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St Andrews Christian Bookshop Witney is OPEN! Monday to Saturday 10am to 4pm. Please let your friends and family know, as they would love to see their customers again.
Dear Friends at St Bartholomew’s As we continue to prepare for the reopening of the church building for congregational worship, I realise how important it is not to let the administration, planning and technology undermine our primary motive in worship which is to glorify God. As the Westminster Shorter Catechism expresses it: “Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy…
Dear Fellow Members of St Bartholomew’s This Sunday is the Third Sunday after Trinity, and, as is my wont, I read through the Collect, Epistle and Gospel from the Book of Common Prayer. My copy is dated 1716 but the words have little altered since the first issue of 1549 when Edward the sixth was King. The 1662 revision updated the language…
Friday 19 June, 2020 Dear Friends at St. Bartholomew’s: We cannot move far without using our senses. Equally, most of us are probably aware that our senses are not as acute as they once were, and we are dependent on technology to help us in one way or another. In my case, not only do I have support for my seeing, but…
Vera Fellows and Ann Morris have raised a further £44 (total £84) from plant sales for Church Funds. Many thanks to all those who contributed.
The Church is now open for private prayer between 11am and 3pm but please continue to pray at home for: – Adrian and Annie Walsh Steve, Gill Long’s brother-in law, Brenda Cook June Kirk For those at home who feel cut off in their isolation Those attending the Confirmation Course For Alfie (aged 4) and his family (relatives of Rose Townsend). Alfie…
The church building will re-open for private prayer with effect, Friday 19 June, between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m
Witney Filling Station is releasing the “second Tuesday” monthly meeting on their web-site (https://thefillingstation.org.uk/station/witney/
We shall be ringing the church bells every Sunday at 11:55 to remind the village that we continue to pray for our community, which the Rector will do at 12 noon. We cannot gather for corporate worship, but we can worship individually outdoors at any time, respecting social distancing should others be nearby
Personal prayer will be permitted in church from next week. We are putting measures in place to allow anyone who wishes to pray in church, to safely do so. Please see the notices on the boards.