Sunday 12th March – Lent 3 10 a.m. Holy Communion and Messy Sermon Group Wednesday 15th March, 2 p.m. Mothers Union meets in church Thursday 16th March 1.45 Funeral of Robert (Bob) Guy followed by committal at Accrington Crematorium Sunday 19th March – Mothering Sunday 10 a.m. Holy Communion and Messy Sermon Group Followed by…
As we approach the time of Jesus’ suffering and death we hold in our hearts and bring to God’s heart all who suffer in body, mind or spirit. We pray for all who suffer today: for victims of torture: for those denied the basics of human dignity: for those who are forsaken. for those…
The Holy Week and Easter Prgramme is as follows. Pleae come along to some of these services as we walk with Christ through his last days, his suffering and death, through to his resurrection, celebrated on Easter Day. The Service is Compline is a short and very beautiful service, which touches people deeply. This eyar…
Jesus, giver of living water, We bring your church to you in prayer. We give thanks for those whose lives given in proclamation and service have given birth to our faith. Today, at the end of International women’s Week, we give thanks for Photini, the woman at the well, Equal-to-the-Apostles, and for Mary Magdalene, Apostle…
Michael was saying, last week, how much he loves these accounts of encounters between Jesus and individual people, and the conversations that took place. Last week we heard of the encounter between Jesus and Nicodemus who came to Jesus by night. Today we hear of the Samaritan woman who came to Jesus in the brightness…
God of peace and justice, We pray for the people of Ukraine today. We pray for peace and the laying down of weapons. We pray for those who fear for tomorrow, that your Spirit of comfort will draw near to them. We pray for those with power over war or peace, for wisdom, discernment and…
So, Lent is here again: a season of fasting and self discipline as we remember Jesus’ 40 days in the wilderness. Our 40 days of Lent reflect this time, and giving up things we enjoy is a way of deliberately putting ourselves in a position where we are likely to have to wrestle with temptation,…
If you’ve been coming to St Oswald’s for any length of time, you’ll know that Candlemas is my favourite festival. I love it for all sorts of reasons: I love the Candlemas snowdrop legends: that when Adam and Eve were driven out of Eden after the fall, it is said that snowdrops grew in Eve’s…
God of love, lover of humankind, we pray for your church, here locally, in the UK and across the world that it will be a place of wholeness, breadth, inclusion and welcome, a place which shows clearly your love for all your children. In our lives, as ambassadors for you, keep us from narrowness, Help…
The feast of Candlemas, which is celebrated this Sunday, makrs the end of the Christmas season and the turning of oru attention towards Lent which is jsut around the corner. Also know as the Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, Candlemas celebrates Mary and Joseph fulfilling their religious obligation in taking their…
