Author Archives: Vicar

  Thursday 27th October  10.30 a.m. Holy Communion   Sunday 30th October – All Saints Sunday 10 a.m. Holy Communion and Messy Sermon Group   Saturday 5th November The Church Cleaning Group meets at 9.30 for an hour. We are short of volunteers at the moment so new members will be very welcome!   Sunday…

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Sunday Worship for the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity

Sunday Worship – Eighteenth Sunday After Trinity. St. Oswald’s Sunday service of Holy Communion will begin at 10.00 am as usual. The service will be led by Revd Canon Michael Radcliffe the and the Vicar will preach. There will be a Messy Sermon Group for children and a small play area for very young children…

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In Memory of David Morris 01.07.55 – 22.08.22

The gap in keeping the website up to date is because of the death of the Website Manager, David Morris. David died towards the end of August having been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in May. Professionaly, David  was a highly respected Historic Buildings Conservationist and Town Planner. He was one of the Church Wardens at…

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Sunday Worship – First Sunday after Trinity

This week’s Sunday service at St. Oswald’s church will begin at 10 a.m and will last around 40 minutes. All are welcome! Activity packs are available for children. The service will be a quiet, reflective service of Holy Communion lasting around 40 minutes. The sermon will reflect on the labelling of Jesus as mad and…

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Sunday Worship – Holy Trinity

This week’s Sunday service at St. Oswald’s church will begin at 10 a.m and will last around 40 minutes. All are welcome! Activity packs are available for children. The service will be a celebration of the Feast of the Holy Trinity. The online service is led by Rev Rebecca Mathew, vicar of St Nicholas Church,…

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Sunday Worship – The Feast of Pentecost

This week’s Sunday service at St. Oswald’s church will begin at 10 a.m and will last around 40 minutes. All are welcome! Activity packs are available for children. The service will be a celebration of the Feast of the Holy Spirit – Pentecost. The Vicar’s Sunday afternoon sermon, ‘The Helper had arrived‘, will be uploaded…

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Sermon – Second Sunday of Easter

It was with great sadness that we heard, on Friday, of the death of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, just two months short of his 100th birthday. There was much about Prince Philip that was admirable. I think his loyalty to the Queen, his unfailing support, is especially notable. Their marriage and early years…

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His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, R.I.P.

It is with great sadness that we all heard, yesterday, of the death of His Royal Highness, Prince Philip. His was a life of dedicated service to Her Majesty the Queen and to the country and Commonwealth. In line with national guidelines there will no physical books of condolence. Instead, you are invited to sign…

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Holy Week and Easter Readings

For Holy Week there is reading for each day of the week, following the events of Holy Week, and a suggested activity for each day.  Please read slowly and mindfully – leave space for God to speak to you through these passages of Scripture. The reading for Holy Saturday is from an ancient story, The…

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