Community rallies to restore church building
First published on: 8th May 2024Some congregations faced with the challenge of raising £120,000 to save their church might have given up before they even started. Not St Helen’s in Dry Sandford!
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Church designs labyrinth space for people to find God
First published on: 2nd May 2024In the churchyard at Holy Trinity, Prestwood there was a small, secluded area that was in need of something – something to make the area intentionally prayerful.
'God kept tugging at my sleeve' - Joan's story
First published on: 2nd May 2024Working at the Taizé Community in France in her mid-20s started Joan's journey to being part of the first cohort of women to be ordained priest in 1994.
Church welcomes its first 'happy champers'
First published on: 11th April 2024St Leonard’s in Watlington has become the first church in Oxfordshire to welcome ‘champers’ for a night’s stay. Church camping – champing – has become popular for guests looking for an unusual place to stay, in a beautiful setting.
Royal Maundy money presented to community servants
First published on: 28th March 2024Three people from the diocese will receive Maundy money at a special Royal Maundy service at Worcester Cathedral.
Nature at the heart of making and praising church group
First published on: 20th March 2024A lesson on the birds and the bees helped support environmental charity A Rocha UK, at a children’s church group in Great Missenden.
Warm meals on two wheels
First published on: 20th March 2024From the Hairy Bikers to the curry bikers! Two volunteers from a church in Botley have got on their bicycles to deliver hot food to those in need in Oxford.
‘We’re here to look after boaters on the canal’
First published on: 28th February 2024Waterways Chaplain Helen Walker is one of 120 volunteer lay ministers who care for the ‘boaters’ who use the UK’s network of canals.
History repeats itself as church reaches those in need
First published on: 22nd February 2024The re-opening of a church hall to support those in need in Windsor has seen the Holy Trinity church’s mission come full circle.
Friends stitched together to make light quilt
First published on: 8th February 2024A group of Ducklington church crafters, including asylum seekers living locally, have come together to produce a quilt for Candlemas.