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A new kind of church is coming to Woodley next month as St John’s the Evangelist launches Bubble Church, the first in our diocese!
Diocesan Synod met on Saturday 8 March at Didcot Civic Hall, with safeguarding and children’s and youth ministry topping the agenda.
The welcome of Bishop Dave as Bishop of Buckingham continued this weekend with his installation at Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford and a formal welcome from Milton Keynes at a civic service in the city.
As well as being a welcoming place for worship, St Mary’s Church in Iffley, is a place of heritage and beauty. The little changed Norman church building has become home to the Living Stones project where visitors and volunteers take part in art, music and historical events each year.
Hundreds of Berkshire well-wishers joined Bishop Mary as she delivered her first sermon as Bishop of Reading today.
It felt rather fitting that it was St David’s Day as Buckinghamshire people gathered to welcome their new bishop, the Rt Revd Dave Bull at All Saints, High Wycombe.
Bishop Mary Gregory and Bishop Dave Bull were consecrated as Bishop of Reading and Bishop of Buckingham, respectively, in a service led by the Archbishop of York at Canterbury Cathedral today.
We enjoyed welcoming Thomas Wärfman (Dean of Växjö Cathedral) and Mattias Östborg (Chair of the Växjö-Oxford Link Committee) to Oxford to celebrate our diocesan link with Växjö, which has been in place since 2003.
A schools chaplain in Witney is reaching teenaged girls in her community in a new way.
Bishop Gavin was among the guests welcoming His Royal Highness The Duke of Edingburgh to the Branch Trust in Chipping Norton last week.