St Edburg’s church is the parish church of Bicester in Oxfordshire. The centre of the Anglican life in the town, the church has been the focal point for the community and a place for everyone to come together for over 900 years.

Today it is at the forefront of life in Bicester and continues its mission in the name of Jesus Christ. Read more

Moonrakers Concert

We are very pleased to announce that the Celtic band Moonrakers will be performing in St Edburg's Church on Saturday 11th February at 7.30pm. Come to listen to this great mix of traditional and contemporary Celtic songs and tunes in the beautiful accoustic space of our building. Tickets cost £10 (£8 for concessions). for more information or to purchase tickets please contact james.killen@stedburgschurch.org

Light up St Mary's!

Linked with the concern about church metal thefts, St Mary's has floodlighting to illuminate this beautiful church, having been the victim of the theft of lead from the roof three times in the last five years. For more information about their efforts to fund the cost of the floodlighting please see their Light up a Life campaign information.

Church metal thefts

Metal theft is a significant and worsening problem in the UK. In particular, lead from church roofs is often the target of these thieves. Please consider signing a Home Office petition seeking an amendment to the Scrap Metal Merchants Act to prohibit cash transactions to try to tackle this crime. This can be found at Scrap Metal Petition

In June 2008 we embarked on a reordering project to rejuvenate the church of Bicester for the 21st century. To do this, we aim to raise more than a million pounds in the next few years to pay for the major structural work that needs to be done. To date we have raised over £300,000. Now. in Spring 2011. we're starting to raise funds for phase two of the works. We still desperately need your help to continue our work.

Find out how you can help

Weekly Newsheets

Click to view a copy of this week's newsheet for St Edburg's or here for St Mary's and St Peter's.

Contact Newsletter

From here you can access our monthly benefice magazine for more information about us and what we are doing.

New minister for Emmanuel

We are pleased to announce that a new minister has been appointed to the benefice, with special responsibility for Emmanuel Church following the retirement of the much loved Chris Boyce. He is the Revd Ian Biscoe who will be joining us from his previous community in Upper Heyford. The official licensing of Ian will take place in St Edburg's on Monday 23rd January at 7.30pm. Everyone is invited to join us to welcome him into his new role.

Clergy days off

Please remember that all of our clergy need to have time off to be able to recharge themselves so that they can lead us most effectively. To that end, each of them is allocated a rest day when we really should try to respect their time off. Theresa is off on Mondays and Becky on Thursdays. If you do need to contact a member of the clergy, and it happens to be their day off, please contact the Office or another member of the Team. Thank you for your cooperation.

WEDNESDAY 25th January

Holy Communion

10.00am
Celebrate the Eucharist with a quiet, said service using Common Worship.

SUNDAY 29th January (4th of Epiphany)

Holy Communion

8.00am
Celebrate the Eucharist with a quiet, said service using the traditional Book of Common Prayer.

Family Communion

9.30am
Celebrate the Eucharist with all of the family in this communion service designed for parents and children. Crèche and Sunday School facilities are available.

Holy Communion

11.00am
Celebrate the Eucharist with this sung service using Common Worship.

Morning Prayer

The Bicester Team ministers meet at 8.15am on weekday mornings to say Morning Prayer together. Anyone and everyone is welcome to join them for this Common Worship said service; Mondays in St Mary's, Launton, Tuesdays and Wednesdays in St Edburg's and Fridays in St Peter's, Bucknell. Please join us if you can.