We’ve continued to have a great time at holiday club – we’ve now moved on to Rolad Dahl animals – Fantastic Mr Fox and Esio Trot amnogst others. As well as this we’ve played loads of fun games and eaten large quantities of food. For the church members who plan and run holiday club this…
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All Age Worship – Trinity 9
This week our Gospel reading was the storm at Sea, as told by St. Matthew, and our activities were all water and boat based. At our Sorry Station we paused to think about times when we’ve failed or forgotten to trust in God, or when we’ve put our confidence in the wrong things. The activity…
Messy Sermon Group’s new Processional Cross
A big THANKYOU to Canon Michael and Mrs Carol Ratcliffe who have arranged for our Messy Sermon Group to have their own processional cross. They bought it from the shop at Southwell Minster (Nottingham) an persuaded a neighbour to add the carrying pole. Here is Autumn, carrying the cross at Sunday’s all All Age Worship…
All Age Worship – Trinity 7 – Parables of the Kingdom
For our All Age Eucharist this morning we had a real treasure trove to dig into in the form of today’s Gospel reading; Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that someone took and sowed in his field; it is the smallest of all the seeds, but when…
We’re never boring!
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…
St Oswald’s, Knuzden War Memorial has been listed
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…
Holiday Club Feb 2017
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!…
Community Christingle
Wednesday’s Community Christingle was great fun, and included festive refreshments, activities and, of course, the St. Oswald’s puppets! For the service, the children’s craft group had created this superb giant Christingle! …
Christmas Services at St. Oswald’s
The 2016 Christmas Services are listed below and on the DIARY. Download an A5 pdf copy HERE …
Renewal and Reform
Renewal and Reform is the current process of structural change in the Church of England; ‘an ambitious programme of work, which seeks to provide a narrative of hope to the Church of England in the 21st century’. The main aims are to contribute as the national church to the common good, to facilitate the growth of…