WEEKDAYS
.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.
21st April 2024 Fourth Sunday of Easter
8.00 Holy Communion
President: Rev. John Chesworth
10.10 Prayers in St. Catherine’s Chapel
10.30 Parish Eucharist
President: Father Phil Hughes
Setting: Thorne - Mass of St. Thomas
Processional Hymn: 390
The Collect:
Almighty God, whose Son Jesus Christ is the
resurrection and the life: raise us, who trust in
him, from the death of sin to the life of
righteousness, that we may seek those things
which are above, where he reigns with you in the
unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
The Readings: Acts 4: 5-12
Peter and John use the opportunity of appearing
before the rulers of Israel to speak boldly about
the power in the name of Jesus Christ to heal men
and women.
Canticle: Verses from Revelation 19
1 John 3:16-end
Our sacrificial love for one another should be seen
in action not just words, since God’s Son
sacrificed his own life for us.
Gradual Hymn: 457
Gospel John 10:11-18
Jesus identifies himself as the Good Shepherd
who is ready to die for his sheep and he will
gather all sheep into his one fold.
Preacher: Rev. Keith Musson
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 Eileen Limbrey,
Margaret Pugh, David Adams, Leslie David
Edwards, Dilys Morris, Edwin Case. Tallie Brazier
and everyone who has recently been bereaved.
Offertory Hymn: 376
Communion Hymn: 282
Anthem: All people that on earth do dwell - Tallis
The Post Communion Prayer:
Merciful Father, you gave your Son Jesus Christ
to be the good shepherd, and in his love for us to
lay down his life and rise again: keep us always
under his protection, and give us grace to follow in
his steps; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Recessional Hymn: 463
Voluntary: Marche by Lefebure-Wely
This Evening
18.30 Choral Evensong (Scholars & Adults)
Introit: Bone Pastor - Palestrina
Canticles: Stanford in C
Responses: Sanders
Psalm 23
Anthem: Jubilate in B flat - Stanford
Hymns: 102, 459,114
Voluntary: Rondo by Morandi
Next Sunday 28th (Fifth Sunday of Easter)
10.30 Parish Eucharist
17.30 Reflective Service
President: Rev. Adrian Bailey
Looking Ahead
Thursday 9 th May - Ascension, 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