Sunday, 26th April 2026: The Fourth Sunday of Easter; Good Shepherd Sunday; Vocations Sunday
11:00am: Parish Eucharist and Thanksgiving for the Birth of Mary Grace Henderson (CW), followed by Tea and Coffee in the Institute
6:00pm: Said Evensong with Hymns (BCP)
Wednesday: The Feast of St Catherine of Sienna [Lesser Festival]
9:00am: Oasis
10:00am: Midweek Holy Communion (BCP)
Sunday, 3rd May 2026: The Fifth Sunday of Easter
11:00am: Parish Eucharist (CW), followed by the APCM in the Institute
6pm: Evensong (BCP), (Said/Sung TBC)
***Please see the Calendar of Services Attached.***
Annual Meeting: Please come to the annual meeting after the service next Sunday.
Christian Aid Week 2026: On Sunday 10th May, we will offer a Christian Aid snack (not lunch!) of soup and a bun to prompt us to remember the very poor in the world, and to open our cheque books.
There will also be a plants table for people to bring, buy and swap, for a donation of course!
On Sunday 17th May, we hope to have a speaker or a film, (TBC).
Deanery Confirmation: The Confirmation Service this year will take place at 6:00pm on Saturday 6th June at St Nics, Durham. Please let Peter know if you would like to be Confirmed or indeed Baptised and Confirmed at this service. It will be taken by Bishop Frank White.
Setting up for Services: Could you help set up for services once a month? We have a beautiful but currently too small rota to clean the candlesticks, find the passages in the Lectionary and prepare for communion - count the wafers, set up the water and wine. It takes around an hour once a month on either the Friday or Saturday. Obviously we'd show you how to do it until you are comfortable with the tasks. And it's more fun and quicker to do it with a friend, so do think about offering with someone else! Please speak to Beth, Sarah, Alison, Judy or Roz to learn more about it.
Durham Churches Together Trip to Lindisfarne: Durham Churches Together is hoping to organise a day trip to Lindisfarne, on Saturday 6th June this year, similar to those run, pre-Covid, by Churches Together in Elvet and Shincliffe. A decision depends on enough participants at a price not exceeding £20.00 per head for the coach. If you would be interested please let Boyd Sims-Williams or Stevie Taylor know as soon as possible. ([email protected], [email protected]).
Foodbank - Weekly Message from Lynda Delf: On 12th April, 6kg of food and £40.00 was donated in Church. On 19th April, 4kg of food was collected in Church and a Parishioner gave 6kg of food and £10.00; in total this will provide meals for 20 people and the money used to buy more food.
Thank you so much for your continuing support. Our current shortages include rice, sugar, jam, biscuits, coffee, tinned rice pudding, fruit, potatoes, tomatoes, meat and fish. We always need nappies, household cleaning materials, toilet rolls, and long-life fruit juice and milk.
We always need long-life milk and fruit juice, household cleaning materials, toilet rolls, jam, sugar, rice, coffee, and instant noodles. We also are short of tinned food including tomatoes, meat, fish, potatoes, rice pudding and fruit.
Thank you for all you do to support the foodbank.
Amongst the Sick: Please pray for Angie Robley.
With All Good Wishes and Prayers, Peter
The Reverend Peter Kashouris
St Oswald's Vicarage, Church Street, Durham [email protected]