It has been another busy year at St Mary’s with much to be grateful for. As ever, we depend on our Lord Jesus for all things, guided by our verse of the year; ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness’ (2 Corinthians 12:9). We are hugely grateful to … Read more …
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I always look forward to attending a St Mary’s woman’s breakfast. The latest breakfast talk on dementia, presented by Karen Martin, was of particular interest to me. Firstly, it was so lovely to see Karen again after her move to the Cotswolds and to watch in awe at her presentation skills (no surprise there though). … Read more …
A highly sensitive person’s guide to church A couple of years ago, I came across the concept of a highly sensitive person (HSP). Coined by Elaine Aron, it describes someone who has an increased sensitivity to external and internal stimuli, who often has a deeper processing of information, and may experience emotions more intensely than … Read more …
What is our church’s most urgent need? How would you answer this question? Do we need more moral purity and integrity among our leadership? Do we need a fresh commitment to biblical truth? More zeal in evangelism? More generous giving? More desire to follow Jesus in every area of our lives? I’ve recently been re-reading … Read more …
The Ministry Training Course (MTC) at St Ebbes, Oxford, is “simply the best day of the week!”, chorused Marcela and Sze Ting when I asked them for a pithy quote for this blog. They then hurriedly added “after the Lord’s Day, of course,” and erupted into the ever-present laughter one hears around the church grounds … Read more …
So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. (Genesis 1:27) Like many of us, I was deeply saddened by two votes in Parliament last week which tragically undermine the value of human life. On Tuesday 17th June MPs voted by … Read more …
This Sunday we will be selling a few books that all come highly recommended. Our focus as a church this year is to seek to grow in prayerfulness, so we will be selling books to help us with this: ‘The Valley of Vision’ – a collection of Puritan Prayers edited by Arthur Bennett The … Read more …
St Mary’s Mission Partner Jo Clifford, who works with Wycliffe Bible Translators and SIL International, joined the most recent St Mary’s Evening on Zoom and talked through what has been a busy year so far, travelling to conferences across three continents and culminating in a new role. At the start of 2025 Jo looked ahead … Read more …
From Monday 26th – Friday 30th May 17 children and 9 adults went on the Explorers Time Away! This is our annual week away for children in Years 5 and 6 (10-11 year olds) which takes place at a Christian activity centre in the Cotswolds called ‘Adventure Plus’. This year we went on an Egyptian … Read more …