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Buckden Roundabout
March 2017
Thought for the month
Dear Friends
I was recently reading of someone who visited an ice-rink and watched a teenage girl trying to perfect an extremely difficult
jump. She had a coach with her seeking to give help and advice. Time and again she fell down on the ice and each time the
coach motioned with his hand to get up and try again.
With one fall she did not get up and the look on her face apparently showed total discouragement. Her coach again helped her
up and told her to try again. Another fall followed but this time she got up immediately and skated around the rink several
times with increasing speed, then came the jump and she succeeded with a twist and a turn included and a perfect landing. She
stayed motionless for a few moments enjoying the sense of achievement and her coach applauded.
Life is like that for all of us at times. We attempt things and set out to achieve things only to be often knocked over by the pres-
sures and demands of life. We can easily fail and fall but usually we move on and try again. Following the Christian life is never
easy either. There are many joys and blessings in store along the way, many encouragements which God sends, but we often
fail and fall in the hopes and aims we seek to fulfill.
The Christian life is not ultimately dependent upon our ability or failure however, but rather upon the life of Jesus Christ that we
possess and the God in Whom we trust. Yes, God calls us to persevere and at times to face many challenges but He also pro-
vides the strength and faith to win through as we live in trust in Him. Life can be a challenge but God's blessings are many and
His daily presence can be real to those who place their faith fully in Him.
Roger Watkins, Interim Minister of Perry Baptist Church
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:
5th March
Manor Gardens, Manor Close, Glebe Lane, The Grove
12th March
Park Road, Falcon Way, The Marinas, and those who live and work there
19th March
Field Close, Lincoln Close, Silver Street, Beaufort Drive, St Hugh’s Road
26th March
School Lane, Buckden Primary School (pupils, teachers and teaching assistants, governors, volunteers,
midday supervisors, lollipop lady, all support staff)
Church News
Buckden & District Churches Together
Celebrating together throughout the year
January 22
nd
Unity Supper (during the week of Christian
Unity)
June
4
th
Pentecost Picnic
February 13
th
Monthly study lunch (2
nd
Monday of every
month)
July
1
st
Stall at Village Festival
2
nd
Festival Service
March
3
rd
Women’s World Day of Prayer Service
Lent Study lunches (every Monday)
21
st
AGM with guest speaker
August
Children’s Holiday Club
September Celebration of 800 years of recorded priests in
Buckden
April
October
31
st
Children’s Light Party
14
th
Good Friday Children’s Workshop
14
th
Good Friday Service and Procession between
the churches
November Remembrance Sunday Service
May
12
th
Christian Aid Week – coffee morning
December Churches involved in Christmas Lights Event
Village Carol Service
Tuesday 21st March at 7.30pm, Buckden Towers
Buckden & District Churches Together AGM
Guest Speaker to be announced