St Andrew's Dean Court
Oxford
NEWS AND EVENTS
GROUP DONATES DEFIBRILLATOR
Thanks to the generosity of a group which uses St Andrew's regularly, we have a defibrillator.
Money donated by a group of Tamil Christians who use the church each month for prayer and worship has been used to buy something which could save lives - a defibrillator. These give a high-energy shock to the heart of someone who is in cardiac arrest. We're having a training session in its use on 29 November, 7.30pm. Just turn up!
HELPING THE NEEDY
We are privileged to be in partnership with Edge Housing in their work with local homeless and needy people.
Edge have three houses in our area, and have exciting plans for the future. They are holding their weekly meetings in St Andrew's.
CHRISTIANS
AGAINST POVERTY
Plans are under way to start a Christians against Poverty Job Club at St Andrew's early in 2025. CAP is a Christian charity offering free face-to-face debt counselling to all.
Several Oxford churches are linked to CAP, but we will be the first to start a Job Club which is aimed at helping people to find work, rather than debt counselling.
Look out for more information.
THINKING ABOUT GOD
At our Messy Church at the end of September we thought about God - what he has made and what he is like - through crafts and other activities.
We cut up pictures of the wonders of the universe, made animals from pipe cleaners and amazing blow-up birds from disposable gloves, looked at a series of mirrors reflecting an object to infinity, and decorated biscuits (always popular). At the end the Vicar led us in a reflection on what we had been doing, and we enjoyed some food together.
The next Messy Church will be in Cumnor in December.
OUR MISSION PARTNERS IN UGANDA
We are pleased to have mission partners, Simon and Sarah Cawdell, who are working in Uganda with the Church Mission Society. Find out more about them.
