Conversion

Preached by Rev’d Emma Pennington at Cuddesdon and Horspath on 25th January 2015 (Feast of the Conversion of St Paul). In an open letter to the leaders and fighters of IS, leading Sunni religious authorities from across the world directly…

Christmas Time

Preached by Rev’ Emma Pennington at Garsington and Horspath on 28th January. It’s during this in between times, the period after the celebrations of Christmas and before the parties of the New Year, that has traditionally become a season of…

Midnight Mass 1914

Preached by Rev’d Emma Pennington at Midnight Mass at Horspath 2014 On this night 100 years ago in 1914, a remarkable series of events occurred along the Western Front.  No one is sure how it started.  One soldier, Albert Moren…

Year 2 Harvest Loaf

  Once again Year 2 from Garsington School not only presented St Mary’s with a beautiful Harvest loaf for the Harvest Festival on Sunday 12th October but also grew the wheat, threshed it, winnowed it and ground it in a…

Advent Book 2014

  During the season of Advent there will be an opportunity to read Paula Gooder’s book ‘Heaven’.  Often associated with the last things this is a good time to discuss what Heaven is and how the Biblical concept shapes our…

Genesis Sermon Series

During the summertime cluster services we will be running a sermon series centred around the Book of Genesis.  Preachers from the Theology Faculty include: 4th May 10 am at Horspath on ‘Creation stories’ with Prof. John Barton, Fellow of Oriel 1st…

Installation of Dean Percy

The Very Revd Professor Martyn Percy was installed as Dean of Christ Church at Evensong on Saturday 4th October. As Dean, Professor Percy is head of the unique dual foundation of Christ Church, which is both a College of the…

Charity of the Month

Charity of the Month at Garsington is St Martin’s in the Field, Vicar’s Relief Fund which aims to support people who are at risk of being made homeless, are homeless or vulnerable, or have experience of being homeless and are…