WEEKDAYS
9 o’clock Wednesday and Friday, Morning Prayer which is streamed online through the church Facebook page
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
SUNDAYS
Sunday 10.30 worship is on the St Oswald's Oswestry YouTube page.
SUNDAY 22nd February 2026 First Sunday of Lent
Holy Communion at Christ Church Rhydycroesau
President: Fr. Phil Hughes
10.10 Prayers in St. Catherine’s Chapel
10.30 Parish Eucharist at St. Oswald’s
President: Rev. Keith Musson
Setting: Archer - St. Albans Service
Processional Hymn: 67
Kyrie: MacMillan - St. Anne’s Mass
The Collect:
Almighty God, whose Son Jesus Christ fasted forty days in the wilderness, and was tempted as we are, yet without sin: give us grace to discipline ourselves in obedience to your Spirit; and, as you know our weakness, so may we know your power to save; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Readings Genesis 2:15-17; 3:1-7
Adam and Eve are tempted by the serpent to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. They succumb to temptation and their eyes are opened so they know that they are naked. They hide their nakedness with fig leaves.
Psalm: 32
Reading Romans 5:12-19
Sin and death came into the world because of Adam’s disobedience, and held sway until the time of Moses, when God gave the Law to humankind. However, through the grace and obedience of Jesus Christ, humanity is offered the free gift of forgiveness and life.
Gradual Hymn: 12
Gospel Matthew 4:1-11
Three times Jesus resists the devil’s temptations to ignore God’s will, choosing not to act in self-interest, nor to behave recklessly to prove his divinity, nor to seize power for himself.
Preacher: Fr. Phil Hughes
For your prayers:
Those working to preserve the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and those working towards peace between Ukraine and Russia.
The people of Greenland and Denmark
For our schools as they return from half-term holidays, especially those pupils who are preparing for examinations.
The Church Wardens, PCC, clergy and lay worship teams as they lead us through Lent and into Easter.
For all those working in the caring professions and for those in their charge.
The families and friends of Ruth Young, Sondra Rowlands, Ann Harding, Marlene May Hudspith, Barry Johnson, Alan Frederick Stratford, Pamela
Vaughan and everyone who has recently been bereaved.
Offertory Hymn: 383
Communion Hymn: 70
Anthem: Salvator mundi (Tallis)
The Post Communion Prayer:
Lord God, you have renewed us with the living bread from heaven; by it you nourish our faith, increase our hope, and strengthen our love: teach us always to hunger for him who is the true and living bread, and enable us to live by every word that proceeds from out of your mouth; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Recessional Hymn: 318
Organ Voluntary: Priere a Notre Dame by Boeillmann
18.00 Reflective Service in St. Catherine’s Chapel - Mrs. Lindsay Clarke
Commissioned Lay Worker
SUNDAY 1st March St. David’s Day Second Sunday of Lent
08.00 Holy Communion at St. Oswalds
President: Rev. Keith Musson
10.30 Parish Eucharist St. Oswald’s
President: Fr. Phil Hughes
Preacher: Fr. Phil Hughes
18.00 Choral Evensong
Mrs. Jenifer Chippett Williams
Commissioned Lay Worker