St Margaret’s Church An Anglican Parish Church in the heart of North Oxford

Pastoral Care Course—from 12th October

Nicholas Bradbury will be leading a course on Pastoral Care during this autumn and winter. The first session of the course will be in the evening of October 12th in St Margaret’s Institute with the subsequent dates for sessions being 26th October, 9th and 30th November, 11th and 18th January. Please can you let Andrew, Sally or Nicolas know if you would like to attend the sessions. Our hope is that there will be a good number of people who will want to come so that a greater number of people from our congregation are involved in the pastoral care of the parish.

Paula Clifford

Paula Clifford has been to a Bishop’s selection conference and has been accepted for ordination training. She will start her training this autumn and, because she already has a degree in theology, this will only be a one year course. When she is ordained she will be attached to this Benefice. Paula is planning to continue to work full time with Christian Aid during this year, but will be looking to reduce that commitment thereafter.

Partner organization for September: Helen and Douglas House

Offering hospice and respite care for children and young adults in Oxford. For more information, please visit their website. On Sunday 19th September, a representative from the charity will be giving a talk about the work of the charity at the 10:30am service.

A note from Ann Birchall

This is a thank you, a big thank you, to all of you who wrote so warmly of Roger after he died. His life with the church brought him both comfort and joy. As his wife, and on behalf of his children, I wish to thank you for your heart-warming words. He will be greatly missed by family and friends, and long remembered.
God go with you.
Ann Birchall, Tuesday 24 August 2010

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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.