Privacy Policy

At St Andrew's Oakington we collect different types of information about our users for the following main reasons:

To provide a useful resource in the form of an online directory of users.
To provide an interactive website where email is used to communicate with the users.
To provide a security mechanism whereby we can restrict content to certain groups of users.
To help us to improve the service we offer.

Our principles

We are absolutely committed to protecting your privacy. Our policy can be summarised in one sentence: we will not share your information with others without your consent.

We have established the following two principles:

We will respect your email privacy. You will only receive email from St Andrew's Oakington in relation to areas you have expressly signed up for.
We will not share any individual user details (including your email address) to any third party without your consent.

What information do we collect?

We collect information on our users through registration.

The minimum information we need to register a user is your first and last name and a password. We also ask for some further, voluntary information so we can provide a richer, more useful address book.

Who will have access to your information?

You have control over who is able to access specific items of information. By default your personal information will be visible to other authenticated users of the site. You can change these settings from your personal profile page. Your information will be used to build the online address book and show your birthday in the St Andrew's Oakington calendar.

What else you should know about privacy

Remember to close your browser when you have finished your user session. This is to ensure that others cannot access your personal information and correspondence if you share a device with someone else or are using a device in a public place like a library or internet cafe. You as an individual are responsible for the security of, and access to, your own device.

Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily disclose personal information over the internet that this information can be collected and used by others. In short, if you post personal information in publicly accessible online forums, you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties in return. Ultimately, you are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your usernames and passwords and any account information. Please be careful and responsible whenever you are using the internet.

Our pages may contain links to other websites, and you should be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices on other websites.

We use Stripe for payment, analytics, and other business services. Stripe collects identifying information about the devices that connect to its services. Stripe uses this information to operate and improve the services it provides to us, including for fraud detection. You can learn more about Stripe and read its privacy policy at https://stripe.com/privacy.

Any Questions?

Hello and welcome to our church. If you are a new visitor, we have a page for you to get to know us and learn more about planning a visit.
Click here to see more.

Visitors click here.

Planning your Visit

A Warm Hello

If you have not visited us before you will be made very welcome.

On Sundays we have two services one at 10.00am, our family service, and one at 5.00pm which is a more formal Holy Communion service.

After the 10.00am services we serve tea, coffee and biscuits in our church hall. It is a great way to meet people, and ask any questions. All refreshments are free.

Accessibility: There is wheelchair access through the porch entrance at the right hand side of the church. The toilets are in the hall just next to the church.

Our Services

The morning service begins at 10am with a welcome from one of our team members. Then follows a time of sung worship, led by our band. Sometimes a person might pray out loud or read a small passage from the bible. Sometimes people share things that they believe God is saying to the whole church family. This might seem strange the first time you hear it but it’s all part of our connecting with God. We may share news and notices about what’s going on in the life of the church. A member of our fellowship will lead us in prayers. One of our leaders will then give a sermon that is bible based and that we can apply to our everyday life. We then finish with a final worship song which may be accompanied by our vicar on the organ. There is always an opportunity to receive prayer at the end of the service.

The evening services follow the Church of England liturgy with hymns of praise accompanied by music on the organ. Everyone is welcome at this service. No refreshments are served.

What about my children?

Children may stay with their parent or grown-up or make use of the children's area with books, colouring items or small toys or join in with others in the hall for Bible stories and activities.

Getting Connected:

Small Groups

While Sundays are a great opportunity to meet new people, it is often in smaller gatherings that you can really get to know someone. Being part of one of our small groups helps you to make new friends, share together and support each other. We have groups that meet throughout the week, some mornings and some evenings. Check out Small Groups and see if there’s one that you could join, or we can put you in touch with a group leader who will be more than happy to invite you along to their group.

Serving and Volunteering

Once you have settled into our church life and family you may feel called to serve in some way. This may be in the spiritual life of the church or in the practical realm which keeps us running smoothly and not just on Sundays.

We also have the following ministries:

Prayer intercessors
Men's Ministries
Overseas Missions
Bell ringing
Practical helping