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Girls wanted for a new choir. OXFORD'S Merton College is setting up a new choir for girls from the city and the surrounding area.
Reading Churches celebrate a half marathon. by Vernon Orr ALTHOUGH many can't get to church with the road closures and many churches cancel their services, lots of Reading churches took to the streets to cheer on and serve the runners and the crowds at the annual half marathon in April.
Welcome Award at St Mary's. THE Rt Revd Alan Wilson, the Bishop of Buckingham, presents a Welcome Award at St Mary's, Church in Radnage.
24-7 prayer can transform your church. In the run-up to Thy Kingdom Come, the week of prayer called for by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, an encouraging number of churches are considering hosting 24-7 prayer rooms, many for the first time.
Response to the sentencing of the Revd Peter Jarvis. THE Bishop of Reading, the Rt Revd Andrew Proud, said: "The Revd Peter Jarvis has been sentenced today to 15 months' imprisonment as a result of his conviction of child sexual offences.
Almost 1,600 homes were still being built when St Edburg's CofE School opened its super-modern new building on the Kingsmere Estate in Bicester.
Anniversary celebration for Buckinghamshire charity. EDUCATION was brought for the first time to 500 children in Pakistan thanks to the work of Buckinghamshire based charity, Rope.
A famous resident. A MENTOR of George Orwell who is credited with ushering in a new brand of liberal journalism will be commemorated in an event at All Saint's Church, Sutton Courtenay this month.
An egg for every child. THE congregations in Woodstock and Bladon have clubbed together to buy a Real Easter Egg for every primary school child in the villages.
Rosemary Prior will be 90 this year and has recently stood down after 20 years as Secretary to the Didcot St John's Guild.