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 …
A gospel powerful and unbound: enduring the test of time (… if we pass on its treasures) “Guard the good treasure entrusted to you, with the help of the Holy Spirit living in us.” (2 Timothy 1:14) I am a lover of words, a love apparent in my early childhood and remaining with me today. … Read more …
Praise We have much to be thankful for at White Waltham Church over the last term. We are encouraged to welcome a small number of newcomers, the promise of a baptism in the autumn and to see faith growing in our church family. Our links with the local schools saw a good number of Year … Read more …
Hello and thank you for appointing me as church warden for St Mary’s. It’s very humbling to know I have a formal role to play in serving us as a church, as we seek to serve Jesus our Saviour. We have two church wardens and I’ll be serving alongside Lindsay Reisser-Weston. Thanks to Anthony Kan, our previous church warden, who helped … Read more …
Our imminent relocation to Australia comes almost 21 years after I arrived as the first curate at St Mary’s for a number of years, and just one year into Will Stileman becoming vicar. The move that Debbie and I made to Singapore towards the end of 2008, as Crosslinks Mission Partners, was less tumultuous than … Read more …
Linking the greatest abstract art with the atmosphere and acoustics in St Mary’s church with a musical accompaniment to the Easter story played by the Emunah Ensemble’s wonderful musicians means you know the evening is going to be special. And we were not disappointed! I hope I am right about the meaning of the name … Read more …