St Oswald's, Durham

Sunday,18th January 2026 - The Second Sunday of Epiphany; The First Day of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (WPCU)

11:00am: United Covenant Service & Holy Communion with Durham City Methodists

6:00pm: Evening Prayer with Hymns

***Please wrap up warmly for these services in case the heating is not working***

Wednesday

9:00am: Oasis

10:00am: Midweek Holy Communion

Friday

8:00pm: The Durham Union Society Debate: “This House would legalise assisted dying”

Sunday, 25th January 2026 - The Third Sunday of Epiphany: The Conversion of St Paul

11:00am: Parish Eucharist

6:00pm: Choral Evensong in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of J.B. Dykes

***Please see the Calendar of services attached.***

***Please see also the attachment below for further information about this year's WPCU.***

Epiphany Lunch: Many thanks to all those who did the catering for the lunch last Sunday. It was an extremely happy occasion. The Institute kitchen and hall proved to be an excellent venue; the catering was gorgeous; and it was excellent to see so many happy, smiling faces.

Oasis: This is a short time of reflection, designed to be a benefit for parents dropping off children at the school, with a concluding prayer and coffee. It takes place on a Wednesday 9:00-9:30am. All welcome of course.

Hannah Richardson will be licensed as the Priest in Charge at St. Nicholas Dunston on Sunday 18th January. I will be going to this service and will take all our prayers and best wishes from St Oswald’s.

Foodbank— Weekly message from Lynda Delf: On 11th January 10kg of food and £120 was donated by Parishioners, this will provide meals for 13 people and the money used to buy more food. Thank you for your continuing support.

This week we need long life milk and fruit juice, rice, jam, teabags, sugar, tinned rice pudding, fruit, potatoes, tomatoes, fish, and spaghetti. We always need household cleaning materials and toilet rolls as well as kettle food such as instant soup and noodles. Many thanks.

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, 18th - 26th January 2026: The United Lunch to mark the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (WPCU) will be at Waddington Street United Reformed Church on Tuesday 20th January. The speaker this year will be Revd John Squares, Methodist Superintendent Minister. Proceedings commence at 12 noon with a cup of tea or coffee. All are very welcome . (No need to register, but it will help catering to know approximate numbers. Please ring/ text 07484243885.)

Amongst the sick please pray for Angie Robley, Carol Simmons.

With All Good Wishes and Prayers, Peter

The Reverend Peter Kashouris

St Oswald's Vicarage, Church Street, Durham pzkashouris@gmail.com

St Oswald's, Durham

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