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:- March

SERVICES IN THE BENEFICE THIS WEEK:-
The only service in the Benefice on 8th March, the Third Sunday of Lent, will be:-
11.00  (Stoke Hammond)  Family Service

To download a PDF with full details for the current month's services and readings:-  Click Here

The Bible reading for the service on Sunday, 8th March:-
Ephesians 2: 4-10

LATEST "PATHWAYS" EDITION:
The Summer 2025 edition of Pathways, the magazine for the people of the Diocese of Oxford, is now available. To download the latest copy of Pathways:-  Click Here

VACANCY / RECRUITMENT OF NEW RECTOR:
Due to legal reasons, the formal recruitment process for a new Rector can only commence on Monday 11th May, the day after Revd John Waller officially retires. A team of representatives from across the Benefice will be drawing up the Parish Profile and working hard to ensure that everything is in order to advertise the vacancy at the earliest opportunity. If the post is filled from the first round of applications, a realistic time for the new Rector to start would be October. Revd John Waller's final service will be Benefice Holy Communion at Great Brickhill on Sunday 26th April at 11am followed by a Bring and Share lunch in the church.

RECTOR'S
NEWSLETTER

March 2026

'Ask where the good way is, and walk in it,
and you will find rest for your souls’ (Jeremiah 6. 16)
Dear Friends, 
Over the years I have lived here, one of the things I have enjoyed is walking around our villages. At the same time, there has been a revival of interest in pilgrimage – walking with a spiritual purpose.
So I have decided to walk between our four churches, and pause for prayer in each church building, on Saturday 11th April, before I end my time here.
Below is a timetable for the walk (and nearer the time there will be a map available, showing the exact route). You are welcome to join in any part of the walk, and the times of prayer.
Rector’s Farewell Pilgrimage – Saturday 11th April
8.00am Prayer in Stoke Hammond church
8.15am Walkers leave for …
8.30am Community breakfast in Stoke Hammond Community Centre
9.30am Walkers leave for …
10.30am Prayer in Great Brickhill church
11.00am Walkers leave for …
12.00 Prayer in Little Brickhill church
12.30 Walkers leave for …
1.30pm Prayer in Bow Brickhill church
2.00pm Walkers leave for …
Refreshments in Bow Brickhill Community Hall 
Revd John Waller

A personal note:
I recently announced to our churches that I will be retiring from full time ministry at the end of April. After that I will be moving to Worcester to live closer to my family and friends.