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Sunday, 14th June 2026 - Ordinary Time: The Second Sunday after Trinity

11:00am - Parish Eucharist (CW) followed by Tea and Coffee in the Institute 

6:00pm - Said Evensong with Hymns (BCP)

Wednesday - Ordinary Time: The Feast of Samuel and Henrietta Barnett, Social Reformers, 1913 and 1936 [Commemoration] (CW); Alban, Martyr, c.250 (BCP)

9:00am - Oasis 

10:00am - Midweek Holy Communion (BCP)

Sunday, 21st June 2026 - Ordinary Time: The Third Sunday after Trinity

11:00am - Parish Eucharist (CW) followed by Tea and Coffee in the Institute

6:00pm - Choral Evensong (BCP) 

Wednesday - Ordinary Time: The Feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist

9:00am - Oasis

10:00am - Midweek Holy Communion (BCP)

Saturday - Ordinary Time: The Feast of St  Cyril, Bishop of Alexandria, Teacher of the Faith, 444 [Commemoration]; Ember Day

4:00pm - Petertide Diocesan Ordination Service at Durham Cathedral (please see note below)

Sunday, 28th June 2026 - Ordinary Time: The Fourth Sunday after Trinity

11:00am - Parish Eucharist and Holy Baptism (CW) followed by Tea and Coffee in the Institute

6:00pm - Said Evensong with Hymns (BCP)

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

Tuesday Team - Fundraising Update: Since June 2025, £2105.00 has been raised. Beneficiaries include St Cuthbert’s Hospice, Diabetes UK, Macmillan Cancer Support and St Oswald’s Institute Kitchen Fund. Grateful thanks to Councillor David Freeman for his support.

Ordination to the Priesthood: Helen Miller will be ordained as a priest on Saturday 27th June at 4:00pm at Durham and will continue to serve her curacy at St Nics, Durham. You will remember Helen from her time here as an ordinand.

Foodbank - Weekly Message from Lynda Delf: On Sunday 24th May, 5kg of food was given in Church. On Sunday 31st May, 10kg of food was donated in Church, and a parishioner gave 7kg of food and £10.00.

In May, 82kg and £120.00 was given to the foodbank; thank you very much.

This week our shortages include rice, sugar, jam, coffee, teabags, tinned tomatoes, meat, fish, potatoes, rice pudding and fruit. We always need household cleaning materials, toilet rolls, long-life fruit juice and milk. Many thanks.

For your Prayers: Amongst the Sick - Angie Robley.

The new Bishop of Durham - The Right Reverend Rick Simpson who was installed on Sunday, 7th June 2026 at Durham Cathedral

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) - For containment of the Ebola outbreak, for peace to return to eastern DRC, and that the churches in the Diocese of Goma will continue to be beacons of hope

With All Good Wishes and Prayers, Peter

The Reverend Peter Kashouris

St Oswald's Vicarage, Church Street, Durham [email protected]