BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//achurchnearyou.com//eventfeed//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-TIMEZONE:UTC BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261108T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261108T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352026-11-08 18:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261115T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261115T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352026-11-15 18:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261122T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261122T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352026-11-22 18:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261129T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261129T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352026-11-29 18:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261206T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261206T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352026-12-06 18:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261213T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261213T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352026-12-13 18:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261220T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261220T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352026-12-20 18:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261227T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261227T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352026-12-27 18:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270103T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270103T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-01-03 18:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270110T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270110T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-01-10 18:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270117T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270117T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-01-17 18:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270124T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270124T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-01-24 18:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270131T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270131T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-01-31 18:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270207T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270207T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-02-07 18:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270214T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270214T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-02-14 18:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270221T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270221T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-02-21 18:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270228T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270228T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-02-28 18:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270307T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270307T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-03-07 18:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270314T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270314T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-03-14 18:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270321T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270321T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-03-21 18:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270328T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270328T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-03-28 18:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270404T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270404T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-04-04 18:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270411T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270411T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-04-11 18:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270418T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270418T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-04-18 18:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270425T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270425T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-04-25 18:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270502T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270502T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-05-02 18:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270509T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270509T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-05-09 18:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270516T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270516T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-05-16 18:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270523T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270523T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-05-23 18:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270530T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270530T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-05-30 18:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270606T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270606T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-06-06 18:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270613T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270613T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-06-13 18:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270620T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270620T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-06-20 18:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270627T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270627T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-06-27 18:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270704T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270704T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-07-04 18:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270711T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270711T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-07-11 18:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270718T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270718T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-07-18 18:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270725T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270725T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-07-25 18:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270801T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270801T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-08-01 18:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270808T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270808T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-08-08 18:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270815T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270815T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-08-15 18:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270822T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270822T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-08-22 18:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270829T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270829T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-08-29 18:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270905T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270905T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-09-05 18:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270912T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270912T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-09-12 18:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270919T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270919T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-09-19 18:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270926T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270926T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-09-26 18:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20271003T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20271003T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-10-03 18:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20271010T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20271010T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-10-10 18:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20271017T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20271017T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-10-17 18:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20271024T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20271024T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-10-24 18:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns/Choral Evensong DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20271031T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20271031T184500 DTSTAMP:20261106T141040Z UID:10720352027-10-31 18:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 8th November 2026 - The Twenty -Third Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns \n\nOfficiant: \nT he Rector\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in church \n\nPsalms: \nPlease see boards in church \n\nLessons:\nJudges 7:2-22\nJohn 15:9-17\n\nThe Second L esson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer:\n\nAs the Father hath loved me \, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love.\nIf ye keep my commandment s\, ye shall abide in my love\; even as I have kept my Father’s commandm ents\, and abide in his love.\nThese things have I spoken unto you\, that my joy might remain in you\, and that your joy might be full.\nThis is my commandment\, That ye love one another\, as I have loved you.\nGreater lov e hath no man than this\, that a man lay down his life for his friends.\nY e are my friends\, if ye do whatsoever I command you.\nHenceforth I call y ou not servants\; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I h ave called you friends\; for all things that I have heard of my Father I h ave made known unto you.\nYe have not chosen me\, but I have chosen you\, and ordained you\, that ye should go and bring forth fruit\, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my nam e\, he may give it you.\nThese things I command you\, that ye love one ano ther. \n\n(John 15:9-17\, King James Version)\n\nA Poem for Remembrance Su nday:\n\nOn Somme\n\nSuddenly into the still air burst thudding\n\nAnd thu dding\, and cold fear possessed me all\,\n\nOn the gray slopes there\, whe re Winter in sullen brooding\n\nHung between height and depth of the ugly fall\n\nOf Heaven to earth\; and the thudding was illness’ own.\n\nBut s till a hope I kept that were we there going over\,\n\nI\, in the line\, I should not fail\, but take recover\n\nFrom others’ courage\, and not as coward be known.\n\nNo flame we saw\, the noise and the dread alone\n\nWas battle to us\; men were enduring there such\n\nAnd such things\, in wire tangled\, to shatters blown.\n\nCourage kept\, but ready to vanish at firs t touch.\n\nFear\, but just held. Poets were luckier once\n\nIn the hot fr ay swallowed and some magnificence.\n\n(Ivor Gurney\, 1890-1937)\n\nThe Co llect of the Day: \n\nO God\, our refuge and strength\, who art the author of all godliness\; Be ready\, we beseech thee\, to hear the devout prayer s of thy Church\; and grant that those things which we ask faithfully we m ay obtain effectually\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen. \n\n***Ple ase see the 'Sung Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Diocesan and A nglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless otherwise s tated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient a nd Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worsh ip (2010).***\n\nPhoto Credit: Karen Jones GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676. php END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR