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Painting Project

You are invited to help with painting the office, cloakroom and porch area of the rectory, in the new year.  In addition, help with wallpapering would also be appreciated by Paul and Nicci.  If you are able to help, please have a chat with Edmund.

Parish administrator vacancy- Shill Valley and Broadshire Benefice

Do you have good office administration skills and are you able to work flexibly and independently from home for approximately 20 hours a month?  We need an administrator to manage service rotas in our churches, the administration of weddings, baptisms and funerals and assist the clergy with paying fees and ensuring payments are processed. Overall you will ensure the essential administration involved in the 12 parishes…

Our New Rector: we continue

Rev’d Paul Boddam-Whetham will be joining us in February 2016 together with his wife Nicci.  They join us from their current parish of St Albans where Paul has been serving his curacy.  The Institution and Induction service will be held on February 8th; further details will be confirmed in due course.

Job opportunity: The King’s School, Witney

Primary School Teaching Assistant post/s at The King’s School Witney from January 2015. £7.43-£7.93 per hour depending on qualifications and experience. Term time only. Closing date Wed 9th December. Please contact office@tkswitney.org.uk or phone 01993 778463 for further details and to arrange a visit.

The Real Advent Calendar – order now!

The Real Advent Calendar adds a Fairtrade chocolate star behind each window and is the only calendar to include a 32-page copy of the Christmas story designed to be used every day in Advent. Each calendar costs £3.99 and we need to have placed our church order by the end of October. Please put your name…

Crying out for Calais

Please also see a letter, on the information table, from Hannah and Andy Bailey, a Witney couple, who have set up this campaign in order to raise awareness of refugees.  Their letter gives practical suggestions for ways in which we can help.  They are returning to Calais later on this month. what is the best…

Prayers for the parish…….and beyond

The PCC agreed at their meeting last week to introduce a prayer request system.  Prayer slips will be made available for you to complete, anonymously if required, for people and situations you would like prayed for.  Some of the requests may be incorporated in the weekly intercessions and some prayed for by the monthly prayer group and the congregation individually. trading psychology…