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New Churchyard entrance – thanks!

Grateful thanks to Peter Cocks for arranging for Smiths to provide the stone as part of their community programme, to make the entrance better draining. Peter also dug out the existing ground and laid the reinforced mesh. Thank you, Peter for a great job tidying up the entrance to our churchyard

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…