We had lots of people at our Praise Party at St. Oswald’s School today! The topic was ‘giving’ – we thought about time, money and skills which Christians offer in gratitude for God’s generous love to us. We said sorry for times when we have not been generous as we placed coins on a cross…
Our school’s Year 6 teacher came to our morning service last week to tell us about her forthcoming trip to Rwanda. She also brought her son, Lewis, who is going along with his mum – what an adventure! They’re both off on their adventure next Monday – and we wish them well and pray that…
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We stuck leaves on a tree to say ‘Thankyou’ for the beauty of God’s world, we took fruit out of a bin to say ‘Sorry’ for our wastefulness (although it has to be said that many at St. Oswald’s are too poor to waste food), we lit or floated candles to pray for people or…
Some time ago I, along with all my fellow clergy, was required to go on a ‘Bishop’s teaching Day. I confess I always dread these occasions – they’re busy and noisy and everyone talks at once. The worst bit comes when the speaker invites questions from the floor, after which those who stand to speak…
Proper 20 24.09.17. I seem to be starting all my sermons these days with the words ‘this Gospel passage is very difficult to understand’. Today’s gospel passage is definitely not easy – it’s hard to make sense of it. Our understanding of economic justice is that if you work longer hours you get more pay…
Congratulations to Carol Ratcliffe who has just been given an award for 50 year’s membership of the Institute of Biomedical Science. She was presented with a medal (no less!) at a special award ceremony in Liverpool. Carol worked for many years in forensic science. Congratulations also to Sophie who…
Our All Age service this week was all about forgiveness: God forgiving us and the need for us, therefore, to forgive others. In our three activites we learned about God writing off our ‘debts’ or sins – we experienced ‘demands’ being torn up and put in the bin, and we received back the little we…
It was a lovely early morning stroll in Knuzden’s Arran Trail Local Nature Reserve. Here are some photos of what we saw……
Our Messy Sermon Group (Trendy All Age Sunday School) has been raising funds to twin our three church toilets – the £180 raised will be used to build three new village loos in Africa. You can read more about it here: https://www.toilettwinning.org/ The idea arose from learning about ‘the water of life’ – Jesus’ encounter with…