Sunday 4th May - Easter 7
9.00 a.m. Parish Communion (said), St Mary’s, Reed
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion baptism of Libby Hills + Junior Church, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley
11.30 a.m. Blessing of John Pattison’s grave, Barley churchyard
6.00 p.m. BCP Evensong, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway

Monday 5th May

Tuesday 6th May
8.15 a.m. Morning Prayer, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway

Wednesday 7th May
8.15 a.m Morning Prayer, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley
10.30 a.m. Holy Communion, Margaret House, Barley

Thursday 8th May
8.15 a.m. Morning Prayer, St Mary’s, Reed
8.00 p.m. ICES Worship and Psalms, The Rectory

Friday 9th May

Saturday 10th May
9.00 a.m. Morning Prayer, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley
all day Barkway Street Market
7.30 p.m. Concert by Ros Holbrow, John Witchell and friends, St Mary’s, Reed

Sunday 11th May - Pentecost
10.30 a.m. United Benefice Holy Communion, St Mary’s, Reed, with sermon by Christina Rees
5.00 p.m. Discover Sunday - Happy Birthday, Church - 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)

Tuesday 13th May
10.15 a.m. First Incumbents’ meeting, North Mymms
8.00 p.m. Barkway VA School governors meeting
8.00 p.m. Deanery Chapter, Great Hormead church

Thursday 15th May
7.45 p.m. Reed VCC

Saturday 17th May
11.30 a.m. Interment of ashes of Andrew Paddick, Reed churchyard

Sunday 18th May - Trinity Sunday
9.00 a.m. Parish Communion, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion, St Mary’s, Reed
5.00 p.m. Spring Sing Service, with Royston Town Band, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley

Tuesday 20th May
8.00 p.m. Deanery Synod, Weston Church

Wednesday 21st May
8.00 p.m. North Buntingford Prayer Group, Fern Cottage, Therfield

Thursday 22nd May
8.00 p.m. ICES Worship and Psalms, The Rectory

Sunday 25th May - Trinity 1
9.00 a.m. Parish Communion, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion + Junior Church, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway

6th April - Easter 3
Barkway: Acts 2.14a, 36-41; Psalm 116.1-3,10-17; Luke 24.13-35
Barley: Acts 2.14a, 36-41; Psalm 116.1-3,10-17; 1 Peter 1.17-23; Luke 24.13-35

13th April - Easter 4
Reed: Acts 2.42-47; Psalm 23; 1 Peter 2.19-25; John 10.1-10

20th April - Easter 5
Barkway: Acts 7.55-60; Psalm 31.1-5,15-16; 1 Peter 2.2-10; John 14.1-14
Barkway: Discover Sunday tba
Barley: Acts 7.55-60; Psalm 31.1-5,15-16; 1 Peter 2.2-10; John 14.1-14

27th April - Easter 6
Barkway: Acts 17.22-31; John 14.15-21
Barley: Acts 17.22-31; Psalm 66.7-18; 1 Peter 3.13-22; John 14.15-21
Reed: tba

1st May - Ascension Day
Reed: Acts 1.1-11; Psalm 93; Ephesians 1.15-23; Luke 24.44-53

4th May - Easter 7
Barkway: Acts 1.6-14; Psalm 68.1-10,33-36; John 17.1-11
Barley: Acts 1.6-14; Psalm 68.1-10,33-36; 1 Peter 4.12-14; 5.6-11; John 17.1-11
Reed: Acts 1.6-14; Psalm 68.1-10,33-36; 1 Peter 4.12-14; 5.6-11; John 17.1-11

11th May - Pentecost
Barkway: tba
Reed: Acts 2.1-21; Psalm 104.25-35,37; 1 Corinthians 12.3b-13; John 20.19-23

18th May - Trinity Sunday
Barkway: Isaiah 40.12-17,27-31; Psalm 8; 2 Corinthians 13.11-13; Matthew 28.16-20
Barley: tba
Reed: Isaiah 40.12-17,27-31; Psalm 8; 2 Corinthians 13.11-13; Matthew 28.16-20

25th May - 1 after Trinity
Barkway: Leviticus 19.1-2,9-18; Psalm 119.33-40; 1 Corinthians 3.1-11,16-23; Matthew 5.38-48
Barley: Leviticus 19.1-2,9-18; Psalm 119.33-40; 1 Corinthians 3.1-11,16-23; Matthew 5.38-48

1st June - 2 after Trinity
Barkway: Deut. 11.18-21,26-28; Psalm 31.1-5,19-24; Matthew 7.21-29
Barley: Deut. 11.18-21,26-28; Psalm 31.1-5,19-24; Romans 1.16-17;3.22b-28; Matthew 7.21-29
Reed: Deut. 11.18-21,26-28; Psalm 31.1-5,19-24; Romans 1.16-17;3.22b-28; Matthew 7.21-29

8th June - 3 after Trinity
Barkway: Hosea 5.15-6.6; Psalm 50.7-15; Romans 4.13-25; Matthew 9.9-13,18-26

15th June - 4 after Trinity
Reed: Exodus 19.2-8a; Psalm 100; Romans 5.1-8; Matthew 9.35-10.8

22nd June - 5 after Trinity
Barkway: Jeremiah 20.7-13; Psalm 69.8-20; Romans 6.1b-11; Matthew 10.24-39
Barley: Jeremiah 20.7-13; Psalm 69.8-20; Romans 6.1b-11; Matthew 10.24-39
Reed: tba

29th June - 6 after Trinity
Buckland: Acts 12.1-11; Psalm 125; 2 Timothy 4.6-8,17-18; Matthew 16.13-19

Acts 2.14a, 22-32; 1 Peter 1.3-9; John 20.19-31

Why do we believe in some things and not in others?

If I were to tell you that as I was writing this sermon yesterday morning I looked out of the window and saw a flying saucer on my lawn, out of which three funny little green men appeared, who frightened the guinea pigs, and caused the dog to bark and the cats to flee, you’d probably not believe me.

But, if I tell you that yesterday afternoon I went to the cinema and saw a really great film, you might be more likely to believe me.

And if I then ask you to believe that I am currently in Buckland church, leading a service and at this moment preaching a sermon, you would, I hope, definitely believe me.

The first of those three scenes - the one that you would be least likely to believe - sounds a little far-fetched. Seeing little green men walking on the lawns of Barkway is something that really does not happen in the normal sphere of life. I can pretty much guarantee that it’s not an experience anyone in church this morning has ever had.

As for my trip to the cinema, I wonder how many of you believed in that. In fact, it was not true. I spent yesterday preparing for today’s service and then visiting people, some following funerals for a member of their family, and some more general parish visiting.

But I guess that more of you were ready to believe that I had been to the cinema than that I had seen aliens. Going to the cinema is something that people do as part of life in the 21st century.

It’s an experience to which most people can relate, and it certainly doesn’t sound far-fetched to say that I’d spent yesterday doing that.

Perhaps, if you’d stopped to think a bit more, you might have remembered that Saturdays are a working day for me, so perhaps a little unlikely that I’d taken an afternoon off to see a film, but not beyond the bounds of possibility, especially as one of the busiest weeks in my working calendar has just ended.

As for me leading a service this morning in Buckland church, I’m sure that is something in which you all believe. Why do you believe that? Because you are experiencing that for yourself. You are sitting here in Buckland church, listening - or not - to my sermon. You will have already heard me welcome you, give the notices, announce the hymns, and so on.

Thomas just could not believe initially in the risen Christ. We’ve no idea where he was that Sunday evening, but we do know that he wasn’t with the others when Jesus appeared to them. But it’s not necessarily surprising that he struggled to believe them. Dead people just don’t come back to life. He’d clearly forgotten about Lazarus, whom Jesus had raised earlier in his ministry.

I can’t believe that, Thomas was thinking. Dead people do not come back to life again. That is not part of the experience of normal life. I need proof.

To ask for proof is a natural thing to do when we are faced with something that we do not believe. Proof, after all, is what will change our mind. If I had managed to bring with me to church this morning one of the little green men whom I claim to have seen, more of you may have believed the story.

So, Thomas’s declaration that he would only believe if he could see and touch the risen Christ for himself, is understandable. It shows a lack of trust on his part in those who told him they had seen the Lord, but they were telling him something extraordinary. The stranger something appears to be, perhaps the more proof we feel we need.

When Thomas had the proof he needed, he was quick to acknowledge Christ as God.

An orphaned boy was living with his grandmother when their house caught fire. The grandmother, trying to get upstairs to rescue the boy, died in the flames.

The boy’s cries for help were finally answered by a man who climbed an iron drain pipe and came back down with the boy hanging tightly to his neck.

Several weeks later, a public hearing was held to determine who would receive custody of the child. A farmer, a teacher, and the town’s wealthiest citizen all gave the reasons why they felt they should be chosen to give the boy a home. But as they talked, the lad’s eyes remained focused on the floor.

Then a stranger walked to the front and slowly took his hand from his pockets, revealing severe scars on them. As the crowd gasped, the boy cried out in recognition. This was the man who had saved his life.

His hands had been burned when he climbed the hot pipe. With a leap the boy threw his arms around the man’s neck and held on for dear life.

The other men silently walked away, leaving the boy and his rescuer alone.

Those scarred hands had settled the issue.

It was a similar experience for Thomas. True recognition came when he saw the scarred hands and side of the one who loved him more than anyone else.

The scarred hands and side of love.

The resurrection did not remove the wounds of Jesus, it only transformed them.

And that’s great news for us. It means that the resurrected Jesus is still aware of human frailty and sin. Its marks remain on his body.

Those marks draw us. They remain proof of what Jesus went through for us, proof of his love.

A composer writes music, but it only takes on true meaning when players play it. A clock maker designs and builds a beautiful clock, but it only tells the time when the owner winds it up and sets it correctly - or in this day and age - changes the battery.
God has already done the hard work of the Gospel in raising Jesus to life, but in this world it lives through us. We have to live out that resurrection life, and we’re given the Holy Spirit in order to do that.

It was the coming of the Holy Spirit that changed the disciples from a frightened bunch of people into a powerhouse of orators, witnesses, proclaimers of the resurrection - as we heard in the extract from Peter’s speech in our first reading today.

I’m not convinced that Jesus’s words to Thomas “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have come to believe.” are a rebuke as many see them. Rather, I think they are encouragement to those of us who are not able to see Jesus with our eyes. 

John tells us that that’s why he’s written his Gospel, so that we may believe. His story started with that amazing prologue “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God.”

Now, here at the end of his Gospel we’ve come full circle - Thomas is explicitly naming Jesus as God.

The wounds in his side show that it is the same Jesus, the one who was crucified who has been raised, not some new model or replacement without defects. It’s the Jesus who has suffered who is now alive that Thomas recognises as God.

Because the risen Jesus is also the wounded Jesus, we can be sure that when we face troubles and grief, he will walk through them with us as he walked through his own suffering. He will not leave us to battle alone.

Because of his wounds, we can receive healing and forgiveness.

Because of the resurrection we can know that this world with its troubles is not the end.

God’s life is open to all of us. We don’t have to be free of hurt or sin or perfect in all our ways for that resurrection life to be with us. Thomas believed once he had experienced the risen Christ for himself. Because of the Holy Spirit, that is something that we too can do. We can’t see Jesus in person, but we can experience his risen life.

Jesus didn’t condemn Thomas for his lack of faith; he gave him the opportunity to find the proof he needed. It’s an encouraging story for us too. Thomas asked for the proof - Jesus offered it to him. If we ask for the life of the Holy Spirit to be with us, Jesus will grant that gift.

The resurrection means that the living presence of the risen Jesus in our lives each day is something we can experience. We saw in our first reading how it inspired Peter in his witness. It can inspire us too, if we allow ourselves to be open to its work.

The life of the Spirit in the world is, if we need it, the proof for us of the risen Christ. “Blessed are those who have not seen yet have come to believe. Our blessing includes the gift of the Holy Spirit, the gift of the risen Christ dwelling within us and around us.

Christ is risen. He is risen indeed. Alleluia.

Sunday 30th March - Easter 2
10.30 a.m. United Benefice Holy Communion, St Andrew’s, Buckland

Monday 31st March
8.15 a.m. Morning Prayer, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway
11.30 a.m. Funeral of Peggy Downey, Cambridge Crematorium

Tuesday 1st April
8.15 a.m. Morning Prayer, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway
8.00 p.m. ICES Worship and Psalms, The Rectory

Wednesday 2nd April
8.15 a.m Morning Prayer, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley
10.30 a.m. Holy Communion, Margaret House, Barley

Thursday 3rd April
8.15 a.m. Morning Prayer, St Mary’s, Reed
10.45 a.m. Holy Communion, Wheatsheaf Meadow House, Barkway

Friday 4th April

Saturday 5th April
9.00 a.m. Morning Prayer, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley
evening Friends of Reed Church Race Night, Reed Village Hall

Sunday 6th April - Easter 3
10.30 a.m. United Benefice Sung Eucharist, St Maragaret of Antioch, Barley, with the Revd Mervyn Terrett
6.00 p.m. BCP Evensong, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway, with Frances-Mary Blydenstein

Monday 7th April
No Morning Prayer

Tuesday 8th April
No Morning Prayer

Wednesday 9th April 
8.15 a.m Morning Prayer, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley

Thursday 10th April
8.15 a.m. Morning Prayer, St Mary’s, Reed
4.30 p.m. Churchwardens’ Meeting, The Rectory
8.00 p.m. ICES Worship and Psalms, The Rectory

Friday 11th April

Saturday 12th April
9.00 a.m. Morning Prayer, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley

Sunday 13th April - Easter 4
10.30 a.m. United Benefice Holy Communion, St Mary’s, Reed, followed by Annual Parochial Church Meeting (Barkway/Reed) and bring-and-share lunch
 

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 15th April
12 noon Deanery Chapter, Cottered Vicarage

Wednesday 17th April
8 p.m. North Buntingford Prayer Group, Aylwins, Roe Green

Thursday 17th April
11.30 a.m. Women in Theology Group, The Board Room, Holywell Lodge

Saturday 19th April
a.m. Friends of Barkway Church Plant Sale
7.30 p.m. Concert by Rebecca Starling, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley

Sunday 16th March - Palm Sunday
9.00 a.m. Parish Communion, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion, St Mary’s, Reed
5.00 p.m. Holy Communion for Palm Sunday, meet at Barley VC First School

Monday 17th March
8.15 a.m. Morning Prayer, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway
8.00 p.m. Holy Communion, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley

Tuesday 18th March
8.15 a.m. Morning Prayer, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway
8.00 p.m. Holy Communion, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway

Wednesday 19th March
8.15 a.m Morning Prayer, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley
12.45 p.m. Funeral, Joyce Fletcher, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway
8.00 p.m. Holy Communion, St Mary’s, Reed

Thursday 20th March
8.15 a.m. Morning Prayer, St Mary’s, Reed
10.00 a.m. Barkway VA First School end-of-term service, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway
1.45 p.m. Funeral, Maisie Gilham, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway
8.00 p.m. Holy Communion and Watchnight Vigil, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley

Friday 21st March - Good Friday
10.30 a.m. All-Age Good Friday service, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley
1.30 p.m. (-3.00 p.m.) Meditation on the Passion with hymns
7.30 p.m. The Way of the Cross, words and music for Good Friday

Saturday 22nd March - Easter Eve
9.00 a.m. Morning Prayer, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley

Sunday 23rd March - Easter Day
6.15 a.m. Sunrise service with holy communion and breakfast
9.00 a.m. Easter Holy Communion, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley
10.30 a.m. Easter Holy Communion, 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 24th March
No Morning Prayer

Tuesday 25th March
No Morning Prayer

Sunday 30th March
10.30 a.m. United Benefice Holy Communion, St Andrew’s, Buckland

Tuesday 1st April
8.00 p.m. ICES Worship and Psalms, The Rectory

Wednesday 2nd April
10.30 a.m. Holy Communion, Margaret House, Barley

Thursday 3rd April
10.45 a.m. Holy Communion, Wheatsheaf Meadow House, Barkway

Saturday 5th April
evening Friends of Reed Church Race Night, Reed Village Hall

Sunday 6th April
10.30 a.m. United Benefice Sung Eucharist, St Maragaret of Antioch, Barley, with the Revd Mervyn Terrett
6.00 p.m. BCP Evensong, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway, with Frances-Mary Blydenstein

Sunday 2nd March - Mothering Sunday/Lent 4
9.00 a.m. Parish Communion, St Mary’s, Reed
10.30 a.m. Mothering Sunday service with communion, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley, followed by PCC accounts meeting
6.00 p.m. BCP Evensong, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway

Monday 3rd March
8.15 a.m. Morning Prayer, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway
2.00 p.m. Lent Course, The Rectory

Tuesday 4th March
8.15 a.m. Morning Prayer, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway

Wednesday 5th March
8.15 a.m Morning Prayer, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley
10.30 a.m. Holy Communion, Margaret House, Barley
12 noon (- 2p.m.) Lent Lunch, Town House, Barley
8.00 p.m. North Buntingford Group Lent Course, Rushden Village Hall

Thursday 6th March
8.15 a.m. Morning Prayer, St Mary’s, Reed
10.45 a.m. Holy Communion, Wheatsheaf Meadow House, Barkway

Friday 7th March

Saturday 8th March
9.00 a.m. Morning Prayer, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley

Sunday 9th March - Passion Sunday
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion, with talk by journalist Rachel Harden, St Mary’s, Reed
5.00 p.m. Discover Sunday - Rhinos and Rainbows, 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 10th March
2.00 p.m. Lent Course, The Rectory
7.00 p.m. Barley VC First School Governors meeting

Wednesday 11th March
12 noon (- 2p.m.) Lent Lunch, Town House, Barley
8.00 p.m. North Buntingford Group Lent Course, Rushden Village Hall

Thursday 12th March
8.00 p.m. ICES Worship and Psalms, The Rectory

Saturday 15th March
5.00 p.m. Steve Price, Gospel Illusionist, Greneway School, Royston

Sunday 16th March - Palm Sunday
9.00 a.m. Parish Communion, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion, St Mary’s, Reed
5.00 p.m. Holy Communion for Palm Sunday, meet at Barley VC First School

Monday 17th March
2.00 p.m. Lent Course, The Rectory
8.00 p.m. Holy Communion, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley

Tuesday 18th March
8.00 p.m. Holy Communion, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway

Wednesday 19th March
8.00 p.m. Holy Communion, St Mary’s, Reed

Thursday 20th March - Maundy Thursday
10.00 a.m. Barkway VA First School end-of-term service in church
8.00 p.m. Holy Communion and Watchnight Vigil, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley

Friday 21st March - Good Friday
10.30 a.m. All-Age Good Friday service, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley
1.30 p.m. (-3.00 p.m.) Meditation on the Passion with hymns
7.30 p.m. The Way of the Cross, words and music for Good Friday

Saturday 22nd March - Easter Eve

Sunday 23rd March - Easter Day
6.15 a.m. Sunrise service with holy communion and breakfast
9.00 a.m. Easter Holy Communion, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley
10.30 a.m. Easter Holy Communion, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway

Sunday 24th February - Lent 3
9.00 a.m. Parish Communion, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley
10.30 a.m. Joint service at Barkway Chapel

Monday 25th February
8.15 a.m. Morning Prayer, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway
2.00 p.m. Lent Course, The Rectory

Tuesday 26th February
8.15 a.m. Morning Prayer, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway
12 noon Deanery Chapter, Buntingford Church
2.30 p.m. Funeral of Jeff Bradford, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway
7.30 p.m. Barkway VA First School RE information evening

Wednesday 27th February
8.15 a.m Morning Prayer, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley
12 noon (- 2p.m.) Lent Lunch, Town House, Barley
8.00 p.m. North Buntingford Group Lent Course, Rushden Village Hall

Thursday 28th February
8.15 a.m. Morning Prayer, St Mary’s, Reed
8.00 p.m. ICES Worship and Psalms, The Rectory

Friday 29th February

Saturday 1st March
9.00 a.m. Morning Prayer, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley
7.30 p.m. Barley Village Supper, Town House

Sunday 2nd March - Mothering Sunday/Lent 4
9.00 a.m. Parish Communion, St Mary’s, Reed
10.30 a.m. Mothering Sunday service with communion, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley, followed by PCC accounts meeting
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 3rd March
2.00 p.m. Lent Course, The Rectory

Wednesday 5th March
10.30 a.m. Holy Communion, Margaret House, Barley
12 noon (- 2p.m.) Lent Lunch, Town House, Barley
8.00 p.m. North Buntingford Group Lent Course, Rushden Village Hall

Thursday 6th March
10.45 a.m. Holy Communion, Wheatsheaf Meadow House, Barkway

Sunday 9th March - Passion Sunday
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion, with talk by journalist Rachel Harden, St Mary’s, Reed
5.00 p.m. Discover Sunday - Rhinos and Rainbows, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway

Monday 10th March
2.00 p.m. Lent Course, The Rectory
7.00 p.m. Barley VC First School Governors meeting

Wednesday 11th March
12 noon (- 2p.m.) Lent Lunch, Town House, Barley
8.00 p.m. North Buntingford Group Lent Course, Rushden Village Hall

Thursday 12th March
8.00 p.m. ICES Worship and Psalms, The Rectory

Saturday 15th March
5.00 p.m. Steve Price, Gospel Illusionist, Greneway School, Royston

6th January - Epiphany
Barkway: Isaiah 60.1-6; Psalm 72.1-15; Matthew 2.1-12
Barley: Isaiah 60.1-6; Psalm 72.1-15; Ephesians 3.1-12; Matthew 2.1-12
Reed: Isaiah 60.1-6; Psalm 72.1-15; Ephesians 3.1-12; Matthew 2.1-12

13th January - Baptism of Christ
Reed: Isaiah 42.1-9; Psalm 29; Acts 10.34-43; Matthew 3.13-17

20th January - Epiphany 2
Barkway: Isaiah 49.1-7; Psalm 40.1-12; 1 Corinthians 1.1-9; John 1.29-42
Barley: Isaiah 49.1-7; Psalm 40.1-12; 1 Corinthians 1.1-9; John 1.29-42
Reed: tbc

27th January - Epiphany 3
Barkway: Isaiah 9.1-4; Matthew 4.12-23
Barley: Isaiah 9.1-4; Psalm 27.1,4-12; 1 Corinthians 1.10-18; Matthew 4.12-23

3rd February - Presentation of Christ
Barkway: Malachi 3.1-5; Psalm 24.1-10; Luke 2.22-40
Barley: Hebrews 2.14-18; Luke 2.22-40
Reed: Malachi 3.1-5; Psalm 24.1-10; Hebrews 2.14-18; Luke 2.22-40

6th February - Ash Wednesday
Joel 2.1-2, 12-17; Psalm 51.1-18; 2 Corinthians 5.20b-6.10; Matthew 6.1-6; 16-21

10th February - Lent 1
Reed: Genesis 2.15-17; 3.1-7; Psalm 32; Romans 5.12-19; Matthew 4.1-11

17th February - Lent 2
Barkway: Genesis 12.1-4a; Psalm 121; Romans 4.1-5, 13-17; John 3.1-17
Barley: tbc

24th February - Lent 3
Barkway: Joint service at Barkway Chapel
Barley: Exodus 17.1-7; Psalm 95; Romans 5.1-11; John 4.5-42

2nd March - Mothering Sunday
Barkway: Exodus 2.1-10; Psalm 34.11-20; Luke 2.33-35
Barley: tbc
Reed: Exodus 2.1-10; Psalm 34.11-20; Colossians 3.12-17; Luke 2.33-35

9th March - Passion Sunday
Barkway: tba
Reed: Ezekiel 37.1-14; Psalm 130; Romans 8.6-11; John 11.1-45

16th March - Palm Sunday
Barkway: Isaiah 50.4-9a; Psalm 31.9-16; Philippians 2.5-11; Matthew 26.14-27.66 (Also Matthew 21.1-11)
Barley: Isaiah 50.4-9a; Psalm 31.9-16; Philippians 2.5-11; Matthew 26.14-27.66 (Also Matthew 21.1-11)
Reed: tba

17th March - Monday in Holy Week
Barley: Isaiah 42.1-9; John 12.1-11

18th March - Tuesday in Holy Week
Barkway: Isaiah 49.1-7; John 12.20-36

19th March - Wednesday in Holy Week
Reed: Isaiah 50.4-9a; John 13.21-32

20th March - Maundy Thursday
Barley: Exodus 12.1-14; 1 Corinthians 11.23-36; John 13.1-17, 31b-35

21st March - Good Friday
Barkway: tba
Barley: tba
Reed: tba

23rd March - Easter Day
Barkway: Isaiah 65.17-25; Psalm 118.1-2, 14-24; Acts 10.34-43; John 20.1-18
Barley: Isaiah 65.17-25; Psalm 118.1-2, 14-24; Acts 10.34-43; John 20.1-18
Reed: Acts 10.34-43; John 20.1-18

30th March - Easter 2
Buckland: Acts 2.14a, 22-32; Psalm 16; 1 Peter 1.3-9; John 20.19-31

Sunday 3rd February - Presentation of Christ
9.00 a.m. Parish Communion (said), St Mary’s, Reed
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion with baptism of Flynn Richmond and Junior Church
6.00 p.m. BCP Evensong, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway

Monday 4th February
8.15 a.m. Morning Prayer, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway
10.00 a.m. Discover Sunday planning meeting, The Rectory

Tuesday 5th February - Shrove Tuesday
8.15 a.m. Morning Prayer, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway
10.00 a.m. (-noon) Pancake Coffee Morning, The Barn, Elms Farm, Barkway
12 noon (-4p.m.) Pancake event for Save the Children, Town House, Barley

Wednesday 6th February - Ash Wednesday
8.15 a.m Morning Prayer, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley
10.30 a.m. Holy Communion, Margaret House, Barley
8.00 p.m. Holy Communion with imposition of ashes, St Mary’s, Reed

Thursday 7th February
8.15 a.m. Morning Prayer, St Mary’s, Reed
10.15 a.m. (-3.30 p.m.) Countryside Management Service hedging in Reed churchyard, volunteers welcome
10.45 a.m. Holy Communion, Wheatsheaf Meadow House, Barkway

Friday 8th February

Saturday 9th February
9.00 a.m. Morning Prayer, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley
1.30 p.m. Interment of ashes of Frank Clough, Barley churchyard

Sunday 10th February - Lent 1
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion, St Mary’s, Reed, with address by Peter Gough

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 11th February
2.00 p.m. Lent Course, The Rectory

Wednesday 13th February
12 noon (- 2p.m.) Lent Lunch, Town House, Barley
7.45 p.m. North Buntingford Group Lent Course, Rushden Village Hall

Thursday 14th February
8.00 p.m. ICES Worship and Psalms, The Rectory

Saturday 16th February
10.00 a.m.Interment of ashes of Leonard Bridge, Barley churchyard

Sunday 17th February - Lent 2
9.00 a.m. Parish Communion, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway
5.00 p.m. All-age Service, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley

Monday 18th February
2.00 p.m. Lent Course, The Rectory
7.30 p.m. Commissioning of Margaret MacCormack, BRAVE youth worker, Edwinstree School, Buntingford
8.00 p.m. North Buntingford Prayer Group, High Bank, Reed

Wednesday 19th February
12 noon (- 2p.m.) Lent Lunch, Town House, Barley
8.00 p.m. Friends of Barkway Church AGM, Manor Farm
8.00 p.m. North Buntingford Group Lent Course, Rushden Village Hall

Thursday 21 February
2.30 p.m. Sarah to speak at Barley Over-60s, Town House, Barley

Sunday 24th February - Lent 3
9.00 a.m. Parish Communion, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley
10.30 a.m. Joint service at Barkway Chapel

Sunday 30th December - Christmas 1
10.30 a.m. United Benefice Holy Communion, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway

Monday 31st December
8.15 a.m. Morning Prayer, St Mary Magdalene, Barkway
12.30 p.m. Funeral of Ted Coxall, Harwood Park Crematorium, Stevenage

Tuesday 1st January 2008
No Morning Prayer

Wednesday 2nd January
8.15 a.m Morning Prayer, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley
10.30 a.m. Holy Comunion, Margaret House, Barley
2.30 p.m. Funeral of Ivy Fuller, East Chapel, Cambridge Crematorium

Thursday 3rd January
8.15 a.m Morning Prayer, St Mary’s, Reed
10.45 a.m. Holy Communion, Wheatsheaf Meadow House, Barkway

Friday 4th January
10.15 a.m. Church Mice, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley

Saturday 5th January
9.00 a.m. Morning Prayer, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley

Sunday 6th January - Epiphany
9.00 a.m. Parish Communion (said), St Mary’s, Reed
10.30 a.m. Parish Communion with Junior Church, St Margaret of Antioch, Barley
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 7th January
8.00 p.m. Deanery Standing/Pastoral Committee, The Vicarage, Great Hormead

Tuesday 8th January
12 noon North Buntingford Group clergy meeting, Therfield Rectory
7.30 p.m. Barley VC First School Governors’ meeting

Thursday 10th January
9.15 a.m. Bell ringers in Barley church
11.00 a.m. Bell ringers in Barkway church
7.45 p.m. for 8 Barkway VCC, Manor Farm

Sunday 13th January - Baptism of Christ
10.30 a.m. United Benefice Sung Eucharist, St Mary’s, Reed, with the Revd Canon Michael Sansom