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WELCOME TO THE WEBSITE OF
THE BRICKHILLS & STOKE HAMMOND
All Saints, Bow Brickhill
St Mary the Virgin, Great Brickhill
St Mary Magdalene, Little Brickhill
St Luke, Stoke Hammond
For information re the individual churches, click on the church name above, or on the photo below
For general information for all the Benefice, cliick on the Menu bar (3 horizontal lines) above
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St Mary the Virgin Church
Lower Way
Great Brickhill
Milton Keynes, MK17 9AE
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St Mary Magdalene Church
Watling Street
Little Brickhill
Milton Keynes, MK17 9NA
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BOW BRICKHILL
NEWS
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GREAT BRICKHILL
NEWS
Great Brickhill Church remains closed due to the re-roofing work
EXCEPT
for all services and bell ringing & choir practices.
Access to the Food Box in the porch is possible at the weekend, or weekdays after 4.30pm.
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LITTLE BRICKHILL
NEWS
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STOKE HAMMOND
NEWS
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DAILY MESSAGE
Colossians 1:27-28
25/04/2024
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BENEFICE
SERVICE INFORMATION:
** CHURCH SERVICES **
The services across the Benefice follow a four month cycle.
Click on the relevant link below for a current PDF file of the services for:- April May
SERVICES IN THE BENEFICE THIS WEEK:
There is just one service in the Benefice on 28th April:-
10.00 (Stoke Hammond) Benefice Holy Communion.
This is a joint service for everyone in the four villages of the Brickhills & Stoke Hammond. As there is no clergy avaialble to take the service, it will be a service of Holy Communion by Extension led by Jeremy Hopkinson LLM.
To download a PDF with full details for the current month's services and readings:- Click Here
The readings for 28th April, the Fifth Sunday of Easter are:-
Acts 8: 26-40; 1 John 4: 7-21; John 15: 1-8
"PATHWAYS" EDITION SPRING 2024:
To download the latest copy of Pathways, the magazine for the people of the Diocese of Oxford:- Click Here
RECTOR'S SABBATICAL:-
Please note that the Rector is on sabbatical leave until 1st July. All clergy are due a three-month sabbatical every ten years. The Rector’s last sabbatical was in 2010 – his intended sabbatical in 2020 was cancelled due to Covid. Services will continue as normal and cover is being arranged for the Rector's absence.
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RECTOR'S
NEWSLETTER
Sabbath Rests
April 2024
Dear friends,
From April 13th until the end of June I will be on sabbatical leave from all my normal duties in our churches and villages.
The principle of sabbath rest, drawn from the laws of the Old Testament, is not just about having one day of rest each week, but about building patterns of rest and renewal into our lives in many different ways.
Our diocese invites clergy to apply for sabbatical leave after each period of ten years in full-time ministry. I am very grateful for the help and support of many people that has made it possible for me to do this. I see it as a privilege, and I am aware that many people would like to do something similar, but are not able to.
I am looking forward to a rest, and a change, and space to reflect on my years in full time ministry, and living and working here, and to seek God’s guidance for the future.
The sabbath pattern of rest is part of God’s wisdom for all of us, and there may be simple ways in which all of us can build some times or moments of rest and renewal into the pattern of our lives.
Revd John Waller
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