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From Fr. Bernard

​Hello All,

Greetings once again, and this week’s Cross and Crown is on this website, with some notices about things that are happening this week.

Firstly, a reminder that because this is the first Saturday of the month, the usual working party will meet today up at St Mary’s to mow the churchyard and tidy the church, unless the moss is really taking over and it’s pouring with rain, in which case we will mow the church and tidy the churchyard! All silliness aside, there will definitely be Morning Prayer at 9 am this morning at St Mary's, and a Eucharist using traditional language at 9:30 am.

Tomorrow is the Third Sunday after Trinity, and all our services are as usual, with Eucharists at 8 and 10 am and Evensong at 6 pm. If you’re wondering what happened to the First and Second Sundays after Trinity, the answer is we kept St Barnabas two weeks ago, and Saints Peter and Paul last week!

This week, there will be no services at all on Monday or Tuesday, the usual services on Wednesday and Thursday, and on Friday the Bible Book Club will meet at 7 pm in the Saunders Room, on the south side of the Church Hall. We will be discussing the second letter to the Corinthians, and the letters to the Galatians and Ephesians. There will be a Quiet Eucharist at 8:30 pm in the Lady Chapel after the Bible Book Club.

I am sorry to have to announce that the Cheese and Wine Quiz Night at St Mary's scheduled for the 12th of July has been cancelled due to insufficient ticket sales. Perhaps not coincidentally, on the same evening in St Barnabas, the Leighton Buzzard Festival Singers will present ‘From Wassailing to Weddings’ at 7:30 pm, a short concert of folk songs from across Europe followed by tea and cake in the hall; tickets are £10.

The flower arrangement created by Jo for St Barnabas for display at the All Saints’ Flower Festival is now in St Barnabas – please do have a look at it. Several people have commented on how lovely they thought it was. Thank you to Jo for your hard work! On the subject of our neighbours in the Team, All Saints' have their Summer Fete between 10 am and 2 pm today in the Church and grounds.

Lastly for now, advance notice that on Saturday the 19th of July there will be a concert ‘Dancing in the Street’ by Milton Keynes Brass in St Barnabas at 7:30 pm, in aid of the Tibbs Dementia Foundation. Tickets: adults £10, children £2.

God bless and see you soon,  

Fr Bernard

The Rev'd Dr B Minton
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