So, the shops are full of baubles and tinsel and Christmas cards and huge foil dishes for roasting turkey. It doesn’t feel quite as over the top as it has in the past – I think the supermarkets have worked out that we won’t have as much money to spend this year. Nevertheless, there…
Sunday 20th November – Christ the King 10 a.m. Holy Communion and Messy Sermon Group, followed by a baptism at 11.45 Thursday 24th November – Holy Communion at 10.30 Sunday 27th November – Advent Sunday 10 a.m. Holy Communion and Messy Sermon Group Saturday 3rd December – Christmas Fayre. This year we are holding our…
Today’s gospel reading carries a most appalling story: the story of a poor woman whose husband dies and who is obliged to marry, one after the other, his six remaining brothers who also die, one after the other. Despite the seven husbands, the woman bears no child. Then she too dies. The people who told…
St. Oswald’s Sunday service of Holy Communion will begin at 10.00 am as usual. The service will be led by the Vicar, Rev’d Anne Morris, who will also preach. There is a baptism at 11.45 During the 10 a.m. service there will be a Messy Sermon Group for children and their parents, if they wish…
We are, these days, very keen to dig the dirt on leaders and celebrities: social media exist on this . No one would bother to read Twitter or Facebook were it not for scandal, and our national newspapers follow not very far behind. I have mixed feelings about this: one the one hand,…
Sunday 20th November – Christ the King 10 a.m. Holy Communion and Messy Sermon Group, followed by a baptism at 11.45 Thursday 24th November – Holy Communion at 10.30 Sunday 27th November – Advent Sunday 10 a.m. Holy Communion and Messy Sermon Group Saturday 3rd December – Christmas Fayre. This year we are holding…
St. Oswald’s Sunday service of Holy Communion will begin at 10.00 am as usual. The service will be led by the Revd Canon Michael Radcliffe and the Vicar, Rev’d Anne Morris will preach. There will be a Messy Sermon Group for children and their parents and there is a small play area for very young…
God of creation, you fill the world with your abundance; it overflows with your generous mercy. There is enough for everyone, but we fail to share things fairly: a few have an abundance but millions of others have no chance of a decent life for themselves and their children This year we are experiencing scarcity…
Sunday Worship – Harvest Festival St. Oswald’s Sunday service of Holy Communion will begin at 10.00 am as usual. The service will be led by the Vciar, Rev’d Anne Morris, and Revd Canon Michael Radcliffe will preach. There will be a colleciton of food for Oswaldtwistle Foodbank. There will be a Messy Sermon Group for…
This was what I saw at Church on Sunday morning, on my first Sunday back. It is the shadow of the War Memorial projected onto the wall of the church by the low autumn sun, but it’s not something I’ve ever seen before in my whole 21 years here It felt like God saying ‘All…
