Lord Teach us to Pray: understanding and revisiting the Lord’s Prayer. By Rt. Rev’d Steven Croft, Bishop of Oxford Summary of Keynote address given at the Festival of Prayer in All Saints’ Church Cuddesdon on Saturday 9th September 2017. …
From St Giles’ to St Giles’: Horspath to Malvern
“When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride…
The Festival of Prayer 2017
On Saturday 9th September the village of Cuddesdon along with its famous theological college were buzzing with the excitement of the 183 people who came for the day to focus on their inner life of prayer. The Festival, now into…
Message from the Cuddesdon Expressway Action Group
“We’ve working on how to avoid an Expressway driving through the area…. Peter Rutt is chairing our Sub-Committee and has also begun co-ordinating a hastily-formed Expressway Action Group. While no route has been selected for the Expressway all the…
Celebrating the Benefice
On Sunday the 3rd September we celebrated our life together by holding services in each of the three churches and walking between them The day began at the Horspath Hub, the old Methodist Chapel, where we processed the old wooden…
New Kneeler for All Saints’
A new kneeler has been added to the collection of decorative kneelers or hassocks in All Saints’ church. This one has been donated by Sue Roger-Jones nee Palmer who made the kneeler to celebrate the marriage of George and Jessica…
Sale of Garsington Pews
We have now received a Faculty from the Registrar of the Diocese to remove 16 pews (those identified by our church architect to be unsuitable for repair) from the church. This will enable us to use the space at the…
Walking from Edinburgh to Oxford for Jay
The Jay Sheldon Trust is a charity which aims to raise money for research into the little known ‘childhood’ cancer Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumour (DSRCT). The Jay Sheldon Trust has been created in memory of Jay Sheldon. Jay was…
St Mary’s Book Club
The group meets next on Wednesday the 20th September at 7.30 pm in Christa’s house. When we will be discussing Through the Narrow Gate: A Nun’s Story. By Karen Armstrong Through the Narrow Gate is Karen Armstrong’s memoir of life…
Congratulations Liz and Doug: 170 not out
On Sunday 13th August we celebrated the birthdays of Doug and Liz Bowler at a special afternoon tea put on by their family. Liz was 80 on that day and Doug will be 90 on 7th December, making a grand…