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…
The readings this week are Genesis 32:22-31 and Luke 18:1-8 I love the story of Jacob wrestling with the unknown man who, it turns out, is either God or an angel – a messenger from God. As in the picture on our notice sheet today, by Marc Chagall, the unknown man is often portrayed with…
Thursday 27th October 10.30 a.m. Holy Communion Sunday 30th October – All Saints Sunday 10 a.m. Holy Communion and Messy Sermon Group Saturday 5th November The Church Cleaning Group meets at 9.30 for an hour. We are short of volunteers at the moment so new members will be very welcome! Sunday…
Sunday Worship – Eighteenth Sunday After Trinity. St. Oswald’s Sunday service of Holy Communion will begin at 10.00 am as usual. The service will be led by Revd Canon Michael Radcliffe the and the Vicar will preach. There will be a Messy Sermon Group for children and a small play area for very young children…
The gap in keeping the website up to date is because of the death of the Website Manager, David Morris. David died towards the end of August having been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in May. Professionaly, David was a highly respected Historic Buildings Conservationist and Town Planner. He was one of the Church Wardens at…
Sunday Worship – Seven Day After Trinity Sunday. St. Oswald’s Sunday service of Holy Communion will begin at 10.00 am as usual. The service will be led by Revd Canon Michael Radcliffe the and the Vicar will preach. She has had a difficult time following a bad dose of covivid19 and we hope that this…
St. Oswald’s Sunday service of Holy Communion will begin at 10.00 am as ususual. The service will be led by the Area Dean, Rev. Andrew Horsfall as the Vicar still ill with Covid-19. There will be a Messy Sermon Group for children and a small play area for very young children as normal. After the…
St. Oswald’s Sunday service of Holy Communion will begin at 10.00 am. Canon Michael Ratcliffe will lead the service and preach the sermon owing to the Vicar being down with Covid-19 and self isolating. Thank you Michael for stepping into the breach again. There will be a Messy Sermon Group for children and a small…