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Christmas Services at Horley and Hanwell

There will be Christmas services in Horley on Sunday 21st December (Nativity and Carols) and on Christmas Eve (Midnight Mass). See below for details of all services in Horley and Hanwell this Christmas.

Christmas Presents for the Sunshine Centre

The Ironstone Benefice of eight churches has once again offered to provide Christmas presents for children who use The Sunshine  Centre in Banbury.

Each parish has been asked to give presents for a certain age group and Horley has been asked to buy presents for the age group 0 to 2 years old.  

If you feel you can help this year, please donate toys/gifts which are NEW and cost up to £10. 

Please wrap your gift(s), label with the age group and where necessary indicate whether the gift is suitable for a girl or boy.  Wrapped gifts should be left by the font in the church. They will be collected regularly and then delivered to the Sunshine Centre in good time for Christmas.

The appeal is already underway and runs until Sunday 7th December.  Thank you so much for your generosity.

Note: The Sunshine Centre was created to act as a hub for a range of family and childcare support services for the community in Bretch Hill and the surrounding area. It provides childcare for children from 3 months to 5 years, organises classes and courses for families in the community, and hosts a range of baby and toddler groups. It also partners with other organisations such as the NHS to provide weekly antenatal clinics.

Thank you from the staff and children of The Sunshine Centre.

Reminder: Horley Christmas Market this Saturday (29th November)

Don’t miss Horley’s Candlelit Christmas Market in St Etheldreda’s Church on

Saturday 29th November from 4-6pm.

Lots of Christmassy stalls and games and a fabulous hamper raffle.

Horley Christmas Market – Saturday 29th November

Don’t miss Horley’s Candlelit Christmas Market in St Etheldreda’s Church on

Saturday 29th November from 4-6pm.

Lots of Christmassy stalls and games and a fabulous hamper raffle.

Harvest Festival Service at St Etheldreda’s Church this Sunday (5th October) at 11am

There will be a traditional Harvest Festival service in Horley this Sunday:

Rev’d Guy Edwards say ‘Celebrate the goodness that God shows to us in the fruits and flowers and grain of autumn, and all that comes to maturity at Harvest time.  This Sunday at St Etheldreda’s – a traditional Harvest Festival service, with all your favourite harvest hymns.  Children welcome.’

Please bring donations of tinned or non-perishable food for the harvest offering to the Church on or before Sunday, and they will be passed on to to the Banbury Young Homeless Project.

Breakfast Church at Horley Old School – Sunday 31st August 2025

There will be a benefice breakfast in Horley this Sunday, 31st August, in the Old School. See below for details:

Ride and Stride for Oxfordshire Churches – Saturday 13th September

Ride and Stride for Oxfordshire Historic Churches is taking place on Saturday 13th September. See poster below or visit www.ohct.org.uk/ride-stride for details of how to take part.

Children’s Summer Camp

We are pleased to confirm that the Children’s Summer Camp is going to be running on Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th August this year.

Here’s how to sign up:

 Horley Summer Camp sign-up

and more details of what’s planned:

Horley Summer Fete – thank you!

A big thank you to everyone who came along to the Horley fete recently, and special thanks to Megan Bottoms who took some great photos of the event – see below.

As it’s clear from the photos, everyone seemed to be having a good time! The refreshments in the Old School were very popular (delicious cakes – thank you all the bakers!) and there was an excellent selection of stalls in the Church. What’s more, we raised a fantastic £2,300 for our Church and local charities, so thank you again!