Monday 23rd February
8.15 a.m. Morning Prayer, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway
8.00 p.m. Deanery Synod, Royston Parish Church

Tuesday 24th February – Shrove Tuesday
8.15 a.m. Morning Prayer, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway
1.45 p.m. Funeral of Joan Cook, formerly Churchwarden at Reed, St Mary’s, Reed
10 a.m.  (- 12 noon) Barkway Pancake Coffee Morning
12 noon (- 4p.m.) Save the Children Pancakes, Town House, Barley

Wednesday 25th February – Ash Wednesday
8.15 a.m. Morning Prayer, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley
8.00 p.m. Holy Communion with imposition of ashes, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway

Thursday 26th February
8.15 a.m. Morning Prayer, St Mary’s, Reed
8.00 p.m. Friends of Barkway Church AGM, Manor Farm, Barkway

Friday 27th February

Saturday 28th February
9.00 a.m. Morning Prayer, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley
11.00 a.m. Baptism of William Emerson, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley
7.00 p.m. for 7.30 p.m. Barley Village Supper, Town House, Barley

Sunday 1st March – Lent 1
9.00 a.m. Parish Communion (said), St Mary’s, Reed
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion and Junior Church, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley followed by APCM for Barley and bring and share lunch
6.00 p.m. BCP Evensong, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway

THE COMING MONTH
(Morning Prayer usually takes place each day: Monday and Tuesday in Barkway; Wednesday and Saturday in Barley and Thursday in Reed)

Monday 2nd March
1.45 p.m. Lent Course – Faith, Hope and Love, Barkway Church Room

Tuesday 3rd March
8.10 p.m. Barley VC First School Governors, school improvement committee meeting

Wednesday 4th March
12.30 p.m. Lent Lunch, Barley Town House
2.00 p.m. Clergy Cluster meeting, Great Hormead Vicarage
7.45 p.m. for 8 North Buntingford Group Lent Course, Rushden Village Hall

Thursday 5th March
10.30 Holy Communion, Margaret House, Barley

Friday 6th March
10.15 a.m. Church Mice – songs, stories, prayers for pre-school children and parents/carers, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley
11.30 a.m. Women’s World Day of Prayer Service, St Mary’s, Reed

Saturday 7th March
7.30 p.m. Concert by Trio Flautando (a flute, cello, harpsichord trio), St Mary’s, Reed

Sunday 8th March – Lent 2
10.30 a.m. United Benefice Holy Communion, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway, followed by APCM for Barkway/Reed and bring-and-share lunch

Monday 9th March
1.45 p.m. Lent Course – Faith, Hope and Love, Barkway Church Room

Tuesday 10th March
12 Noon Deanery Chapter, Baldock Church
7.00 p.m. Barley V.C. First School, Full Governors’ Meeting

Wednesday 11th March
12.30 p.m. Lent Lunch, Barley Town House
7.45 p.m. for 8 North Buntingford Group Lent Course, Rushden Village Hall

Thursday 12th March
11 a.m. Reed Home Communions

Sunday 15th March – Lent 3
9.00 a.m. Parish Communion, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion, St Mary’s, Reed

Monday 16th March
1.45 p.m. Lent Course – Faith, Hope and Love, Barkway Church Room

Tuesday 17th March
9.15 a.m. Barkway Home Communions
8.00 p.m. Deanery Pastoral and Standing Committee, The Grange, Ardley  

Wednesday 18th March
12.30 p.m. Lent Lunch, Barley Town House
7.45 p.m. for 8 North Buntingford Group Lent Course, Rushden Village Hall

Saturday 21st March
7.30 p.m. Friends of Reed Church Race Night
8.30 a.m. – 4.00 p.m. No electricity in Barkway

Sunday 22nd March – Mothering Sunday/Lent 4
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion and Junior Church, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway
10.30 a.m. Mothering Sunday service, St Mary’s, Reed
5.00 p.m. Mothering Sunday all-age service, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley

Monday 23rd March
1.45 p.m. Lent Course – Faith, Hope and Love, Barkway Church Room

Wednesday 24th March
12.30 p.m. Lent Lunch, Barley Town House
7.45 p.m. for 8 North Buntingford Group Lent Course, Rushden Village Hall

Sunday 29th March – Lent 5
United Benefice Holy Communion, St Andrew’s, Buckland;
5.00 p.m. Discover Sunday – Holy Week story, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway

Monday 30th March
1.45 p.m. Lent Course – Faith, Hope and Love, Barkway Church Room

Wednesday 1st April
12.30 p.m. Lent Lunch, Barley Town House
7.45 p.m. for 8 North Buntingford Group Lent Course, Barkway Church Room

Thursday 2nd April
10.00 a.m.Barkway VA First School Easter service, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway
10.30 a.m. Holy Communion, Margaret House, Barley

Sunday 5th April – Palm Sunday
9.00 a.m. Parish Communion, St Mary’s, Reed
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley, + baptism welcome of William Emerson
6.00 p.m. BCP Evensong, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway

Monday 6th April
8.00 p.m. Holy Communion, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley

Tuesday 7th April   
8.00 p.m. Holy Communion, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway

Wednesday 8th April
8.00 p.m. Holy Communion, St Mary’s, Reed