, and fellowship.
The Churches Together Study Lunch
meets on the
2
nd
Monday each month 12.30pm in the Methodist Hall
for delicious soup & bread, and discussion.
Ground Floor Group:
This small house group meets
2
nd
& 4
th
Thursdays 8pm at 7 Vineyard Way for fellow-
ship and growing in faith.
Angel Voices informal all age gospel choir
rehears-
es Fridays 13
th
& 20
rd
March at 6.45pm in the Living
Stones Room.
Open Ministry Meeting
– 6pm on the 4
th
Sunday of
each month in the Living Stones Room
Bible study group
meets on the last Monday each
month 1.30pm in the Living Stones Room