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Saturday 9 March saw over 70 members of the Oxford Diocesan Synod join together for their first meeting of 2024.
March 2024 marks the 30th anniversary of women ordained as priests in the Church of England. The Ven Christine Allsopp was one of the first women ordained in the diocese at Reading Minster.
An opportunity for rural churches to develop their existing missional activities taking next steps towards growth opened with the launch of a rural missional learning community in Aylesbury deanery.
A bellringer at Shiplake has retired as Tower Captain after almost 50 years' service.
The Church of England’s General Synod has publicly affirmed the place of work as a key component in 'human flourishing' in an era when Artificial Intelligence is driving a “new fast moving industrial revolution”.
Waterways Chaplain Helen Walker is one of 120 volunteer lay ministers who care for the ‘boaters’ who use the UK’s network of canals.
The re-opening of a church hall to support those in need in Windsor has seen the Holy Trinity church’s mission come full circle.
From meeting in the vicar’s lounge to a weekly congregation or 80 of more, Church on Berryfields has gone from strength to strength over the past 10 years.
The Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Revd Dr Steven Croft, has announced with great sadness the unexpected death of his colleague, the Rt Revd Dr Alan Wilson, Bishop of Buckingham.
A new art installation at Dorchester Abbey invites visitors to step into a prison cell for three minutes.