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  • Special guest for ordination anniversary

    AS the Door was going to press the Cowley deanery was set to receive a visit from a prestigious visitor. The Rt Revd and Rt Hon Lord Williams of Oystermouth (the former Archbishop of Canterbury) was due to be the key note speaker at the 60th anniversary of the ordination of the Revd James Cocke, More

  • God in the Life Of Nicola Blackwood

    Nicola Blackwood MP tells Jo Duckles about her Christian faith and how it influenced her journey as she unexpectedly swapped a world of music for the House of Commons.

  • Increase in weekly church attendance

    THE number of churchgoers in Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire has increased, statistics have revealed.

  • The first Chilterns Church’s Festival

    EVENTS from a flower festival to An Evening With CS Lewis will be part of the first Chilterns Churches Festival later this month. The event was inspired by the success of previous festivals, which have seen churches across the Cotswolds putting on events to attract people inside. The Chilterns festival follows a similar format, with More

  • Fairly sculpted

    Pupils and teachers from St Nicholas CE Primary School, Oxford, show off their creations after they celebrated Fairtrade Fortnight by using Fairtrade wrappers to make a range of sculptures. Photo by KT Bruce. 

  • ‘A parish priest at heart’

    “Woe unto me if I preach not the Gospel.” That was the motto of the London College of Divinity where the Ven. Norman Russell prepared for ordination and studied for a degree in theology before he was ordained in 1970. Prior to that he read Mechanical Sciences and then Economics at Churchill College, Cambridge before More

  • Hope in a barren land

    AS a Youth and Student Intern for Christian Aid I was lucky enough to witness the work of Dabane Trust first-hand, writes Chris Bright. I met 47-year-old Skha,  who lives in a community that has been working closely with Dabane Trust to build a sand dam, which is used to trap water deep within the More

  • Building dams in the hot sun

    As the UK attempts to recover from the devastating effects of flooding and freezing temperatures, Thelma Ntini tells Jo Duckles how she is working hard to bring vital water supplies to rural areas of Zimbabwe where there has not been heavy rainfall in a decade.

  • God in the life of Steve Johnson

    Steve Johnson tells Jo Duckles how a heart breaking experience of poverty in a Kenyan slum set him on his journey working as a Regional Co-ordinator for Christian Aid. Steve experienced a strong sense of justice at an early age when his church youth group got involved in projects around the plight of street children More