Christmas Services in the Benefice

You know it is getting close to Christmas when the lectionary starts to include Old Testament texts which have found their way into common consciousness...

If like me, you had been searching for a copyright-free image of an advent wreath this week, you would have found it hard to find one...

Apart from being ‘Armistice Day’, when I will be observing the traditional two minute silence and saying a few words about remembrance...

In our Exodus reading today, we see how giving was generated in the ancient Israelites by a stirring of the heart which was inspired by the Holy Spirit...

Today, we celebrate our Harvest Thanksgiving Service, which is the time when we give special thought to all those in need...

In the last two weeks, we have been considering how Jesus repeatedly told the crowd that he was the ‘bread of life’ ...

It is with great sadness that we announce

Many of the events we have been reading about in our Gospel passages for several weeks now took place either in, on, or around the Sea of Galilee

How many times are we inclined to complain during the course of a single day?

It is a great privilege to have Archdeacon Guy Elsmore preaching and presiding at our 09.30 service in Winslow today.

Now that the polls have closed and the British people have made their minds up

There is something wonderfully refreshing about our Gospel reading this week

One of my all-time favourite hymns is that written by a former resident of Baltimore, Priscilla Jane Owens

Someone asked me last week how we can possibly know about the events recorded in the Gospels which tell us what happened when only Jesus was present, or when his disciples though present...

People often ask me why the Church of England does not venerate the Virgin Mary to the same extent as other churches do, and I have even been asked if Anglicans really ‘believe’ in her

A pictorial Journey through Festival Week.

Come and join in with St. Laurence Festival week to celebrate Church and community together.

The 23rd Psalm is probably the most popular and most-used Psalm in the Christian Psalter today.

Pew Sheet for Sunday the 14th of April. The Third Sunday of Easter

Pew Sheet for Sunday the 17th of December 2023. Advent 3 – Gaudete Sunday. I always rejoice at this time of the year to read and reflect on the writings of the prophet Isaiah

Join us for St Laurence Church Christingle Service on Sunday 17th December at 5pm.

The Weekly Pew Sheet for November 19th 2023 Kingdom Season 3, Second Sunday before Advent

The pew sheet for Sunday, November 26th 2023 The Feast of Christ the King, Kingdom Season 4 One of the most important and meaningful symbols in the early church was the image of ‘Christ Pantocrator

Advent Sunday December 3rd 2023. Advent 1.

Come and join us to celebrate harvest in the Benefice

Here are some important dates of events taking place in the Benefice over July and early August.

AMAZING to see such an immense delivery to the St Laurence Food Cupboard yesterday.

You are warmly invited to join us this Easter.

Book Group meets on Monday, 24 April, at 6.45pm to chat about Meeting God in Mark by Rowan Williams.

Everything you wanted to know about the Winslow Parish News, the local magazine bringing Church and community together.

We had a lovely service on Tuesday 21 Feb to mark the licensing of our new rector.

Join us to welcome our new rector, the Revd Dr Stephen O'Connor in his licensing service at St Laurence Church, Winslow.

We are very pleased to announce the appointment of the Reverend Doctor Stephen O’Connor as incumbent of the Winslow Benefice.

Join us this Christmas!

What's on this Christmas in the Winslow Benefice.

Compline service Sunday 27 November- all welcome!

11am Sunday 20 November - Celebrate the new roof at St James' Church!

Join us for the Winslow Christmas fair!

Bring along your broken bits and bobs and let's fix them together.

Our next Book Group meeting will be on 21 November at 6.45pm to chat about Monsignor Quixote by Graham Greene.

To celebrate the last week of Black History Month, St Laurence is hosting a portrait and video exhibition - as seen on ITV News!

With Carolyn Schulz, writer of over 10 craft books and TV presenter.

Bring your busted stuff and let's see if we can fix it together!

This Sunday marks the beginning of Prisons Week, an annual week of prayer working to see an end to the human suffering caused by crime and imprisonment – for all those affected.

You are invited to the St Laurence Harvest Festival and Bring & Share lunch!

Join a harvest festival at St Mary's Addington at 5pm this Sunday 25 September - all are welcome!

Join us for a harvest lunch on 9 October!

It is with a deep and profound sense of sadness that we, as a church, join in the praises and condolences at the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

What's on in September?

St Laurence Room, Saturday 6 August 10am-12pm - Please do come along and support.

Fridays through summer, 12-2pm, St Laurence Room.

On a visit to the Claydon Deanery on Wednesday 13 July, the Rt Revd Dr Steven Croft, Bishop of Oxford, visited the Winslow Benefice.

Our next Julian Meeting on 4 July will be an in-person gathering at Keach's Chapel.

This week we are celebrating a Jubilee - a Jubilee like no other.

Three-course meal with drinks for £20/head - with a twist!

Join Revd Didier and the Winslow Benefice Book Group on Monday 27 June to discuss Rebecca Stott's In the Days of Rain: A Daughter, A Father, A Cult.

The Winslow Players return! Spend a Saturday evening in style as you witness a brief history of Queens of England in the Winslow Players' first post-Covid production.

Join us in St Laurence Church for coffee and cake, with a raffle, tombola and more!

Join us in St Laurence Church for a cream tea!

Join us from 4-12 June as the St Laurence Festival returns. All are welcome!

The Winslow Repair Shop was featured on the Diocese of Oxford website this week. Read the full story and see a snippet below.

Every day this week, we will be journeying with Jesus with a rich variety of services. Why not join us?

Spring Festival of Voices, 7.30pm Sat 23 April at St Laurence Church, featuring the Morriston Orpheus Choir .

Lent and Holy Week service information for 2022.

There are still some tickets remaining for this interactive workshop, more relevant than ever in light of recent events.

Join us Wednesdays in lent for lunch - all are welcome!

Join us for our first Creative Communion service, suitable for all ages.