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Palm Sunday Service – led by Rt Rev. Julian Henderson, Bishop of Blackburn
Palm Sunday – a Cross in your window
Many people will miss the blessing and distribution of palm crosses this coming Palm Sunday – an important day in the Christian calendar at the start of Holy Week. Rt Rev. Julian Henderson, the Bishop of Blackburn, is encouraging every Christian home in Lancashire, of all denominations, to make a cross and place it in their window, leaving…
Message from Rt Rev. Dr Jill Duff, Bishop of Lancaster, as the coronavirus outbreak continues
Message from David Picken, Archdeacon of Lancaster
LIVING LENT
What are you doing this Lent, apart from hunkering down as best you can? Here are some environmental ideas from the Living Lent project. The project is run by the Joint Public Issues Team of the Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Church of Scotland, the Methodist Church and the United Reformed Church…
Are you following Bishop Phillip’s Lent Videos?
If not, now is a good time to start as we approach Holy Week. You can find all the videos here…
War Memorial Flowers
In late 2018, Joseph Morris, St Oswald’s gardener, cleared out the planter around the listed war memorial. It was solid with weeds, poor plants and exhausted soil. So he started again by removing everything, laying a new drainage layer and introducing new soil and plants. He wanted the replacement Spring planting to echo the red…
Message from Miles Parkinson MBE, leader of Hyndburn Council
Councillor Miles Parkinson has placed a video message for the people of Hyndburn on Facebook. Click Here. The video shows some of the people helping out running the Hyndburn Hub. If you need to contact Hyndburn Hub ring 01254 388111 or email enquiries@hyndburnbc.gov.uk
A Front Room Sunday Service
Join the Archbishop of York for a ‘front room’ service on Sunday 29 March at 9am Click Here STAY AT HOME BUT CONTINUE TO PRAY, TO LOVE, TO CARE FOR THE VULNERABLE…