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Open air Harvest celebration

Last Updated: 19th October 2016  |  First published on: 19th October 2016

Open air Harvest celebration. THIS was the second open-air Harvest Celebration organised by the churches in Langley in Berkshire.


Photographs from Bishop Steven's welcome service at All Saints, High Wycombe

Last Updated: 17th October 2016  |  First published on: 17th October 2016


Celebrations at Marsh Gibbon School

Last Updated: 5th October 2016  |  First published on: 5th October 2016

Celebrations at Marsh Gibbon School. THE children and staff of Marsh Gibbon CE School threw open the doors of their new classrooms last month ready for the official ribbon cutting by the Rt Revd Alan Wilson, the Bishop of Buckingham.


Refugee Briefing Paper

Last Updated: 5th October 2016  |  First published on: 5th October 2016

Refugee Briefing Paper. Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Oxford and Oxfordshire Briefing Paper 22 October 2015 The government has announced an expanded Syrian Vulnerable Person Scheme.


Abseiling for Adventure Plus

Last Updated: 27th September 2016  |  First published on: 27th September 2016

Abseiling for Adventure Plus. Morey starts his descent.


A safari with a difference

Last Updated: 27th September 2016  |  First published on: 27th September 2016

A safari with a difference. BATS swooping around the nave and chancel in response to Evensong vibrations in the summer inspired the churchwarden Wendy Osborn to organise a safari with a difference.


A stitch in time

Last Updated: 27th September 2016  |  First published on: 27th September 2016

A stitch in time. CONGREGATION members at St Nicholas Church, Kingsey in Buckinghamshire, have had a creative summer with an Artist in Residence project to renew their beautiful Victorian Easter Altar Frontal.


Bishop blesses new banners at Great Horwood

Last Updated: 27th September 2016  |  First published on: 27th September 2016

Bishop blesses new banners at Great Horwood. THE Bishop of Buckingham, the Rt Revd Alan Wilson blesses banners at Great Horwood CE School.


St George's leads the way in slaying the carbon dragon

Last Updated: 27th September 2016  |  First published on: 27th September 2016

St George's leads the way in slaying the carbon dragon. AFTER seven years of hard work St George the Martyr in Newbury is to become one of the first carbon neutral churches in the UK.


Leafield's Sue retires after 35 years

Last Updated: 27th September 2016  |  First published on: 27th September 2016

Leafield's Sue retires after 35 years. Sue Philcox as she retires after 35 years at Leafield.

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