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Buckden Roundabout
May 2018
Church News
Thought for the Month
Some people suggest that all religions are essentially the same, differing only in minor details, such as the name by which they
call their Supreme Being(s). Even the most casual study, however, reveals that there are huge differences between religions.
But it is in these very differences that we find the opportunity to learn from each other, the stimulus to question and expand
our understanding of our own faith, and the promise of personal growth through the stretching of our horizons.
Have you ever had that experience where someone introduces you with the wrong name? Or someone you meet in the street
addresses you by a handle you do not own? I used to pass a man as I walked to work who hailed me with a “Morning, Dave”
more-or-less every morning. It was the only contact we ever had. I called him “Trigger” in honour of the character from “Only
Fools and Horses”.
It is really irritating, isn’t it, when your name is forgotten, or is applied to someone else, or a person who should know better
gets it wrong. It makes you feel unimportant, unwanted, unloved.
The God of the Old Testament is very insistent on being identified correctly. Set formulae appear frequently: the God of Abra-
ham and of Isaac and of Jacob; the God of Israel; the LORD (that is Yahweh). The same God said “I have called you by your
name, you are mine.” (Isa 43.1)
It would seem that God is sensitive about names, just as we are.
Rev Paul Beard
Methodist
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 organisations. Those to be remembered this month are:
6th May
The churches of the village: St Hugh’s, St Mary’s, Buckden Methodist Church, also Perry Baptist
Church, members of home groups from these and other local churches, ministers and all who
make our churches welcoming and worshipful places
13th May
Church Street, Mill Road, The Barns, The Old Flour Mills
20th May
The Parish Council, The Village Hall and Playing Field Trust; those who help to run the Village
Hall, and the activities there
27th May
Greenway, Aragon Close, Hoo Close, Bishops Way
STUDY LUNCHES
Study lunches, including soup, continue on the 2nd Monday of every month:
May 14
th
;June 11
th
;July 9
th
Methodist Church Hall 12.30 pm to 2.00 pm
Contact:
Ann Brittain
on
812012
Re the late Sylvia Pipe
I would just like to say a big Thank You to all for the messages of sympathy that were sent to me, and the wonderful people
(about 100, I think) that came to Mum's funeral on 14th February. It was lovely to see so many familiar faces after being away
from the village for over 20 years. She would have been both amazed and very happy with such an attendance! Buckden people
still remain a very friendly and caring group of people. The floral tributes were beautiful and some £300 was raised for the local
hospital charity COHOC in her memory, which I think will be used for facilities for relatives of those suffering from all types of
cancer.
Colin R Pipe