St. Oswald’s Sunday service of Holy Communion will begin at 10.00 am. It will be led by the Area Dean, Rev. Andrew Horsfall who will also preach the sermon. There is a Messy Sermon Group for children and a small play area for young children. After the service, there will be refreshments for those who…
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Sunday Worship – The Second Sunday of Easter – Low Sunday
We hope that you have had a blessed Easter. St. Oswald’s Low Sunday service of Holy Communion will begin at 10.00 am. It will be led by the Vicar. Canon Michael Ratcliffe will preach the sermon. There is a Messy Sermon Group for children and a small play area for young children. After the service,…
A new vocation
Week 7 – Easter Day Jesus said to them, ‘Come and have breakfast.’ Now none of the disciples dared to ask him, Who are you?’ because they knew it was the Lord. Reading John 21.1-19 Jesus Appears to Seven Disciples After these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and…
Sunday Worship – Easter Day
St. Oswald’s Easter service of Holy Communion will begin at 10.00 am. It will be led by the Vicar. There will be the lighting if the Easter candle and the renewal of Baptism vows. There is a small play area for young children. After the service, there will be hot cross buns and Easter eggs…
When injustice seems to triumph
Holy Week – Easter Eve “Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn in the rock. He then rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb and went away. Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting…
A strange kind of king
Holy Week – Good Friday “Carrying the cross by himself, Jesus went out to what is called The Place of the Skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha. There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, with Jesus between them. Pilate also had an inscription written and put on the cross…
Letting our feet be washed
Holy Week – Maundy Thursday “After Jesus had washed their feet, had put on his robe, and had returned to the table, he said to them, ‘Do you know what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord – and you are right, for that is what I am. So if I, your…
Just as I have loved you
Holy Week – Wednesday 13 April “Jesus said, ‘I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.’” Reading John 13.21-35 Jesus Foretells His Betrayal After…
Whoever serves me must follow me
Holy Week – Tuesday 12 April “Jesus said, ‘Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for…
At the feet of Jesus
Holy Week – Monday 11 April “Mary took a pound of costly perfume made of pure nard, anointed Jesus’ feet, and wiped them with her hair. The house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was about to betray him), said, ‘Why was this perfume…