What’s Happening at St Mary the Virgin, Upton:Greetings from the clergy and all from St Mary the Virgin, Upton. How may we help you? Please do get in touch! We would love to communicate with you. Give us a call 01235 850267 or email [email protected] or online. See the Churn Benefice Newletter.
Easter Week Services
Click here to see services within the Churn Benefice in Easter Week.
Lent Groups and Recommended Reading
Our Lent leaflets are available in our churches but can also be downloaded from our website via this link https://www.churnchurches.co.uk/content/pages/documents/lent-groups-for-2025.pdf.
MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS on Mondays from 10th March, Father Jason will be leading a tour around the churches looking at church monuments and the stories they tell.
CHURCHES TOGETHER LENT GROUP 2025. Led by the Rev. Josie Midwinter and meeting at Jenny Loder’s house, 75 Loyd Road in Didcot, on Friday mornings from 10.30 am - 12 noon, beginning on Friday 7 March.
HOME GROUP TASTER SESSIONS with refreshments! Sessions led by Revd Louise on four Welcome, Worship, Word and Witnes, at The Charity School House, Church Road, Blewbury 7.30 -8pm, 12thMarch and 9th April.
QUIET TIME – ONLINE COMPLINE Every weekday Monday to Friday at 8pm there is a short online service of reflective night prayer or “compline”. It lasts about 10 minutes and is a wonderful way of winding down at the end of the day. Join https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/312446493.
FELLOWSHIP DURING LENT There will be hot soup lunches served at St Andrew’s Church on Saturdays between 12:30 – 2:00pm during Lent from 8th March – 12th April (inclusive).
Planet Earth Bishop Steven's message is a must watch: the biblical imperative for Christians to invest resources to restore nature alongside working towards net zero.
The Middle East. For Emergency Appeal and prayers to the people of Palestine and Isreal see Notices.
You are welcome to join local people in our Services.
A Service is held in St Mary the Virgin Church at 9.30 am on the second and fourth Sundays of each month. Other services take place at Festivals and special
occasions. See the servcies tab for more details
. We meet with the rest
of the Churn Benefice, which serves the Astons, North and South Moreton, East
Hagbourne, Blewbury and Upton, for
online worship at 10:30 every Sunday and
weekday evenings at 8:00 pm for ten minutes. Join us any weekday night at
8pm for a short service of night prayer. Links
and codes for these are on the website under the services tab.
Click on these links for information about activities in the Benefice: Sunday Services in our Churches and on line, Weekday Compline Service, Midweek Communion, Men’s Breakfast Group (First Saturday of the month), Churn Cygnets Youth Group (1st Sunday of the month) and Churn Climate Action Group.
Home Communion is available to anyone who is unable to get to church through sickness or frailty, either for a short time or on a long term basis. If you, or anyone you know, would like to receive Holy Communion at home, please contact The Revd Louise Butler on 07837 009730. Full COVID precautions will be followed.
Climate Action. The Anglican Fifth Mark of Mission inspires us to ‘To strive to safeguard the integrity of creation, and sustain and renew the life of the earth’. The Churn Churches Climate Action Group encourages conversation and action to reduce the impact of Climate Change within the communities served by the Churn Benefice. We urge all who are concerned about the impact of climate change to write to our MPs to make them aware that action to address the Climate Emergency must be taken by all Government Departments Follow the links for: More about writing to MPs, Action to reduce our carbon footprint, Actions to encourage businesses to address the Climate Emergency.
Watch a three minute video explaining Christianity. Grow in your everyday faith. Oxford Diocese offers a range of bitesize and Going Deeper courses on the Diocesan Learning Hub for those who want to explore faith further. In particular, the Story of Scripture, which explains how the bible fits together as a unified story, might be of interest. There are also longer Study Group courses which run on a termly basis and can be signed up for on a rolling cycle.
Anxious about the future? We can put you in touch with someone to talk to in these difficult times. See Ways of Supporting Each Other on the Benefice website.
Private Prayer. St Mary the Virgin, Upton is now open for private worship at the following times: Wednesdays: 9am - 5pm, Sundays: 9am - 5pm. For the safety of others, please wear a face covering when you enter the church. If you would like to make a donation to church funds,
please leave your donation in the secure box in the church on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
