Well another fab week at the Holiday Club here at St. Oswalds. A huge thank you must go to all the volunteers and enthusiastic visitors who make this possible and of course the children for being so amazing. Look at these fabulous boxes the children made and painted ready for planting their very own strawberry…
Our May half term Holiday Club will be running at the Community Hall on Fecitt Brow from 9.30 am to 1 pm Tuesday 28th May to Friday 31st May. This is for local children aged 5 – 10 years who live or attend Primary Schools within Shadsworth, Knuzden, Whitebirk and Intack. It includes…
We had another relaxed afternoon in the hall on Sunday 12th May on the them of ‘blessings’. There were songs, a story and activity followed by tea/squash and cake. This time we made blessings boxes for each family to take home to help us to remember God’s blessings , giving thanks for them in good…
We have just heard another, very familiar resurrection account from John’s Gospel. John tells us this was the third time that Jesus appeared to his disciples. It was actually the fourth time: John omits Jesus’ very first encounter with Mary Magdalene on that first Easter morning. It would be good to think that we’ve made…
The lectionary Gospels for Easter and the second and third Sundays thereafter all tell resurrection stories as befits the Easter Season. But this reading is the only one to be used every year; the Sunday after Easter, each year, this is the story we hear. This seems odd because I’m sure it’s not our favourite…
Today we celebrate the Risen Jesus Christ. Alleluia! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! Everything is ready! Here are our church decorations. Come and see! Happy Easter everyone!…
St. Oswald’s Community Breakfast Club at St Oswald’s Community Hall, Fecitt Brow, BB1 2AT Saturday 30th March 9 am – 1 pm Bacon or Sausage T.Cakes £2 – Toast ,Toasted Fruit T.Cakes £1 Hot Chocolate , Tea, Coffee , Fruit Juice £1 Everyone welcome – please join us …
Here is a quick note to say that Anne, the Vicar, has gone down with throat infection and laryngitis and has completely lost her voice. She is taking antibiotics but has been advised it could be a week or two before she can speak. If you need to contact her, please use email!
The Sunday evening service has been cancelled as a consequence but many thanks to Rev’d Hillary Murphy for stepping into the breach for Sunday morning which will go ahead as normal.
It was fantastic to have our Brownies and Guides with us for our worship this morning. Today’s reading from St. Lukes’ Gospel was about Herod whom Jesus described as ‘that Fox’ and about God sheltering us under her wings like a hen with her chicks. We brought to God the times when we had hurt…
Christians have observed Lent – forty days, mirroring Jesus’ forty days in the wilderness since at least the fourth century. In the Orthodox church the forty days doesn’t include Holy Week making for a Lent longer than ours. Lent is a paradox: in order to live life fully in the here and now, we embrace…