Summertown Wolvercote Wytham
Church Partnership

Click here to read news from the May 2023 Partnership Enabling Group open meeting.

• Worship
  • 4 June: All Saint’s Choral Evensong 17:00
  • 18 June: 10:00am: St Peter’s (St P’s) Wolvercote & Wytham Festival Service
  • 25 June: 11:00am: St P’s Patronal Service 11:00 am with Bishop Steven
    followed by ‘Bring Your Own’ lunch
  • 16 July: 10:00am: St P’s and St M’s pulpit swap
  • 24 Sept: 10:00am St M’s Patronal Festival Service with guest preacher
  • 3 December: 6:30pm (tbc): Advent Carol Service at St P’s
  • Every 2^nd Sunday at St Peter’s, 7:00pm short reflective services
  • Every 4^th Sunday at St P’s, Messy Church 3:30 – 5:30pm
    
    
• Events
  • 13 May – 16 Sept Coffee Café: outside URC Summertown 10:00 – 12:00
    (see below for details of supported charities)
  • 11 June: - St M’s 2:00-4:00pm 'Love your (church) garden' Stalls, quizzes, treasure hunt.
  • 20 June: All Saints’ Wytham Festival Concert 7:00pm
  • 24 June: St P’s Fete. Street food from 1:00pm, stalls from 2:00pm
  • 23 Sept: Harvest Supper St P’s.
    
    
• Upcoming PEG Open meetings
  • 17 Oct 2023: 6:30 – 8:00pm: Light supper at St P’s
  • 18 Jan 2024: 12:30 – 2:00pm: Light lunch at All Saints’ Wytham

Pilgrimages

A SWWCP pilgrimage across Port Meadow to Christ Church Cathedral was hugely enjoyed by all ten participants from St Ps and St M’s. There is an appetite for more joint walks. An informal sub-committee will be planning future walks. Contact Ann Steadman (St M’s) or Amanda Saville (St P’s) to help plan. Bill Clarke has been organising annual cathedral visits for St P’s for over 10 years. This year’s Autumn trip to Birmingham Cathedral will be open to members of all Partnership churches. Details will be publicised nearer the time.

Lecture Series

The Autumn series in St P’s on Thursdays at 6:30pm will focus on art. Confirmed contributors are art historian Matt Wates (15 Sept) , wood engraver Peter Lawrence (12 Oct) and letter carver John Neilson (9 Nov). The Spring 2024 series will take place on Wednesdays in St M’s. Speaker suggestions welcomed. Contact Edward Wates.

Eco Church

St M’s are concentrating on implementing their Covenant with Creation. The aim is to be carbon neutral by 2030. Smaller groups meet to think about carbon usage, its impact on the world, to share ideas about lifestyle and how we can support one another to make appropriate choices. St M’s are happy to share activities with other partnership churches. It was agreed that St M’s and St P’s would explore together how to reduce dependence on gas and electricity. The North Oxford COP, spearheaded by Michael Taylor (St M’s), is engaging local stakeholders - businesses, community groups, schools - to explore how working together could contribute to slowing climate change.

Date          Cake Stall Charity

27 May    Noreen’s Kids
(Romanian orphanage)

3 June      Mali Development Group

10 June    Save the Children Fund

17 June    Parkinson’s Oxford

24 June    Awamu (work in Kampala slums)

1 July       North Oxford Association
    Community Centre

8 July       Cystic Fibrosis Trust

15July      Asylum Welcome

22 July     Corymeela

29 July     Neighbourhood Forum

5 Aug     (open)

12 Aug      (open)

19 Aug      (open)

26 Aug      (open)

2 Sept     Children’s Society

9 Sept     Freedom from Torture

16 Sept    Cutteslowe Community
Association

Taung Link: Sue Smith thanked both churches for publishing regular communications from Tumelo at St Chad’s. A joint Diocesan Summit (Oxford/KK) is under discussion for this year or next.

Wolvercote Baptist Church: no update on new Minister.

Fairtrade: David Smith reported that he is sourcing products from alternate suppliers following the closure of Fairtrade at St Michael’s.

ENDS