Gemma Gill, lovely wife of Alec our associate vicar, has given me permission to share this here. “I’m all for raising awareness,” she says. “THIS! Every week I wrestle with ‘would it not just be easier to stay at home…..? This was today’s experience :- -I had to break it to Caleb that there were no children’s groups but there were games in the hall, immediately storms off screaming and shouting he’s not going. – Read more
The theme for our Bubbles Sunday Club this week was prayer. The children talked about:- standing, sitting, jumping and lying down to pray. What prayer might look, smell and sound like to God who loves it when we pray to Him. We thought it might be like a fizzy Vitamin C tablet in a jar. We praised God with bubbles, music and ribbons. The children decorated Prayer Mats to Read more
On Sunday 16th in the evening we had one of those special occasions when we could welcome new members to our church family. The jolly Bishop of Dorchester, recently returned from his well-earned break after filling in until Bishop Steven came to Oxford, took the service in his usual relaxed way. In all eleven people were baptised and/or confirmed. It was nice to see all generations responding to God’s love and making the commitment to Read more
What is your response when Jesus asks you: ”Why are you worried about your life? What you will eat and drink and what you will wear?” Matthew 6 vs 25-33 As you consider your answer to the question remember that Jesus also said: ”Don’t worry about these things, your Heavenly Father knows what you need.”
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, loved “The Big Start”, a multi-media worship event after breakfast. Speaking personally the highlights for me were seminars on hard Read more
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 in two villages where nothing survived the earthquake. Many houses we saw were built from corrugated iron and wood but building is Read more