Presented by Rev’d Dr Emma Pennington at St Mary’s, Garsington on 6th March 2016. Readings: Colossians 3:12-17, John 19:25b-27. Today has become a day on which we thank our mothers for how much they love us and show this love…
Resisting the chocolate cupboard
Sermon preached by Clive Watts, ordinand at Ripon College Cuddesdon, on Sunday 28th February 2016 at All Saints’, Cuddesdon and St Giles’, Horspath. Readings: Isaiah 55: 1-9, 1 Corinthians 10:1-13, Luke 13: 1-9. I’ve been trying to lose some weight…
Love rules at Messy Church
Parents, leaders and children had great fun at the latest Messy Church meeting on Sunday 14th February when we looked at the theme ‘Love rules’: love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your strength and all your…
Lichens in Cuddesdon Churchyard
This week I received a remarkable report from a group of people I hadn’t realised had visited the churchyard in Cuddesdon. Donald Rice is a member of group of lichenologists who have been researching into lichens in south-east Oxfordshire churchyards.…
Walking the wilderness path
Sermon preached by Rev’d Dr Emma Pennington at All Saints’ Cuddesdon and St Giles’ Horspath on 14th February 2016. Readings: Luke 4:1-13 One of the things Jonathan and I love to do is go walking and in recent years we…
Glowing with his radiance
Sermon preached by Rev’d Dr Emma Pennington on 7th February 2016 at the Benefice service. Readings: Exodus 34: 29-35, Luke 9:28-36. I wonder, have you ever had a vision? It’s not something we readily own up to these days. In…
Lent and Holy Week across the Benefice
The York Course Lent Group will be reconvening during Lent and focussing on The Psalms. The ancient poems we call Psalms are over 2000 years old. They were written in very different times from our own when humans could travel…
Waiting on God
Sermon preached by Rev’d Dr Emma Pennington on 31st January, Candlemas, at St Mary’s Garsington and St Giles’ Horspath Readings: Malachi 3:1-5; Hebrews 2:14-18; Luke 2:22-40 It is 5 o’clock Friday night and, as usual, the traffic is horrendous. I…
The Change Jar Challenge
We invite you to collect your loose change in a jam jar from now until Pentecost on 15th May to help support your church. This challenge is taking place across the benefice of Garsington, Cuddesdon and Horspath. The parish which…
Mission Action Plans for 2016
Each of the PCCs of the three parishes in the benefice have held planning meetings during January to review the past year and decide on our priorities for the coming 2016 and beyond. Below are the Mission Action Plans which…