This week’s Sunday service of Holy Communion will be led by the Vicar. It will start at 10am and last around 40 minutes. Afterwards, there will be tea and coffee for those who wish to stay and chat. You are most welcome! The Vicar’s Sunday afternoon sermon will be uploaded to the blog at 2pm…
Proper 17 John Smyth was a leading UK Barrister and a christian; a moral crusader who fought legal battles for “Christian values” in the courts; well known and highly respected. Between 1974 and 1981, he was the chairman of the Iwerne Trust which recruited young men who were the brightest and best from the most…
Sunday morning worship at St. Oswald’s starts at 10am and will last around 40 minutes followed by tea and coffee. The Vicar will celebrate Holy Communion and Rev’d Canon Michael Ratcliffe will preach. You are most welcome! The Vicar’s Sunday afternoon sermon will be uploaded to the blog at 2pm. Rev’d Suzanne Vernon-Yorke leads the…
I was lucky enough to be brought up in Kendal. Looking back, I can see that it was a lovely place to be, although I didn’t really appreciate it as a teenager; it seemed you couldn’t go into town without a teacher who was still waiting for your homework! The town motto of Kendal is…
St. Oswald’s Sunday morning service starts at 10am and will last around 40 minutes followed by tea and coffee. The Vicar will lead the service and preach on the subject of Holy Communion. You are most welcome! The Vicar’s Sunday afternoon sermon, ‘Holy Things” will be uploaded to the blog at 2pm. The online church…
Tonight’s PCC meeting went very well. It was a relaxed happy discussion on current issues. The Vicar chaired the meeting.
The dates and agendas of meetings are pinned at the back of church for those interested.
Any liturgy associated with the Blessed Virgin Mary seems bound to include words such as ‘obedience’, ‘humility’ and ‘lowliness’’. Presumably the ‘lowliness’ comes from Mary’s song, The Magnificat, ‘for he has regarded the lowliness of his handmaiden’. But if you look at this passage in the original Greek, the word is ‘humiliation’. This word is…
The engineers are back to finish the job of resurfacing Mount St James and Stanhill Road. The necessary disruption officially began yesterday but we are grateful to Lancashire County Council and the contractors for holding off to allow yesterday’s wedding and today’s morning service. The machines began moving in as people left church…
