Notices
QUIET CREATIVITY - SAT 18 MARCH, OLD LIBRARY, 10AM-1PM
You are warmly invited for a relaxed morning in the Old Library. Bring your own creative project and enjoy snacks, tea & coffee in the company of like-minded people. For more details, contact ana-maria.niculcea@universitychurch.ox.ac.uk
CRANMER COMMEMORATION – 11.30AM TUESDAY
There will be a special service of Choral Matins, sung by the University Church Choir, in collaboration with the Prayer Book Society, to mark the commemoration of Thomas Cranmer. The service will begin in Church and includes a procession to the Martyrs Memorial. All are welcome.
FREE LUNCHTIME RECITAL SERIES - 1PM THURSDAY
The next in our lunchtime recital series will take place on Thursday 23 March as we welcome an ensemble of seven musicians, who will be playing music by Handel, Ravel and Vivaldi.
LENT QUIET MORNING – 10AM SATURDAY 25 MARCH
There are still some places left on the Lent Quiet Morning 10am-1pm in the Old Library. To book contact hannah.cartwright@universitychurch.ox.ac.uk
SUNDAY FORUM: PLANS FOR THE FUTURE - 12PM SUNDAY 26 MARCH
Join us as we meet together to consider the shape of St Mary’s in the years ahead. The Vicar will guide us through the draft strategic plan and help us consider how God might be calling the University Church to grow in the next season.
ELECTORAL ROLL
If you are baptised and over the age of 16, and are either resident in the parish or have regularly attended worship here for the last 6 months, you are eligible to join the church electoral roll. This enables you to attend and vote at the annual parochial church meeting and to stand as a member of the PCC. We update the electoral roll annually so if you would like to join or to amend your details, please pick up a form from the back of church.
BAPTISM AND CONFIRMATION CLASSES
If you are considering taking the next step in faith and would like to be baptised or confirmed at Pentecost (28th May), it would be wonderful to hear from you. Please be in touch with Hannah for an informal chat and put the following dates of baptism and confirmation preparation classes in your diary, all 5.30-6.30pm: 21 March, 28 March, 18 April, 25 April, 9 May, 16 May. On 23 May will be a rehearsal. To make it as accessible as possible we will be taking a hybrid approach with some sessions in the Old Library and some on zoom.
CHRISTIAN IMAGININGS OF HOME: POLITICAL THEOLOGIES AFTER NATIONALISM – MON 27 MARCH, 7.30pm
Where do you call home? Turn on the television and you are bombarded with programmes on finding, designing, building, buying, restoring or furnishing your home. Meanwhile, the earth is radically polluted and millions of people worldwide are refugees. this lecture by Professor Siobhán Garrigan draws on deeper layers of the Christian tradition to articulate a theology of home that is more inclusive – and able to resist the violent implications of exclusive nationalism. Open to all. Entrance via High Street.
VICAR’S SABBATICAL
After Easter, the Vicar has been granted a sabbatical for a period of three months by the Bishop. This will be a time of study, travel, and rest. Please keep Will in your prayers and be in touch with Hannah or the Wardens for all Church matters.
SUPPORTING OUR MINISTRY
If you would like to support the ministry of the University Church, you may wish to make a cash donation at the offertory or via the contactless card machine by the High Street entrance. You can also make a donation online (please use the QR code) through the Parish Giving Scheme or by sending a text: Text "SMV X" to 70085 to donate £X. E.g.: "SMV 5" to 70085 will donate £5.00. Texts cost £X plus one standard rate message. Thank you!
