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Worship

Please read the letter from Alison Brunt, the vicar, about reopening church for worship on Sunday 5th July - click the image above or this text.

Please note: The church will be closed for individual private prayer until after the weekend.

On this page you will find useful resources to help you sustain your regular worship of God either through our live video / audio conference worship or by using the resources within your household. You will find links to hymns, prayers and audio recordings of the most recent services.

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Whilst we are in the early stages of reopening for worship, starting on 5th July, the support we give to others and the costs of the church remains the same.
If you are able to, please click on the 'Give a Little' picture above to donate to St Oswald's as you might have done in the service.
Thank you all for the many ways in which you already give. We are grateful.

See our 50 Reflections of Lockdown page. This page includes the reflections of parishoners and what they have done during the Covid-19 lockdown. Access it here.

Season of Ordinary Time (Trinity Sunday onwards)

Join us in church, or at home, live at 10am each Sunday morning for the parish Eucharist via 'Blue jeans', or use the resources provded to support individual or family worship.  A recording of the live service can be found in the audio files below soon after the service. If you would like to join us in church, please contact Judy Morris, who is keeping a track of attendance so that we all remain safely distanced. 

A new service booklet that will form the basis of worship from 7th June onwards can be downloaded here. 
For those attending church, there is a slightly revised booklet (available here) but rest assured that the original version still contains all that you need for the service.
Each week you will need to refer to the weekly sheet for readings and prayers particular to that Sunday.
Notices for each Sunday can be downloaded from the latest news page of this website.
 

Fifth Sunday after Trinity, 12th July 2020

The service follows the pattern of the new booklet which can be downloaded here with congregational content and readings shared by PowerPoint.
The readings, collect and post communion prayer are available here
Notices can be downloaded from the latest news page of this website
The music selcted to accompany this service includes the hymns Come down O love divine and I heard the voice of Jesus say

You can also listen to Ann's recording of the Allegro from a Sonata by the Italian Baroque composer Ignazio Cirri, who was organist of Forli Cathedral. This can be found in the music recordings below.

Fourth Sunday after Trinity, 5th July 2020

The service follows the same pattern as before but a revised booklet is avaialble for use in church which can be downloaded here. (The previous home version still contains all that you need for the service in church).
Congregational content and readings are still shared for those at home by PowerPoint.
The readings, collect and post communion prayer are available here
Notices can be downloaded from the latest news page of this website
The music selcted to accompany this service includes the hymn Just as I am without one plea and two soloviolin pieces, played by Ann from a sonata by Tartini.

Ann says 

“I have been looking forward for many months to playing for live services at St Oswald’s and am hoping that this coming Sunday’s will be the first of many more to come. At the moment, because singig is not permitted I have been thinking about how to provide music which is meaningful and uplifting but which does not have words. For this I have been inspired by the Italian Baroque violinist composer Giuseppe Tartini, who died exactly 250 years ago in 1770. Tartini was employed for over 40 years by the Basilica of St Anthony of Padua, in Padua itself, and a whole orchestra were employed to play his concertos and possibly other instrumental pieces during services. St Anthony was revered as a particularly eloquent preacher whose sermons were so meaningful that, according to legend, even the fishes would listen to him preach. Tartini seems to have been inspired by this non-verbal communication and aimed to write meaningful music without text for performance in the liturgical context of Masses at the church. This week I have chosen part of a sonata by Tartini (attached) which is one of his solo violin pieces. Although it is not specifically a church piece, it contains, like several other sonatas by Tartini, a short fragment of poetry which indicates his “emotional intent”: the words “My love will be constant, my heart will be faithful” are used as a heading for one of the movements. I am hoping that these will provide sufficient musical inspiration for today’s service.”