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.MORNING PRAYER in the Lady Chapel at 9am on Mondays and Tuesdays. It continues online on Wednesday to Friday. https://www.facebook.com/stoswaldsoswestry/
All welcome to this 20 minute time of prayer
The whole service may be read on the C of E page HERE
EVERY THURSDAY 10.30 Holy Communion (BCP) in the Lady Chapel
SUNDAY
Sunday 10.30 worship is on the St Oswald's Oswestry YouTube page.
28th April 2024 Fifth Sunday of Easter
09.30 Holy Communion at Christ Church
Rhydycroesau
President: Father Phil Hughes
10.10 Prayers in St. Catherine’s Chapel
10.30 Parish Eucharist
President: Rev. John Chesworth
Setting: Mathias - Communion Service in C
Processional Hymn: 107
The Collect:
Almighty God, who through your only begotten
Son Jesus Christ have overcome death and
opened to us the gate of everlasting life: grant
that, as by your grace going before us you put into
our minds good desires, so by your continual help
we may bring them to good effect; through Jesus
Christ our risen Lord, who is alive and reigns with
you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now
and forever.
The Readings: Acts 8:26-end
Philip’s willingness to proclaim the Gospel
wherever he is sent leads to an opportune
encounter and the conversion of a traveller along
a wilderness road.
Psalm: 22 vv25 - end
1 John 4:7- end
John enjoins Christians to express the reality of
God’s indwelling spirit by living a life of mutual
love that flows from God as its source.
Gradual Hymn: 374
Gospel John 15:1-8
Using the image of the vine, Jesus teaches that
fruitful discipleship is only possible through staying
closely connected to Christ.
Preacher: Rev. Jassica Castillo-Burley
For your prayers:
Those killed and injured by the ongoing hostilities
in Gaza and the wider region, for all who in
bereavement, disability and pain continue to suffer
the consequences of fighting and terror, for all
working towards peace.
People struggling to care for their families due to
the cost-of-living crisis, those worried about the
cost of energy and those who are working to help
people in need.
The sick and everyone involved in the medical
professions, especially those working for the NHS
and in residential and care homes.
The families and friends of Frances Sylvia
Reeves, Eileen Limbrey, Margaret Pugh, David
Adams, Leslie David Edwards, Dilys Morris, Edwin
Case and Tallie Brazier and everyone who has
recently been bereaved.
Offertory Hymn: 296
Communion Hymn: 276
Anthem: O taste and see - Vaughan Williams
The Post Communion Prayer:
Eternal God, whose Son Jesus Christ is the way,
the truth, and the life: grant us to walk in his way,
to rejoice in his truth, and to share his risen life;
who is alive and reigns now and for ever.
Recessional Hymn: 437
Voluntary: Toccata by Dubois
This Evening
17.30 Reflective Service
President: Rev. Adrian Bailey
Mark 5: 24-34 - Jesus healing the woman who
had been bleeding.
Next Sunday 5 th May (Sixth Sunday of Easter)
08.00 Holy Communion
10.30 Parish Eucharist
18.30 Choral Evensong
Looking Ahead
Thursday 9 th May - Ascension,
BCP Eucharist at 10.30 a.m.
,Choral Eucharist at 7 p.m.
Sunday 19 th May - Pentecost
Sunday 2 nd June - Confirmation
Sunday 7 th July - Opening service of the Festival
to celebrate 150 th anniversary of the restoration of
the church