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News from the University Church
December 28th, 2018 at 11:41 am BSTView this email online if it doesn't display correctly On New Year’s Eve at the stroke of midnight, many of us sing the classic “Auld Lang Syne”. Written in 1788 by Robert Burns, the poem essential ...
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December 21st, 2018 at 1:58 pm BSTView this email online if it doesn't display correctly A Blessing for Christmas We look forward to seeing you at the many services which will be taking place at St Mary’s over the next few days. Everyth ...
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December 13th, 2018 at 12:10 pm BSTView this email online if it doesn't display correctly Christingle Comes to Town! One of the more extraordinary services at my church growing up involved the unforgettable sight of a ten-foot MDF orange e ...
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December 5th, 2018 at 4:18 pm BSTView this email online if it doesn't display correctly Oxford Winter Night Shelter OWNS operated from January to March providing shelter for 34 people whose stay varied from one night to 88 nights. It ke ...
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November 28th, 2018 at 6:45 pm BSTView this email online if it doesn't display correctly We probably all fantasize, at some point or another, about sending a message to our younger selves. I think the moment when I needed such a message ...
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November 23rd, 2018 at 4:37 pm BSTView this email online if it doesn't display correctly A Thousand Years of Christmas At the heart of the meaning of Christmas is a message that defies tidy explanation. Indeed, to even trying to speak of ...
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November 15th, 2018 at 4:47 pm BSTView this email online if it doesn't display correctly Imagining Peace It is with both shame and delight that most years I have to confess to eating mince pies as soon as they arrive on the shelf. In Oxfo ...
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November 9th, 2018 at 5:47 pm BSTView this email online if it doesn't display correctly War and Peace In the city of Dresden, there is a painting by a German artist called Otto Dix. He painted it in 1932 to remind people of the unimagina ...
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November 2nd, 2018 at 5:13 pm BSTView this email online if it doesn't display correctly Come and write! The University Church hosts its first ever National Novel Writing Month event. The time of year that gets me going creatively is Nove ...
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October 26th, 2018 at 3:12 pm BSTView this email online if it doesn't display correctly Bright Young Things The experiences and outlooks of younger generations have, certainly throughout the twentieth century, morphed with the pressures ...