St Giles' Church, Oxford
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St Giles' Church, Oxford
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Join us at St Giles' or St Margaret's this Christmas!
Christmas News: 24-25 December
Join us at St Giles' or St Margaret's this Christmas!
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December 23, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The Fourth Sunday of Advent in the Benefice includes a pop-up nativity at St Margaret's and a candlelit carol service at St Giles'. Find out more in our weekly newsletter.
Weekly News: 21-28 December
The Fourth Sunday of Advent in the Benefice includes a pop-up nativity at St Margaret's and a candlelit carol service at St Giles'. Find out more in our weekly newsletter.
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December 21, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Lots of Christmas events for all ages and preferences over the next week - find a way to connect with the love of God amidst the busyness of the season.
Weekly News: 14-21 December
Lots of Christmas events for all ages and preferences over the next week - find a way to connect with the love of God amidst the busyness of the season.
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December 14, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Weekly News: 7-14 December

St John the Baptist in the wilderness, Titian, 1540 Welcome to our weekly benefice newsletter. If you’d like to be notified by email each week, please sign up using the form at the bottom of this page. Items for next week’s notices can be sent to…
Weekly News: 7-14 December
St John the Baptist in the wilderness, Titian, 1540 Welcome to our weekly benefice newsletter. If you’d like to be notified by email each week, please sign up using the form at the bottom of this page. Items for next week’s notices can be sent to manager@StGilesStMargarets.org by Wednesday. Worship & Prayer Sunday 7 December Second Sunday of Advent8.00am…
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December 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Advent begins this week with our Benefice Advent Carol Service, and lots of other happenings in both churches as Christmas approaches...
Weekly News: 30 Nov – 7 Dec
Advent begins this week with our Benefice Advent Carol Service, and lots of other happenings in both churches as Christmas approaches...
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November 28, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Weekly News: 23 – 30 November

Christ the King, Greece, c.1600 Welcome to our weekly benefice newsletter. If you’d like to be notified by email each week, please sign up using the form at the bottom of this page. Items for next week’s notices can be sent to manager@StGilesStMargarets.org by…
Weekly News: 23 – 30 November
Christ the King, Greece, c.1600 Welcome to our weekly benefice newsletter. If you’d like to be notified by email each week, please sign up using the form at the bottom of this page. Items for next week’s notices can be sent to manager@StGilesStMargarets.org by Wednesday. Worship & Prayer Sunday 23 November Christ the King8.00am – Holy Communion at St Giles’ …
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November 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
You can now listen to the sermon from St Margaret's this morning (the Second Sunday Before Advent), on our website or on your podcasting platform of choice:
Sermon from 16 November (St Margaret’s)
You can now listen to the sermon from St Margaret's this morning (the Second Sunday Before Advent):
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November 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Weekly News: 16 – 23 November

This week's newsletter, ahead of Remembrance Sunday includes details of a pre-Advent quiet morning; information on upcoming concerts, and requests for donations for Christmas fairs.
Weekly News: 16 – 23 November
This week's newsletter, ahead of Remembrance Sunday includes details of a pre-Advent quiet morning; information on upcoming concerts, and requests for donations for Christmas fairs.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"Crisis? What crisis?" How do we keep going when everything around us seems to be falling apart?
Vicar’s letter (14 November)
"Crisis? What crisis?" How do we keep going when everything around us seems to be falling apart?
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November 14, 2025 at 11:50 AM
This week's newsletter, ahead of Remembrance Sunday includes details of a pre-Advent quiet morning; information on upcoming concerts, and requests for donations for Christmas fairs.

Meanwhile, the vicar wants to know if you've tried turning it off and on again?
Weekly News: 9 – 16 November
Find out what's happening in the Benefice in our weekly newsletter.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Weekly News: 2 – 9 November

Find out what's happening in the Benefice in our weekly newsletter.
Weekly News: 2 – 9 November
Find out what's happening in the Benefice in our weekly newsletter.
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November 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Weekly News: 26 October – 2 November

Find out what's happening in the Benefice in our weekly newsletter.
Weekly News: 26 October – 2 November
Find out what's happening in the Benefice in our weekly newsletter.
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October 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
An UPDATED version of this week's benefice newsletter - please take another look!
UPDATED Weekly News: 19 – 26 October
Find out what's happening in the Benefice in our weekly newsletter.
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October 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Sermon from 12 October (St Margaret’s)

You can listen to Daniel's sermon from St Margaret's for St Michael and All Angel's (transferred to 28 September) below:
Sermon from 12 October (St Margaret’s)
You can listen to Daniel's sermon from St Margaret's for St Michael and All Angel's (transferred to 28 September) below:
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October 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Vicar's letter: the House of Bishops' press release means LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Church of England remains disappointingly delayed.
Vicar’s letter (18 October)
The House of Bishops' press release means LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Church of England remains disappointingly delayed.
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October 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
St Giles’ Organ Signing Ceremony

On the evening of Monday 29th September, St Giles’ was proud to open its doors and welcome almost 100 friends and supporters of our church to a ceremony celebrating the formal signing of a contract with Mascioni, the company tasked with building a new pipe organ…
St Giles’ Organ Signing Ceremony
On the evening of Monday 29th September, St Giles’ was proud to open its doors and welcome almost 100 friends and supporters of our church to a ceremony celebrating the formal signing of a contract with Mascioni, the company tasked with building a new pipe organ for our church. This ceremony was an important milestone in Project 900, an initiative launched to celebrate our church’s 900 years as a place of worship in Oxford, and to lay the foundations for its future as a vibrant and thriving Christian community.
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October 13, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Find out what's happening in the Benefice in our weekly newsletter.
Weekly News: 12 – 19 October
Find out what's happening in the Benefice in our weekly newsletter.
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October 11, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It's Harvest Thanksgiving at St Margaret's, another Jazz at St Giles' concert coming soon - find out more in this week's news.
Weekly News: 5-12 October
It's Harvest Thanksgiving at St Margaret's, another Jazz at St Giles' concert coming soon - find out more in this week's news.
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October 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
We have a new Archbishop! What now?
From the vicar (3 October)
We have a new Archbishop! What now?
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October 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
You can listen to Daniel's sermon from St Margaret's for St Michael and All Angel's (transferred to 28 September) below:
Sermon from 28 September (St Margaret’s)
You can listen to Daniel's sermon from St Margaret's for St Michael and All Angel's (transferred to 28 September) below:
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September 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
It's Harvest Thanksgiving at St Giles', the Festival of St Michael & All Angels at St Margaret's, and lots going on across the parishes - find out more in this week's news.
Weekly News: 28 September – 5 October
It's Harvest Thanksgiving at St Giles', the Festival of St Michael & All Angels at St Margaret's, and lots going on across the parishes - find out more in this week's news.
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September 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Harvest Thanksgiving at St Giles' and St Margaret's, supporting The Gatehouse homelessness charity.
Harvest Thanksgiving
Harvest Thanksgiving at St Giles' and St Margaret's, supporting The Gatehouse homelessness charity.
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September 27, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Find out what's on this week, as St Margaret's prepares for its Listening Service and St Giles' celebrates St Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist...
Weekly News: 21 – 28 September
Find out what's on this week, as St Margaret's prepares for its Listening Service and St Giles' celebrates St Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist...
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September 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
What's on this week as we celebrate Holy Cross Day...
Weekly News: 14 – 21 September
What's on this week as we celebrate Holy Cross Day...
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September 13, 2025 at 9:03 AM