Contemplative    Compassionate    Courageous

Please scroll down to view our Social Media Feeds, Virtual Open Gardens 2020, Online Church Services, Latest Twitters, COVID-19 details, Prayer Resources, Contact Details, Safeguarding details and for back issues of our weekly Pew Sheet.

Leafield, Fordwells and Friends Virtual Open Gardens 2020 includes a slide show of over 200 pictures from over 50 contributors and lasts about 10 minutes. If you enjoy seeing the gardens and would like to make a donation to Leafield Church, please click on the webpage 'Church Matters', above, and scroll down to the section called 'Forest Edge Benefice Funding' or click here.

St James' Church, Ramsden, and St Michael's Church, Leafield, are open for public worship, alternating each Sunday for a service at 10:30am. Services over the next few weeks follow the pattern below:

Sunday 1st November, 10:30am, St Michael's, Leafield

                                                 with a reading of names of departed loved ones

Sunday 8th November, 10:30am, St James', Ramsden, Service of Remembrance

                                                  4pm, St Michael's, Leafield, Service of Remembrance

Sunday 15th November, 10:30am, St Michael's, Leafield

Sunday 22nd November, 10:30am, St James', Ramsden

Sunday 29th November, 10:30am, St Michael's, Leafield

Your safety is of primary importance. The videos below describes the measures in place at St James' Church, Ramsden, and St Michael's Church, Leafield.

This week's service is supplied by the Church of England for this Sunday, 18th October 2020

A farewell service for Bishop Colin from Dorchester Abbey.

From Holy Week the following online services were released. Contributors include Revd Prof Alister McGrath who preached in many of these services.

To watch a service please click on the image below or the corresponding text.

A prayer for all those affected by coronavirus

Keep us, good Lord,
under the shadow of your mercy.
Sustain and support the anxious,
be with those who care for the sick,
and lift up all who are brought low;
that we may find comfort
knowing that nothing can separate us from your love
in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Benefice Prayer Group

The Benefice Prayer Group continues to pray for individuals, our community, our nation and the wider world. If you have a prayer request, please let us know. If you do not want your prayer request distributed to the Prayer Group (i.e. for the Vicar only to pray) please specify this in your request. Prayer requests can be sent to any member of the group or to the Vicar.

Village Support Networks

Within each village a support network has been established offering help within each local community. Contact details are as follows:

Finstock: Pete Welply Tel 07809 741735 email finstocksis@gmail.com

Ramsden: 1st Roz Danks Tel 01993 868996 email rozdanks@gmail.com

Ramsden: 2nd John Hook Tel 01993 868724 email johnianrupert@hotmail.com

Leafield: 1st Christina Wilson Tel 07387 267714 email CPJW74@icloud.com

Leafield: 2nd Simon Bentley Tel 01993 878000 email simonsalomebentley@icloud.com

Wilcote: Arthur Young Tel 07891 030766 email arthurpmyoung@gmail.com

Please do not hesitate to ring Paul Mansell (Vicar) on 01993 868687 email vicar@forestedgebenefice.co.uk or Jane Hanson (Benefice Administrator) on 01993 868264 email admin@forestedgebenefice.co.uk

St James’ Church, The High Street, Ramsden, Oxfordshire OX7 3AU

Holy Trinity Church, Witney Road, Finstock, Oxfordshire OX7 3DG

St Michael and All Angels Church, Lower End, Leafield, Oxfordshire OX29 9PG

St Peter’s Church, Wilcote, Oxfordshire OX7 3EA

If a child or adult is in immediate danger or requires immediate medical attention, call the emergency services on 999. If there are concerns about their immediate welfare, don’t delay: call Children and Adult’s Social care on 0345 050 7666 or the MASH Out of Hours Emergency Duty Team: 0800 833408

Also please immediately inform your Parish Safeguarding officer, Jane on janedigby@btinternet.com or 01993 878585

For all safeguarding concerns please immediately inform your Parish Safeguarding Officer, Jane on

janedigby@btinternet.com or 01993 878585

If you are unsure or worried about how serious a situation is, contact one of the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisers, Stuart Nimmo, on 01865 208290 or Sophie Harney on 01865 208295

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