Diocese of Oxford

Events

Harvest Supper…….

Harvest Supper on Saturday 17th October at 6.30 in the Village Hall  The menu will be jacket potato, cheese, beans, coleslaw with a choice of Sausages or tuna mayo or a small cheese selection. This will be followed by dessert with ice cream. Tickets are now on sale costing £12 / £6 under 12s. Entertainment included. Please…

The St. Birinus Fellowship

Jane and Martin Dines were inducted in to the fellowship on Sunday 20th September 2026.  It was a lovely service and they were both delighted that fellow members from St Bartholomew’s came along to support them along with Andrea who had nominated them.  You can look at some of the pictures here. Not sure about…

The Greenbelt gift ….

A message from Greenbelt………   The tents are all gone now. The stages are all packed down. The grass is getting the chance to be grass again (and let’s be honest, the deluge helped). But we’re still carrying the whole thing around with us – in all the best ways. What a time we had…

Harvest Supper

Harvest Supper on Saturday 17th October at 6.30 in the Village Hall  The menu will be jacket potato, cheese, beans, coleslaw with a choice of Sausages or tuna mayo or a small cheese selection. This will be followed by dessert with ice cream. Tickets will be available from Sunday 27th September costing £12 / £6 under 12s. Please…

Ride ‘n’ Stride

With very many thanks to all those who took part, whether riding or striding or “manning” the church for visitors on the day. Now it’s time to pay up!  Please see Tricia, John, Sue or Paula if you agreed to sponsor them. As a reminder, the church will receive half of the donation back, for…

Tour of Oxford Christchurch Cathedral

Oxford Diocese are offering Parishes a free guided tour of Christchurch Cathedral.   Two possible dates are being explored.  Either Wednesday PM on 18th November or in the spring of 2027.  If you are interested in a tour of the cathedral on either of those dates please talk to Roy Tarbox. (email:  llm3@ducklingtonchurch.org.uk )  

Flower and Produce Show

This was a tremendous success both for the village and for St Bartholomew’s. The weather was kind and the people came and enjoyed themselves. The Basket Tombola and the Refreshments were sold out by about 4.30 and the money raised for the church amounted to over £1600 – a magnificent sum. Many many thanks to…

Letter from Dave Adams, LLM

When the world is falling apart, what can we say? How do we pray?  We are powerless to prevent earthquakes and wildfires that cause so much devastation.  We can’t make sense of the foolishness of world leaders that fire missiles at other nations, killing and injuring innocent people.  Our minds boggle at the money being…