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Adventure Plus: Calling all artists

Adventure Plus (A+) needs your help… our theme for this year’s Total Adventure holidays is ‘Treasure’ and we need a ‘pirate back drop’ for our stage! Materials can be provided, as well as the space to be creative. If you think this is something you could help us with please call or email: ta@adventureplus.org.uk or 01993 703308 …

Grenfell Tower

We shall be taking a special collection on Sunday 18 and 25 June to support the work of local churches in Kensington towards the relief of the victims of the disastrous fire. We are in contact with St Helen’s, North Kensington and plan to contribute to their work. “During a severe ordeal of affliction, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have…

Ladies’ Away Day 2017

Very many thanks to Angela Williams for organising another very enjoyable and relaxing Ladies’ Away Day .  Many thanks also to the very talented Jessica Parker and Jill Allen. You can view the pictures from the day here.

Ducklington Bell-Ringers triumph!

At Tackley, on Saturday 10th June 2017, Ducklington Bell-ringers beat off the competition in a field of five, to win the Call-Changes section of the Witney & Woodstock Branch of the Oxford Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers striking competition. They were narrowly pipped at the post in the Method Ringing competition by North Leigh, who beat them by just half a…

A letter from Bishop Steven

  Letter from Bishop Steven, 6 June 2017 A letter to the Diocese of Oxford Dear Friends At Pentecost, God poured out the Holy Spirit on the early Church. The Spirit changes everything and helps us to become more like Jesus Christ.  The Spirit equips and empowers us for God’s mission in every age.  The Spirit helps us to be salt and…

London Bridge – a message from The Archbishop of Canterbury

After the horrifying events in London last night, churches around Britain today have been praying for the wounded and bereaved as they face such profound pain and struggle. This morning in Folkestone, in one of the final services of Thy Kingdom Come, the sense of people praying, grieving and standing with the people of London was tangible. The terrorists want to divide…

New North door

With many thanks to the skills of the Fabric Committee, led by Roger Barnes, and the craftsmen from F C Harriss, HeartWood Furniture and Millhouse Construction – they have created and installed a beautiful new glazed North Door and beautiful hand rails. ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″]