As part of the Cowley Christian community we are here to serve the community as a whole - children and older people, students and workers, believers and those who are searching. We would love to meet you and hear how your journey in life might meet ours. You can meet us for worship, at a lunch club, in a home group, at the Community Food Bank or just drop in for a chat. Use the links below to learn more.
Regular Worship Services Social Events Festivals and Fun Days
Weather dependent but come and join us for a chat and a cuppa!
Youth Worship and Fair Games Fundraiser
Sunday 26 August 2018 1.30pm. onwards
Anglican Asian Living Church
St. James Church, Beauchamp Lane, Cowley
Come and join our celebration of 5 years of youth services - much more than a prayer and message. We have dedicated the whole event to fundraise for our church.
Parish Sunday Lunch
Sunday 16 September 2018 at 12.45pm.
at St. James Church Centre
Come and enjoy a full cooked Sunday lunch with other members of the parish for a very reasonable price. Open to all but ... Please book in advance (by Wednesday 12 September) by calling the Parish office (01865) 747 680
The Bible's BIg Story
Saturday 22 September 9.30am. - 4pm. St. James Church Centre, Beauchamp Lane, Cowley
book here
YOU'RE INVITED to a dynamic day of discovery that will give you a Fresh way to look at the Bible. Using multimedia, colourful symbols and humour, Paul Thaxter From CMS will take us on a journey From Creation to Christ, exploring who's who, what's what and where we all fit into the Bible's Big Story. You won't want to miss it!
Facilitator: Paul Thaxter, Church Mission Society Lunch provided *** Donations welcome
More details from Geoff. [email protected] 01865 778596 or 07759393023
Gardening Party
Saturday 29 September 2018 9.30am. onwards
at St. James Church Centre.
Come and have fun, fresh air and exercise as we prepare the St. James Church Centre garden for another beautiful spring and summer showing. If possible bring your own tools but some will be available. Both heavy and light work available plus coffee and cake.
Spring Harvest 2019
“To live out God’s purposes for us, make Christ known in Cowley and to raise up a new generation to love and serve the Lord."
The Parish Link gives you all the news for the current week together with the Bible Readings and a special prayer for this week. Just click for St. James, Bible or St. Francis below.
The Cowley Link Live (link to you tube version)
Praying a Blessing over Cowley and Headington
(link to you tube version)
Our YouTube Channel
Link to a recent youtube playlist: Click Here
Bishop Steven Croft visits Anglican Asian Living Church
The Anglican Asian Church Youth Choir
On Sunday 26 July our three congregations from the Asian Anglican Living Church, St. Francis Church and St. James Church joined together in an exuberant celebration of the feast of St. James.
Home groups meet regularly, mostly every two weeks. Some are using modules of the Pilgrim Course whilst others will follow different study series. All of our home groups provide time for sharing, discussion and prayer for each other. For more details of the Pilgrim Course see below.
All home groups welcome new members at any time. For full details of all home groups and contact numbers go to our Home Group page.
As a first stage we offer the world-class Alpha Course which has now helped millions of people in over 150 different countries to discover what God means for them and to begin following Jesus in their daily lives. We normally have a course running somewhere in the parish so do please contact Ed for details on 01865 778243.
Alpha is a series of conversations around food which cover all the basics of the Christian faith with plenty of opportunity for you to ask your own questions. Read more here.
As stage two we now other the new and exciting Pilgrim Course . This course is hosted by one of our regular parish home groups so you will get the change to meet with others who have been 'on the road' as Christians a little longer - but we are all learners together. The group meets just twice a month and different people lead each session with video resources etc. For more details please contact Mark on 07985 631816.
Pilgrim is a series of discussions based on such things as The Lord's Prayer, The Beatitudes, and Holy Communion but very focused on what these mean for our normal life in the family or at work.
You can watch an introduction to Alpha here and find their YouTube channel here.
You can watch an introduction to Pilgrim here with more information here.