Page 75 - Phonebox Magazine August 2011

Combined Churches of Olney
The Churches of Olney - your invitation
The Christian Churches of Olney celebrate their common faith, and express their worship with refreshing diversity, from contemporary to traditional approaches, and thought provoking Bible teaching. Come along - we'd love to get to know you.
More information is available from each Church, their leaders and websites.
Olney Baptist Church
Countdown to Holiday Bible Club!
This year the ever popular Holiday Bible Club will be taking place between Monday 8th and Friday 12th of August, from 9.30-12 noon each morning. It is organised by the Combined Churches of Olney and is free of charge. For more details go to www.olneybaptist.org.uk/hbc.html
The theme will be ‘Rocky Rapids’ picking up the idea that life is like a journey - sometimes rough going and sometimes smooth sailing - but with Jesus as our guide we will find the right way. It is bound to be lots of fun and lots to think about, we hope to see you – make sure you register!
For more information or enquiries contact: hilary@holidaybibleclubolney.co.uk
Summer groups
Summer sees some of our regular groups have a holiday break too! But if you fancy something a little different, why not come along to the Baptist Church from 8-9pm on Wednesday July 27th, August 17th, 24th or 31st where we will be having some ‘one off’ Bible studies on some of our favourite Psalms – you’d be very welcome and there’s no prior knowledge required. For more information contact Ian Field (details in the ‘welcome’ box on this page).
St Peter and St Paul
The Church of St Peter and St Paul Olney is one of 15 churches out of 815 in the Diocese of Oxford that has been chosen as a pilgrim church in this year’s “Thinking Pilgrimage” campaign. The Bishop of Oxford, the Right Rev John Pritchard, will be in the church at 9.30 a.m. on Monday 8 August, to pray with walkers, riders, sightseers and any others who would like a “pilgrimage” around the church. Many lovely walks, some under a mile, some several miles, end at the church, which is associated with John Newton (who wrote “Amazing Grace”), the hymn writer and poet William Cowper, Henry John Gauntlett who wrote the music for “Once in Royal David’s City” and the biblical commentator, Thomas Scott.
Welcome to our Services:
Olney Baptist Church:
High St. (opposite the Market Square) Rev Ian Field 713880
10.30am Family Worship
6pm Evening service www.olneybaptist.org.uk
Cowper Memorial URC:
Mrs Brenda Hustwait (01933) 222708 Sunday Morning at 10.45am Communion on first Sunday of month www.cowperurc.org.uk
SS Peter & Paul:
Sunday worship at 10am every week with Communion on 1st, 3rd and 4th Sundays, and Evensong at 5pm More at www.olneyparish.org.uk Reverend Claire Wood 713308
The Catholic Church of Our Lady Help of Christians and St Lawrence:
Father Malcolm Bull and Church administrator, Sister Rita Scott 711212 Saturday Mass at 6.30pm
Sunday: Mass at 10.30am Benediction 4 - 5 pm at the Convent
William Wordsworth
Another street in Newport Pagnell named after a famous poet is Wordsworth Avenue, William Wordsworth is famous for a wide collection of poetry, and his strong love for nature, which is reflected through many of his poems such as ‘Daffodils’.
William Wordsworth was born on 7 April 1770 in Cockermouth, Cumberland, in the Lake District. Wordsworth attended Cambridge University where he took his B.A. in 1791. Eventually in 1843 he succeeded Robert Southey as England's poet laureate. He married Mary Hutchinson in 1802 and they had 4 children, two of which unfortunately died within a year. Wordsworth died on April 23, 1850.
"Daffodils" (1804)
I wander'd lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the Milky Way,
They stretch'd in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed -- and gazed -- but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought: For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils. F.J.
Phonebox Magazine 75