Sunday 5th October, Dedication Festival

11:00am Parish Eucharist

6pm Come & Sing Choral Evensong

Sunday 12th October, The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity

11:00am Parish Eucharist

6pm Evensong

On Wednesdays 10am Holy Communion

Please see the Calendar of services attached.

Coffee Morning at St. Helen’s Kelloe: The Mayor’s coffee morning will take place on Saturday 4th October at St Helen’s, proceeds to St. Cuthbert’s Hospice.

Harvest Collections: Foodbank – Weekly message from Lynda Delf : The foodbank van collected 270kg of donated tins and dried food from Church on 2nd October, (directly after the school harvest service) additionally a Parishioner gave £10 and 7kg of food earlier in the week. This will provide meals for 345 people, Roz has just delivered a sealed envelope which she says contains £200 this was raised at the Harvest tea on Sunday from the sale of produce and donations. Many thanks for your incredible genorisity.

Our current shortages are longlife milk and fruit juice, household cleaning materials, tiolet rolls and personal toiletries. As well as sugar, rice, coffee, jam, biscuits and tinned fruit, potatoes and tomatoes.

Thanks again for all the ways you support our local foodbanks.

PS: When people give money in sealed envelopes these are always opened at the foodbank by a member of staff in front of me and a recept is given

They will be so pleased 0n Monday

Parish Magazine: The Autumn issue of the magazine will shortly be delivered to all regular subscribers, and copies are also available (price £2) from the back of church.

This Friday 10th October, the Durham Union Society, will again hold a debate at St. Oswald’s Church. The motion is “This House has no confidence in His Majesty’s Government” and will begin around 8:30pm, you are welcome to attend. These debates are taking place here whilst their usual premises are being refurbished.

Amongst the sick please pray for Angie Robley. Please pray for the repose of the soul of Andrew Perry RIP; and for his family and brother David, and sister Gillian.

With All Good Wishes and Prayers, Peter