Happily we are now able to hold regular communion services in church on Wednesdays at 11.00 a.m and Sundays at 10.00 a.m; in addition on the 1st Sunday in the month there is a Children's service in the church Hall. Services are socially distanced and booking is recommended - see Vicar's letter (link below) for details of how to do this. We also post details of online services here and on our YouTube channel.
As this is a fast moving situation and we hope to be able to offer some services and opportunities for prayer in the coming weeks, please check back and also see the Vicar's letter for details by clicking here.
If you'd like to be kept up to date with news of the latest services and developments, please email services@stoswaldschurch.org.uk and ask to be added to the mailing list.
We will also be posting on this website, services, reflections and prayers which we hope you will find helpful during this time when we are unable to gather together in church in the way we used to. Do check back regularly to see what is new and join us in prayer and worship.
Unfortunately, until further notice, all other clubs and groups are suspended.
Worship at St Oswald's
At St. Oswald’s in 'normal' times (which we hope will return in the not too distant future) you will find a range of service formats, ranging from traditional to contemporary, formal to informal and from the active to the contemplative. Music ranges from well-known hymns, accompanied by organ and robed choir, to modern worship songs accompanied by the church music group. We hope that amongst these different services you will find a style of worship you find accessible and helpful. In the main, our worship follows the order provided in the Church of England Common Worship book, although the Family Services and regular "Spotlight" services are at least in part devised by ourselves.
There is currently no weekly notice sheet, due to the current situation with Covid-19, but a weekly Letter from the Vicar is issued online, and a link to it can be found on the "What's On" page of the website, or on MyChurchSuite.
Suggested prayers for the times can be found here.
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Do you see our Parish Magazine?
If not, and you would like to, it is published bi-monthly online and can be viewed from the Resources page of the website - at no cost. it contains much of interest to all, not just churchgoers.
Should you wish to place an article in the Magazine, please contact magazine@stoswaldschurch.org.uk by email.
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These are some of the groups, clubs and services that we will run again once Covid restrictions are lifted:
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"TEEN CHURCH", is held in the church hall at 10.00 a.m. for younger teens, every 2nd and 4th Sunday. If you, or someone you know, are in Y7-10 we'd love to see you; please just turn up or contact Jenny Bartlett (details here).
Sunday Morning Services
Sunday Evening Services
These take place from time to time, regularly on the first Sunday in the month but also on other dates, usually at 6.30 p.m. except during the winter months when it is at 4.30 pm. (It reverts to 6.30 p.m from April onwards). They include Choral Evensong (a traditional Book of Common Prayer service accompanied by the choir), less formal Songs of Praise and a variety of other services. Details of times and type of service will appear on the website calendar.
Weekday Services
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Short reflective mid-week Communion services are held at 11.30 a.m. every first and third Thursdays of the month |
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Weddings, Funerals and Christenings
If you need more information on weddings, christenings or funerals, please click here.
Feast Days
For services on major Feast Days, please take a look at our 'What's on' calendar.
In the main we follow the Church of England Common Worship orders of service (with robed clergy and choir) , although the Family services and regular Contemporary services are at least in part devised by ourselves and presented in informal dress.
Children are of course welcome, and in the church hall we provide a crèche for babies & toddlers, and Sunday School for 31/2 year olds upwards. After communion, they are welcomed into the congregation and join them for the rest of the service.
Members of the congregation are closely involved in many aspects of all services, whether (amongst other roles) singing in the choir, reading lessons, or devising and leading the less formal services.
