News
Holiday Fridays 17 July 2010
A new venture is starting on Friday 30th July: Holiday Fridays. This is for children of up to 8 years and their carers. It includes Bible songs and craft work and will be open every Friday of the school holidays from 9:30am to 11:30am in St Margaret’s. Please ask Sally Welch for more details.
Oxford Christian Institute for Counselling 16 July 2010
The Oxford Christian Institute for Counselling (OCIC) based in Headington is currently celebrating 25 years of service to the churches and community in the areas of counselling, supervision, training workshops and spiritual direction. Our qualified and experienced counsellors are all Christians and offer counselling to those of any faith or none. They aim to keep the waiting time to a minimum and can offer subsidised counselling when necessary through their bursary scheme. For further details or to request simple application form please contact OCIC, 01865 308889, email counselling@ocic.org.uk or through their website.
Other news... 03 July 2010
Have you missed an event at St Margaret’s and want to know how it went? Go to this page for a brief report and (often) a photo or two.
Lady Chapel Appeal
The concert by Sir Michael Scholar and the Wine and Strawberries evening together raised £1000 for the Lady Chapel Appeal: a splendid total. Many thanks to all who helped with and attended these events. The Appeal has raised £30,000 so far towards the cost of restoring the Lady Chapel windows and repairing the roof. Our target is £68,000, so please do keep giving and attending events.
Advance Notice: Evening of Poetry and Music
On Sunday 17 October. The poems will all be original compositions by members of the congregation on the theme of ‘Creation’. If you would like to be contribute, contact Gina Wilson.
Advance notice: Ceilidh!
We are hoping to hold a Ceilidh this autumn for all ages. Probable date: Friday 19 November, 7.00–10.00pm, at St Margaret’s Institute; bring and share supper; tickets in aid of the Appeal to be sold in advance.
Pilgrimage to Compostela—April 2011
St Margaret’s and St Giles’ are planning a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, in Spain, from 25 April to 1 May. Pilgrims can choose whether to travel the 100 km trail on foot, being collected by coach at the end of each day’s walk and driven to overnight accommodation, with a coach drop off back on route in the morning, or to remain with the coach during the day and enjoy sightseeing and visiting historic monuments. The total cost is likely to be in the region of £900 per person. If you are interested, could you please let Andrew or Sally know, so that we can begin to plan the pilgrimage.
Partner organization for July: Howard League for Penal Reform 30 June 2010
The Howard League for Penal Reform works for a safe society where fewer people are victims of crime. They believe that offenders must make amends for what they have done and change their lives. They also believe that community sentences make a person take responsibility and live a law-abiding life in the community. For more information, please visit their website.
St Margaret’s Lady Chapel Appeal 20 December 2009
The St. Margaret’s Lady Chapel appeal has been launched to raise money for the restoration of the stained glass and for the repairs to the Lady Chapel roof, as well as fitting photovoltaic cells to generate solar power. We need to raise £68,000 to cover the cost of these important projects. Full details are in the appeal leaflet, available at the back of the church. See here for more information and pictures.
As at 1 January 2010, the money received for the appeal was £15,275. There are also monthly pledges, which for the next year will amount to £2040, and the tax rebate for the coming year on the money donated, which will be about £2,200. We would be very grateful for more monthly pledges (which in the end raise more money than one-off gifts provided that they are kept going!)