We had a lovely harvest festival service this morning. Here are photos of some the harvest gifts and Carol’s American scarecrows…
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Sunday Worship – Harvest Festival, Twentieth Sunday after Trinity
This week, St. Oswald’s celebrates its Harvest Festival. Led by the Vicar, the service of Holy Communion will start at 10am and last around 40 minutes. Afterwards, there will be tea and coffee for those who wish to stay and chat. You are most welcome! The Vicar’s Sunday afternoon sermon will be uploaded to the…
You lack one thing
Mark 10:17-31 Job 23:1-9, 16-17 ‘You lack one thing’, Jesus tells the young man who has come to ask how he might inherit eternal life. For the young man it was his wealth, his possessions. We might breathe a sigh of relief and think, ‘well I’m OK then’ – I’m not wealthy’. But this young…
Sunday Worship – Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity
This week’s Sunday service of Holy Communion will be led by the Vicar with Canon Michael preaching. It will start at 10am and last around 40 minutes. Afterwards, there will be tea and coffee for those who wish to stay and chat. You are most welcome! The Vicar’s Sunday afternoon sermon, ‘You lack one thing’,…
Busy at church today
It’s all busy at church this lunchtime with Mark Woodall, gas engineer, fixing the boiler and Lancashire County Council doing the white lines. Another two steps in getting things back to normal…
Sunday Worship – Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity
This week’s 10am Sunday communion service starts will be led by Rev. Canon Michael Ratcliffe. There will be tea and coffee after the service. The Bishop of Hereford leads this week’s online service which is Harvest Festival at Hereford Cathedral. It is uploaded at 9am on Sunday. …
Michaelmas Day
Today, 29th of September, is the Feast of Michaelmas, that is the Feast of Michael and All Angels. It is a day which has shaped our society over the centuries. Michaelmas is one of the four ‘quarter days’ of the financial, judicial, and academic year, as in ‘Michaelmas Term’, and is associated with the beginning of…
God’s Endless Communication
This year’s Chelsea Flower Show is well underway with a one-off celebration of the bounteous beauty of the autumn season. Replacing springtime blooms it’s pumpkins, fruits and berries that are getting their moment in the spotlight.The timing of the show magnificently illuminates the season of harvest when we celebrate God’s provision and care for us…
Sunday Worship – Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity
This week’s Sunday communion service at St. Oswald’s starts at 10am and will be led by Rev. Canon Michael Ratcliffe. There will be tea and coffee after the service. The Sunday afternoon sermon, ‘God’s Endless Communication’, by Joy Rushton will be uploaded at 2pm. Take time and space to reflect on God’s generosity. The online…
Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me
Mark 9:30-37 A few years ago, I dealt with a situation in a Vicarage in Burnley, where visitors complained of seeing a shadowy woman in a vintage dress who emitted a feeling of intense sadness. We did a bit of research to find out who this woman might be. We stumbled upon the story of…
