Church at Home
Third Sunday of Easter
Sunday 18 April
Join us at 10am to worship together on the third Sunday of Easter. We are delighted that Revd Guy Elsmore, Archdeacon of Buckingham, will be presiding for us, with the Revd Will Pearson-Gee, Rector of Buckingham, preaching.
This week our Gospel passage shows the disciples reacting to the appearance of the Risen Christ – their fear and doubts are quelled by Christ’s words. In our passage from Acts, Peter addresses the crowd having healed a lame man: he explains what the power of God can do through his followers and offers the opportunity to repent. Together these readings show us what it means to follow Christ and to be Easter people.
How to participate:
- Streaming online from 10am Sunday
- An order of service will be available shortly
Other ways to participate
- Watch on YouTube or Vimeo
- Listen online from 10am
- Dial in from a telephone (see details below)
Additional resources
- Listen to the first episode of Come and Eat, Bishop Steven’s new podcast series
- Join a Wave of Prayer from Mothers’ Union as it flows over the Diocese of Oxford
For those unable to watch or listen online, dial 01865 920930 and, once connected, dial 0 for the full version of the service, or dial 1 a short version of the service. Standard call rates apply. There will be a few seconds of silence before the service starts.
Come and Eat
New series available now
Come and Eat is a new podcast series on Holy Communion, the profound, wonderful meal at the heart of our faith. It focuses on the Eucharist and on resetting our sacramental life as we face the months ahead, looking at different sections of John 6 and Jesus’ invitation to his disciples in John 21 to ‘come and eat.’
Listen online at Bishop Steven’s blog or search ‘Bishop Steven‘ wherever you get your podcasts.
Find the series on Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | Soundcloud
A transcript is also available on Bishop Steven’s blog.
Live streams from your local church
Churches across the Diocese are live streaming their events. Join a service or event wherever you are from one of over 700 churches in the Diocese of Oxford.
On demand
Live streamed services are available to view again at any time. Orders of service are available to view for each service.
Local radio
Our Bishops and clergy regularly talk about the Church response to the coronavirus crisis on our local BBC Radio stations. Listen to those interviews here. To request an interview, email communications@oxford.anglican.org
We are offering live streamed worship for the Diocese on Sundays and Holy Days in the coming months to complement what is offered by local churches. This Diocesan prayer and worship is designed to be sustainable over the long haul, collaborative, creative, accessible to all traditions, and reliable. We are prioritising, not competing with, local church streams. Our principal Diocesan services will be at 10am each Sunday.