Everyone is Welcome
A warm and welcoming church community in the heart of the beautiful Oxfordshire market town of Woodstock.
We strive to be inclusive and express our care for God’s world.
We’d love to see you at our 1030 service on a Sunday (Junior Church runs alongside) and afterwards for refreshments and conversation in the hall.
Alternatively please do come along to one of our other activities.
The church is generally open during the day on Saturday and Sunday.
Street parking Monday to Sunday 8am to 6pm – 1st hour free (display ticket from machine), 2 hours for £1. Maximum stay 4 hours no return within 1 hour. 6pm to 8am free. Blue badge holders may park without charge or time limit.
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Ministerial Changes Summer 2026
Paul Carter will be leaving us at the end of July this year to move to be minister in the South Worcestershire circuit. We have now been matched
with Luke McLeod (pictured) who will be coming to be our minister in September. Luke is currently in ministerial training and will therefore arrive as a probationer minister (meaning he will still be training on the job for 2 years). He will be responsible for Woodstock, Kidlington and Bladon Methodist Churches.
North Oxfordshire Community Foodbank
Foodbank Items can be left in the box at the back of the church any time and will be taken to them each week for distribution. They particularly need biscuits, tinned fruit, tinned vegetables and tinned tomatoes at this time. They are open to receiving financial donations to purchase items, and they will also take and distribute toiletries and pet food.
Songs of Praise
Songs of Praise – October 11th – 3pm there will be a Churches Together Songs of Praise service at St Mary Mags. We have been asked to choose two songs for the event – we will be asking for your ideas over the next few weeks. The songs will need to be introduced so if you are willing to take part, please let Debbie or one of the stewards know.
Les Miserables – Bladon Junior Church
Bladon Junior church will be putting on Les Misérables in October. 26th – 31st
October
Tickets are now on sale https://juniorchurch.com/lesmis
Bumps to one
Knit for Peace
Tuesday Fellowship (2.30pm to 4pm)
Silence, Stillness and Simplicity
Oxford half marathon
Stephen and Liz Spain are running the Oxford Half Marathon on Sunday 11th October and are raising money for Asylum Welcome. When people arrive in Oxfordshire seeking safety, having to navigate unfamiliar systems – housing, healthcare, education – often with limited English, Asylum Welcome are there to work alongside them, offering practical advice, guidance, and community-based support.
If you’d like to sponsor them, here is a link to their Justgiving Page –
https://www.justgiving.com/page/stephen-spain-4
Calling all pianists and/or organists
11 to 18 Film Club
Christian Aid Tea 2026
Thank you one and all for donations which including gift aid amounted to £610.
Christmas Tree Festival 2025/26
A big thank to all who made this such a successful event, raising over £800 to support the work of All We Can, Bridewell Organic Garden and Woodstock Methodist Church.
Woodstock and District U3A
Woodstock and District U3A – (University of the 3rd Age). Our monthly meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month at St Hugh’s Centre, Hensington Road, Woodstock, OX20 1JL The meeting is from 2:15pm for a speaker at 2:30pm. The U3A branch is centred in Woodstock, but welcomes people from the surrounding areas. The branch has interest groups in different areas, such as Books, a Walking Group and Historic Churches Group. Contact can be made through the website, www.woodstockU3a.uk, and more information can be found on the there.