Bromham Benefice:
Bromham, Oakley and Stagsden Churches Welcome You
Welcome to Bromham Benefice website!
The Benefice is made up of three rural parishes to the west of Bedford – Bromham, Oakley and Stagsden. Our three beautiful and ancient churches have been part of their communities for hundreds of years, and continue to provide a focus for Christian worship, growth and outreach.
We would love to welcome you to any of our services or events, so do come and get to know us; and please get in touch if you need more information about anything on this website, or you have a specific question.
If you wish to visit one of our churches outside service times please contact the relevant churchwarden or our Administrator who can arrange access (all churches are kept locked), please see our Who’s Who page for contact details.
Services in the next two weeks
We welcome people from all our villages to each service: we join together as one congregation, travelling to worship in different church buildings. Our 10.30am service is live-streamed most Sundays via Zoom. Visit the Services page for more information about services in church and also for the Zoom link and phone numbers.
Services for Holy Week
Mon March 25th
3.00pm Holy Communion and Stations of the Cross- St Mary’s Oakley
Tues March 26th
11.30am Holy Communion – St Owen’s Bromham, followed by a light lunch
Thurs March 28th- Maundy Thursday
6.30pm – Maundy Thursday meal with Holy Communion, followed by the Watch- St Owen’s Bromham
Fri March 29th – Good Friday
2.00pm- Good Friday Service- St Owen’s Bromham
2.00pm- Good Friday Service with Communion- St Mary’s Oakley
Sun March 31st- Easter Sunday
10.30am All Age Easter Communion Service with Egg Hunt- St Mary’s Oakley
10.30am All Age Easter Communion Service with Egg Hunt- St Owen’s Bromham*
4.00pm Easter Songs of Praise- St Leonard’s Stagsden (church open from 3pm for Children’s Crafts and refreshments)
Tues April 2nd
11.30am Holy Communion – St Owen’s Bromham, followed by a light lunch
Sun April 7th
9.00am Holy Communion- St Mary’s Oakley
10.30am Holy Communion- St Owen’s Bromham
*these services are live streamed
Safeguarding
We take the care and well-being of all our members very seriously. Our benefice safeguarding co-ordinator is Judith Denyer and she can be reached on safeguarding@bromhambenefice.org or 07981 928522.
Read our Benefice Safeguarding statement.
Read our privacy policy
Holy Week & Easter
We have a host of services during Holy Week- all the details are on our Services page.
On Good Friday we are also running our Children’s Craft and Churchyard Trail in St Owen’s between 10am and 12noon- details on our News page.
On Easter Sunday we are holding family friendly services in all three churches, 10.30am in Oakley and Bromham and 4pm in Stagsden. Stagsden church will be open from 3pm for Children’s Crafts and Trail and refreshments.
The on Easter Monday why not pop down to our Open church in Bromham between 12noon and 4pm- your can view our Easter flower displays, have a light lunch or a slice of cake (or both!) and browse our stalls.