Arts Festival celebrating 200 years of St Mary's, Banbury
First published on: 28th March 2022A seven-month arts festival at St Mary's, Banbury, will showcase the best of local art and creativity.
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A seven-month arts festival at St Mary's, Banbury, will showcase the best of local art and creativity.
With the help of a Development Fund grant, St Matthews Church in Oxford and the local community have brought a play to life.
With the support of the Development Fund, St Barnabas, Oxford, establishes a youth choir to boost engagement with young people.
Nine parishes receive a Development Fund grant to support social action, new congregations and building projects.
The congregation at All Saints' Church, Marlow is celebrating after a £170,000 project has provided massively improved facilities.
Growing new congregations is for every type of parish tradition, size and location within the Diocese of Oxford.
We check back in with St Mark's in Milton Keynes to find out how their Development Fund grant has affected their work.
Fifteen churches across the diocese awarded grants as part of round four of the Development Fund.
St Mary's Church in Banbury has been awarded c.£90,000 over three years to help support a stipendiary Chaplain for the Arts.
"Cheeky" was the word used by the Revd Ben Thorpe in his application for a £2,000 Development Fund grant for a laptop.