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To mark Remembrance Sunday, All Saints’ Church, Ascot Heath launched an initiative to get members of the church knitting or crocheting poppies to form a display.
At least 60 people from across Thames Valley Citizens gathered in Oxford on Thursday 24 October to hear experiences and barriers facing those who’ve recently migrated to the UK, celebrate the progress in local migration justice campaigns, and join with Citizens UK’s national campaign to ensure the UK’s pathway to citizenship is timely, affordable, and fair.
Statement in response to the Makin review, and the Archbishop of Canterbury's resignation, by the Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Revd Dr Steven Croft:
Statement from Diocese of Oxford in response to the John Smyth review.
Work to grow ministry with children, families and young people were at the forefront of the latest round of Development Fund grants from the Diocese of Oxford.
Clergy comings and goings in the Diocese of Oxford: July to September 2024
Groups across Beaconsfield worked together to create 8,000 poppies which form a cascade of the remembrance flower for commemorations in the town.
Five new lay ministers from Buckinghamshire were licensed at a special service at Christ Church Cathedral on Saturday. Louise Cook, Grace Hunting, Alexander Rees, Geoffrey Strutt and Richard Smith will now be part of the ministry teams at their respective churches.
Over 70 people gathered on 17 October for the inaugural Oxford Estates Ministry conference at Reading Gateway Church.
For more than two years, every Wednesday a church in Oxford has opened its doors to Ukrainian refugees. Over that time more than 400 people have received the kindness of the volunteers at the Ukrainian Friendship Centre.