All Saints Loughton celebrated its 800th Birthday in style with a special visit from the Bishop of Oxford.
Where’s Jesus: Christmas Campaign Report
We put together a campaign based on the theme, “Where’s Jesus?” This was intended to focus on the idea that Jesus can be found in unlikely places, and amongst marginalised people. There was also a tongue-in-cheek link to “Where’s Walley” which we wanted to play with using social media. A grant of £2,000 from the […]
We’re Nearly There – But Not Quite!
For the past few years we’ve run a big radio advertising campaign based around the theme “Christmas Starts with Christ”. You’re probably already aware that this year we’ve made three new radio ads of our own linked to this, focussing on the theme of ‘Where’s Jesus?’, because we want to remind people that Jesus was […]
Christmas Campaign 2017
At Christmas, we usually run a big media campaign linked to “Christmas Starts with Christ”. We’ve used some fun radio ads based on football matches, chat shows, and police chases… This year we’ve picked the theme “Where’s Jesus?” because we want to remind people that Jesus was born so God could be with us. The […]
Where’s Jesus?
Many people today feel left out, or left behind: the gap between rich and poor is widening as austerity bites; refugees and immigrants feel unwelcome; old and young alike feel marginalised; our society is divided, unfair and stacked in favour of the ‘haves’ against the ‘have-nots’… In a time like this it’s more important than […]
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Betsy Stanley
Sunday 26th February, St. Mary’s Church was the venue for a very special tea party for Betsy Stanley. Surrounded by friends, family and neighbours, the High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire, Mrs C. R Soames DL presented Betsy with a Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of her long, devoted and loving service to Church and Community. […]
DLT Report – October 2016
The Deanery Leadership Team (DLT) consists of the six Deanery officers, who meet regularly to plan activity and share leadership. Church Inspections The summer is always dominated by the annual Church inspections which we carry out on behalf of the archdeacon. Each church has to be visited once every three years, and there is a […]
DLT Report June 2016
The Deanery Leadership Team consists of the six deanery officers. We’ve been missing a Deanery Secretary for some time. We’ve found this difficult because we didn’t have someone who could focus on how we use our processes to achieve our aims. It’s therefore great news that Steve Snook from Bletchley has stepped forward for this […]