Author: Eva Walters
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Christingle at Candlemas
Next Sunday 29th January, St Margaret’s will celebrate the last service of Christmas (before we take our decorations down) with our Christingle at Candlemas service. We’ll start at 4pm by making our christingles ready to light in the service, and then join together for a beautiful candlelit service of music and prayer for all ages.…
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Pilgrimage Preparation
Dan, Lucy and I have had a very cold but fun couple of days completing our Outdoor First Aid course. We had lots of opportunities to practice possible scenarios (and also our acting skills). From abdominal thrusts to ticks, from compound fractures to adder bites, there has been lots to remember all within the beautiful…
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Happy Epiphany!
Over the last month, our knitted nativity kings have been making their way around the parish. They have been visiting some of the homes of families who come along to St Margaret’s toddler group, Little Fishes. Here’s some photos of their adventures: I think we can all agree that they have been on quite the…
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Decorating the Church
Every Advent 4 Sunday, St Margaret’s begins to get ready for Christmas by decorating the church, and this week was no different. Our merry band of (slightly chilly) souls had lots fun trying to remember instructions and where things went. The young people reminded us to put up angel banners that they had made when…
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Choir Achievements
Our Director of Music, Richard Goodall was eager to give some of the more senior young choristers their red badge this Sunday, as covid has impacted this timetable of recognition as with many other things. The red ribbon badge was originally known as the “Senior Chorister Badge”. As Richard says, for St Margaret’s it is…
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First Communion
St Margaret’s celebrated the admission of three of our young people to communion last Sunday. Eleanor, Lyra and Nicolas have been attending sessions for the last six weeks, where they have explored the Eucharist and why we do what we do. Many thanks to Sarah-Jane from St Giles who has helped with these sessions. St…
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Light Party
Here are some photos from our Light Party on Sunday. We started the evening with crafts, where we made shadow puppets and stained glass tealight holders. We then had a Hallowed heroes Treasure Hunt around the church, using brilliant instructions from Michele. I think we all learnt something new about the saints displayed in St…
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Samuel gets his Choir Surplice
Today was again a morning to celebrate for all those who love music at St Margaret’s. One of our newest choristers was presented with their surplice and welcomed formally to the choir. Samuel has been attending choir rehearsal and Sunday morning worship since before the summer holidays this year. He’s no stranger to music, having…
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Frideswide Pilgrimage
Last Saturday we joined pilgrims from all over the Oxfordshire area as they travelled towards Christ Church Cathedral for the Frideswide Service. For the past two years, St Margaret’s has facilitated the shortest route taking just over an hour from our church down to the cathedral via the canal. It’s a very accesible route and…