Patricia’s first events will be in Tamworth from the 30th July – 1st August. Her first public event will be at St Peter’s Anglican Church on Wednesday the 30th July. She will be speaking on Living with Sexual Integrity. This event is for women, and girls aged 15 and over are invited. 7pm-9pm. By donation….
July 19th will see the Men of OVACC sharing breakfast together, hearing from Chris Trethewy and working together supporting our local Public School by doing some odd jobs around the school. Contact Simon via the email link if you would like to participate.
On the 17th August we give thanks for another year of sharing the gospel in Northern Tamworth. Anyone is free to join us for a thanksgiving service at 9am with Communion. The AGM will start at 10:00. After the AGM concludes we will have lunch together in the School Hall. Hope to see you there
June 20-22nd saw some of OVACC enjoy a weekend at Lynchwood Scout camp. We looked at the intensive of “The Course of Your Life” and we were challenged to think about how our unity with Christ effects our work, relationships, family and gathering together. We had a great time of fellowship as well…
Last Sunday we started “The Course of Your life” as a whole church. http://www.matthiasmedia.com/coyl/ Are you interested in knowing what God wants for your life? Have you ever even thought about what God wants for your life? This course aims to help us all understand what God’s agenda is for our lives so we can…
Our Diocese is celebrating its Centenary this year with many events across the region. The Tamworth region has invited Colin Buchanan to join with us in thanking God for what he has been doing in the Diocese of Armidale over the last 100 Years and praying for the future. Please come along, its all free!…
March 21st, our Youth Group went to Chaffey Dam for the weekend. We looked at the trustworthy sayings in 1 Timothy, enjoyed each others company, had a great time on canoes and grew closer together. We’re looking forward to our next camp planned for sometime in October.
Next Saturday we plan to have a breakfast together for all the men at church. Bring along a mate for a great morning together and hearing from Steve Etherington about his work with CMS in the Northern Territory and how God got him there. Details on flyer
Our Easter services this year will be held in the Oxley Vale School Hall at 9:30 am Good Friday and Easter Sunday Services at 8 and 10am 20th April. Our church has a casual vibrant feel with people who are serious about being genuine Christians. During the service you would expect to have a time…
Our Easter services this year will be held in the Oxley Vale School Hall at 9:30 am Good Friday and Easter Sunday Services at 8 and 10am 20th April. Our church has a casual vibrant feel with people who are serious about being genuine Christians. During the service you would expect to have a time…
Friday 28th February was scheduled as Clean Up Australia Day, and the members of Oxley Vale Anglican pitched in to lend a hand, gathering bags of rubbish from around the premises of the school where we meet. This is an important community event in communities around Australia, and, for the Christian community it is an…
In January this year 21 Australians travelled across to the North Kigezi Diocese in South Western Uganda including Simon and Erin, Matthew and Lyndy. The team went across to run the “Nextgen” conference. The Nextgen conference is a youth leadership conference that aims to equip youth leaders with skills to teach the bible in their…
The 2014 Church Calendar of events, training, preaching and the like, has been published to the website as a Google Calendar. You can find it here. A pretty paper version of this Calendar, for your fridge or office wall, will be available from Sunday 16th February.
Come join us for church this Christmas – Christmas Eve: 5pm Family service with carols, puppets, pizza and ice-cream! Christmas Day: 9:30am Holy Communion
While the Christmas Carols run in town are inevitably bigger budget and better attended, Oxley Vale Anglican Community Church’s local Carols in Fraser Park were a hit with the locals who came down to join in the singing. Wingnut the Puppet made a very amusing appearance and the band led everyone in singing some great…
Our recent “Knights of the King” Kids’ Club took 32 children on an adventure through the book of Matthew, engaging with the story of Jesus – what he did and taught as well as the people he met and how he affected them. A wonderful cast presented a clear message of the search for the…
Oxley Vale Anglican Community Church’s annual Kid’s Holiday Club is on again this October! Registrations are now open for ‘Knights of the King’ – a 3 day program on 1-3 October, including a Thursday night performance for parents, grandparents and carers. Brochures are available from Oxley Vale Public School or by contacting the church office….
Term three saw the start of an exciting new ministry at OVACC. We have started a youth group that meets in the William Cowper Hall on Sunday Afternoons from 5-7pm. The evening consists of some games, a short talk on the bible, the “Chomp Challenge” (or other chocolate bar) and a bible study. The evenings…
Every two years a number of New England church ministers and church members travels to North Kigesi in Ugandan to support training in the local church through seminars and workshops with Ugandan church leaders, with the full support of Bishop Patrick Tugume-Tusingwire. Plans are well underway for the team to return in January 2014 to continue…
Oxley Vale Anglican Community Church celebrated on Thursday 23rd May with a special night of prayer and praise to God after it received a visit from Bishop of Armidale Rick Lewers to present the church with its full License. While this was a mere formality (since the church has been meeting in Oxley Vale for…
Book the day for LifeFest in Bicentennial Park. That beautiful day when the churches of Tamworth get together and put on a party for their neighbours – and they come in thousands. A day for Christians to model the love of Jesus in many ways, and people go away different because they’ve had a brush…
CMS missionaries Bruce and Libby Hayes will speak at Oxley Vale Anglican Community Church this Sunday, at both gatherings. Bruce and Libby work in Nepal where Bruce coordinates GPs training at Patan Hospital, as well as supporting graduates serving in challenging rural areas through consultancy. Libby is the Secondary School Principal at Kathmandu International Study…
The people of Oxley Vale Anglican Community Church enjoyed a great evening together last Friday, eating together and thinking about the good things happening in the church and hearing plans for how those good things might be shared with their community. The Vicar, Simon Carter, encouraged those present to think about change, whether good or bad,…
Easter is a very special time in the year for Christian people. Each Easter we remember the death of Jesus but also his resurrection to life again. It is not only a solemn time of remembrance but also a joyous celebration! Everyone is welcome to join us : 9:00AM on Good Friday 8:00AM or 10:00AM…
On March 10, about 75 people from OVACC witnessed a French national, living in Australia, publicly declare that he wanted to be part of that gathering. Nicholas, a local swimming instructor, was baptised (!) by Vicar Simon Carter, the culmination of a ten year journey for Nicholas and the beginning of an exciting journey of walking…