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New Bishop – New Media

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Usually when you get a communication from the Bishop to the people of the Diocese, it’s in the form of a letter, one that quite often gets read out at the main Sunday service in amongst the notices. The new Bishop of Oxford, John Pritchard seems to be trying something a bit different, with a video message posted on the Internet.

True the style is a bit static, sort of like an old style party political broadcast, but it is quite a good message – starting off with a quote from Woody Allen, and imparting the shocking revelation that there are Christians who support Chelsea…

With my new role as Churchwarden, I’m actually going to get to meet the man in person sooner than I expected, as I have to head in to Reading next month for the Bishop’s Visitation. Since he is also leading the Oxford Taizé Pilgrimage which overlaps with our trip there this summer we’ll probably meet him again then too.

If you’re not into video clips, the text of the message is on the website too.

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Taizé 2007 Plans

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After a slight bit of confusion (Beth has been deleting the e-mails on the basis that I was getting them as well – which I wasn’t) we’ve got hold of the details for the Oxford Diocese Pilgrimage to Taizé for 2007. Unfortunately the official trip won’t be there at the same time as us, as there was only one slot available at the cottage where we usually stay, but there is a couple of days overlap, so we might run in to some familiar faces during our visit! It looks like this years Diocesan Pilgrimage should be memorable though as alongside Sarah who has led the trips since Rev Sheila died a few years back, the new Bishop of Oxford, Rt Rev John Pritchard will be going along as well. Sarah has set up an Oxford Taizé site with further information.

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Bishop John Pictures

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The Diocesan Web Site has publish a series of pictures taken on the day that Bishop John was introduced, and then from his whistle-stop tour of the Diocese. Interestingly there is not much in the way of captions – however Dave has thoughtfully provided an amusing commentary for a couple – I hope the Bishop of Dorchester feels suitably chastised for getting caught sitting on the antique furniture!