St Denys is a growing family church at the heart of Stanford in the Vale. We are one of three churches in the Parish of Stanford in the Vale with Goosey & Hatford within the Diocese of Oxford in the Church of England. We attract people from a variety of different Christian backgrounds, ranging from evangelical and charismatic to eucharistic and traditional.
We are a church for the whole community and seek to make everybody welcome, whether you already count yourself as a Christian, or are just looking. We offer a variety of services that range from 1662 prayer book to very informal family worship and a monthly Messy Church in the village hall.
You are very welcome to join us at any of our services. On this site you should find everything you need to know about us. If you want to speak to us further about anything, then please see details on Who's Who page.
Services
We are starting services again with a 10:15 Holy Communion service on Sunday the 6th of September. Worshippers are reminded they will need to follow government guidance and wear a face covering unless they have a health reason that prevents them. We are also starting St Denys Kids in the small village hall in Stanford for up to 15 reception to year 6 children. Would parents guardians please drop children at the small village hall by 10:10 and pick them up from there after the service.
Here are the covid-19 risk assessments for services at St Denys and for St Denys Kids:
St Denys service risk assessment and St Denys Kids risk assessment
There are a number of online services from the Oxford Diocese.
Bishop of Oxford - https://www.oxford.anglican.org/coronavirus-covid-19/livestream/
St Aldates, Oxford - https://staldates.org.uk/
And the Church of England services - https://www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/church-online
Vicar's Messages
Easter Message and the latest messages are now all available on this YouTube channel (you don't need to login to access this).
For Sunday 6/6/20 see https://youtu.be/bhuZ8lvbdb8
Friday Fellowship News (FFN)
Click below for copies of the Friday Fellowship News from St Denys:
FFNews_27.03.2020 , FFNews_03.04.2020, FFNews_10.04.2020 (Easter), FFNews_17.04.2020, FFNews_24.04.2020, FFNews_01.05.2020, FFNews_08.05.2020, FFNews_15.05.2020, FFNews_22.05.2020, FFNews_29.05.2020, FFNews_05.06.2020, FFNews_12.06.2020, FFNews_19.06.2020, FFNews_26.06.2020, FFNews_3_07_2020, FFNews_10_07_2020, FFNews_17_07_2020, FFNews_14_8_2020, FFNews_21_8_2020, FFNews_28_8_2020, FFNews_4_9_2020, FFNews_11_9_2020
Bible readings for Morning Prayer
These are readings for the week:
Readings_15.05.2020, Readings_22.05.2020, Readings_29.05.2020, Readings_05.06.2020 (also see https://youtu.be/bhuZ8lvbdb8), Readings_11_09_2020
Safeguarding
This parish is committed to the safeguarding, care and nurture of the children and people of all ages in our church community. You can view our safeguarding policy here. Further information and contact details are on our safeguarding page .
You can view our privacy policy here.