Young people, men and women from all churches in the Woburn Sands area are invited to join us in a service involving participants from St. Botolph’s, St Mary’s, St. Michael’s and Woburn Sands Methodist Churches. This year the service will be held at 6.30 pm on Friday 2 March at St. Botolph’s Church in Aspley Guise.

Celebrating with and joining together to pray for the issues raised by Christians across the globe provides a focus for a world-wide Day of Prayer held in more than 170 countries on the first Friday in March each year. While the service is organised and led by women, the themes are inclusive and involve everyone.

This year the Women’s World Day of Prayer service has been designed by women from Malaysia and focuses on the challenges they face in achieving justice. Our speaker this year is Ruth Walker Singh, who is a Preacher on the Methodist circuit in Milton Keynes and has family connections with, and regularly visits, Malaysia. In reflecting on injustices in Malaysian society we can also reflect on the injustices in our own society and the part we are challenged to play as Christians to further legal, political and social justice in our own context.

Please contact me if you would like to play a part in preparing for our service this year.
Wendy Arden wendy.ardern@btinternet.com

After the Advent break we are starting our Bible Study group in January next year. The theme is ‘Journeys of Paul’. All are welcome.

Dates: 10 and 24 January, and 7 and 21 February 2012

We hope to have a Lent Group soon after. For more information, please contact Ruby on 01908 587194.

Belgian Retreat

This is an advance notice for next year’s Belgian Retreat, which will take place from 23 to 30 June 2012. The theme will be ‘Christ’s Mystical Presence in his Saints and his Church’. It is a very friendly group and everyone is welcome. For further details please talk to Dorothy Goodhew on 01234 750752