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The latest news and features from the Diocese of Oxford. To contact the press office, please call 01865 208 277 (out of hours 07880 716761) or email communications@oxford.anglican.org.

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Dazzle festival enriches Reading

First published on: 15th May 2019

EAST Reading has been dazzled by an innovative 10-day Festival of community, imagination and ideas run by St John & St Stephen's Church in Newtown.


Congratulations to Churchmead's James

First published on: 15th May 2019

Congratulations to Churchmead's James. CONGRATULATIONS to James Copley (right), a Year 12 student from Churchmead CE School in Datchet, Berkshire.


Church volunteer named Twyford Citizen of the Year 2017

First published on: 15th May 2019

Church volunteer named Twyford Citizen of the Year 2017. JENNY Hay, who worships at St James, Ruscombe, was awarded Twyford Parish Council Citizen of the Year 2017.


Church repair project unites a village

First published on: 15th May 2019

Church repair project unites a village. A £750,000 church repair project has united a community and seen a congregation grow in the Berkshire village of Binfield.


Churches working in partnership on the environment

First published on: 15th May 2019

Partnering with other people in care for creation can be an important part of a church's witness and outreach.


Children get reflective with Prayer Spaces for Schools

First published on: 15th May 2019

INTERACTIVE prayer spaces gave children at Leafield CE Primary School in West Oxfordshire the chance to take time out, reflect and pray towards the end of the summer term.


The Channel and back again charity swim

First published on: 15th May 2019

The Channel and back again charity swim. A TEAM of swimmers from St John the Baptist Church in Cookham Dean challenged themselves to swim the distance of the Channel and back for charity.


Blessing a new building project

First published on: 15th May 2019

On Sunday 16th July Bishop Steven came to The Church of the Holy Spirit, Bedgrove, Aylesbury to bless a new building project.


Bishop Steven joins faith meeting to condemn Finsbury Mosque attack

First published on: 15th May 2019

Bishop Steven joins faith meeting to condemn Finsbury Mosque attack. MORE than 60 people of all faiths and none joined together in solidarity at Oxford's Central Mosque today.


Bishop considers the appliance of science

First published on: 15th May 2019

CHRISTIANS must think seriously about the implications of developments in artificial intelligence (AI).That is the message from the Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Revd Dr Steven Croft, as he joins the Government's Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence. AI is a relatively new field where machines develop some of the qualities of the human mind.

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