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Wednesday 29th July
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- 14:00
Thursday 30th July
- 09:45
- 11:00
Friday 31st July
- 09:45
- 15:00
Sunday 2nd August
- 11:00
- 19:00
Monday 3rd August
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- 18:00
Tuesday 4th August
- 09:45
- 13:15
Wednesday 5th August
- 09:45
- 14:00
Church & Community
History: 1904 – 2018
The work begins
Fundraising began in 1904 to build a new church for Summertown, to replace St John's (1833) which had become too small for the regular congregation, and in 1908 work on todays St Michael's was begun.
1,000 copies of the Order of Service were printed for the ceremony on 11 February 1909 at which the foundation stone was laid by the Countess of Jersey.
Work on the building was expected to be finished by Michaelmas that year, which indeed it was, but only after the decision was taken to cut short the nave and lay a temporary west wall.
The consecration of St Michael's, commemorated by two small lights in the East window, took place on 29 September 1909.
Architect: A Mardon Mowbray
Builders: Wooldridge & Simpson
Site donated by Alderman Francis Twining
Information taken from 'A brief history of the two Anglican churches in Summertown' by Margaret R Fulford
Final completion — The Threshold Project
Over 100 years after a temporary west wall was erected in brick when the funds ran out, we wanted to realise the original vision by completing the building for the community.
In June 2014, the church undertook a community engagement survey called, 'At the Heart of It'.
The Threshold Project is a response to the needs of the local community portrayed in the survey.
Lying at the heart of Summertown, geographically situated between Cutteslowe and Waterways, St Michael's acts as a conduit between people and places offering facilities for workshops, seminars and groups to share.
Now complete in 2018, the new facilities offer hospitality in the form of a kitchen, an office, toilets and essential storage space.
Read more about this exciting development in our Theshold section
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