The Day of Pentecost - Sunday, 24th May 2026: Services at St Oswald's

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

6:00pm - Choral Evensong (Book of Common Prayer)

Guest Preacher at both Services: The Reverend Dr Gary Eaborn - Curate of St John's Wood Church, London (Diocese of London)

All are very welcome.

Come Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire

Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire,

And lighten with celestial fire.

Thou the anointing Spirit art,

Who dost thy seven-fold gifts impart.

Thy blessed Unction from above

Is comfort, life, and fire of love.

Enable with perpetual light

The dulness of our blinded sight.

Anoint and cheer our soiled face

With the abundance of thy grace.

Keep far our foes, give peace at home:

Where thou art guide, no ill can come.

Teach us to know the Father, Son,

And thee, of both, to be but One.

That, through the ages all along,

This may be our endless song:

Praise to thy eternal merit,

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

Veni Creator Spiritus - Translation by John Cosin 1594-1672 (former Bishop of Durham), The 1662 Book of Common Prayer