Those of you who have been to St Giles’ recently will have seen the brand new path which has been laid in the churchyard. This is part of a long standing desire by the PCC to improve access to the…
Lent Series: At the Foot of the Cross
Thursdays during the Season of Lent in the restored Chancel of All Saints’, Cuddesdon at 8 pm with 45 minute talk followed by discussion and concluding with Compline by candlelight. 8th March At the Foot of the Cross with…
Beatitude Sermon Series: Blessed are the Meek
Sermon preached by Canon Edmund Newey, Sub Dean of Christ Church, Oxford on Sunday 4th March at the Benefice Service in St Giles’, Horspath. Readings: Zephaniah 3:8-13, Matthew 11:25-30 ‘Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.’ In…
Transfigured by Light
Sermon preached by Rev’d Dr Emma Pennington at St Giles, Horspath and St Mary’s, Garsington on Sunday 10th February 2018. Readings: 2 Corinthians 4:3-6, Mark 9:2-9. There is something very special about entering a church during the day, at a…
Beatitude Sermon Series: Blessed are those who mourn
Sermon preached by Canon Andrew Meynell at the Benefice Service at All Saints’, Cuddesdon on Sunday 4th February 2018. Readings: Isaiah 57 14-21, Luke 7 1-10 Mary Oliver connects with this beatitude in the little poem: The Uses of Sorrow Someone…
Gareth Malone Visits the Hub
On Friday 2nd February Cactus filming company descended on the Hub for a full day of shooting with Gareth Malone, famous for his work with community choirs. They were hoping to gather enough footage to make a pilot that could…
Lent Across the Benefice
Ash Wednesday To mark the beginning of Lent, a time of inner renewal and reflection, we will be holding a Communion Service with ashing at St Mary’s Garsington at 10.30 am on 14th February and 5.15pm in All Saints’, Cuddesdon.…
St Mary’s Breakfast Discussion: Whose responsibility is it to care for the elderly? (Luke 2:22-40)
Discussion at St. Mary’s Church Garsington on 28th January 2018 Whose responsibility is it to care for the elderly? (Luke 2:22-40) Biblical views: the patriarchs had many years to learn from their mistakes and develop wisdom! A vision…
Emma’s Licensing as Area Dean
Recently Bishop Colin asked if I would take on the role of Area Dean. This involves a number of very specific tasks, including: looking after the clergy in the Deanery, caring for parishes when the priest is sick or the…
St Mary’s Book Group
The next book will be Shusaku Endo’s Silence. With an introduction by Martin Scorsese Father Rodrigues is an idealistic Portuguese Jesuit priest who, in the 1640s, sets sail for Japan on a determined mission to help the brutally oppressed Japanese Christians…