June 2022

8 Buckden Roundabout June 2022 Church News Weekly Prayer Roster Each week during the year the Churches, in their prayers, remember the residents of particular streets in the village, those who work in the parish and village organisations. Those to be remembered this month are: 5th June Buckden Surgery: the doctors, nurses, receptionists, pharmacists, health visitors and midwives; those we know who are in hospital, the elderly, disabled and housebound 12th June Farming communities, Taylor ’ s Lane (West), Hardwick Lane, the residents and staff of Hardwick Dene, Great North Road, Brampton Road, Perry Road, Buckden Wood 19th June High Street, Ivelbury Close, York Yard, Lion Yard, George Lane, King George Court, Taylor ’ s Lane (East), Wolsey Gardens, Charles Court 26th June Hunts End, Copes Close, Monks Cottages, Hunts End Court Thought for the Month Not so long ago we had those storms blow through the coun- try, two in a row, and the sound of the wind as it buffeted eve- rything it hit or passed through or blew over was quite some- thing. I saw a tree, blown over, across a path that I had walked down half an hour earlier. The sight of trees moving with each gust and continued onslaught was both fearsome, and exciting. This evening though, as I sit and write this, there is barely a trace of a breeze, the sky is clear and I find myself recalling the morning I sat in here, in St Mary's, and listened to the storm overhead. Now, after a zoom meeting (I used the church wifi to avoid my dog talking whilst I wasn't on mute!) I am looking up at the roof. Sitting here I am remembering the noise of the wind rush- ing over the roof in the storm. That day the roof, if not rattling, was pretty noisy. In my mind there was a connection to the storm which Jesus calmed for the disciples who were afraid. He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, ‘ Peace! Be still! ’ Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm (Mark 4: 39). The area in the church with all the pews - it goes up to the step which marks the start of the chancel - is called the nave. Nave comes from navis, a latin word meaning 'ship'. When I sat and looked up at the noisy roof in the storm I was thinking of the church as a ship, in a storm. I was thinking about the scared disciples in the boat, and of Jesus, their friend, saying peace, be still. Jesus is with us in storms, in all kinds of storms, in life, Jesus is in the boat, Jesus is with all those who need him. It is too easy to forget this, this nearness to God, as the storm rages and in whatever the storm is manifest in. This, though, is the faith I confess: that Jesus is with me, is with us, in the boat, in the storm and in the trouble, and says Peace! Be Still. Fr David, priest in charge of St Mary's, Buckden, with All Saints', Offords. Buckden Learning Group The Russian Revolution 1917 - 33 Tutor: Stephen Corley This course will include the background his- tory to 1914 and the ideologies of Marxism and Leninism: the two revolutions of 1917 and the Civil War; the New Economic Policy and the Power Struggle following Lenln ’ s death; Stalin ’ s ‘ revolution ’ from above; Collectivisation of Agriculture and Industrialisation. Dates June 7, 14, 28 and July 5 2022; 10.30 – 11.45 (gap on June 21 as tutor unavailable) Venue: Conference Room at St Claret Centre, Buckden Towers Please call Bridget Hale on 01480 216391 for all other details. The Aragon Singers of Buckden Present Music for a Summer's Afternoon at St. Laurence's Church, Diddington at 3.00pm on Sunday 19th June All proceeds to the upkeep of the Church Ticket prices are £5 payable on the door only, to include a cream tea. All children free Contacts: Janice Endersby 07711018910 Mandy Williams 07879016892