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Chiltern Hills Academy celebrates after 'good' Ofsted report

First published on: 20th March 2013

Staff and pupils at the Chiltern Hills Academy are celebrating after the school was judged 'Good' in all categories in its first Ofsted report.

Sermons from the Holy Land

First published on: 19th March 2013

Sermons from the Holy Land. You can read here some of the sermons preached in the Holy Land on the diocesan pilgrimage.

Short report from diocesan synod

First published on: 19th March 2013

Short report from diocesan synod. Diocesan synod met in High Wycombe on Saturday 16 March.

400 year wait for new facilities

First published on: 18th March 2013

400 year wait for new facilities. Declaring the loo and kitchen officially open is the Revd Angela Mann.

A holy descent

First published on: 18th March 2013

A holy descent. IF you had been in Central Oxford and looked up on Saturday March 9 you could have had a bit of a surprise.

Easter Eggs-Plained

First published on: 18th March 2013

School children will be learning about the Easter story with an exciting initiative run by High Wycombe Youth for Christ.

'Hey good looking - welcome to St Mark's Dot Com'

First published on: 15th March 2013

This is the greeting that meets you on the homepage of the website of one of Milton Keynes's newest Christian communities.

Sounds of Salvation

First published on: 15th March 2013

A mass setting with a difference should get the congregation's legs kicking when a ska band provides the worship at Dorchester Abbey.

Church pledges to help farmers hit by livestock virus and heavy rains

First published on: 13th March 2013

The Diocese of Oxford pledges its support afresh to farmers hit by heavy rainfall and a virus that causes deformities in livestock.

Watch Les Miserables to learn of God's grace and redemption, says priest

First published on: 12th March 2013

Watching Academy Award-winner Les Miserables is an ideal way to learn of God's grace and mercy, says Ewelme priest.