Dear friends, A very warm welcome to this service, and a very happy new year to you from all of us in the Langtree Team Ministry Staff. May the hope and peace of Christ be with us all throughout the uncertainties of contemporary life. Your churches continue, thanks to your support. Each church is cared for by a “PCC” – a “parochial…
Dear friends, Welcome to this service on the third Sunday of Advent. This week, as part of your Advent discipline, I invite you to learn (relearn) with me the Beatitudes from Matthew 5:3-12. The form below is suitable for memorisation. Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be…
Dear friends, Welcome to this service on the second Sunday of Advent. This week, as part of your Advent discipline, I invite you to learn (relearn) with me the Ten Commandments. The form below is suitable for memorisation. If you would like to read the “full” text, the reference is Exodus 20:1-17. I am the Lord your God; you shall have no…
Dear friends, A very warm welcome to this service for this Advent Sunday. May the hope and joy that Christ brings be ours to share. Advent is traditionally a season of fasting, study and prayer as the Christian community prepares for the celebration of Christ’s coming at Christmas. It is a good time to examine how well we know our faith. Recent…
Welcome ! Dear friends, A very warm welcome to this service, wherever you are worshipping across the Langtree Team Ministry area. May Christ the King rule in our hearts and in our lives. We’ll be thinking at Checkendon this morning about the Kingdom – what it is, what it means, and how we can live in the rule and reign of our…
Welcome! Dear friends, A very warm welcome to our worship this morning, wherever you are worshipping in the Langtree Team ministry area. Let us rejoice and give thanks to God for our freedom to gather, to worship, and to read the Bible out loud. We are also free to try to persuade other people of the truth of the Christian gospel. These…
From the Rector: Dear friends, A very warm welcome to this service of Remembrance, as we give thanks for those who gave their lives for our freedom, particularly celebrating the centenary of the end of the First World War. A particular welcome if you are joining us at church for the first time. Let us pray that the spirit of peace would…
Dear friends, A very warm welcome to this service, wherever you are worshipping in the Langtree team ministry area. A special welcome to any guests and visitors who are with us today, including those who will be remembering loved ones at St Mary’s Ipsden or St Leonard’s Woodcote this afternoon. May the peace and hope that Christ gives be with us all.…
Dear friends, A very warm welcome to this service, wherever you are worshipping across the Langtree team ministry area. May the peace of Christ be with us all. The Oxford Diocese Our team of parishes are part of the Dorchester Area of the Diocese of Oxford. Every area has a Bishop (our Bishop is Rt Revd Colin Fletcher) and is divided into…
Welcome Dear friends, A very warm welcome to this service, wherever you are worshipping in the Langtree Team ministry area. A special welcome to you if you are with us for the first time, or are visiting friends or family. Do make yourself known to your minister, and if you are able to please stay on after the service for coffee, which…