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Palm Sunday, Holy Week and Easter at St Oswald’s
Good news! St Oswald’s Church will be reopening on Palm Sunday for Holy Communion at 10 a.m. – but don’t forget to put your clocks forward the previous night or you may miss it! There will be palm crosses for everyone, and activity packs for children as we are not yet able to recommence our…
Safety Guidelines
Following Government and Church of England guidelines St Oswald’s PCC has put the following guidelines in place to try to keep everyone safe. It is important to be aware that data for the area indicates that infection rates remain high so please think carefully about your own personal and family vulnerabilities. The PCC asks that,…
Passion Sunday – A Theological Reflection
Today is Passion Sunday – the beginning of the two most holy weeks of the Christian calendar. It is, under normal circumstances, our habit at St Oswald’s to read the Passion Gospel on this Sunday rather than on Palm Sunday. Doing so is always a powerfully moving experience – Jesus moving inevitably towards crucifixion and…
A year on … a National Day of Reflection
March 23rd marks the first anniversary of the national lockdown. In that time over 125,000 people have died in the UK after testing positive, many more have been seriously ill (some with the distressing symptoms of long Covid), education has been disrupted and numerous jobs have been lost. It is to remember the cost of…
Sunday Worship – Passion Sunday
This Sunday, we shall be marking Passion Sunday, the fifth Sunday of Lent. Join in worship with Rev’d Philippa White of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. The service begins Sunday 9am and will be available thereafter. At 2pm the Vicar’s afternoon sermon, titled ‘Passion Sunday – A Theological Reflection’, will be uploaded to the blog…
Woman asks people to take pride in where they live after clearing 25 bags of waste from near Knuzden Brook
God our Mother
Mothering Sunday, the day of thanksgiving for our mother, the Church, as well as our earthly mothers, is a good time to reflect on the idea of ‘God our Mother’. Thirty years ago this image of God was shocking to many people – these days I think we mostly take it in our stride. But…
Exciting times ahead as historic Whalley Abbey enters new era
Sunday Worship – Mothering Sunday
Rt Rev Rachel Treweek, the Bishop of Gloucester, will lead the online Mothering Sunday service which starts at 9am and will be available thereafter. There will be a sermon from Pam Rhodes and the worship will include real-life stories of mothering. The Vicar’s afternoon sermon, God our Mother, will be uploaded to the blog at…