It was a lovely summer evening on 23rd June, perfect for a concert of English choral music. The boys and gentlemen of Worcester College Choir gave a short recital in St Mary’s church Garsington. The programme including old favourites like Rutter’s…
St Mary’s Book Group
The next book is The Shack by WM Paul Young and we will be meeting on 13th August at Eileen’s house. If you would like to come along, please use the contact page.
Magna carta and the kingdom of God
Preached at St Gile’s Horspath on 14th June 2015 by Rev’d Dr Emma Pennington. Readings: 1 Samuel 15:34-16:13 and Mark 4:26-34. A question: what is the kingdom of God? In our readings this morning we are presented with two,…
Embarrassing Moments
Preached at the Benefice Service in St Mary’s Garsington on 7th June by Rev’d Dr Emma Pennington. I wonder if you have ever been embarrassed by a member of your family. I’m sure that if I haven’t done so already,…
Trinity – the community of love
Preached on Trinity Sunday 2015 by Rev’d Dr Emma Pennington at St Mary’s Garsington. It is not unknown, when telling someone that you are preaching on Trinity Sunday to be greeted with the words, ‘Oh dear, the hardest day of…
The Alice Sermon 2015
Preached at Sandford Church on Pentecost by Rev’d Dr Emma Pennington. On this day in 1864 a certain Charles Dodgson, known to many of us as the author Lewis Carroll, walked out from Oxford to Sandford church to preach at…
Garsington Open Gardens 2015
The sun shone on Saturday 16th May as people wandered round a number of gardens which had been opened by residents in Southend, Pettiwell, The Hill and Wheatley Road. Teas were provided in the church which linked the various sites…
Senior Citizens Lunch
On Thursday 14th May over 30 Senior Citizens in Cuddesdon gathered at the Bat and Ball for a delicious three course lunch. Every year this event takes place thanks to the funds raised from John Paxton’s coffee morning in August. …
Home is where the heart is
Preached at All Saints’ Cuddesdon on Sunday 17th May 2015 by Rev’d Dr Emma Pennington. Readings: Acts 1:15-17, 21-end and John 17: 6-19. There is a lovely scene in the recent film adaption of the Michael Bond Paddington Bear books,…
Abide in me
Preached by Rev’d Dr Emma Pennington at St Mary’s Garsington on 10th May 2015. Amidst all the excitement of the election, it nearly passed me by that Friday was the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War,…