GroW (Grove and Wantage Family Community Group) recently featured in the Oxfordshire Guardian following the official launch of the group at St John’s Church Hall. You can read the article here: www.oxfordshireguardian.co.uk/groups-help-for-parents/.  For more information on GroW visit growfamilies.co.uk or get in touch at facebook.com/growfamilies.

Last week 34 of us had penetrated the mists of Somerset to Butlins Holiday Camp. We were three generations, children, parents and grandparents. Most of us were in adjacent bungalows not far from where the action was. We were there for Spring Harvest, the inter-church multi-venue conference. The children, as you’ll have heard on Sunday,Read more about Spring Harvest in mizzly Minehead[…]

    It’s three years this month since the earthquake in Nepal and many people, especially in remote mountainous regions, are still living in temporary accommodation. Daniel, Becky and the children went trekking during the holiday and say ‘we passed through many villages which seemed to be just starting the rebuilding process, and stayed inRead more about Update from Nepal – Dan and Becky[…]

At the 10am service on 4th February, we launched phase 2 of the Hall Improvements scheme. Sarah Shackleton spoke about the plans to extend the Hall, and we distributed pledge forms to the congregation inviting donations towards the expected cost of £205,000. Hall Phase 2 presentation Hall Phase 2 funding Hall Phase 2 pledge formRead more about Hall Improvements Phase 2[…]

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I don’t know what you feel, but I was interested by this comment which a friend of mine pointed me to. She’s a lovely warm Roman Catholic. So you need to transpose “Communion” or “Morning Worship” for the Mass. “Thank you, Pope Francis. The noise in some of our churches is deafening! Let’s bring backRead more about Shhh![…]

“We are part of the greatest mysteries, and for me that’s enough” (Brian Cox talking to Russell Brand). We heard this on a remarkable YouTube clip of the “atheist” Professor Cox in conversation with the spiritual Mr Brand at FacetoFace a week ago (7pm at Cornerstone, 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month). And weRead more about Mysteries of faith[…]