All Saints and St James
Welcome!
Prayers-
For the sick and infirm: Bryan
Luddington Tim Luddington, Marise Lancaster, Derek Wolton
For the anniversaries of the departed: John Brown, Dora Burnage, Christopher
Carter, Charles Guy, Robert Case
All Saints Diary
19 Feb – 10.30am Baptism of Riley Folkes and TJ Simonds
20 Feb – 7.30pm Lent Course Church Hall
22 Feb – 7.30pm Ash Wednesday Sung Eucharist and imposition of ashes at St James
27 Feb – 7.30pm Lent Course Church Hall
3 Mar (not 4 Mar) – 4pm Bishop of Bedford retirement service at St Paul’s,
Bedford
5 Mar – 7.30pm Lent Course Church Hall
12 Mar – 7pm Eucharist with PCC meeting
18 Mar – 10.30am Mothering Sunday Family Eucharist
19 Mar – 7.30pm Lent Course Church Hall
St James Diary
19 Feb – 4pm Songs of Praise (no other evening service)
22 Feb – 7.30pm Ash Wednesday Sung Eucharist and imposition of ashes
1 Mar – 2.30pm Lent Course, Church Barn
3 Mar (not 4 Mar) – 4pm Bishop of Bedford retirement service at St Paul’s,
Bedford
8 Mar – 2.30pm Lent Course, Church Barn
10 Mar – 7.30pm Dinner, Village Hall
14 Mar – 7pm Eucharist with PCC meeting
15 Mar – 2.30pm Lent Course, Church Barn
17 Mar – 7.30pm Scrabble evening, Barn
18 Mar – 9am Mothering Sunday Family Eucharist
22 Mar – 2.30pm Lent Course, Church Barn
Going Deeper into God and Making New Disciples
Evening services:
1st Sunday: Holy Eucharist at St. James
2nd Sunday: Evening Prayer at All Saints
3rd Sunday: Evening Prayer at St. James
4th Sunday: Evening Prayer at St. James
5th Sunday: Choral Evensong alternating between All Saints and St James.
Evening service readings: 1 Kings 19.1-16; 2
Peter 1.16-end
Lent course:
-Monday evenings at 7.30pm at All Saints Church Hall until 26 Mar (omitting 12 Mar).
-Thursday afternoons at 2.30pm at St James Barn from 1 Mar, ending on 29 Mar.
All welcome.
Transforming Communities
All Saints Youth Group - play games, eat, and learn something new!
Vikki(843669).
All Saints Lunch club –All welcome 12.30 pm, Wed 21 Mar Sue Martineau (852447) susan@edmart.plus.com
Join us for Biddenham’s version of ‘Songs of Praise’ Sun 19 Feb at 4pm, to be followed by refreshments.
Wine and Dine:
10 Mar, 7.30pm in the Village Hall a
Dinner followed by an illustrated talk by Edwin Lambert, an ex-resident of the
village. £15 includes a glass of wine. Ann (266644), Pam (327035), Jane (359014).
Bar and Raffle.
St.James Diamond Jubilee Exhibition: If you have any memorabilia (Biddenham or
elsewhere) or recollections of your own or relatives from c. 1952 please
contact us. Jane George (359014) Hugh Clifton (348983) Peter Squire (342373) Kathy Fricker (342843) All gratefully received.
Scrabble Evening, with fish and chip supper, in the Barn Sat 17 Mar, 7.30pm. In aid of ‘The Friends of St James’. Tickets (£7 members; £10 non-members) from Peter
Leverkus (353662), Chris Jones (211759) or Paul Fricker (342843).
St James Recital Sun 29 April, 3.15pm in church. £5 to include tea in the barn. Eve McGrath soprano, Henry Vann clarinet and Paul Edwards organ & piano. Sign the list at the back of the church or pay at the door
Marmalade Time. Jars will be on sale in St James Barn after the Songs of Praise and
at the Village Hall Dinner on 10 Mar or contact Anne Merry (267285), Sue Squire
(342373)
Contacts:
Clergy team: Stephen Huckle
(852241) huckles@fsmail.net Christopher Dawe (363890)
All Saints: www.allsaintskempston.com,
Churchwardens:
Alan Lowe (857212), Sue Martineau (852447)
St James: www.stjamesbiddenham.com
Churchwardens:
Laurie Hurn (364251), Ann Morrish (266644)
St James website: jonsmith278@btinternet.com
Pewsheet: madeleinefone@hotmail.co.uk