| 08:00 | Buckland
Holy Communion (Said 1662) | | 09:00 | Charney Bassett
Holy Communion (Said 1662) | | 10:00 | Littleworth
Holy Communion (Common Worship) | | 10:00 | Longworth
Holy Communion (Common Worship) | | 08:00 | Buckland
Holy Communion (Said 1662) | | 09:00 | Hinton Waldrist
Communion by Extension (CBE) | | 10:00 | Buckland
Holy Communion (Common Worship) | | 10:00 | Charney Bassett
Holy Communion (Common Worship) | | 10:00 | Longworth
Family Service | | 08:00 | Buckland
Holy Communion (Said 1662) | | 10:00 | Longworth
Holy Communion (Common Worship) | | 10:00 | Pusey
Holy Communion (Common Worship) | | 11:15 | Lyford
Communion by Extension (CBE) | | 18:00 | Littleworth
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St Mary the Virgin
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St Peter
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St Margaret of Antioch
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Church of the Holy Ascension
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St Mary's
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Grange Barn
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St Mary's
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All Saints' Church
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 The United Benefice of Cherbury with Gainfield was set up in late 2003. It is part of the Deanery of Vale of White Horse, in the Achdeaconry of Berkshire within the Diocese of Oxford. The Benefice consists of seven churches: Longworth, Hinton Waldrist, Buckland and Littleworth situated along the A420 from Oxford to Faringdon and Charney Bassett, Lyford and Pusey lying to the south of the A420.
The Rector is the Revd Sally Welch (pictured here) living with her husband Jeremy and their four children in the Rectory at Longworth. The Associate Priest is the Revd Joy Hance living with her husband Nick in the Vicarage at Buckland.
Daily Prayer may be found on:
http://www.cofe.anglican.org/worship/dailyprayer
| | |  I will lift my eyes to the hills...
Driving towards Uffington, reflecting on the sad things that can happen to people, I saw White Horse Hill basking in the sunshine and the words of Psalm 121 came into my head. The psalmist writes about lifting his eyes to the hills and finding God's help there. It is called the pilgrim's psalm and is a picture of God's paternal goodness towards those who travel along life's road trusting in him.
It describes the road itself with its ups and downs, its rough and smooth places made by the tread of feet; a road thick with dust or slippery mud on the level, and on the slopes, rough with flints and outcropping rocks. It's a road we all travel with infinite possibilities in our daily routines of being tripped up by things that happen to us. The psalmist is thinking of how we have to 'watch our step', look where we are going and do our best to keep our balance. How ill-tempered and upset by things we can become. Our religion must be for everyday use, and only as we use it so, and daily rely on God to help us, will we be able to keep right on to the end of the road, however rough or smooth our path may be.
The next picture is of a landscape sizzling under the midday sun. This is real eastern temperature where windows are shuttered to keep out the heat. This is the kind of sun the psalmist knew and it represents life in its hardest-to-bear dealings with us - 'life's crushing load' which most of us have experienced at some time. What does our trust in God do for us then? The psalmist says that for the great trials of living, the really big risks on the road, there is nothing like God's shelter and shade.
The third picture in the psalm is of an army camp at night, with a full moon looking down on it. We see the outline of a sentry on guard. Presumably he is alert at his post, even though the camp is asleep. Even if he is, what sentry, however alert, can keep robbers out, who are the very colour of the ground along which they crawl, and who are as silent as the night? History tells us that British soldiers in the East, with rifles strapped to their bodies, have been known to wake in the morning, their rifles gone, and under the very noses of the sentries. In the same way we can wake up to find that peace has been taken from us.
Is there any sentry who will watch over us and guard us in our unguarded moments? The psalmist says there is. To commit ourselves to God's care is a necessary precaution in view of the subtlety of the evil that besets us. How unprotected we are if we do not have God standing sentry over our hearts.
Life can be a lonely experience with losses and disappointments that make it hard. It is a great comfort at these times to remember God knows our weaknesses, the dangers on the road, and he stands at our side, guarding us from evil, watching over us day and night. He is our keeper and in his strength we can go bravely on to the end confident that all will be well for us now and forever. Joy Hance
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Dear Everyone,
I would like to thank very much all those who came to my last service on 31 May. It was a wonderful event, followed by a lovely lunch and was an excellent way to end four years of ministry with you.
Thank you too to all those who contributed to my leaving gift; I am currently studying laptop catalogues with a view to purchasing one that is light enough to fit in my bicycle basket - do try not to run me over if you see my in Oxford, I am the wobbly cyclist in your blind spot!
Many thanks
Sally Welch
| From Thursday 4th June, Coffee Mornings at The Vicarage, Buckland, will be on the first Thursday of the month only (from 10.30 -11.30 am) during the Interregnum.
For those of you who wish to use the photocopier it will still be available on Thursday mornings but please phone first to check.
Joy Hance 01367 870618
| BFG SUMMER PROGRAMME
Meal Out at The Fox, Denchworth, on Friday 5th June 7.00pm. Please let David Adams 01865 820571 by Friday 29th May if you are coming.
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Reel Issues on Wednesday 10th June 7.30 pm at The Vicarage, Buckland.
The film to be discussed is 'The Queen'.
The key issues raised by the film are duty and tradition, display of feelings, the changing nature of celebrity and media and responses to divorce and death
Wine and nibbles will be provided.
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Summer Barbecue on Wednesday 1st July from 7.00pm at The Vicarage, Buckland. Please bring your own meat to barbecue and a pudding. Salads, bread and drinks provided.
More information from Joy and Nick Hance: 01367 870618.
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