New Road Baptist Church

19/05/2026

Oxford Trees of Life

19th-25th 11am-5pm

18/05/2026

All ready for !

Great to have many different groups involved, including the Gatehouse, Cutteslowe Primary Scool Eco Club, and Cutteslowe Community Centre Family Art Club.

Open tomorrow and through to 25th May, 11am-5pm

10 minute lunchtime talks each day at 12.30pm on the theme of 'Trees and the Spiritual Quest'

15/05/2026

We've been busy collating and mounting submissions for our Arts Weeks exhibition celebrating the trees of Oxford.

There's still time to upload your favourite trees to our online gallery here: www.oxfordtreesoflife.com

13/05/2026

Getting ready for our Arts Week exhibition celebrating Oxford's trees!

Add your favourite trees to the map here: www.oxfordtreesoflife.com

09/05/2026

It's a great day for getting out and taking photos of your favourite trees in and around Oxford. This is a cherry tree in bloom at Regent’s Park College.

Photos for our Arts Weeks exhibition can be submitted here: www.oxfordtreesoflife.com

06/05/2026

We're working hard towards our upcoming community exhibition for Oxfordshire Arts Week, Oxford Trees of Life, May 19-25th, 11am-5pm

We're mapping people's favourite trees and will display as many photos or drawings of them as we can. If you would like to put your favourite trees on the map you can do so here"

Www.oxfordtreesoflife.com

10/12/2024

Our Advent calendar is up and running here, featuring different poems, prayers and videos each day: https://newroad.churchinsight.com/Groups/388396/Advent_Calendar.aspx

Here is the entry for yesterday, 'Theotokos' by Malcolm Guite, read by our Dev and Ops Manager, Irim Sarwar:

https://youtu.be/dx_K2bvvdcM?si=5TpqsjYtNVTDPTeE

Irim Sarwar, our Dev and Ops Manager at New Road, shares the poem 'Theotokos' by Malcolm Guite.Theotokos means God-bearer, so reflects on Mary's part in the ...

06/12/2024

Our Advent Calendar is up and running, and this week has included poems read by Myra Blyth (church secretary and trustee of the Mint House), Deb Rooke (chaplain Oxford United Womens FC), Kirsty Smith (our student outreach worker), and Lucy Stokes (LEAF, The Gatehouse).

03/12/2024

During Advent there will be videos uploaded each day to our Youtube channel as we count down to Christmas. Here is Deb Rooke, chaplain to Oxford United Womens FC and a deacon at New Road reading a prayerful reflection, 'Open our eyes...'

Deb reads to us the prayerful reflection, Open our eyes, from Cloth for the Cradle (Wild Goose Publishing)Deb Rooke, is a deacon at New Road, often plays mus...

23/04/2024

This morning, the Rwanda Bill was passed in Parliament.

The JPIT churches, along with over 250 other organisations from across civil society in the UK, have signed an open letter to the Prime Minister following the passage of the Government’s Rwanda Act.

We've joined other organisations to make a stand against the Government’s Rwanda Plan, which breaks international law and “abandons our duty to share in the global responsibility towards those forced to seek safety”.

Read the full letter here: https://jpit.uk/jpit-churches-among-251-organisations-to-sign-open-letter-expressing-outrage-at-the-rwanda-bill

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