Pilgrimage to Taizé
First published on: 31st August 2022Bishop Olivia reflects on her week at Taizé in August with a group of young people from the diocese.
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Bishop Olivia reflects on her week at Taizé in August with a group of young people from the diocese.
Young people from across Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire gather for fun and friendship at the diocesan youth weekend.
On Tuesday 5 July, Bishop Steven joined clergy, lay leaders and school children in the Oxford Deanery.
Bishop Steven spends an afternoon with clergy in the Abingdon Deanery, visiting two youth work charities and joining lay leaders for an evening of conversation.
An after-school club for local families in Henley-on-Thames was funded by a grant from the Development Fund.
During the pandemic, the Toddler Drop-In ministry team at St John the Baptist kept in touch with local families via weekly doorstep conversations.
Over the last few months, four different Greenhouses have been launched to support the growth of new worshipping communities.
With the support of the Development Fund, St Barnabas, Oxford, establishes a youth choir to boost engagement with young people.
Knife crime stories continue to hit our news headlines on an almost daily basis but what can the church do to help?
Samantha Hill started an intergenerational forest church group in her home village of Alvescot in the Cotswolds.