At the end of most communion services in the Church of England, we depart with the familiar dismissal ‘Go in peace to love and serve the Lord’ and we all respond ‘In the name of Christ, Amen!’ In many ways this is one of the most important aspects of our worship. We have gathered to…
It was a lovely service on a lovely autumn morning at St. Oswald’s today. Here is an extract from the special Harvest Liturgy we used. Harvest Liturgy The heavens declare the glory of God The skies display the work of his hands Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting…
Tomorrow’s church service is the annual St. Oswald’s Harvest Festival where we celebrate the richness of God’s creation. All are welcome! If you cannot make the service, you can enjoy the Church of England’s Service for Creation and Harvest which came out a few weeks ago. …
This week’s online service is a cross-cultural celebration of St Luke. The service is led by Rev Sarah Gill, with Rt Rev Dr Jill Duff, Bishop of Lancaster, and the Rt Rev Julian Henderson, Bishop of Blackburn. We are uploading this service even though it is St. Oswald’s Harvest Festival because local Blackburn Clergy are…
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Gospel reading Matthew 22:1-14 A king throws a wedding banquet. The invited guests behave very badly – many send their excuses, others abuse and murder the messengers. In exasperation, the King sends his remaining slaves to gather in all kinds of people from the streets to the party. One of their number is not dressed…
This week’s Sunday service celebrates chaplaincy in care homes. Debbie Thrower leads the service, with contributions from care home chaplains and residents, as well as a poetry reading from the late Bob Weighton, once the oldest man in the world. The Sunday afternoon sermon, ‘What are we wearing?’ will be uploaded at 1pm…
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Gospel reading – Matthew 21:33-46 The German writer Herman Hesse wrote that we hate in others that which resides in us ourselves. What is not in us does not move us either to hatred or love. I suppose this is another way of saying what the psychologist Karl Jung said when he talked about projection…
This week’s service celebrates people involved in food production. Sarah Spencer, from the Diocese of Lincoln and Nick Shepherd, from the Diocese of Southwark, lead worship with contributions from farmers, lorry drivers and supermarket workers. The service can be downloaded anytime after 9am Sunday. At 2pm the Vicar’s internet sermon will be uploaded. This week’s…