Friday - Ordinary Time; Ember Day
2:00pm - Van Mildert College (Durham University) Community Visiting Scheme Film Afternoon in the Institute—'The Thursday Murder Club' (BBFC Certificate 12); Free Entry, Sweets, Popcorn and Hot and Cold Drinks
3:30pm - Choral Evensong with the Chorister School (Durham Cathedral Schools Foundation)
Saturday - Ordinary Time (Petertide): The Feast of St Cyril, Bishop of Alexandria, Teacher of the Faith, 444 [Commemoration]; Ember Day
9:30am - Durham Cursillo (ends at 1:00pm)
2:00pm - Elizabeth Barrett Browning Anniversary Service and Buffet at St Helen's, Kelloe (please see note below)
3:00pm - Elvet Residents Association AGM, Social and Talk in the Institute (please see note below)
4:00pm - Petertide Diocesan Ordination Service at Durham Cathedral (please see note below)
7:30pm - Durham Singers' Concert at St Brandon's, Brancepeth (please see note below)
Sunday, 28th June 2026 - Ordinary Time (Petertide): The Fourth Sunday after Trinity; The Eve of the Feast of St Peter and St Paul
11:00am - Parish Eucharist and Holy Baptism (CW) followed by Drinks in the Institute in Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of Neville's Ordination (please see note below)
6:00pm - Said Evensong with Hymns (BCP)
Wednesday - Ordinary Time: The Feast of Henry, John, and Henry Venn the Younger, Priests and Evangelical Divines, 1797, 1813 and 1873 [Commemoration]
9:00am - Oasis
10:00am - Midweek Holy Communion (BCP)
Sunday, 5th July 2026 - Ordinary Time: The Fifth Sunday after Trinity
11:00am - Parish Eucharist (CW) followed by Parish Lunch in the Institute (please see note below)
6:00pm - Said Evensong with Hymns (BCP)
Wednesday - Ordinary Time
9:00am - Oasis
10:00am - Midweek Holy Communion (BCP)
Sunday, 12th July 2026 - Ordinary Time: The Sixth Sunday after Trinity
11:00am - Parish Eucharist (CW) followed by Tea and Coffee in the Institute
6:00pm - Said Evensong with Hymns (BCP)
Tuesday - Ordinary Time: The Feast of John Keble, Priest, Tractarian and Poet, 1866 [Lesser Festival]
2:00pm - Tea and Talk in the Institute
Wednesday - Ordinary Time: The Feast of St Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, C862 [Lesser Festival]; The Feast of St Bonaventure, Friar, Bishop and Teacher of the Faith, 1274 [Commemoration]
9:00am - Oasis
10:00am - Midweek Holy Communion (BCP)
Sunday, 19th July 2026 - Ordinary Time: The Seventh Sunday after Trinity
11:00am - Parish Eucharist (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.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning Anniversary Service: Anniversary Service and Buffet at St Helen’s, Kelloe (DH6 4PT) at 2:00pm on Saturday 27th June.
Elvet Residents Association AGM 2026: AGM and Social in the Institute at 3:00pm on Saturday 27th June, followed by a talk by Steve Lindsay—'In Search of Tigers'.
Ordination to the Priesthood: Helen Miller will be ordained as a priest on Saturday 27th June at 4:00pm at Durham Cathedral and will continue to serve her curacy at St Nics, Durham. You will remember Helen from her time here as an ordinand.
The Durham Singers' Concert: David Harris writes about the next Durham Singers' concert, which takes place this coming Saturday, 27th June. (Please see also poster attached.)We're singing a programme of Renaissance/Baroque music associated with Puebla Cathedral in Mexico - flavours of European choral writing at the time beginning to mix with a Latin rhythmical influence makes for a fascinating sound! The concert takes place at St Brandon's Church, Brancepeth (DH7 8DF), commencing at 7:30pm - crucially, we anticipate that audience members should be able to get home in good time for the England v Panama kick-off at 10:00pm! Tickets (£15.00 each or £10.00 each for students) are available here: https://www.ticketsource.com/durhamsingers - or let me know and I can reserve them for you. We have sold out at Brancepeth the last couple of times we've been there, so do act quickly if you'd like to come!
The 60th Anniversary of the Ordination of Neville Griffiths: In the Institute after Parish Eucharist this coming Sunday, 28th June, there will be a drinks celebration of Neville’s ministry. He was ordained at the Cathedral Church of St Woolos (Gwynllyw), Newport (part of the Church in Wales). His ministry has been a long, fruitful, and faithful one; a long-standing friend of us here at St Oswald’s. It will be super to celebrate his ministry this Sunday.
Parish Lunch: Sunday, 5th July after Parish Eucharist. We look forward to one of our enjoyable lunches; this will be a summer cold buffet. If you would like to bring something, that would be great. There will be a notice circulating with the option of providing a sweet or savoury dish for you to sign; drinks provided. Thanks, Sondra.
Foodbank: Weekly Message from Lynda Delf - This week, I have not been at the foodbank; I will take the generous donations on Monday and confirm the totals next week.
We always need long-life milk, fruit juice, sugar, rice, jam, tinned meat, fish potatoes, tomatoes, fruit, rice pudding, household cleaning materials and toilet rolls. Thank you so much for all you do to support our foodbanks.
Farewell to our Choral Scholars: It was good to say farewell to our brilliant choral scholars last Sunday at Choral Evensong, in what was an excellent service with an amazing anthem. It has been a really good year for the choir.
For your Prayers: Amongst the Sick - Angie Robley.
With All Good Wishes and Prayers, Peter.
The Reverend Peter Kashouris
St Oswald's Vicarage
Church Street
Durham
DH1 3DQ