Home is a progressive, all-age, Christian community of spiritual seekers sharing spiritual practices in the city of Oxford, UK. Home is part of the Anglican Diocese of Oxford.
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Hub

Hub

Hub is an opportunity to go deeper into the cycle theme. Each cycle there will be two or three central midweek gatherings (i.e. this will be the only gathering that week) led or facilitated by Matt, which will help us to look in more depth at the theme of the cycle. There will be teaching...
Huddle Directory

Huddle Directory

Huddles are our small groups meeting on the first and/or third Wednesdays of the month with a variety of foci. Here is a list of current Huddles.
Pentecostal Sparklers!

Pentecostal Sparklers!

Yesterday was Pentecost. We ended our gathering passing out some sparklers!
'Songs in the key of life'

‘Songs in the key of life’

Our next gathering cycle focuses our attention on the Psalms – the ancient songbook of the Judeo-Christian traditions – where we find expressed a vast array of human emotions. We will be looking at these fascinating pieces of literature and also attempting to go deeper into the spirit of the psalms and find resonances for...
Katharine Thompson on 'Living Joy' (audio)

Katharine Thompson on ‘Living Joy’ (audio)

Home Community member Katharine Thompson shares her thoughts on how we can all live with a deeper sense of joy (recorded at the Home Community gathering on Sunday 28th April 2013) Katharine Thompson on 'Living Joy' by Homecommunity on Mixcloud
Tim Stead on 'Living Joy'

Tim Stead on ‘Living Joy’

Really good to have Tim Stead – vicar at Headington Quarry – with us yesterday for the first gathering in our ‘Living Joy’ cycle. Tim explored how we might live with a deeper sense of joy, skilfully making connections between our image of God as Trinity and the mindfulness meditation tradition. Have a listen! Tim...
Holy Week and Easter 2013 - pictures

Holy Week and Easter 2013 – pictures

Obviously a hugely important week for Christ followers the world over, our Holy Week and Easter gatherings consisted of a gathering on Palm Sunday, an All Age Good Friday gathering, a Stations of the Cross and communion meditative gathering, and our by-now-traditional bring and share champagne resurrection breakfast on Easter day. Here are some pictures...
'Living Joy' cycle

‘Living Joy’ cycle

After the solemnity of Lent our next cycle will be taking a look at how we can cultivate a deeper sense of joy in our lives.We want to focus on finding joy in the everyday not just in the high or low points. We are really pleased that Tim Stead – vicar of Headington Quarry...
Holy Week & Easter Gatherings 2013

Holy Week & Easter Gatherings 2013

Holy Week is obviously a very important week for us as a community following in the way of Christ. His journey is our journey. We follow him through the darkness of death (his and ours) – the death of the small self, the death of the ego – into the nothingness beyond it, and awaiting...
Mothers Day Joint Service

Mothers Day Joint Service

Yesterday (Sunday 10th March) we got together with the St Albans Sunday morning congregation for a joint service for Mothers Day. It was a bit chaotic, but fun! Our theme was ‘God as Mother – the source of life’ and we tried to focus our attention on God, our mother, being the source from which...
Lunching at the Isis

Lunching at the Isis

A couple of weeks ago some of us joined with members of the St Albans morning congregation to clean the church that we both use. Afterwards we enjoyed a hearty lunch at the Isis Tavern (see pics by Mark below).
Nick Lea - 'Enough Already?' (audio)

Nick Lea – ‘Enough Already?’ (audio)

Here’s a recording from the Home Community gathering on Sunday 24th February, 2013. We invited Nick Lea – economist at the Department for International Development – to come and talk to us about christian faith in an age of austerity and what the themes of lent might have to say about this. Enjoy! Nick Lea...