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Let’s Get Asia Bibi Out of Pakistan
Asia Bibi, is a Christian woman who lives in Pakistan, and the mother of 6 children; one of many thousands of Christians across the world who are persecuted for their faith. Asia was arrested in 2009 after an argument with fellow workers whilst picking berries. She was subsequently arrested and imprisoned. In November 2010, she…
Remembrance Sunday – 100 Years
Today we commemorated the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI. A quiet service at 8 a.m. started the proceedings, remembering those whose names are on our War Memorial, and praying for peace. The congregations were the first to see the seats ‘reserved’ in memory of those names – our own version of ‘Seen but…
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…
New Remembrance Garden seat installed
At long last a new seat has been installed in our Garden of Remembrance today! We’re hoping that the new seat will enable to stay awhile and reflect in our Garden of Remembrance where ashes are interred. It was bought in memory of John Smither – a lovely gentleman who was a member of t…
Church phone out of order
The church telephone is out of action until Saturday – fault at the exchange. If you need to get in touch with the Vicar before then please email at revannemorris@gmail.com or ring 07746129554. Thanks…
The Big Clear Out! Well done everyone!!
A big THANKYOU and WELL DONE to all those who came to help with out big Church Clear-out last Saturday. We had been drowning in clutter and it was becoming more and more difficult to keep things clean and organised. Although all the clutter was out of sight, when I came back to church later…
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!…
EMBRACE calls for action on Gaza.
EMBRACE, a Christian charity working in the Middle East, asks us to pray for Gaza and, if possible to write to our MPs and ask them to take action. Here is what EMBRACE is saying: ‘It is not possible to witness the horror of innocent protesters, including children, being shot, killed or maimed by trained…