BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//achurchnearyou.com//eventfeed//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-TIMEZONE:UTC BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260930T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260930T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112026-09-30 10:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261007T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261007T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112026-10-07 10:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261014T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261014T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112026-10-14 10:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261021T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261021T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112026-10-21 10:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261028T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261028T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112026-10-28 10:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261104T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261104T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112026-11-04 10:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261111T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261111T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112026-11-11 10:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261118T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261118T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112026-11-18 10:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261125T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261125T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112026-11-25 10:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261202T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261202T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112026-12-02 10:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261209T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261209T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112026-12-09 10:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261216T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261216T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112026-12-16 10:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261223T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261223T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112026-12-23 10:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261230T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261230T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112026-12-30 10:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270106T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270106T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-01-06 10:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270113T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270113T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-01-13 10:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270120T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270120T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-01-20 10:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270127T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270127T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-01-27 10:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270203T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270203T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-02-03 10:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270210T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270210T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-02-10 10:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270217T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270217T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-02-17 10:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270224T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270224T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-02-24 10:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270303T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270303T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-03-03 10:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270310T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270310T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-03-10 10:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270317T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270317T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-03-17 10:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270324T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270324T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-03-24 10:00:00+00:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270331T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270331T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-03-31 10:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270407T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270407T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-04-07 10:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270414T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270414T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-04-14 10:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270421T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270421T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-04-21 10:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270428T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270428T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-04-28 10:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270505T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270505T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-05-05 10:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270512T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270512T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-05-12 10:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270519T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270519T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-05-19 10:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270526T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270526T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-05-26 10:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270602T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270602T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-06-02 10:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270609T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270609T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-06-09 10:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270616T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270616T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-06-16 10:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270623T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270623T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-06-23 10:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270630T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270630T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-06-30 10:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270707T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270707T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-07-07 10:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270714T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270714T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-07-14 10:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270721T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270721T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-07-21 10:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270728T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270728T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-07-28 10:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270804T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270804T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-08-04 10:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270811T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270811T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-08-11 10:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270818T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270818T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-08-18 10:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270825T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270825T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-08-25 10:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270901T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270901T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-09-01 10:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270908T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270908T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-09-08 10:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270915T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270915T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-09-15 10:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270922T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270922T104500 DTSTAMP:20260928T124856Z UID:7406112027-09-22 10:00:00+01:00achurchnearyou CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:A prayerful\, reflective service from the Book of Common Praye r\, held in the chancel. \n\nTea\, coffee and chat afterwards in the vestr y.\n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nWednesday\, 30th September 2026: The Feast of St Jerome\, Monk\, 420\n\nMidweek Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officia nt: \nThe Reverend Canon Rosalind Brown - Residentiary Canon Emerita at D urham Cathedral \n\nThe Collect of the Day:\n\nLord\, we pray thee that th y grace may always prevent and follow us\, and make us continually to be g iven to all good works\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Se cond Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning Prayer:\n\nAnd when it was day\, certain of the Jews banded together\, and bound themselves under a curse\ , saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.\ nAnd they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy.\nAnd they c ame to the chief priests and elders\, and said\, We have bound ourselves u nder a great curse\, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul.\nN ow therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he brin g him down unto you to morrow\, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we\, or ever he come near\, are ready to kil l him.\nAnd when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait\, he went and entered into the castle\, and told Paul.\nThen Paul called one o f the centurions unto him\, and said\, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.\nSo he took him\, and b rought him to the chief captain\, and said\, Paul the prisoner called me u nto him\, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee\, who hath somet hing to say unto thee.\nThen the chief captain took him by the hand\, and went with him aside privately\, and asked him\, What is that thou hast to tell me?\nAnd he said\, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou woul dest bring down Paul to morrow into the council\, as though they would enq uire somewhat of him more perfectly.\nBut do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men\, which have bound themselves with an oath\, that they will neither eat nor drink till they h ave killed him: and now are they ready\, looking for a promise from thee.\ nSo the chief captain then let the young man depart\, and charged him\, Se e thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.\nAnd he calle d unto him two centurions\, saying\, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea\, and horsemen threescore and ten\, and spearmen two hundred\ , at the third hour of the night\;\nAnd provide them beasts\, that they ma y set Paul on\, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor.\nAnd he wrote a letter after this manner:\nClaudius Lysias unto the most excellent gover nor Felix sendeth greeting.\nThis man was taken of the Jews\, and should h ave been killed of them: then came I with an army\, and rescued him\, havi ng understood that he was a Roman.\nAnd when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him\, I brought him forth into their council:\nWhom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law\, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds.\nAnd when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man\, I sent straightway to thee\, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had ag ainst him. Farewell.\nThen the soldiers\, as it was commanded them\, took Paul\, and brought him by night to Antipatris.\nOn the morrow they left th e horsemen to go with him\, and returned to the castle:\nWho\, when they c ame to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor\, presented Paul also before him.\nAnd when the governor had read the letter\, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia\;\nI will hear thee\, said he\, when thine accusers are also come. And he comma nded him to be kept in Herod’s judgment hall.\n\n(Acts 23:12-end\, King James Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\n Our Archdeacons: The Venerable Stephen Edmonds - Auckland\; The Venerable Libby Wilkinson - Durham\; The Venerable Katherine Bagnall - Sunderland\n\ nOur Diocesan Mission\, Discipleship & Ministry Team: Mrs Amy Burns - Head of Programme Delivery for Diocesan Transformation\; Mrs Kate Martin - Per sonal Assistant to the Archdeacon of Durham and to our Diocesan Secretary\ , Canon James Morgan\; Mrs Lizzie Hemsley - Administrator\n\nOur King\, Me mbers of Parliament and the Armed Forces\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycl e Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Buhiga (the Anglican Church of Bur undi): The Right Reverend Evariste Nijimbere - Bishop of Buhiga\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Fathe r\, we thy humble servants entirely desire thy fatherly goodness mercifull y to accept this our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly be seeching thee to grant\, that by the merits and death of thy Son Jesus Chr ist\, and through faith in his blood\, we and all thy whole Church may obt ain remission of our sins\, and all other benefits of his passion. And her e we offer and present unto thee\, O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodi es\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, and lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly b eseeching thee\, that all we\, who are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice \, yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden duty and service\; not w eighing our merits\, but pardoning our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all hon our and glory be unto thee\, O Father Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAm en. GEO:-1.573636;54.77132 LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/ 740611/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR