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From Fr. Bernard

Hello All,
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Today is the first Saturday of the month, so – weather permitting – there will be a work party up at St Mary's this morning. There will also – whatever the weather – be morning prayer at St Mary's at 9 am, followed by a said Eucharist at 9:30 am.
Tomorrow is the feast of Pentecost or Whitsunday, the last day of Easter. Fr Stephen Burge will be preaching at our 10 am Eucharist, and this will give us an opportunity to welcome him to the parish following his licensing on the 21st of May. Because he works during the week and has commitments also on some Sundays, there will be limits on how much time Fr Stephen is able to worship with us, but we welcome him warmly this morning. The order of service for Pentecost is the same as for last Sunday, and with the Cross and Crown os on this website.

This week we will be celebrating the feast day of our patron saint, St Barnabas, on Wednesday the 11th of June, and there will be a sung Eucharist in the evening at 7:30 pm. Hopefully, that service will be streamed live. Aside from that there will also be said Eucharists at 9:30 am on Wednesday and 10 am on Thursday, as usual. Please note that there will be NO services in Church on Friday, because I am going to Lord’s to watch some cricket!

And then, of course, on Saturday we will have our Summer Fair. We will need lots of help both setting up on Friday afternoon (13th) and helping on the day itself. There is a list at the back of church, please sign up and tick the relevant boxes, or speak to Ann Tracey. We need items for the stalls: Good condition bric-a-brac, toys, books, etc., and Raffle and Tombola prizes. Please bring items in and leave them under the tables at the back of church. Thank you to everyone who has already done that. Cakes, jams/chutneys and plants can be brought in on Friday 13th from 3.30 pm - 5.30 pm or on the morning of the fair by 10 am.
Raffle tickets are also available at the back of church. Please take booklets to sell to others, and to buy yourselves. The more we sell, the more money we raise!

Next Sunday, the 15th of June, is Trinity Sunday, and our 10 am Eucharist will be an All-Age service. The Thursday following that is Corpus Christi, the day of thanksgiving for the institution of holy communion, and we will have a Sung Eucharist with Benediction at 7:30 pm on the 19th of June to celebrate that feast. On Saturday the 21st in St Alban’s, they will celebrate their patron Saint with a procession, puppets, and lots of other festivities, and then on Sunday the 22nd we will keep both the Feasts of our parish patron St Barnabas and our Diocesan patron St Alban together.

I was away last week, as some of you will know. I didn’t do anything terribly exciting, but we did go to Cambridge on the Tuesday, and I spent some happy hours in a bookshop, and then a few happy days after that reading the books I bought! I had a lovely quiet week, and it’s good to be back with you all now.

God bless and see you soon,

Fr Bernard

The Rev'd Dr B Minton
Team Vicar of Linslade
Ouzel Valley Team