I was away for a few days this week visiting a friend in Suffolk. One of the things we did was to visit the ancient church in Grundisburgh where a very busy Crib (Nativity) Festival had been running all week – over 1400 people had come through the church doors! On Monday, after most of…
We have just heard that Blackburn Centurions Swimming Club are taking over the running of the pool at Shadsworth Leisure Centre which, if correct, is very good news in a difficult situation. The pool is threatened with closure because of more government cuts, Click Here.
Collect Eternal Father, whose Son Jesus Christ ascended to the throne of heaven that he might rule over all things as Lord and King: keep the Church in the unity of the Spirit and in the bond of peace, and bring the whole created order to worship at his feet; who is alive and reigns…
Most years I miss Remembrance Sunday at St. Oswald’s, as I return to my family home and church in Birmingham to remember those who gave their lives in wartime service. It has a special poignancy as my father was a veteran of the Normandy campaign and of subsequent action across northern Europe in the later…
A very difficult reading today especially for an All Age service (see Luke 21 vs 5-19 below) but this is the reading all Church of England churches will have heard today and it’s best if we all stick together. When this passage was written the first Christians were living in very worrying times and they…
Crowds flocked to our Get Ready For Christmas Fayre this afternoon making it a real community event! There was lots to do with several tombolas, jewelery, craft and cake stalls, a magic advent calendar which gave out chocolates and sweets in abundance (Well done Brownies!), a lovely stall selling Christmas Stockings and Gingerbread Houses full…
Collect Heavenly Father, whose blessed Son was revealed to destroy the works of the devil and to make us the children of God and heirs of eternal life: grant that we, having this hope, may purify ourselves even as he is pure; that when he shall appear in power and great glory…
Shadsworth Junior School Students meet astronaut Tim Peake
Click Here for photos and the Lancashire Telegraph report.
Jack Fell of Manxman Drive has sadly died shortly after reaching 100 years of age. Over sixty years ago as a builder he helped to build the Shadsworth garden estate and then decided to settle there. Click Here for the sensitive Lancashire Telegraph report.
Members of the congregation may remember Rev’d Ros Lane’s sermon when she came to visit earlier this year. Ros and I have been friends for many years and for the last eight years have each spent most of our spare time working on our doctorates at the University of Chester. This year we both passed after an…