Seven Churches in South Oxfordshire

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From the Rector: Tuesday 14th July 2025

Tortoise Tales Dear friends, “Like a mighty tortoise, moves the Church of God.”  Sometimes said in exasperation, sometimes in resigned affection. But the thing about the humble tortoise is that, although slow by some measures, it is tough, strong, determined, and long-lived. They are incredible objects of fascination, relics of wonder in the natural world. They are both animal, and reptile. We…

From the Rector: Tuesday 8th July 2025

The end of the experiment. Dear friends, Do you remember where you were on 7/7 ? Twenty years ago yesterday the whole of Checkendon Primary School were on a grand day out. A number of governors and parents were in the party, myself included. The late Mr John Robinson, of Checkendon Court, had very generously arranged for a heritage train ride on…

From the Rector: Tuesday 3rd June 2025

A new Law Dear friends, Fifty days after the Passover festival, the disciples were gathered in Jerusalem for the Jewish festival of Shavuot. This is the celebration of the wheat harvest, and is used to remember the giving of the Torah – the ten commandments – to Moses on Mount Sinai. They were being faithful to Jesus’ instruction to “wait in Jerusalem”…