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The Revd Clare Hayns, vicar of St Mary’s Church (Iffley, Rose Hill and Donnington), reflects on the first year of Messy Church and how the community taking part has grown with it.
Spending time on the river is a way of refreshing the soul for the Revd Mark Gould who makes waves at church and on the water.
The legacy of Elvis Presley lives on in Oxford in the most unlikely place – the pulpit of St. Michael at the North Gate Church, Cornmarket Street.
A forest church in Dorchester Abbey will celebrate the christening of one of its members a year on from the first service.
St Mary’s Church in Thatcham has come up with an unusual way of raising some of the funds needed to restore its 1865 organ. The instrument needs a complete refurbishment to ensure it can be played for generations to come.
A medieval window, which is one of the finest in the country, has been restored and blessed at All Saints Church North Moreton.
New research by the Bats in Churches partnership has found that half of all Church of England churches surveyed are home to bats. It is therefore thought that around 8,000 churches nationwide are home to bats.
The Revd Mark Nam has launched a campaign to create a memorial to the ‘Forgotten Army’ – thousands of Chinese Labour Corps who fought during the First World War.
Churches around the diocese have been creating poppy displays to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
As part of its mission to strengthen democracy and civil society in general, Citizens Milton Keynes gathered a number of civic leaders to encourage them to work together and further build the alliance of civic institutions across the city.