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All things that clip and clop. About 50 members of the Forest Edge Benefice descended on Turley Farm near Hailey, for the annual Rogation Sunday Service.
A parish priest at heart'. "Woe unto me if I preach not the Gospel.
Archbishop pays tribute to Queen. The Archbishop of Canterbury paid tribute to the Queen's 60 years of public service at a special service at Westminster Abbey on 4 June.
GOD'S gift of manna provided the backdrop to this international festival. So did continuing conflict in Syria, the Eurozone crisis and the threat from extremist groups. Nine people from this diocese and a similar number from our twin diocese of Växjö were among 120,000 participants in the five day event in Hamburg.
The Bishop's garden at 27 Linton Road, Oxford, OX2 6UL will be open for charity under the National Garden Scheme on Sunday 30th June from 2 - 5 p.m. This is a joint opening together with the garden at 13 Belbroughton Road, and admission for the combined gardens is £3.50, children free. There will be refreshments for sale at the Bishop's House, in aid of our link diocese of Kimberley and Kuruman. Both are lovely gardens and are well worth a visit. It will be the last time that the Bishop's garden will be open to the public under the NGS, so do come!
MEMBERS of Holy Trinity, Headington are finalising the details of a Jubilee Festival to commemorate their most famous former parishioner.
IN his new book, Living Faithfully, Bishop John goes back to basics to consider what it means to follow Jesus in the 21st Century.
As the UK attempts to recover from the devastating effects of flooding and freezing temperatures, Thelma Ntini is working hard to bring vital water supplies to rural areas of Zimbabwe where there has not been heavy rainfall in a decade.
MEMBERS of St Mary's, Charlbury have been awarded the first Diocesan Youth and Child Friendly Church Award. The two-tier award scheme was launched last year by Yvonne Morris, diocesan children's adviser and Ian Macdonald, diocesan youth adviser.
CONGRATULATIONS to our Diocesan Registrar the Revd Canon John Rees who was named Times Lawyer of the Week shortly before playing a major role in the enthronement of Justin Welby as Archbishop of Canterbury.