O Lord our God, source of all goodness and love, accept the fervent prayers of your people; in the multitude of your mercies look with compassion upon all who turn to you for help; for you are gracious, O lover of souls, and to you we give glory, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, now and…
CLICK HERE for the Accrington Observer report on concerns about the proposed new housing around St. Oswald’s School.
Sunday mornnig’s service was action packed as usual! Upon arrival, members of the congregation were asked to scoop a cup of water from a bucket on the church steps and empty it into another bucket on the chancel steps. This was part of our consideration of this morning’s gospel reading about the Samaritan woman and her…
Good news on Shadsworth as a new planning permission is approved. Lancashire Telegraph report is HERE.
The story of Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness is so familiar to us it’s easy to take no notice of it. It happened. We hear about it every Lent. So what? Well maybe we can learn things about our own lives and priorities if we look at Jesus’ temptation in a little more depth. And…
Our second work-hour today had five people again. This time we moved tables, cleaned and had bit of a sort out… all therapeutic stuff! In the garden it was warm and sunny… spring is not far away now and things are starting to stir. The bank of snowdrops and the crocuses and mini daffodils on…
Ash Wednesday 2017 I helped out at the Ash Wednesday service at St. Wilfrid’s this morning. It was very noticeable how few of the pupils received Holy Communion – about the same number as those who refused even a blessing. On my way back to the Vicarage I called to see someone in hospital,…
The St. Oswald’s Knuzden War Memorial has been made a statutory listed building by Historic England. This means that it is now a protected monument. The decision was made because of it’s special historical interest as a lasting memorial to the Knuzden soldiers who gave their lives in the two World Wars. The official documents…
We held another fantastic holiday club this week – activities included drumming, football and a visit from two beautiful police horses and a police car (plus their riders/drivers). Besides this up to 30 kids were given breakfast, lunch and a snack every day. Well done to our amazing helpers and our fantastic holiday club kids!…
Many people are missing Oswaldtwistle Library since it was closed last year by Lancashire County Council. It was a popular desitination for schools, groups and individual book borrowers. However, a community group, LAMP, are hoping to re-open it as working library in the spring. Article here.