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'Lord, teach us to pray!'

On Sunday, we will be starting four lunchtime sessions at 12 noon on the Lord's Prayer. Over these weeks, we will be reflecting not only on what the language of the Lord's Prayer teaches us about the life of prayer, but also the insights it offers us about the nature of God and the life of faith. 

This coming Sunday, we will be reflecting on the different images we use of the divine and how those images illuminate our understanding of God. The session will involve some reflection on the use of silence in prayer, and we will spend some time in silent contemplation. It will provoke some questions for us: do we think of prayer as something terribly complicated? Or is it actually quite simple? Is it about our learning to be uncomplicated in the face of the divine mystery?

Please do come and join us!

The Revd Dr William Lamb
Vicar, University Church
Oxford
OX1 4BJ

The Week Ahead

Sunday 
09.30  Latin Litany - Nave
10.30  Choral Eucharist - Nave
12.00  Sunday Forum  - Old Library
15.30  Organ Vespers - Nave

Weekday Services

Monday  
09.00 Morning Prayer - Chancel
12.15 Eucharist  - Chancel
18.15  Choral Evensong - New College

Tuesday  Agnes Martyr 304
09.00  Morning Prayer - Chancel
12.15  Eucharist - Chancel
18.00  Book Club - Keepers

Wednesday  
09.00 Morning Prayer - Chancel
12.15 Eucharist - Chancel
18.30  Choral Evensong - Queen's College

Thursday  
09.00 Morning Prayer - Chancel
12.15 Eucharist - Chancel
12.45  Lunchtime Bible Study - Old Library
18.15  Choral Evensong - Merton College

Friday 
09.00 Morning Prayer - Chancel
12.15 Eucharist - Chancel
18.15  Choral Evensong - Exeter College

Saturday  Conversion of St Paul
18.00  Choral Evensong - Magdalen College

From 18th to 25th January the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is observed

For full listings of weekly evening services across the University, see our website.


Next Sunday

Sunday 26 January  The Third Sunday of Epiphany   
 
10.30  Choral Eucharist - Nave
           Preacher:  The Rev'd Canon Dr Judith Maltby 
           Chaplain Corpus Christi
12.00  Sunday Forum:  The Lord's Prayer  
15.30  Choral Evensong
           Preacher:  Professor Sarah Mortimer   
LATIN LITANY AND UNIVERSITY SERMON
This annual event will take place this Sunday 19th January, at 9.30am. The preacher will be Fra’ John Eidinow, Fellow, Dean and Keeper of the Statutes, Merton College, and Fellow and Tutor in Classics, St Benet’s Hall.  We apologise for any difficulties in gaining access to the 10.30am service.
ORGAN VESPERS
Organ Vespers will take place Sunday afternoon at 3.30pm. The Organist will be Andrew Knowles. The Revd Laurence Price will give a brief homily.
WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY
There will be a service to mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity at Christ Church Cathedral on Sunday 19 January at 3.00pm, organised by Churches Together in Central Oxford. All welcome.
OUR THANKS
Many thanks to all those who contributed to the Parish Lunch last Sunday. It was a wonderful event in the Old Library. Our particular thanks to Julia Reece for coordinating the catering and all those who brought food to share.
Termcard

Welcome to a new term! To see our full term card, click the link below or look at our website.

https://www.universitychurch.ox.ac.uk/content/hilary-term-2020 
A NOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE PCC
Information will be sent out next week about the arrangements for the PCC Away Day on Saturday 8 February. This will take place at the Cherwell Centre, Norham Gardens, from 9.30am – 4.00pm. Please make a note in your diary.
Bookclub

Tuesdays 21 January - 10 March
6 - 7pm
Keepers, 73 High Street, Oxford

Raymond Carver called Anton Chekhov ‘the greatest short story writer who has ever lived’. Elusive and subtle, spare and unadorned, the stories in this collection are among Chekhov's most poignant and lyrical.

Each week, someone introduces a discussion on one of the stories.

21 January - The Huntsman
28 January - On the Road
4 February- Fish Love
11 February- The Black Monk
18 February- Rothschild’s Violin
25 February - The Bishop
3 March - About Love
10 March - The Lady with the little dog

For more details, contact Ana-Maria at ana-maria.niculcea@universitychurch.ox.ac.uk 

THE ADVENTURES OF KING DAVID
The Bible Study takes place at 12.45pm in the Old Library on Thursdays during term. We will be exploring the fascinating, if sometimes controversial, figure of King David, and looking at Sirach 47. Hot drinks provided. You are welcome to bring a packed lunch.  
Art of Modern Conversation
In the ever-shifting patterns of our online selves, where we move between the real and the unreal and where truth becomes a political and social commodity, is the art of conversation lost? This series explores how our patterns of engagement are changing and how all the minutiae of conversations, the things we say and the things we leave unsaid are affected by virtual environments. Join us in the Old Library from 19:30-21:00 to find out more. Entrance through Radcliffe Square.

5 Feb Hard Conversations in a Divided World
Dr Bethany Sollereder
12 Feb Artificial Intelligence for Good
Dr Mariarosario Taddeo
19 Feb Is Our Online Self Less Human?
The Revd Canon Bruce Kinsey & The Revd Dr Melanie Marshall
Poetry Workshops: the poetry of climate change

Join us in the Old Library this term for an exploration of the poetry written in response to climate change and for writing exercises challenging how we might respond to climate change through poetry. Tea and biscuits are provided.
Wednesdays, 5.30pm in the Old Library. Entrance via the Vaults & Garden Café. 

29th January
12th February
26th February
11th March
Safeguarding and Child Protection
The Parochial Church Council has recently revised and approved a new Safeguarding Policy in light of guidance from the Diocese of Oxford.  This means that every member of staff and volunteer at St Mary's needs to have the requisite DBS check and undergo the relevant level of training. This is important and urgent.  Attending to these matters ensures that we become alert and attentive to the issues around safeguarding.  No one can ever anticipate a situation in which they find themselves listening to a disclosure about a painful episode in someone's life.  Knowing how to respond in a way which will protect the most vulnerable is an essential part of our Christian vocation. 
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