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This week in the Benefice
Sunday 7 January
The Epiphany
8.00am – Holy Communion at St Giles’ (said, 1662 BCP)
10.30am – Parish Eucharist at St Margaret’s (sung, Common Worship)
10.30am – Holy Communion at St Giles’ (sung, Common Worship)
6.00pm – Evening Prayer at St Margaret’s (said with hymns, 1662 BCP)
Note that evening services at St Giles will resume on Sunday 21 January.
The pew sheets for the Sunday services above, with readings, prayers and details of the music, are published each Friday afternoon on this website.
Monday 8 January
5.30pm – Evening Prayer at St Giles’
8.00pm – Compline (Night Prayer) online
Tuesday 9 January
8.30am – Morning Prayer at St Margaret’s
5.30pm – Evening Prayer at St Giles’
Wednesday 10 January
William Laud, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1645
8.30am – Morning Prayer at St Margaret’s
1.30pm – Tea & Talks at St Margaret’s Institute: Free will is not an illusion – biology against determinism – details below.
5.30pm – Evening Prayer at St Giles’
Thursday 11 January
Mary Slessor, Missionary in West Africa, 1915
8.30am – Morning Prayer at St Margaret’s
5.30pm – Evening Prayer at St Giles’
Friday 12 January
Aelred of Hexham, Abbot of Rievaulx, 1167
Benedict Biscop, Abbot of Wearmouth, Scholar, 689
8.30am – Morning Prayer at St Margaret’s
9.00am – Little Fishes at St Margaret’s (for toddlers and parents)
5.30pm – Evening Prayer at St Giles’
Saturday 13 January
Hilary, Bishop of Poitiers, Teacher of the Faith, 367
Kentigern (Mungo), Missionary Bishop in Strathclyde and Cumbria, 603
George Fox, Founder of the Society of Friends (the Quakers), 1691
8.30am – Morning Prayer at St Margaret’s
5.30pm – Evening Prayer at St Giles’
Sunday 14 January
The Baptism of Christ / The Second Sunday of Epiphany
8.00am – Holy Communion at St Giles’ (said, 1662 BCP)
10.30am – Parish Eucharist at St Margaret’s (sung, Common Worship)
10.30am – Holy Communion at St Giles’ (sung, Common Worship)
6.00pm – Epiphanytide Carol Service at St Margaret’s
Tea & Talks at St Margaret’s Institute
St Margaret’s Institute’s current season of Tea & Talks continues on Wednesday 10th January at 1:30pm with a talk by Denis Noble titled Free will is not an illusion: biology against determinism. They occur each month – see the full schedule by pressing the button below. Entry is £2 and includes tea and cake.
Epiphanytide Carol Service
All in the benefice are invited to an Epiphanytide Carol Service at St Margaret’s Church on Sunday 14th January at 6pm.
Oxford University Jazz Orchestra & Imperial College Big Band
Jazz at St Giles’ presents a special one-off concert from OUJO and the IC Big Band, at St Giles’ Church on Saturday 3rd February at 7:30pm. Tickets available using the button below.
John Pusey, St Giles’ Tower Captain, featured in The Oxford Mail
John Pusey was featured in the 22nd December edition of The Oxford Mail, being interviewed all about bellringing. If you’re interested, hit the button below to read the full article.
St Margaret’s Recipe Book
Eve Barsham and Sam Schad are putting together a St Margaret’s recipe book. We would love to have your recipes! They can be family favourites, recipes with a St Margaret’s connection, recipes devised by or associated with a particular person, recipes suitable for children to make, you name it! Please get in touch with Sam or Eve if you’d like to submit a recipe. The more the merrier! Thank you!
Unwanted wine or gin from Christmas?
Please do leave them with Jane at St Giles’, or in the church kitchen, for use at the upcoming Jazz at St Giles’ events: OUJO and IC Big Band on 3 February and Alyn Shipton’s New Orleans Jazz Friends on 11 May.
Thank you from the Gatehouse
The Gatehouse would like to thank everyone who donated over the Christmas period. They said: “A huge thank you to you all for the amazing donations of pants, socks and chocolates. We really couldn’t help all the people we do without the generous donations of the local community. So far this year we have served over 13,000 meals and supported close to 500 guests.”
Gatehouse Donations
If you get through any big tubs of sweets over Christmas, Sam Schad would like the leftover containers for cake (for the Gatehouse). Thank you!
No Teens’ Film Night this month
The next Teens’ Film Night will be on 2nd February. Details to follow.
Little Fishes
Course on Portuguese Buildings and Gardens
One of our congregation, David Boswell, is running a course at the Oxford University Department of Continued Education on The Buildings and Gardens of Portugal from the Romans to the Romantics at Ewart House in Summertown beginning on the 22nd January, on Mondays 2-4pm. It is open to all, and members of the congregation have enjoyed the course in the past – please click the button below for more information, or collect a leaflet at the back of the church.
Theology Study Days in Cuddesdon
