About
Exploring faith and making a difference
We’re passionate about helping people explore and deepen their faith, and about making a positive difference in our communities. Connect Groups are the main way we do that at Emmanuel Church.
Connect Groups gather 15-35 people each week to build community and contribute to the flourishing of Oxford life. They gather around a common cause - a people, a place, or a passion.
Whether you are interested in serving a particular area of the city, helping a people group or demographic to explore questions of faith, or collaborating with others who care about a similar cause, we hope that in time there will be a group for you.
See below to find out more about and to get in touch with the group leaders, or email connectgroups@emmanueloxford.org for more information about Connect Groups in general.
Find a Group
Get in touch with one of our Connect Groups
East Groups
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East Oxford
When & Where
Wednesdays, 7:45-9:30pm
OxfordLeaders
Dave and Meg ScottWe are a Connect Group living in and around East Oxford. We want to serve the East Oxford community; a vibrant and diverse part of Oxford, and make Jesus known here.
We meet in different places, so please contact us to find out where we will be this week so please get in touch if you are interested in joining us. -
Littlemore
When & Where
Thursdays 7.45pm
Littlemore Community Centre
46 Giles Rd
Oxford
OX4 4NWLeaders
Paul & Helen BillinghamWe're a group that meets to explore faith, get to know and support one another and serve the local community together. We meet in and seek to serve Littlemore, but everyone is welcome wherever you live!
We meet in the Littlemore Community Centre and other places around the area. Please contact us to find out where we will be this week. -
Refugee
When & Where
Wednesdays 7.45-9.30pm
OxfordLeaders
Peter-Sam & Theresa Hill, Ali & Rachel Colin-Jones and Elaine SavageA group to empower people to love and serve refugees and asylum seekers in Oxford and beyond, whilst building an integrated community together. We meet in different places, so please contact us to find out where we will be this week.
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Young Adults
When & Where
Wednesdays, 7:30-9:30pm
OxfordLeaders
Tom & Susie HoldenThis group is for young adults who want to meet together in order to support and encourage each other. We are aiming to build community between one another and the people in our lives, as well as working to grow in our relationship with God.
We meet in different places, so please contact us to find out where we will be this week. -
Families
When & Where
Thursdays
OxfordLeaders
Dave & Amy LayenA group that aims to provoke each other to live God-centred lives through the young family stage of life; to share life together, build community and engage with the wider community of young families in this city.
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Student Night
When & Where
Thursdays, 8-9.30pm
The Cape of Good Hope,
The Plain,
Oxford,
OX4 1EALeaders
Jess Vaughan & Harry ParkinWe're a group of students from both Universities who are looking to grow in our faith and serve the University we're part of.
Central (North) Groups
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Workplace
When & Where
Thursdays, 7.30pm
Turl Street Kitchen
16 Turl St
Oxford
OX1 3DHLeaders
Graham HopeWe are a Connect Group aiming to support and challenge each other in living for Christ in our respective workplaces. We meet at the Turl Street Kitchen Cafe in the centre of town on Thursday evenings. We regularly do homeless outreach and occasionally have socials at different locations. If you are someone who is not in regular paid work you are still very welcome to join us; we are aiming to support people in whatever they do in Oxford at whatever stage of life they are at.
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Culture
When & Where
Tuesdays, 7.30-9.30pm
OxfordLeaders
Faith OyegbileWe are a group that celebrates and builds community across the city's rich international and culture diversity. We meet weekly to encourage one another in our faith and to connect and engage with various forms of creative culture (e.g. music, theatre, literature etc.) in the city.
This group is now meeting on a Tuesday, instead of a Wednesday, until the end of summer. Please contact the leaders to find out where they are meeting each week. -
Student Night
When & Where
Thursdays, 8-9.30pm
The Cape of Good Hope,
The Plain,
Oxford,
OX4 1EALeaders
Jess Vaughan & Harry ParkinWe're a group of students from both Universities who are looking to grow in our faith and serve the University we're part of.
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Families
When & Where
Wednesdays
OxfordLeaders
Steve & Sarah WhitlaA group that aims to provoke each other to live God-centred lives through the young family stage of life; to share life together, build community and engage with the wider community of young families in this city.
