Welcome to the Parish of Cowley : Bringing Christianity to life

We regret that during the current Covid-19 emergency, there can be no public worship services, nor groups or social events. We are still here to serve you and pray for you and you can follow worship on our facebook page - Parish of Cowley Virtual Church

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 four buttons below to get quick information about:

REGULAR WORSHIP SERVICES CHILDREN & YOUTH SOCIAL EVENTS FESTIVALS & FUN DAY S SAFEGUARDING

Announcements

What's occurring

What's happening

The Churches will be open Sunday 28th between 2 and 4 pm

St James will be open for private prayer on Wednesday 1st July between 2 pm and 4 pm. Weather permitting, there will be people in the churchyard happy for a distanced chat at this time.

Sunday 5th July, we hope to run some services in Church. With guidance in place, numbers will be limited, so do please contact Geoff (01865 778596) or Gemma if you wish to come along

St James: 8:00 am, 9:30 am & 11:00 am

St Francis 9:30 am & 11:00 am

Our ministry team is hard at work and we are praying for us all.

Our online services will continue Please join us at one or the other

Sunday Morning worship

From the Parish

11 am Sunday Morning

join us in prayer and worship on Youtube or facebook.The links are in the panel to the right!

Dwelling in the word

'Dwelling in the Word'

A simple chance to think about what a Bible passage means to you

Thursday evening

7 to 7:40 pm

Looking at the book of

Galatians: Chapter 2 vs 1 to 10

A meeting: on Zoom:

(Meeting ID: 883 6814 4643 Password: 704210)

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88368144643?pwd=V1JVQVovOU5yQzJlNnNHLy9qbnZIdz09

Midday Prayers

join us for midday prayer on Facebook. Surprisingly at 12 noon

Link here

Oxford Diocese live streaming

The Diocese of Oxford

streams weekly communions at 10 am. If you would like to join them pelase follow this link here

Click here to go to You tube version

Oxford Hub

Oxford Together

At Oxford Hub we work all year round for a more connected and resilient city. During this time, we are wanting to make sure that Oxford City residents are looking out for one another to help everyone stay safe and healthy.

Sign up to be a Street Champion: Here
Practical Support Referral Form Here
Phone Link Referral Form Here

Open the Book

Open the Book Click 'here' to get to the YouTube Channel

Edward Bear Club

Edward Bear Club

Stories and worship for children and adults in the home

you can find the links on the panel over to the right! But you can find us on facebook 'parish of cowley' as well!

A Prayer for Oxford

A prayer for Oxford

Uniting ChristianS across the city:

www.oxfordprayer.org

Coffee mornings on Zoom

Our virtual coffee mornings have been great, having a chat and seeing each other's faces is so good. if you haven't joined one yet do pop in and say hello.

Click on the link below to join, it is the same for every meeting each Tuesday and Saturday at 11am

Click on this link to join Zoom coffee morning on Tuesdays and Saturdays 11am

https://zoom.us/j/99661823367?pwd=K3hSWDJ5TzdsTldQMHdkbTk3N1UyZz09

Meeting ID: 996 6182 3367

Password: 0fFwUP

I have also put this link in the church diary for St James and St Francis, accessible via the website. As always if you need a hand with zoom contact us.

STAY CONNECTED

During the Covid-19 pandemic you may find the following instructions helpful as you connect with us.

Click on the links below to download our useful guides

Facebook instructions

Church of England Covid -19 Guidance Click here :

Click here for Daily Bible readings and reflections

Get the Everyday Faith app for android

Get Linked-up

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 on the Link or Bible icons below.

Open the Book and School Assemblies
(link to you tube version )

Feature 1: Parish Worship from Weekdays and Sundays

Link to You tube

Feature 2: Edward Bear Club

Link to You tube

Feature 4: Workouts

Link to You tube

Feature 3: Everyday Faith

Our 'YouTube Channel'

Link to our play lists Click here
Link to a recent youtube playlist: Click Here

Anglican Asian Living Church

Link to Youtube

Bishop Steven Croft visits Anglican Asian Living Church

The Anglican Asian Church Youth Choir

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.

The Parish of Cowley now offers a two stage journey into Christian faith

- a journey which for most of us is life-long.

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.