We know many of you are missing our Messy Sermon Activities so we thought we would share some activities with you each week. These activities can be done as a family and include some crafts and quizzes as well as prayer. We would love to see some of your work which can be posted on…
We thought it would be nice to highlight some of what the Children attending school during the lockdown have been doing. So here we have some wonderful artwork from St. Oswald’s School from the past few weeks. Look at this fantastic Easter Board. Look at that cheeky Olaf he gets everywhere doesn’t he. Their wonderful…
The May Magnificat by Gerard Manley Hopkins was published in 1918, at a time when the world had been at war for four years and was experiencing a flu epidemic which was killing many millions of people. Focussing on the beauty of nature, the poem expresses hope and faith in God, while pondering as to…
Diocesan Weekly Sermon I know it’s a bit late, but I feel I should be wishing you a ‘Happy Easter’ since we were all unable to celebrate it together this year. Hopefully you did manage the journey of Holy Week at home and the celebration of Easter day. I wonder what it’s been like for…
This week’s service for Sunday 24th April is led by BBC Songs of Praise presenter and former Gogglebox star Rev Kate Bottley, with Christian Aid’s Chine McDonald preaching and prayers signed using BSL by Carolyn Denmark. The service is interpreted throughout using BSL by Gill Behenna. The weekly sermon called, The Easter message is always the same,…
This year the Mayoral Charity Fund will support the Hyndburn Hub which is helping vulnerable people in the borough during the Coronavirus crisis. Mayor of Hyndburn, Cllr June Harrison, said: “As Mayor for Hyndburn I am pleased to announce the launch of a Just Giving page in support of the Hyndburn Mayoral Charity Fund which…
Online learning: how to acquire new skills during lockdown. Millions of users are signing up for free courses taught by professors from Harvard and other top universities. A useful article…
Diocesan Weekly Sermon Acts 2.14a, 22-32 As child and a young teenager, I loved reading books. I regularly cycled a couple of miles into town to get books from the local library and I devoured them. Then came the formal study of English literature for GSCE and my love of reading was crushed. I confess…
Begins 9am Sunday 19th April Watch it later if you wish…
With retired health professionals returning to the NHS, the BBC has an interesting story about a priest in Blackburn Diocese, Rev Dr Susan Salt, who was a doctor and is now returning to to help out in the NHS.