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CHURCH NEWS
Buckden Methodist Church
Minister:
Rev. Paul Beard (473444)
Stewards:
Bob Baxter (810092)
Carol Swepstone (810053)
Room Bookings:
Isabel Daniels (810084)
Services in November
Sunday 1
10.30 am Morning Service
Local Arrangement
6.00pm Evening Fellowship
Angie Barnes
Sunday 8
10.30 am Remembrance Service at St Mary’s
6.00pm Evening Fellowship
Favourite hymns & readings
Sunday 15
10.30 am Morning Service HC
Rev. Paul Beard
6.00pm Evening Fellowship
Rev. Pam Siddall
Sunday 22
10.30 am Morning Service
Rev. Ron Ingamells
6.00pm Favourite hymns & readings
Sunday 29
10.30 am Morning Service HC
Rev. Miles Falla
4.30pm Evening Fellowship
Rev. Paul Beard
Activities in November
Fri 6
10.00 am
Coffee Morning
Mon 9
12.30 pm
Study Lunch
Tues 10 9.30 am
Quiet Time, Wesley Rm
Wed 11 2.30 pm
CAMEO Your best gift
ideas Wesley Rm
Fri 13
10.00 am
Coffee Morning
Fri 20
12.00
Soup & sweet + service
Tues 24 9.30 am
Quiet Time, Wesley Rm
Fri 27
10.00 am
Coffee Morning
Catholic Church of St Hugh of Lincoln,
High Street, Buckden
Telephone:
01480 810344
Website:
saintshughandjoseph.churchgoers.co.uk
In the pastoral care of the Claretian Missionaries:
Fr. Chris Newman cmf
Fr. Angel Ochagavia cmf
Fr. Peter Wareing cmf
Fr. Paul Peter Alphonse cmf
Sunday Masses
- Saturday evening at 6.30 pm
and Sundays at 9.45 am
Weekday Masses
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday at 9.30 am and on Wednesday and
Friday at 7.00 pm.
Morning Prayer
on Monday, Tuesday, Thurs-
day & Saturday at 9.15 am in the Lady Chapel.
The Sacrament of Reconciliation
every Satur-
day from 10.00 to 10.30 am.
The Rosary
is prayed each Monday morning
after the 9.30 am Mass.
Catechism Classes
for school age children
each Sunday from 9.00 am in term time. Formal
classes for primary age children.
Silent Adoration.
There is half an hour of si-
lent adoration before the Blessed Sacrament
every Thursday following the 9.30 am Mass and
ending with Benediction at 10.30 am.
Would any newcomers to the Village who are
Catholics please let Fr. Chris
Newman know their contact details
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THE MIGRANT CRISIS
I don’t know about you, but I just cannot imagine what it is like to leave everything, absolutely everything, get into
a flimsy dinghy and sail through the night on Homer’s ‘wine dark sea’; or tramp for days and days carrying a tod-
dler. I love living here in Buckden where I feel supported and cared for. I would be heartbroken if I were forced to
leave this village, family and friends.
Can we, as a very caring village community see our way to support a family who have, indeed, left everything and
risked everything to find a life free from fear? It is just an idea but one that I hope will be supported by you all – if
each household in Buckden gave 50p a week (more or less as we each can afford) we could rent a house for a
family from Syria and have enough left over to help them settle down, find work and bring up their children in
peace. As I see it, there would be a giving and receiving on both sides engendering a sense of sharing, responsi-
bility and belonging. As one family settles and hopefully moves on then another could be helped.
I do not have the skills or experience to drive this idea forward but I wonder if anyone reading this does? It would
need careful planning and careful managing which will take quite a lot of time. It would also need the wholeheart-
ed and committed support of all of us. Please contact me (around 5 p.m. is a good time to catch me) if you feel
you can help.
Ann Brittain. 01480 812012.