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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.

Grub's Up

First published on: 11th March 2013

Four speakers on how food is a gift from God and what that means to them at the launch of Food Matters.