Guardians

The Guardians of the Home Community are a group of people elected by the whole community and entrusted with the responsibility of guiding the community on it’s journey into the future God has for us. The Guardians are also the Trustees for the legally recognised body of Home – a charity registered with the Charity […]

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‘The Beatitudes’

For this gathering cycle we wanted to focus on the practical (and deeply challenging!) wisdom teaching of Jesus in the gospels and in particular on the sayings known as the ‘Beatitudes’ (such as ‘blessed are the poor, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven’ etc.). We spent time exploring the possibility that the people mentioned […]

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‘Into the Wild’

This was a cycle of gatherings to tie in with the season of lent in the church year – a season of self-examination in preparation for Holy Week and Easter. We spent some time considering the story in the gospels where Jesus is led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted and to […]

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Gatherings explained

Of course the life of the community is more than just its ‘official’ gatherings, nevertheless here are the ways we gather ‘publicly’ with an explanation of each… Sundays                       We gather at 5pm on Sunday (once a cycle we have the meditative gathering at the […]

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Giving

The Home Community receives no financial support from the Diocese of Oxford and is entirely dependent on the giving of its members to operate the way it does. This includes paying the salaries of our current chaplains and rental of the building we use. This means that our budget is extremely tight. At the same […]

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