When work on the Weavers’ Wheel cycling route began in the early summer, we were expecting a quick job and everything finished by now. Instead, the Council highway teams are taking things more slowly so perhaps they are fitting it in with their other work. Anyway, the Arran Trail Nature Reserve section has moved on…
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Prayers of the Week – The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity
Collect Almighty and everlasting God, increase in us your gift of faith that, forsaking what lies behind and reaching out to that which is before, we may run the way of your commandments and win the crown of everlasting joy; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the…
The ever popular GP Dr. Murdoch recently retired from Shadsworth surgery after very many years serving the area. He now has a new project… read the Lancashire Telegraph story HERE.
We’re very proud of one of our Rainbow leaders. Anne Marie received her 5 year service award at Girl Guiding Blackburn Division’s celebration this week. So well done, Anne Marie!
The oldest hand-written passages from the Hebrew Bible identical have been identified using digital technology to read an ancient scroll.
Read the BBC report HERE
St. Oswald’s School mentioned in Crossroads report
St. Oswald’s Heritage Open Days were part of the Diocesan Crossroads celebration, highlighted in a schools event at Ewood Park football ground. The Church Times newspaper was there and mentioned St. Oswald’s School in the process. Read the report HERE Photo Credit: Blackburn Diocese…
Prayers of the Week – The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity
Collect Almighty God, you have made us for yourself, and our hearts are restless till they find their rest in you: pour your love into our hearts and draw us to yourself, and so bring us at last to your heavenly city where we shall see you face to face; through Jesus Christ your Son our…
Weaver’s Wheel back under construction
The Weavers Wheel circular cycle path around Blackburn is back under construction in Knuzden and Shadsworth (click here for earlier post). Chatting to one of the workmen, they have two teams on the go, one in the Arran Trail Nature Reserve and the other in the Cabin End wood. These are the very last stretches of the trail…
There’s definitely a whiff of Autumn, despite the warm weather, as this photo of the cottage garden at the Vicarage shows.
Prayers of the Week – The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity
Collect O Lord, we beseech you mercifully to hear the prayers of your people who call upon you; and grant that they may both perceive and know what things they ought to do, and also may have grace and power faithfully to fulfil them; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and…