Today’s Gospel is all about authority. Twice, people were amazed by Jesus’ authority – once in the Synagogue and again after Jesus heals someone of an unclean spirit. Before thinking about authority, let’s just think about what this ‘unclean spirit’ might mean. We will probably never really understand what this was all about, but the…
Advent 3 2017 It always seems odd to be remembering John the Baptist on the 3rd Sunday of Advent when pink candle is lit. Today is Gaudete Sunday – the Sunday of Joy. It is the Advent equivalent of Mothering Sunday – a day of refreshment when the feeling of penitential preparation can be relaxed…
Join us for our first Community Carol Service at the Community Hall
Wednesday 13th December 5.30-830 at the Hall: Holiday Club Christmas Party. Food, Disco, Santa – what more could you ask? Friday 15th December 6.30-7.15 at the Hall: Community Carols. All welcome. Come along and get into the Festive Spirit. Sunday 17th December 6.30-7.30 at Church: Carols by Candlelight. Our traditional service of carols and readings. Followed…
Lots of fun and games at our October Holiday Club
We had lots of people at our Praise Party at St. Oswald’s School today! The topic was ‘giving’ – we thought about time, money and skills which Christians offer in gratitude for God’s generous love to us. We said sorry for times when we have not been generous as we placed coins on a cross…
Our school’s Year 6 teacher came to our morning service last week to tell us about her forthcoming trip to Rwanda. She also brought her son, Lewis, who is going along with his mum – what an adventure! They’re both off on their adventure next Monday – and we wish them well and pray that…
At home with a toddler? Come to Tots and Teds.
We stuck leaves on a tree to say ‘Thankyou’ for the beauty of God’s world, we took fruit out of a bin to say ‘Sorry’ for our wastefulness (although it has to be said that many at St. Oswald’s are too poor to waste food), we lit or floated candles to pray for people or…
Today our Gospel reading was Peter’s Confession of Faith – weread it in The Message translation as this is more accessible for children. Jackson read it for us – he’s a brilliant reader and didn’t stumble at all over some quite difficult words! You can read it here https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+16:13-20 …