WELCOME from the Revd Clare Sykes, Rector
Welcome to the website of St Frideswide Church, Botley Road, Oxford.
We are glad you have visited us!
Who are we?
We are the Anglican church serving the vibrant district of West Oxford and Osney Island. We are part of the Osney Benefice, working in partnership with our next door neighbour parish, North Hinksey & Botley.
St Frideswide’s is dedicated to the patroness of Oxford. Since our church was founded in the nineteenth century, we have built up Christians in the faith through the celebration of the sacraments and the study of Holy Scripture.
Sunday Worship
The church has a relaxed Anglo-Catholic tradition, and our regular worship is focused on the Eucharist. We are a small, friendly, all-age congregation who welcome regular, sojourner and seeker alike. We aim to provide worship and learning opportunities that are inclusive to all and to that end are working hard to become more child and family friendly.
Please see the side panel on this page for our regular service times and other activities.
Baptisms, weddings and funerals
Our beautiful church is a public building, here for the community it serves. If you live in our parish or have a connection with our parish, we welcome you to celebrate a baptism or to get married here. Our clergy are also available to conduct funeral services in the church or at the crematorium. Do contact us if we can help.
Read on …
Our church exists to offer worship to God and proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ – that God loves us and offers us fullness of life. Read on to find out more.
News
NEXT SERVICES AT ST FRIDESWIDE
We hope you will be able to join us
EACH SUNDAY
10.30am Sung Eucharist
FIRST SUNDAY OF EACH MONTH
10.30am Family friendly Eucharist
SUNDAY 26 MAY 2013
10.30am Sung Eucharist
SUNDAY 2 JUNE 2013
10.30am Family Friendly Eucharist
SUNDAY 9 JUNE 2013
10.30am Sung Eucharist
SUNDAY 16 JUNE 2013
10.30am Sung Eucharist
Survey
The PCC would like your opinion on whether you would like to see part of the ground at St Frideswide Church consecrated so that people’s ashes could be strewed there
Survey form
2013 organ recitals
St Frideswide Church at 7.30pm
Thursday 30 May: Organ Music during the Church’s Year by David Eldridge, St Frideswide’s organist and Director of Music
Thursday 27 June: A Celebration of German Organ Music: Recital by Nicholas Freestone
Thursday 25 July: Organ Recital by David Phillips
OPEN LETTER FROM THE REVD CLARE SYKES, JUDITH BROWN, MARTIN HENIG, AND PHILIP BUDD
The vote on women bishops
FORTHCOMING PUBLICATION
Binsey: Oxford’s holy place – Its saint, village and people edited by Lydia Carr, Russell Dewhurst and Martin Henig.
There are ten contributions dealing with the archaeology, history, topography, people and literary connections of Binsey and its church of St Margaret’s. The book will be fully illustrated.
Due to be published by Archaeopress in late summer 2013
FIRST WORLD WAR MEMORIAL AT ST FRIDESWIDE’s
Article by the Churchwarden, Anne James, with link to biographies of the war dead of St Frideswide's Church
ALTAR CANDLES AT ST FRIDESWIDE’S
The congregation of St Frideswide’s Church is very grateful to Richard Brown who has used his considerable machining skills to prepare six candles for the altar for St Frideswide's Church. This involved carefully cutting out a cone shaped cavity in the base of the candles so that they can be placed on our altar candle sticks, which have spikes. This was done on a specially built rig on his lathe. Furthermore he has taken our 3 foot candles and is cutting them in half and preparing them for the altar. To find out how Richard got involved with preparing candles, see the story here
