This week’s Sunday service celebrates chaplaincy in care homes. Debbie Thrower leads the service, with contributions from care home chaplains and residents, as well as a poetry reading from the late Bob Weighton, once the oldest man in the world. The Sunday afternoon sermon, ‘What are we wearing?’ will be uploaded at 1pm…
Gospel reading – Matthew 21:33-46 The German writer Herman Hesse wrote that we hate in others that which resides in us ourselves. What is not in us does not move us either to hatred or love. I suppose this is another way of saying what the psychologist Karl Jung said when he talked about projection…
This week’s service celebrates people involved in food production. Sarah Spencer, from the Diocese of Lincoln and Nick Shepherd, from the Diocese of Southwark, lead worship with contributions from farmers, lorry drivers and supermarket workers. The service can be downloaded anytime after 9am Sunday. At 2pm the Vicar’s internet sermon will be uploaded. This week’s…
Today’s Gospel reading is Matthew 21:23-32 Beware the sin of pride. Jesus spent a lot of time talking about it. To me it is self evident that, for example, if someone thinks they are a prime example of a godly person, like one of the chief priests, they’re not. Tripping Jesus up was what they…
This week’s Sunday service is from St Stephen’s Church, Preston. Rev’d Dave Hanson leads the service, the sermon is by Rev’d Augustine Omavueb and the theme is ‘Common Opposition’. The service can be downloaded anytime after 9am. At 2pm, the Vicar’s afternoon sermon, ‘To empower those who have no power’, will be uploaded to the…
As part of this year’s Bishop’s Harvest Appeal, St. Oswald’s Church is supporting the charity, Tearfund. For more information about the two beneficiaries of the appeal please download this leaflet. Tearfund is a global charity which seeks to work with local churches and people to find solutions to poverty and injustice. The money raised will…
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light’ 1 Peter 2:9 It’s not always easy to see what God is doing in our lives and in our world…
This morning’s service is led by Rev’d Zoe Heming. It features the gifts of Christians with disabilities and celebrates how people are made in the image of God. The service begins at 9am and will be available thereafter. The afternoon sermon is by Rev Canon Andrew Raynes , Vicar of Christ Church with St…
Matthew 18.21-35 We often hear it said, or perhaps have said it ourselves, I could never forgive someone for that! Yet the Gospel reading for Sunday 13th September, the parable of Jesus about the unmerciful servant, who received forgiveness himself but refused to give it to others, makes it clear that forgiving others is a…
Celebrate Education Sunday with the Blackburn Diocese Board of Education Team. Our Sunday Morning Service starts at 9am, 13th September 2020 and will be available from then on. The Board of Education supports 190 Church of England Schools and Academies across Lancashire and works with churches and parishes to assist children and young people. The…