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CHURCH NEWS
Weekly Prayer Roster
Each week during the year the Churches, in their prayers, remember the residents of particular streets in the vil-
lage, those who work in the parish and village organizations. Those to be remembered this month are:
4th October
Field Close, Lincoln Close, Silver Street, Beaufort Drive, St Hugh’s Road
11th October
School Lane, Buckden Primary School (pupils, teachers and teaching assistants,
governors, volunteers, midday supervisors, lollipop lady, all support staff)
18th October
Scouts, Cubs and Beavers, Guides, Brownies and Rainbows, Playgroup and Day
Nursery, Buccaneers after school club, Buckden Towers Youth Retreat Centre
25th October
Mayfield, Springfield Way, The Osiers, Stirtloe
STUDY LUNCH
The regular monthly study lunches continue on Monday 12th October 2015
Methodist Church Hall 12.30 pm to 2.00 pm
Contact:
Ann Brittain
on
812012
Thought for the month
So here I am, day before ‘Roundabout’ deadline, wondering (a) what to write and (b) was I really asked
in July to do this? Panic. Check September’s ‘Thought’, have quick flick through newspaper, watch bit
of football, even try quick prayer. Nothing yet. Get some water; maybe dehydrated after evening run
and fluid will get brain cells doing whatever needed to produce creativity. Nope. Mute television and let
match continue in silence. Germ of idea… small flicker of something. Hmmm. England struggling to
find rhythm tonight. Can identify with that. Switch off TV. Drink more water. Realise just typed last few
sentences with Caps Lock on and rewrite. Polish reading glasses and turn on main light. Right, that’s it
now. No distractions, just me and laptop. We are good to go! Clean laptop’s dirty screen, make worse
and get damp kitchen roll – cheap and effective. OK. Now, what happened to germ of idea? Killed by
disinfectant of distraction, that’s what. Now email just come in; better check in case important. Just re-
ply … Right. Good grief, where did last hour go? Have attention span of gnat that just climbed out of
sugar bowl.
If procrastination is the thief of time, then indolence is his lookout and distraction his getaway driver.
We’re all allocated our span of years and for some they may seem too long, while for others life’s all too
short, but what we do have in common, whether rich or poor, weak or strong, is 24 hours in each day,
60 minutes in each hour and 60 seconds in every one of those minutes. 86400 seconds a day in which
to make a difference to my own life or to that of someone else. They say tomorrow is the first day of the
rest of your life but, technically, it’s today, the next hour, minute, second… What a responsibility.
Whatever you believe we’re here on earth to achieve, wouldn’t it be great to be able to look back one
day (tomorrow, even?) and think, “Yes! I did that!” You know, now I come to think of it, I never heard of
Jesus sitting around waiting for something to happen. He was always up and doing something: teach-
ing, preaching, helping, healing, comforting, confronting, standing up for truth and justice, never accept-
ing mediocrity and always leading by example. Even his downtime was full of fasting and praying.
What he put into those three short years of ministry set the world on fire and changed the course of his-
tory.
No good, still can’t think of anything. What happened to flicker of near inspiration? Just found piece of
biscuit down side of sofa; not bad, wonder how long it’s been there? What IS wrong with Word gram-
mar check? Have to keep clicking ‘Ignore Once’ to get rid of wiggly lines… so annoying. Wonder how
England… 2-0 up! Excellent! But now have to watch highlights, then needing beauty sleep… aagh! At
this rate, sending in piece like this.
Baptist Church (contributor’s name withheld)