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Tonight’s PCC meeting went very well. It was a relaxed happy discussion on current issues. The Vicar chaired the meeting.
The dates and agendas of meetings are pinned at the back of church for those interested.
Blessed Virgin Mary
Any liturgy associated with the Blessed Virgin Mary seems bound to include words such as ‘obedience’, ‘humility’ and ‘lowliness’’. Presumably the ‘lowliness’ comes from Mary’s song, The Magnificat, ‘for he has regarded the lowliness of his handmaiden’. But if you look at this passage in the original Greek, the word is ‘humiliation’. This word is…
Stanhill Road and Mount St James Closed
The engineers are back to finish the job of resurfacing Mount St James and Stanhill Road. The necessary disruption officially began yesterday but we are grateful to Lancashire County Council and the contractors for holding off to allow yesterday’s wedding and today’s morning service. The machines began moving in as people left church…
Graham and Jessica were married today at St Oswald’s. It was a lovely wedding! It was good to see the church full – 100 adults and 20 children. The bride arrived in a beautiful horse-drawn carriage. 
Sunday Worship – Festival of the Blessed Virgin Mary
On Sunday, St. Oswald’s church celebrates the Festival of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The service will start at 10am and will last around 40 minutes followed by tea snd coffee. The Vicar will lead the service and Rev’d Canon Michael Ratcliffe will give the sermon. You are most welcome! The Vicar’s Sunday afternoon sermon on…
East Lancs MPs back UN’s ‘code red’ climate change warning | Lancashire Telegraph
PCC Meeting 7pm Monday 16 August
St. Oswald’s Church, Knuzden PCC Meeting The next meeting of St. Oswald’s, Knuzden, Parochial Church Council will be held on 7pm Monday 16 August at St. Oswald’s Church Rev’s Dr Anne Morris Vicar of St Oswald’s Church, Knuzden…
The life of St Oswald
Oswald was a member of the Irthing family – there’s still a village just east of Carlisle called Irthington. He was born around 604, the son of the Northumbrian King Aethelfrith. A victim of political change Oswald became a refugee: he spent his childhood in exile on the Island of Iona where he heard about…
If you wondered where Canon Michael Radcliffe was today, he was taking the service at St. James’ Church, Accrington.