9 / 28
9
CHURCH NEWS
Weekly Prayer Roster
Each week during the year the Churches, in their prayers, remember the residents of particular streets in the village, those
who work in the parish and village organizations. Those to be remembered this month are:
1st March
Clubs and societies, their leaders and members, volunteers, and the team that produces and
distributes the Buckden Roundabout
8th March
Cranfield Way, Cranfield Close, Weir Close, Smith Drive, Lucks Lane, Morris Close
15th March
Buckden Surgery: the doctors, nurses, receptionists, pharmacists, health visitors and mid-
wives; those we know who are in hospital, the elderly, disabled and housebound
22nd March
Farming communities, Taylor’s Lane (West), Hardwick Lane, the residents and staff of Hard-
wick Dene, Great North Road, Brampton Road, Perry Road, Buckden Wood
29th March
High Street, Ivelbury Close, York Yard, Lion Yard, George Lane, King George Court, Taylor’s
Lane (East), Wolsey Gardens, Charles Court
LENT STUDY LUNCHES
Methodist Church Hall:12.30 pm Soup and bread lunch followed at 1.00 pm to 2.00 pm by
Our Celtic Heritage
Following the first Lent Study Lunch at the end of February these will continue each week during March. These
are being led by Revd. Patricia Williams (Methodist) and Revd. Ron Ingamells (Anglican).
Contact:
Ann Brittain
on
812012
Thought for the month
The Christian churches are now celebrating the liturgical season of Lent and at the end of the month we will begin
the celebration of Holy Week.
During the Lenten season there are various activities run by the churches in Buckden to help us enter into the
spirit of this season. For example, on the Mondays of Lent, (2
nd
, 9
th
, 16
th
, 23
rd
March) from 12:30 till 2:00 pm in the
Methodist Hall there will be a study lunch, organised by the Buckden & District Churches Together. This is a sim-
ple lunch of bread and soup followed by a presentation and discussion on different aspects of Celtic spirituality.
All will be most welcome and more details can be found elsewhere in The Roundabout.
The culmination of the Lenten Season is what we call Holy Week; Holy Week because during it Christians recall
the momentous events in the history of salvation namely the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
This year Holy Week begins at the end of this month with what we call Palm Sunday when we remember the
event in Jesus’ life as he is welcomed into Jerusalem by adoring crowds. Jesus and his disciples were making
their way to Jerusalem to celebrate the Jewish festival of Passover. Jesus’ reputation had gone before him as a
great story-teller, teacher and miracle-worker. The crowds welcomed him as they would a king by waving palm
branches (hence the name) and laid branches and their cloaks on the road for him to pass over.
By Thursday of Holy Week, when we remember the Last Supper and the arrest of Jesus, the authorities had
turned the people against Jesus and they were calling for him to be crucified.
Let us pray that as we celebrate the season of Lent we may learn the significance and deepen our understanding
of what Jesus has done for us through his life, death and resurrection, as the Saviour of the world.
Fr. Chris Newman
March 2
nd
The special place of
Lindisfarne
and the
Celtic emphasis on the everyday prayers of ordinary
people.
March 16th
The special place of
Iona
and the Celtic
awareness of the Trinity in worship and prayer.
March 9
th
The Celtic understanding of, and respect
for,
creation
. God in nature and the whole of life.
March 23rd
St. Patrick's life and '
St. Patrick's
Breastplate'
- one of the best known Celtic prayers.