First grants from new Development Fund to help local churches
First published on: 14th May 2021Mission projects in churches across the Diocese of Oxford are set to benefit from £3m worth of grants over three years.
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Mission projects in churches across the Diocese of Oxford are set to benefit from £3m worth of grants over three years.
Using £700 from the Development Fund, St Michael's, Horton has bought a metal cupboard and stocked it with tinned food.
New loo and kitchenette for St Mary's. A new kitchenette and toilet are transforming the hospitality opportunities at St Mary's, Ashbury.
A church community garden is providing a multitude of benefits on one of the Diocese's most deprived estates.
Award-winning parish magazine with a circulation that's risen from 1,000 to 6,000 benefits from a Development Fund grant.
"Cheeky" was the word used by the Revd Ben Thorpe in his application for a £2,000 Development Fund grant for a laptop.
Fifteen churches across the diocese awarded grants as part of round four of the Development Fund.
St Mary's Church in Banbury has been awarded c.£90,000 over three years to help support a stipendiary Chaplain for the Arts.
We check back in with St Mark's in Milton Keynes to find out how their Development Fund grant has affected their work.
Growing new congregations is for every type of parish tradition, size and location within the Diocese of Oxford.