Poppies cascade over cross thanks to community creators
First published on: 6th November 2024Groups across Beaconsfield worked together to create 8,000 poppies which form a cascade of the remembrance flower for commemorations in the town.
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Five new lay ministers licensed at celebration service
First published on: 5th November 2024Five new lay ministers from Buckinghamshire were licensed at a special service at Christ Church Cathedral on Saturday. Louise Cook, Grace Hunting, Alexander Rees, Geoffrey Strutt and Richard Smith will now be part of the ministry teams at their respective churches.
Bishop Tim announced as Bishop of Wolverhampton
First published on: 27th August 2024The King has approved the nomination of The Right Reverend Dr Timothy Wambunya, Vicar of St Paul’s, Slough, in the Diocese of Oxford, for nomination to the Suffragan See of Wolverhampton in the Diocese of Lichfield, in succession to Bishop Clive Gregory, following his retirement.
The Revd Canon David Meakin RIP
First published on: 8th August 2024Death of David Meakin
New deacons ordained at Christ Church Cathedral
First published on: 3rd July 2024Celebrations took place this weekend as 15 deacons were ordained at Christ Church Cathedral.
Revd receives honorary canon recognition for 35 years’ service
First published on: 3rd July 2024A moving evensong service took place at Christ Church Cathedral on Tuesday when the Revd David Meakin was installed as an Honorary Canon. The honour is in recognition of 35 years’ humble service in the Diocese of Oxford and the wider Church of England.
Nineteen deacons ordained priest
First published on: 25th June 2024Nineteen deacons were ordained priests at four services across the diocese this weekend. Services were held at Dorchester Abbey, St Mary’s Amersham, St Giles Church Oxford and Reading Minster.
Church delivers its 200,000th meal for those in need
First published on: 13th June 2024Set up in the pandemic to ensure exhausted medical staff had a decent meal at the end of a long day, Meals from Marlow has served its 200,000th meal.
First-ever Wycombe Youth weekender sees more than 100 youngsters camp out
First published on: 29th May 2024More than 100 young people from five churches in High Wycombe gathered at Latimer Hope in Chesham for a weekend of fun, faith and food.
High Wycombe children’s worker reaching more families than ever before
First published on: 29th May 2024Anxiety workshops for primary school children are just one way St Peter’s Church in Loudwater is reaching into the local community. Children’s worker Charlotte King, partly funded by the Diocese of Oxford Development Fund, has been able to develop several church-based ministries as well as increasing the church’s schools’ ministry.