Parish Church of St Helen
(West St. Helen Street)
Services: Sundays at 8am and 6pm. Wednesdays at 10.30am. Holy Communion
Arrangements for Weddings & Baptisms etc, at Church Centre on Wednesdays 7pm to 8pm.

All organisations meet in the Church Centre.

Caring Action Group
Chairman: Revd George Cox, 103 Bath Street, Abingdon Tel: 521375
Secretary: Mrs Dorothy Willett, 4 Baker Road, Abingdon Tel: 523507

Mothers Union
- see under Church Societies

St. Helens Guild
Mrs Jane Egerton-King, Larks, Faringdon Road, Abingdon Tel: 01235 521859

Friends of St Helens
Clerk to the Trustees: Mrs Joan Mobbs, 3 Picklers Hill, Abingdon Tel: 01235 522491

Bellringers: Mr Jon Chamberlain, The Paddocks, Radley Road, Abingdon Tel: 01235 520006
Wednesday Club - 3rd Wednesday in the month
Helenstowe 20's - 30's Group
Mums & Babies - Mondays & Tuesdays 10am.
Sunday School
Choir Club - Mondays 6.30 to 8pm
Enigma Youth Group - Sundays 7.30 to 9pm
Scouts - Tuesdays 7.15pm
Beavers - Wednesdays 5.15pm
Cub Scouts - Wednesday 6.30pm
Brownies - Thursday 5.30pm

Guides
- (9th St Helens) Tuesday 7.15pm
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The Church in Abingdon
Presidents: Revd Geoff Maughan, Revd John Walsh, Dr Ruth Baker.
Secretary: Mrs Margaret Langsford, 4 Aston Close. Tel: 01235 521536

Anglican Team Ministry
Parish of Abingdon
(St. Helen's, St.Michael's, Christ Church, St. Nicolas')
Parish Office: The Church Centre, St Helens Court, Abingdon Tel: 01235 520144
Office hours: 10am to 1pm Monday to Fridays

Church of St. Michael & All Angels
Sunday Worship: 8am Mass (said); 10am Family Mass & Messengers (Sunday School)
Weekday Mass: Monday 9.30am; Tuesday 7pm; Thursday & Friday 8am; Saturday 9am
Junior Messengers - Thursday 3.30pm
Youth Group: Sunday evening.

Christ Church - Northcourt Road
Church Office: Tel: 01235 522549 (Monday to Friday 9am to 1pm).
Sunday Services -   9.30 am(with créche & groups for children up to 11)
                                11.15am (with groups for children aged 7-14 years)
                                6.30pm (followed by teenagers' group at 8pm)
                                8.00pm Holy Communion on the1st & 3rd Sundays of
                                             the month
Weekdays -
Full programme of groups for mums and children; Senior Citizens; young people; the disabled; 14 house groups; 'Alpha' courses for newcomers; Brownies; Guides; Beavers; Cubs; Scouts; Venture Scouts -  further details from the church office.

Christ Church On Long Furlong
(Long Furlong Community Centre, Boulter Drive)
Christ Church Office, Northcourt Road, Abingdon Tel: 01235 522549
Sunday Services: 10am Morning Worship (with créche & groups for children)
Weekdays: 10.30am Thusdays (Singing Circle for pre-school children; House groups)

St Nicolas

(Market Place)
Sunday Services -
1st Sunday                      9.30am    All-age Communion
                                       11am    Morning Worship
2nd, 4th & 5th Sunday:        11am    Family Comminion & Junior Church
3rd Sunday:                        8am    Holy Communion
                                    9.30am    All-age informal sevice
                                       11am    Morning Worship
Fridays                             10am    Morning Prayer
                                   10.30am    Mums & Toddlers
(Contact the vicar or curate for further details).

St Mary Magdalene       (Shippon)
Tel: 01235 529084


Catholic Church of Our Lady & St Edmund of Abingdon
Tel: 01235 520375
Times of Holy Mass:
Sunday 8am., 9.30am. Family, 11am. Sung, and 7pm.
Holydays of Obligation: 7am., 9am. and 7pm.
Tuesday & Friday 7pm. (Wednesday 10am, School)
7.15am. (Convent) daily, except on Tuesday & Friday.
Rosary: Sundays 6.15pm.
Benediction: Sundays 6.30pm.
Confessions: Saturdays 11.30-12.30pm. and 6-6.45pm.
Catechism: Saturdays, Classes 9am.
Baptisms: Weekends by appointment.
Parish Guild Meeting: 2nd Tuesday every month.

St Edmund's Centre, 1 Oxford Road Tel: 01235 532009
St Edmund's Lodge, 1 Oxford Road Tel: 01235 523386
St Edmund's School, Radley Road Tel: 01235 521558
Our Lady's Convent, 3 Oxford Road Tel: 01235 520075
Our Lady's Convent Senior School, 3 Radley Road Tel: 01235 524658
Our Lady's Convent Junior School, St John's Road Tel: 01235 523147

Dalton Barracks RC Chapel
(Faringdon Road, Shippon)
Tel: 01865 770910

Trinity Church
Methodist & United Reformed
(Conduit Road)  Tel: 01235 520169
Office: Trinity Lodge, Conduit Road, Abingdon Tel: 01235 520282
Activities:
Sunday -         Family Worship & Junior Church 10.30am. (Créche provided)
                      Evening Worship 6.30pm; Youth Club 7.30pm.
Monday -         Evergreen Club 2pm. (monthly); Heart & Stroke Club 2pm. (fortnightly)
                      Beavers 5.50pm; Cub Scouts 6.30pm.; Scouts 7pm.; Venture Scouts 8pm.
Tuesday -        Toddler Group 9.30am.; Women's Fellowship 2.20pm.; Brownies 6pm.
Wednesday -   Talk at Ten 10am. (House Group, monthly)
Thursday -       Toddler Group 9.30am.; Guild 2.30pm. (fortnightly); Thursday Group    
                       8pm. (Women - monthly)
Friday -           Prayers for Healing 10am.; Guides 6.45pm.; Choir Practice 7.45pm.
                      N.S.F. Oxfordshire Befriending Scheme (based at Trinity Lodge Office) Tel: 01235 535959

All Saints Methodist Church
(Appleford Drive)  Tel: 01235 521868
Sunday Services - Morning Worship 10.30am.; Junior Church 10.30am.
                              Evening Worship 6.30pm.; Family, Parade & Communion services as advertised.
Weekdays -            Beavers; Cub Scouts & Brownies. Playgroup, Monday to Friday.
Thursday -              Luncheon Club 1pm. Women's Fellowship 2.30pm. Shell Group 7pm. Choir 8pm.
Sunday -                Sunday Youth 7.45pm.

Baptist Church
Ock Street -  Tel: 01235 523075
Sunday Services - Morning Worship 10.30am.; Evening Worship 6.30pm.;
                              Communion: Every Sunday, alternate mornings & evenings.
Tuesday -              'ABC Tots' (parents & toddlers group) 10am to 11.30am. Venture Scouts
Wednesday -         Mid-week fellowship 2.30pm.; Cub Scouts in scout hut.
Thursday -             Rainbow Guides, Brownies & Guides.
Friday -                  Scouts in scout hut.

Peachcroft Christian Centre
(Ecumenical)
(Lindsay Drive, Peachcroft, Abingdon - Tel: 01235 530227)
Minister: Revd Jen Lovering Tel: 01235 521371

Sunday Services -     All Age Worship 10am. (1st Sunday each month);Holy Communion, 3rd Sunday                                  and Morning Worship all other Sundays, with Discoverers for 3-10 year olds,
                                  Group for 11-14 year olds and Créche every Sunday. Group for 13+ year olds
                                  7.30pm. Tel for details.
Second Tuesdays -    Bible Stories and songs for under five's and parents 9.45am.
2nd & 4th Tuesdays - Coffee Pot 10.15am to 12 noon.
Wednesday -             S.T.O.P. for parents & toddlers 10 to 11.30am. and 1 to 2.30pm.
Thursday -                Meeting Point (Talks & Bible studies for women. Créche) 9.30 to 11.30am.

Salvation Army
(Salvation Army Hall, West Saint Helens Street - Tel: 501235 23568)

Sunday Services -            Holiness Meeting 11am.; Salvation Meeting 6.30pm.
Sunday Junior Services -  Junior Soldiers Meeting 10am.; Junior Salvation Meeting 2.15pm.
Thursday Meeting -          Home & Family 2.15pm.
Coffee Mornings -            Mondays & Fridays 9.30am to 12.30pm.
Charity Shop -                 Mondays; Tuesdays; Thursdays & Fridays 9.30am to 12.45pm.

Religious Society of Friends (Quakers)
Clerk: Morris Robinson, 127 South Avenue, Abingdon Tel: 01235 520708
A Quaker Meeting for Worship is held at the Abbey Centre on Sundays at 10.15am.
(Visitors are warmly welcomed).

Abingdon Community Church
(Part of Oxfordshire Community Churches)
Tel: 01235 535927
Sunday Service -    John Mason School, Wootton Road, Abingdon at 10.30am.
                               Communion or Family Service one Sunday each month.
                               Mid week meetings and often run an Alpha course.
                               Details: Ed Evans Tel: 522437

Abbey Baptist Church
(Checker Walk)
Elders: David Jones, 10 Checker Walk, Abingdon Tel: 01235 533302;
             Chris Richards, 7 Bowyer Road, Abingdon Tel: 01235 525809
             Andrew Sadler, 17 Caldecott Close, Abingdon Tel: 01235 521810
Sunday Meetings - 10.30am and 6.30pm. Venturers Bible Club & Bible Class 10.30am.
Monday -                Mums & Toddlers 10am. (term time)
Wednesday -           Bible Study & Prayer 7.30pm.
Thursday -              (2nd & 4th) Ladies Coffee Morning 10.30am.
Friday -                   Youth Club 7pm
Saturday -               Youth Club 7pm.
Abingdon Christian Spiritualist Church
(Fitzharrys Common Room, Wootton Road)
Sunday Service - Spiritual Healing 6.16pm. Also 4pm to 5.15pm 1st Sunday each month.

BAHÁ'Í FAITH
Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'is of Abingdon
Chairman: Mr M. Samii, 39 Francis Little Drive, Abingdon Tel: 01235 202447
FORTY MINUTES OF TRANQUILLITY
Music, Words, Reflection.An Exploration of Virtues including words from Sacred Scriptures. 7:45 for 8:00 pm St Ethelwold’s House, 30 East Saint Helen Street, Abingdon.
Mondays - 13 October, 27 October,  10 November, 24 November and 8 December
Organised by the Bahá’ís of Abingdon Tel. 01235 533278
E-mail: reviews@grbooks.com
Buddhist Society for the Creation of Value
Meetings are held on Saturday afternoons at the Community Centre, Boulter Drive.

Mothers Union
Branch Leader:  Tel: 01235 526415
Meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 7.45pm. in St. Michael's Church Room.

Abingdon Society of Change Ringers
Tower Captain: J.D. Chamberlain, The Paddocks, The Vineyard, Abingdon

Service Ringing - St Helen's 9.15 to 10am.; St. Nicolas 10.30 11am.; Evensong at St Helen's
Tuesday Practice Night - St Helen's 7.30 to 9pm. on the 1st, 3rd and 5th Tuesday.
                                     St Nicol's 7.30 to 9pm. on the 4th Tuesday.

Saint John's Guild for the Blind
St. Michael & All Angel's Church
2nd Monday each month 2.30pm.
Tel: 01235 520379

Churches and Places of Worship

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