On November 22nd, we will gather for our bi-annual Celebration, a time to be together as a family of churches to worship Jesus, connect with one-another and get fresh faith and vision for all God is calling us to do. Celebrations are always great times for all ages! We will be joined by Joemon & Sunitha, the team leaders of Salt & Light International, the global family of churches we are part of. Joemon is a man of faith who brings the life of God with him and he will preach on the theme of ‘Being built in his love’.
Children and youth
Primary aged children will be in the Cotswold Hall for their session.
Children age 0-18 will have sessions (up to end of y13) and need to be pre-registered to enable us to prepare well, get large enough teams of leaders in place and enough resources. this will also make your morning smoother as checking in will be much quicker on the day if you are pre-registered!
We also need a big team of volunteers to support our children’s and youth work, so please help if you are able.
Sensory and Additional needs
We are aware that Celebrations are a different environment, which can be challenging for our children and we want to be as inclusive of different needs and sensitivities as possible. Our desire is for Celebrations to be times in which all of our children, and their parents can be spiritually fed. With that in mind we are working on increasing our SEN provision. In order to do this we need parents to share information with us in the pre-registration forms - this allows us to plan and prepare for the right number of volunteers and resources.
We will have quiet spaces available, with sensory resources and activities. We have a couple of pairs of ear defenders available in group, but encourage you to bring these with you if they are helpful for your child.
Please register your children by Wednesday 18th November.
Volunteering
Our celebrations cannot run without a team of volunteers serving in a variety of roles. Please use the links below to sign up and offer your help! As well as welcome, refreshments and car parking we’ve added a site team, to be available from 8am for general helping particularly moving boxes of toys around and setting up tables, so please sign up if you are able!
Volunteers supporting children and youth will need to have a suitable DBS check and Safeguarding training.
Please cliak a button below to volunteer:
Travel
In order to make the celebration accessible to as many as possible, parking spaces for those who need them (e.g. you have disability, mobility issues, elderly passengers or lots of small children) can be booked in advance using this form.
The remainder of our 90 car parking spaces, as well as 70 on-street spaces on Osney Mead are available on a first-come-first-served basis, with no time limits at weekends. For previous events on-site and nearby parking has been adequate.
We also encourage 'green' travel by foot, bicycle and public transport, TKC is a 10 minute walk from Oxford city train station, via the towpath through Osney Island. There are also sheltered bike racks available.
The main entrance can be found through the large gates to the right hand side of the carpark.
The King's Centre, the Osney Mead estate and Botley Road are not impacted by the new congestion charging arrangements.
For more information please see our travel page.
More information
Any questions, please contact Event Organiser Carol.Byrne@witneycommunity.church
Comms pack for Churches
Comms pack - tbc