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…
This years’ carol service will take place at 10 a.m. on Sunday 18th December, in the context of the weekly Communion Service. There will be carols, readings, poems and reflections, and the service will be followed by a bring and share lunch and festive refreshments including mulled wine, hot ribena, hot chocolate and festive nibbles…
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…
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…