A big thanks to everyone who came along and all those who worked so hard to make our Christmas Fayre so fab! We raised £1089 which is a fabulous sum that will help to keep St Oswald’s open for its local community. Here are some photos. Enjoy!…
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Remembrance Sunday – 100 Years
11th November 2018 sees the hundredth anniversary of the Armistice that brought the First World War to an end. At St Oswald’s we will be marking this historic date in several ways: 8 a.m. Holy Communion: A quiet service using the traditional words of the Book of Common Prayer 10 a.m. All Age Eucharist: A child…
Celebrations!
This morning we had a real celebration: Canon Michael Ratcliffe celebrated 40 years of Priesthood, and during the service he baptised Theo Thomas Edward who has been coming to church since shortly after his birth. Michael reflected on 40 years of priesthood – what had changed for better or for worse – and shared some…
Feeding the 5k in Shadsworth
Well, maybe not 5k but 36 hungry holiday club kids. Today the activity was dance, followed by our old favourite ‘Duck Duck Goose’. Bangers, mash and beans and lashing of tomato ketchup for dinner, followed by ice cream and jelly babies (!) Duck Duck Goose Time put put shoes back on Dinner Time Guess who…
Parish Outing to Lytham 1940s weekend
We’re hoping to run a coach trip out to Lytham’s 1940s weekend on Saturday 18th August. Tickets £10 per adult and £5 per child. Please sign up at church over the next few weeks so we know if there’s sufficient interest…
Church lunch
We’ll be celebrating St. Oswald’s Day (5th August) with another church lunch at Oakenhurst Farm, Darwen after the morning service. There’ll be a sign up sheet at church on Sunday. We had a really good time last time we went – please sign up, come along and join in. ENJOY!…
Sunday is Fathers’ Day!
We will be celebrating Fathers’ Day at our all age service on Sunday morning. Please being your dad if you can! There will be a gift for all the men in our congregation (dad’s or not) and our service will celebrate the love our dads can bring, and the love of God the Father of…
All Age Worship – Good Shepherd Sunday
Today our activities were all based around the theme of Jesus the Good Shepherd. For our prayers of confession we hunted for lost sheep, hidden around the church, and brought them back home. We thought about times that we’d strayed away from our Good Shepherd and we accepted God’s love and forgiveness. …
Holy Week and Easter Services
Palm Sunday 25th March 8 a.m. Holy Communion 10 a.m. All Age Eucharist – a service suitable for people of all ages 6.30 Evening Prayer Monday 26th March 9p.m. Compline – a short quiet, reflective service. In these services our readings follow Jesus through the events of Holy Week. Tuesday 27th March 9p.m. Compline Wednesday…
All Age Worship Lent 2
This morning we joined together for the All Age Worship planned for last week (when there was no heat in church so we had to cancel). We were exploring the Gospel for Lent 1 . The Sorry Station was about Jesus’ call to repentance – we wrote our sins on pieces of Whiteboard and then wiped…
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