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.
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Church congregations continue to grow
First published on: 22nd May 2024Church attendance across the Diocese of Oxford, which includes Buckinghamshire, has continued to grow in the last year, mirroring figures which were released by the Church of England earlier this week.
Encouraging and inspiring youth faith
First published on: 8th May 2024A youth worker in a Reading parish is having a significant impact in the lives of young people attending church and is reaching into the wider community, supporting knife crime prevention projects.
New courses to help parishes reach more people
First published on: 8th May 2024Parishes in the diocese now have access to more support as they seek to look outwards and grow engagement with their wider community, as part of everyday ministry.
More support for children and families in Princes Risborough
First published on: 17th April 2024Reaching out to support children, young people and families is now a reality for Princes Risborough thanks to a grant from the Diocese of Oxford Development Fund.
New choir hopes to hit right note with local community
First published on: 10th April 2024A new junior choir at a Wheatley church is just one of the 14 church projects funded by the latest round of grants from the diocese Development Fund.
Nature at the heart of making and praising church group
First published on: 20th March 2024A lesson on the birds and the bees helped support environmental charity A Rocha UK, at a children’s church group in Great Missenden.
Church pops up to provide a restful place for families
First published on: 14th March 2024Rest, rejuvenate and replenish your body and soul – that’s the ethos behind the new pop-up children’s café at St Andrew’s, Clewer.
Helping rural churches grow
First published on: 6th March 2024An opportunity for rural churches to develop their existing missional activities taking next steps towards growth opened with the launch of a rural missional learning community in Aylesbury deanery.
‘We’re here to look after boaters on the canal’
First published on: 28th February 2024Waterways Chaplain Helen Walker is one of 120 volunteer lay ministers who care for the ‘boaters’ who use the UK’s network of canals.