Diary for
February
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29 |
SUNDAY
8.00 am 10.15 am
12.30 pm 4.00 pm |
PATRONAL FESTIVAL SUNDAY/ FOURTH SUNDAY OF EPIPHANY Said Eucharist (BCP) Procession, Festival Eucharist & Address Preacher Rt Rev’d Norman Banks Parish Lunch Choral Evensong & Procession (no sermon) |
All Christie House residents |
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30 |
Monday 7.30 am 8.00 am 7.30 pm |
CHARLES, King and Martyr 1649 Eucharist Morning Prayer Bell ringing Practice (Tower) |
Queen Elizabeth, Defender of the Faith |
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31 |
Tuesday 1.10 pm 7.00 pm 8.00 pm |
John Bosco, Priest, founder of the Salesian Teaching Order 1888 Concert; Christian Dawson - Eucharist Cantamus (Vestry) |
The Royal Family |
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1 |
Wednesday 10.00 am
10.30 am 12.00 12.45 pm 7.30 pm 7.30 pm |
Brigid, Abbess of Kildare c525 Eucharist at Harpur House Eucharist at St Margaret’s Eucharist at Milton Lodge Eucharist Fellowship Lunch (Vestry) Bedford Deanery synod (St Michaels) BeChar AGM (Prebend St Day Centre) |
Church in Ireland |
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2 |
Thursday 7.30 am 8.00 am 11.00 am |
PRESENTATION OF CHRIST IN THE TEMPLE (CANDLEMAS) Eucharist Morning Prayer Eucharist at Darell Jeffreys House |
Thanks for Christ, the Light of the World |
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3 |
Friday
9.30 am 7.30 pm |
Anskar, Archbishop of Hamburg, Missionary in Denmark and Sweden, 865 Eucharist Choir Practice (Vestry) |
The Lutheran Church |
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4 |
Saturday 9.30 am 10.00- |
Gilbert of Sempringham, Founder of the Gilbertine Order 1189 Eucharist Refreshments served throughout the day (Narthex) |
Religious Orders |
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5 |
SUNDAY 8.00 am 10.15 am 3.00 pm
6.30 pm |
CANDLEMAS THIRD SUNDAY BEFORE LENT Said Eucharist (BCP) Choral Eucharist & Address with Procession to the Crib Service of Thanksgiving to celebrate Service and Retirement of Sir Samuel Whitbread and dedication of the Organ Preacher The Bishop of St Albans. Evening Prayer (said) |
All who minister today |
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6 |
Monday
7.30 am 8.00 am 7.30 pm |
Martyrs of Japan 1597 Accession of Queen Elizabeth II Eucharist Morning Prayer Bell ringing Practice (Tower) |
The Queen, thanks for 60 years of dedication |
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7 |
Tuesday 1.10 pm 7.00 pm |
Lunchtime Concert Bel Canto—Choir Eucharist |
God's protection |
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8 |
Wednesday 10.00 am 12.00 |
Eucharist at Lillibet Lodge Eucharist |
Reverence in worship |
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9 |
Thursday 7.30 am 8.00 am 11.00 am |
Eucharist Morning Prayer Bedford Town Centre Churches Meeting (Vestry) |
Church unity |
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10 |
Friday 9.30 am 7.30 pm |
Scholastica, sister of Benedict, Abbess of Plombariola c543 Eucharist, MU Corporate Choir Practice (Vestry) |
All who physically suffer |
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11 |
Saturday 9.30 am 10.00- 7.30 pm |
Eucharist Refreshments served throughout the day (Narthex) 12 Days of Christmas Party (Nave) |
Thanks for Our Lady |
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12 |
SUNDAY 8.00 am 10.15 am 11.45 am 6.30 pm |
SECOND SUNDAY BEFORE LENT Said Eucharist (BCP) Eucharist & Address Serbian Liturgy Choral Evensong |
Readers of scripture |
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13 |
Monday 7.30 am 8.00 am 7.30 pm |
Eucharist Morning Prayer Bell ringing Practice (Tower) |
God's guidance |
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14 |
Tuesday 1.10 pm 7.00 pm |
Cyril and Methodius, Missionaries to the Slavs, 869 & 885 Lunchtime Concert; Ian Runnells - Eucharist |
The Church in Europe |
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15 |
Wednesday
10.30 am 12.00 |
Sigrid, Bishop, Apostle of Sweden, 1045, Thomas Bray, Priest, founder of the SPCK and SPG 170 Eucharist at Dial House Eucharist |
For wisdom in decisions |
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16 |
Thursday 7.30 am 8.00 am 8.00 pm |
Eucharist Morning Prayer Finance Committee (Vestry) |
Bedford faith communities |
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17 |
Friday 9.30 am 7.30 pm |
Janani Luwum, Archbishop of Uganda, Martyr 1977 Eucharist Choir Practice (Vestry) |
Persecuted Christians |
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18 |
Saturday 9.30 am 10.00- |
Eucharist Refreshments served throughout the day (Narthex) |
Visitors to St Paul's |
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19 |
SUNDAY 8.00 am 10.15 am 6.30 pm |
SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE LENT Said Eucharist (BCP) Parish Eucharist & Address Informal Evening Worship |
Preparing for Lent |
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20 |
Monday 7.30 am 8.00 am 7.30 pm |
Eucharist Morning Prayer Bell ringing Practice (Tower) |
Peace and reconcilliation |
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21 |
Tuesday 1.10 pm 7.00 pm |
Lunchtime Concert; Mathew McCombie - Eucharist (Walsingham Cell) |
All penitents |
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22 |
Wednesday 11.00 am 12.00 7.30 pm |
ASH WEDNESDAY Eucharist at Christie House Eucharist and Imposition of Ashes Parish Eucharist and Imposition of Ashes |
For true repentance |
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23 |
Thursday 7.30 am 8.00 am |
Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, Martyr c155 Eucharist Morning Prayer |
Faithful witness |
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24 |
Friday 9.30 am 7.30 pm |
Eucharist Choir Practice (Vestry) |
The bereaved |
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25 |
Saturday 9.30 am 10.00- |
FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT Eucharist Refreshments served throughout the day (Narthex) |
Ministry of hospitality |
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26 |
SUNDAY 8.00 am 10.15 am 6.30 pm |
George Herbert, Priest, Poet 1633 Said Eucharist (BCP) Parish Eucharist & Address Choral Evensong |
Grace in times of testing |
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27 |
Monday 7.30 am 8.00 am 7.30 pm |
Eucharist Morning Prayer Bell ringing Practice (Tower) |
Christian poets |
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28 |
Tuesday 1.10 pm 7.00 pm |
Lunchtime Concert; Martin Hughes - Eucharist & laying on of hands for healing |
Lent Courses |
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29 |
Wednesday 10.00 am 12 |
Eucharist at Oasis Eucharist |
Ordinands |