Sung Parish Eucharist
- Occurring
- Every Sunday at for 1 hour, 15 mins
- Venue
- St Oswald's, Durham
- Address Church Street Durham, DH1 3DQ, United Kingdom
The worshipping heart of parish life; a Common Worship service including Holy Communion, with refreshments afterwards in the Institute across the road.
All are very welcome.
Sunday, 4th October 2026 - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity; Dedication Festival; The Last Day of Creationtide
Sung Parish Eucharist followed by Refreshments in the Institute
Officiant and Preacher:
The Reverend John McManners
Hymns:
Please see boards in Church
Psalms:
80:9-17
Readings:
Isaiah 5:1-7
Philippians 3:4b-14
Matthew 21:33-end
The Collect of the Day:
Almighty and everlasting God, increase in us your gift of faith that, forsaking what lies behind and reaching out to that which is before, we may run the way of your commandments and win the crown of everlasting joy; 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.
Amen.
The Gospel Reading:
The Parable of the Wicked Tenants
‘Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a fence around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a watch-tower. Then he leased it to tenants and went to another country. When the harvest time had come, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his produce. But the tenants seized his slaves and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. Again he sent other slaves, more than the first; and they treated them in the same way. Finally he sent his son to them, saying, “They will respect my son.” But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, “This is the heir; come, let us kill him and get his inheritance.” So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?’ They said to him, ‘He will put those wretches to a miserable death, and lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him the produce at the harvest time.’
Jesus said to them, ‘Have you never read in the scriptures:
“The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
this was the Lord’s doing,
and it is amazing in our eyes”?
Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that produces the fruits of the kingdom. The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; and it will crush anyone on whom it falls.’
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them. They wanted to arrest him, but they feared the crowds, because they regarded him as a prophet.
(Matthew 21:33-end, New Revised Standard Version - Anglicized Edition)
Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:
Hospital Chaplains: Ms Joanne Nicholson and the Reverend Kevin Tromans (County Durham and
Darlington); The Reverend Canon Remi Omole (Sunderland); Vacant (Sherburn); The Reverend Gareth Rowlands and the Reverend Joan Urwin (Gateshead and North Tees & Hartlepool); The Reverend Pat Bealing and the Reverend Gordon Tough (South Tyneside); The Reverend Canon Colin Jay, the Reverend Debbie Baker and the Reverend Christine Britcliffe (Tees, Esk & Wear Valley)
Anglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:
Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil: The Most Reverend Marinez Rosa Dos Santos Bassotto - Primate of Brazil and Bishop of Amazônia
Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month:
October 2026: Darlington Deanery
The Post Communion:
We praise and thank you, O Christ, for this sacred feast: for here we receive you, here the memory of your passion is renewed, here our minds are filled with grace, and here a pledge of future glory is given, when we shall feast at that table where you reign with all your saints for ever.
Amen.
***Unless otherwise stated, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern (2000); *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worship (2010).***