I’m beginning the process of recovery after my knee replacement at The Royal Free in London. This is a very impressive hospital – I can’t fault the standard of care. It was also a lovely environment because the team of nurses and doctors was truly international and everyone had interesting stories to tell. It felt…
Sun’s Out! Taking photos for the Heritage Open Days ExhibitionAt last some sunshine and St. Oswald’s School looks great.
Today, I’ve been foot-pounding the parish taking photos for the exhibition in the church on Heritage Open Days on Saturday, 10/09/2016 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm and Sunday, 11/09/2016 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
David
Our morning service was led by Father Chris Coupe whose sermon concerned Hebrews 12 vs 18-29 and the Gospel Reading, Luke 13 vs 10-17, that in Christ, people are special and can always look upwards in hope. The messy sermon group, led by Carol Ratcliffe, created a poster based on Jeremiah 1 vs 4-10, that we should not…
Collect Almighty God, who called your Church to bear witness that you were in Christ reconciling the world to yourself: help us to proclaim the good news of your love, that all who hear it may be drawn to you; through him who was lifted up on the cross, and reigns with you in the…
It is always really special when members of our congregation marry and so Kira and Jamie’s wedding yesterday was bound to be a wonderful occasion. This wedding was a real family celebration. As we would have expected, Kira made a stunning bride and her and James’ children all took part in this joyful event. The service…
Andy Barnes of Stanhill Heritage Group kindly took me around the new Stanhill Heritage Trail. which was opened by the Mayor of Hyndburn in July. It was a practice run for our joint Heritage Open Days Guided Walk on 10th September. It’s a very enjoyable walk with a lot of history!
Click Here for details of the event.
David Morris
Stone thieves are active again in the area, having stolen around half of the copings at the memorial garden in two night time visits. This was despite the stones being screwed down. Members of the Stanhill Village Residents Association are here adding more fixings to the coping of the memorial, just in case. Please keep…
St. Oswald’s has teamed up with Stanhill Village Heritage Group for Heritage Open Days, the nation’s favourite heritage event. We are arranging three events on the Saturday and Sunday, 10th and 11th September… Click Here to download the flyer. Saturday 10th September 10.30am Stanhill Heritage Trail – Guided Walk Meet at Stanhill Memorial Gardens, Stanhill Road…
We had a good journey back from London on Wednesday afternoon and evening, though it seemed so long! It’s so nice getting back home to the cool fresh air of Blackburn after all the heat and pollution of the city. As for the rain.. well at least it keeps the garden looking nice! Over the…
Collect Almighty and everlasting God, you are always more ready to hear than we to pray and to give more than either we desire or deserve: pour down upon us the abundance of your mercy, forgiving us those things of which our conscience is afraid and giving us those good things which we are not…