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Church repair project unites a village

First published on: 15th May 2019

Church repair project unites a village. A £750,000 church repair project has united a community and seen a congregation grow in the Berkshire village of Binfield.

Church volunteer named Twyford Citizen of the Year 2017

First published on: 15th May 2019

Church volunteer named Twyford Citizen of the Year 2017. JENNY Hay, who worships at St James, Ruscombe, was awarded Twyford Parish Council Citizen of the Year 2017.

Congratulations to Churchmead's James

First published on: 15th May 2019

Congratulations to Churchmead's James. CONGRATULATIONS to James Copley (right), a Year 12 student from Churchmead CE School in Datchet, Berkshire.

Dazzle festival enriches Reading

First published on: 15th May 2019

EAST Reading has been dazzled by an innovative 10-day Festival of community, imagination and ideas run by St John & St Stephen's Church in Newtown.

Debt charity helps 150 people in three years

First published on: 15th May 2019

Debt charity helps 150 people in three years. A FREE debt counselling service is celebrating helping over 150 Oxfordshire people to manage their debts since it opened three years ago.

Demand on chaplaincies sparks call for volunteers

First published on: 15th May 2019

Volunteers are sought to help hospital chaplaincies with an increased demand to support patients and their relatives.

Diocesan Canon Precentor : The Revd Dr Grant Bayliss

First published on: 15th May 2019

Christ Church and the Diocese of Oxford are delighted to announce the appointment of The Revd Dr Grant Bayliss as Diocesan Canon Precentor.

Mayors and Chairs at Dorchester Abbey

First published on: 15th May 2019

Mayors and Chairs at Dorchester Abbey. The Rt Revd Colin Fletcher and the Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire, Tim Stevenson, hosted an evening at Dorchester Abbey this week with the newly elected Mayors and Chairs from the Dorchester Archdeaconry.

Is the Earth an election priority?

First published on: 15th May 2019

Care for creation isn't a partisan concern: whether we're left, right, or centre, we depend on the earth, and its flourishing is essential to ours.

First four-footed fellowship in Moulsoe

First published on: 15th May 2019

First four-footed fellowship in Moulsoe. ANIMALS of all shapes and sizes joined in worship at St Mary's, Moulsoe's first ever pet service.