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SUMMARY:Oasis
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DESCRIPTION:A short time of reflection\, designed to be a benefit for pare
 nts dropping off children at the school\, with a concluding prayer and cof
 fee. All are very welcome.\n\nPlease click on the attachment below for fur
 ther information.\n\nWednesday\, 9th September 2026 - Ordinary Time (Creat
 iontide): Wednesday - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Feast of Charles F
 uge Lowder\, Priest\, 1880 [Commemoration]
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SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins
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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\, 9th September 2026\n\nMidweek 
 Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officiant: The Venerable Antony MacRow-Wood (
 Former Archdeacon of Dorset\, Diocese of Salisbury) UK \n\nThe Collect of 
 the Day: \n\nAlmighty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of f
 aith\, hope\, and charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost 
 promise\, make us to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Chr
 ist our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning 
 Prayer:\n\nAnd there sat a certain man at Lystra\, impotent in his feet\, 
 being a cripple from his mother’s womb\, who never had walked:\nThe same
  heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him\, and perceiving that he h
 ad faith to be healed\,\nSaid with a loud voice\, Stand upright on thy fee
 t. And he leaped and walked.\nAnd when the people saw what Paul had done\,
  they lifted up their voices\, saying in the speech of Lycaonia\, The gods
  are come down to us in the likeness of men.\nAnd they called Barnabas\, J
 upiter\; and Paul\, Mercurius\, because he was the chief speaker.\nThen th
 e priest of Jupiter\, which was before their city\, brought oxen and garla
 nds unto the gates\, and would have done sacrifice with the people.\nWhich
  when the apostles\, Barnabas and Paul\, heard of\, they rent their clothe
 s\, and ran in among the people\, crying out\,\nAnd saying\, Sirs\, why do
  ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you\, and preach u
 nto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God\, whic
 h made heaven\, and earth\, and the sea\, and all things that are therein:
 \nWho in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.\nNever
 theless he left not himself without witness\, in that he did good\, and ga
 ve us rain from heaven\, and fruitful seasons\, filling our hearts with fo
 od and gladness.\nAnd with these sayings scarce restrained they the people
 \, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.\nAnd there came thither cer
 tain Jews from Antioch and Iconium\, who persuaded the people\, and having
  stoned Paul\, drew him out of the city\, supposing he had been dead.\nHow
 beit\, as the disciples stood round about him\, he rose up\, and came into
  the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.\nAnd when 
 they had preached the gospel to that city\, and had taught many\, they ret
 urned again to Lystra\, and to Iconium\, and Antioch\,\nConfirming the sou
 ls of the disciples\, and exhorting them to continue in the faith\, and th
 at we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.\nAnd wh
 en they had ordained them elders in every church\, and had prayed with fas
 ting\, they commended them to the Lord\, on whom they believed.\nAnd after
  they had passed throughout Pisidia\, they came to Pamphylia.\nAnd when th
 ey had preached the word in Perga\, they went down into Attalia:\nAnd then
 ce sailed to Antioch\, from whence they had been recommended to the grace 
 of God for the work which they fulfilled.\nAnd when they were come\, and h
 ad gathered the church together\, they rehearsed all that God had done wit
 h them\, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.\nAnd t
 here they abode long time with the disciples.\n\n(Acts 14:8-end\, King Jam
 es Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nThe
  Bishop’s Leadership Team\n\nGaunless Valley: St Mary’s (Cockfield)\, 
 St Paul’s (Evenwood)\, St John’s (Lynesack)\, and St Mary's (Woodland)
 \; Minister - Vacant\, Self-supporting Ministry Associate Minister - The R
 everend Lloyd Evans\, and Retired Clergy with Permission to Officiate - Th
 e Reverend Susanne Jukes \n\nGrowing Churches: Mr Alistair Bianchi\, Mr Jo
 hn Cottey\, Ms Emma Taylor\, Ms Rosalind Haycock\, and Mrs Linda Ransom \n
 \nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Bh
 opal (The Church of North India (United)): The Right Reverend Neena Charan
  - Diocesan Bishop in Bhopal \n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Inte
 ntion for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post 
 Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Father\, we thy humble servants entirel
 y desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of 
 praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly beseeching thee to grant\, that by t
 he merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ\, and through faith in his blo
 od\, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins\, and al
 l other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee\,
  O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodies\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, a
 nd lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly beseeching thee\, that all we\, who
  are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace an
 d heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold
  sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice\, yet we beseech thee to accept t
 his our bounden duty and service\; not weighing our merits\, but pardoning
  our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, 
 in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all honour and glory be unto thee\, O Fat
 her Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAmen.
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SUMMARY:Parish Eucharist
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DESCRIPTION:The worshipping heart of parish life\; a Common Worship servic
 e including Holy Communion\, with refreshments afterwards in the Institute
  across the road. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 202
 6 - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity\; Th
 e Feast of Creation in Christ (Creation Sunday)\n\nParish Eucharist follow
 ed by Refreshments in the Institute\n\nGuest Officiant and Preacher: The R
 everend Dr Samuel Hole - Chaplain of University College and Solway Fellow 
 (Durham University)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\nPl
 ease see boards in Church\n\nReadings: \nEzekiel 33:7-11\nRomans 13:8-end\
 nMatthew 18:15-20\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmighty God\, whose only
  Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence: give us pu
 re hearts and steadfast wills to worship you in spirit and in truth\; thro
 ugh Jesus Christ your Son our Lord\, who is alive and reigns with you\, in
  the unity of the Holy Spirit\, one God\, now and for ever. \n\nAmen.\n\nT
 he Gospel Reading: \n\n‘If another member of the church sins against you
 \, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member
  listens to you\, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened 
 to\, take one or two others along with you\, so that every word may be con
 firmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to
  listen to them\, tell it to the church\; and if the offender refuses to l
 isten even to the church\, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax
 -collector. Truly I tell you\, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in
  heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again\
 , truly I tell you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask\,
  it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three ar
 e gathered in my name\, I am there among them.’\n\n(Matthew 18:15-20\, N
 ew Revised Standard Version - Anglicized Edition)\n\nDurham Diocesan Praye
 r Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nUniversity Chaplains - Durham Universit
 y: the Reverend Canon Gavin Wort (Lead Chaplain)\, the Reverend Dr Julia C
 andy (Hatfield College and St Cuthbert's Society)\, the Reverend Peter Kas
 houris (St Mary's College)\, the Reverend Dr Samuel Hole (University Colle
 ge)\, the Reverend Fiona Hill (Hill Colleges)\, the Reverend Marie Edwards
  (College of St Hild and St Bede)\, and the Reverend Dr Kate Eaton-Wells (
 St Chad's College)\; University of Sunderland: the Reverend Chris Howson\n
 \n\n\n\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day: \n\nThe 
 Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria: the Most Reverend Dr Samy She
 hata (Archbishop of Alexandria and Bishop of Egypt)\n\nDurham Diocesan Pra
 yer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month:\n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales
  Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nLord God\, the source of truth and lov
 e\, keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship\, united i
 n prayer and the breaking of bread\, and one in joy and simplicity of hear
 t\, in Jesus Christ our Lord. \n\nAmen.\n\n***Unless otherwise stated\, al
 l hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern 
 (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worship (2010).
 ***
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SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns
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DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra
 yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h
 eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 2026: The Fourte
 enth Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns\n\nOfficiant: Mr And
 y Jones (Churchwarden)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\
 nPlease see boards in Church \n\nLessons: \nEzekiel 12:21 - 13:16\nActs 19
 :1-20\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer: \n\nAnd i
 t came to pass\, that\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul having passed 
 through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples\,\
 n\nHe said unto them\, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? 
 And they said unto him\, We have not so much as heard whether there be any
  Holy Ghost.\nAnd he said unto them\, Unto what then were ye baptized? And
  they said\, Unto John’s baptism.\nThen said Paul\, John verily baptized
  with the baptism of repentance\, saying unto the people\, that they shoul
 d believe on him which should come after him\, that is\, on Christ Jesus.\
 nWhen they heard this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.\
 nAnd when Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Ghost came on them\
 ; and they spake with tongues\, and prophesied.\nAnd all the men were abou
 t twelve.\nAnd he went into the synagogue\, and spake boldly for the space
  of three months\, disputing and persuading the things concerning the king
 dom of God.\nBut when divers were hardened\, and believed not\, but spake 
 evil of that way before the multitude\, he departed from them\, and separa
 ted the disciples\, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.\nAnd th
 is continued by the space of two years\; so that all they which dwelt in A
 sia heard the word of the Lord Jesus\, both Jews and Greeks.\nAnd God wrou
 ght special miracles by the hands of Paul:\nSo that from his body were bro
 ught unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons\, and the diseases departed fro
 m them\, and the evil spirits went out of them.\nThen certain of the vagab
 ond Jews\, exorcists\, took upon them to call over them which had evil spi
 rits the name of the Lord Jesus\, saying\, We adjure you by Jesus whom Pau
 l preacheth.\nAnd there were seven sons of one Sceva\, a Jew\, and chief o
 f the priests\, which did so.\nAnd the evil spirit answered and said\, Jes
 us I know\, and Paul I know\; but who are ye?\nAnd the man in whom the evi
 l spirit was leaped on them\, and overcame them\, and prevailed against th
 em\, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.\nAnd this was 
 known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus\; and fear fell 
 on them all\, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.\nAnd many that
  believed came\, and confessed\, and shewed their deeds.\nMany of them als
 o which used curious arts brought their books together\, and burned them b
 efore all men: and they counted the price of them\, and found it fifty tho
 usand pieces of silver.\nSo mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.\n
 \n(Acts 19:1-20\, King James Version)\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmig
 hty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of faith\, hope\, and 
 charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise\, make us 
 to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nA
 men. \n\n*** Please see the 'Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Dio
 cesan and Anglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durh
 am Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless 
 otherwise stated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymn
 s Ancient and Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refre
 shing Worship (2010).***
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
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SUMMARY:Tea & Talk in the Institute
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DESCRIPTION:A monthly event which usually takes place on the second Tuesda
 y of the month. Pop in for tea\, coffee and a chat. \n\nBooks\, bric-a-bra
 c\, jigsaws\, raffle and tombola.\n\nFree entry\; all are very welcome.\n\
 n***Next Tea & Talk: Tuesday\, 8th September 2026\; proceeds will go to  t
 he British Heart Foundation\, details of which can be found by clicking on
  'MORE INFO' below. ***
LOCATION:St Oswald's Institute
URL:https://www.bhf.org.uk/
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SUMMARY:Oasis
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260909T093000
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DESCRIPTION:A short time of reflection\, designed to be a benefit for pare
 nts dropping off children at the school\, with a concluding prayer and cof
 fee. All are very welcome.\n\nPlease click on the attachment below for fur
 ther information.\n\nWednesday\, 9th September 2026 - Ordinary Time (Creat
 iontide): Wednesday - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Feast of Charles F
 uge Lowder\, Priest\, 1880 [Commemoration]
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
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SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260909T104500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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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\, 9th September 2026\n\nMidweek 
 Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officiant: The Venerable Antony MacRow-Wood (
 Former Archdeacon of Dorset\, Diocese of Salisbury) UK \n\nThe Collect of 
 the Day: \n\nAlmighty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of f
 aith\, hope\, and charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost 
 promise\, make us to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Chr
 ist our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning 
 Prayer:\n\nAnd there sat a certain man at Lystra\, impotent in his feet\, 
 being a cripple from his mother’s womb\, who never had walked:\nThe same
  heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him\, and perceiving that he h
 ad faith to be healed\,\nSaid with a loud voice\, Stand upright on thy fee
 t. And he leaped and walked.\nAnd when the people saw what Paul had done\,
  they lifted up their voices\, saying in the speech of Lycaonia\, The gods
  are come down to us in the likeness of men.\nAnd they called Barnabas\, J
 upiter\; and Paul\, Mercurius\, because he was the chief speaker.\nThen th
 e priest of Jupiter\, which was before their city\, brought oxen and garla
 nds unto the gates\, and would have done sacrifice with the people.\nWhich
  when the apostles\, Barnabas and Paul\, heard of\, they rent their clothe
 s\, and ran in among the people\, crying out\,\nAnd saying\, Sirs\, why do
  ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you\, and preach u
 nto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God\, whic
 h made heaven\, and earth\, and the sea\, and all things that are therein:
 \nWho in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.\nNever
 theless he left not himself without witness\, in that he did good\, and ga
 ve us rain from heaven\, and fruitful seasons\, filling our hearts with fo
 od and gladness.\nAnd with these sayings scarce restrained they the people
 \, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.\nAnd there came thither cer
 tain Jews from Antioch and Iconium\, who persuaded the people\, and having
  stoned Paul\, drew him out of the city\, supposing he had been dead.\nHow
 beit\, as the disciples stood round about him\, he rose up\, and came into
  the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.\nAnd when 
 they had preached the gospel to that city\, and had taught many\, they ret
 urned again to Lystra\, and to Iconium\, and Antioch\,\nConfirming the sou
 ls of the disciples\, and exhorting them to continue in the faith\, and th
 at we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.\nAnd wh
 en they had ordained them elders in every church\, and had prayed with fas
 ting\, they commended them to the Lord\, on whom they believed.\nAnd after
  they had passed throughout Pisidia\, they came to Pamphylia.\nAnd when th
 ey had preached the word in Perga\, they went down into Attalia:\nAnd then
 ce sailed to Antioch\, from whence they had been recommended to the grace 
 of God for the work which they fulfilled.\nAnd when they were come\, and h
 ad gathered the church together\, they rehearsed all that God had done wit
 h them\, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.\nAnd t
 here they abode long time with the disciples.\n\n(Acts 14:8-end\, King Jam
 es Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nThe
  Bishop’s Leadership Team\n\nGaunless Valley: St Mary’s (Cockfield)\, 
 St Paul’s (Evenwood)\, St John’s (Lynesack)\, and St Mary's (Woodland)
 \; Minister - Vacant\, Self-supporting Ministry Associate Minister - The R
 everend Lloyd Evans\, and Retired Clergy with Permission to Officiate - Th
 e Reverend Susanne Jukes \n\nGrowing Churches: Mr Alistair Bianchi\, Mr Jo
 hn Cottey\, Ms Emma Taylor\, Ms Rosalind Haycock\, and Mrs Linda Ransom \n
 \nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Bh
 opal (The Church of North India (United)): The Right Reverend Neena Charan
  - Diocesan Bishop in Bhopal \n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Inte
 ntion for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post 
 Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Father\, we thy humble servants entirel
 y desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of 
 praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly beseeching thee to grant\, that by t
 he merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ\, and through faith in his blo
 od\, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins\, and al
 l other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee\,
  O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodies\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, a
 nd lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly beseeching thee\, that all we\, who
  are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace an
 d heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold
  sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice\, yet we beseech thee to accept t
 his our bounden duty and service\; not weighing our merits\, but pardoning
  our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, 
 in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all honour and glory be unto thee\, O Fat
 her Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAmen.
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 740611/
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SUMMARY:Parish Eucharist
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260913T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260913T121500
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DESCRIPTION:The worshipping heart of parish life\; a Common Worship servic
 e including Holy Communion\, with refreshments afterwards in the Institute
  across the road. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 202
 6 - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity\; Th
 e Feast of Creation in Christ (Creation Sunday)\n\nParish Eucharist follow
 ed by Refreshments in the Institute\n\nGuest Officiant and Preacher: The R
 everend Dr Samuel Hole - Chaplain of University College and Solway Fellow 
 (Durham University)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\nPl
 ease see boards in Church\n\nReadings: \nEzekiel 33:7-11\nRomans 13:8-end\
 nMatthew 18:15-20\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmighty God\, whose only
  Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence: give us pu
 re hearts and steadfast wills to worship you in spirit and in truth\; thro
 ugh Jesus Christ your Son our Lord\, who is alive and reigns with you\, in
  the unity of the Holy Spirit\, one God\, now and for ever. \n\nAmen.\n\nT
 he Gospel Reading: \n\n‘If another member of the church sins against you
 \, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member
  listens to you\, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened 
 to\, take one or two others along with you\, so that every word may be con
 firmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to
  listen to them\, tell it to the church\; and if the offender refuses to l
 isten even to the church\, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax
 -collector. Truly I tell you\, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in
  heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again\
 , truly I tell you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask\,
  it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three ar
 e gathered in my name\, I am there among them.’\n\n(Matthew 18:15-20\, N
 ew Revised Standard Version - Anglicized Edition)\n\nDurham Diocesan Praye
 r Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nUniversity Chaplains - Durham Universit
 y: the Reverend Canon Gavin Wort (Lead Chaplain)\, the Reverend Dr Julia C
 andy (Hatfield College and St Cuthbert's Society)\, the Reverend Peter Kas
 houris (St Mary's College)\, the Reverend Dr Samuel Hole (University Colle
 ge)\, the Reverend Fiona Hill (Hill Colleges)\, the Reverend Marie Edwards
  (College of St Hild and St Bede)\, and the Reverend Dr Kate Eaton-Wells (
 St Chad's College)\; University of Sunderland: the Reverend Chris Howson\n
 \n\n\n\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day: \n\nThe 
 Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria: the Most Reverend Dr Samy She
 hata (Archbishop of Alexandria and Bishop of Egypt)\n\nDurham Diocesan Pra
 yer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month:\n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales
  Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nLord God\, the source of truth and lov
 e\, keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship\, united i
 n prayer and the breaking of bread\, and one in joy and simplicity of hear
 t\, in Jesus Christ our Lord. \n\nAmen.\n\n***Unless otherwise stated\, al
 l hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern 
 (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worship (2010).
 ***
GEO:-1.573636;54.77132
LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 729867/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260913T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260913T184500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra
 yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h
 eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 2026: The Fourte
 enth Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns\n\nOfficiant: Mr And
 y Jones (Churchwarden)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\
 nPlease see boards in Church \n\nLessons: \nEzekiel 12:21 - 13:16\nActs 19
 :1-20\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer: \n\nAnd i
 t came to pass\, that\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul having passed 
 through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples\,\
 n\nHe said unto them\, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? 
 And they said unto him\, We have not so much as heard whether there be any
  Holy Ghost.\nAnd he said unto them\, Unto what then were ye baptized? And
  they said\, Unto John’s baptism.\nThen said Paul\, John verily baptized
  with the baptism of repentance\, saying unto the people\, that they shoul
 d believe on him which should come after him\, that is\, on Christ Jesus.\
 nWhen they heard this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.\
 nAnd when Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Ghost came on them\
 ; and they spake with tongues\, and prophesied.\nAnd all the men were abou
 t twelve.\nAnd he went into the synagogue\, and spake boldly for the space
  of three months\, disputing and persuading the things concerning the king
 dom of God.\nBut when divers were hardened\, and believed not\, but spake 
 evil of that way before the multitude\, he departed from them\, and separa
 ted the disciples\, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.\nAnd th
 is continued by the space of two years\; so that all they which dwelt in A
 sia heard the word of the Lord Jesus\, both Jews and Greeks.\nAnd God wrou
 ght special miracles by the hands of Paul:\nSo that from his body were bro
 ught unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons\, and the diseases departed fro
 m them\, and the evil spirits went out of them.\nThen certain of the vagab
 ond Jews\, exorcists\, took upon them to call over them which had evil spi
 rits the name of the Lord Jesus\, saying\, We adjure you by Jesus whom Pau
 l preacheth.\nAnd there were seven sons of one Sceva\, a Jew\, and chief o
 f the priests\, which did so.\nAnd the evil spirit answered and said\, Jes
 us I know\, and Paul I know\; but who are ye?\nAnd the man in whom the evi
 l spirit was leaped on them\, and overcame them\, and prevailed against th
 em\, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.\nAnd this was 
 known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus\; and fear fell 
 on them all\, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.\nAnd many that
  believed came\, and confessed\, and shewed their deeds.\nMany of them als
 o which used curious arts brought their books together\, and burned them b
 efore all men: and they counted the price of them\, and found it fifty tho
 usand pieces of silver.\nSo mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.\n
 \n(Acts 19:1-20\, King James Version)\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmig
 hty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of faith\, hope\, and 
 charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise\, make us 
 to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nA
 men. \n\n*** Please see the 'Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Dio
 cesan and Anglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durh
 am Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless 
 otherwise stated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymn
 s Ancient and Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refre
 shing Worship (2010).***
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SUMMARY:Durham Churches Together Study Series for the Season of Creation 2
 026 at Waddington Street URC
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260915T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260915T143000
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
UID:13550941789473600.0achurchnearyou
CATEGORIES:
DESCRIPTION:An ecumenical study series for this year's Season of Creation.
 \n\nEach session takes place in the Woods Room\, and commences with tea/co
 ffee and (optional) bring-your-own lunch.\n\nNo need to register but if co
 nvenient please let charles.jolly13@btinternet.com know if you hope to att
 end. Studies are 'stand alone'\, so please come on days that are possible 
 for you.\n\nAll are very welcome.
LOCATION:Waddington Street United Reformed Church
URL:https://www.durhamchurches.uk/events
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Oasis
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260916T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260916T093000
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
UID:12811181789545600.0achurchnearyou
CATEGORIES:
DESCRIPTION:A short time of reflection\, designed to be a benefit for pare
 nts dropping off children at the school\, with a concluding prayer and cof
 fee. All are very welcome.\n\nPlease click on the attachment below for fur
 ther information.\n\nWednesday\, 9th September 2026 - Ordinary Time (Creat
 iontide): Wednesday - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Feast of Charles F
 uge Lowder\, Priest\, 1880 [Commemoration]
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 1281118/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260916T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260916T104500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
UID:7406111789549200.0achurchnearyou
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\, 9th September 2026\n\nMidweek 
 Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officiant: The Venerable Antony MacRow-Wood (
 Former Archdeacon of Dorset\, Diocese of Salisbury) UK \n\nThe Collect of 
 the Day: \n\nAlmighty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of f
 aith\, hope\, and charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost 
 promise\, make us to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Chr
 ist our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning 
 Prayer:\n\nAnd there sat a certain man at Lystra\, impotent in his feet\, 
 being a cripple from his mother’s womb\, who never had walked:\nThe same
  heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him\, and perceiving that he h
 ad faith to be healed\,\nSaid with a loud voice\, Stand upright on thy fee
 t. And he leaped and walked.\nAnd when the people saw what Paul had done\,
  they lifted up their voices\, saying in the speech of Lycaonia\, The gods
  are come down to us in the likeness of men.\nAnd they called Barnabas\, J
 upiter\; and Paul\, Mercurius\, because he was the chief speaker.\nThen th
 e priest of Jupiter\, which was before their city\, brought oxen and garla
 nds unto the gates\, and would have done sacrifice with the people.\nWhich
  when the apostles\, Barnabas and Paul\, heard of\, they rent their clothe
 s\, and ran in among the people\, crying out\,\nAnd saying\, Sirs\, why do
  ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you\, and preach u
 nto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God\, whic
 h made heaven\, and earth\, and the sea\, and all things that are therein:
 \nWho in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.\nNever
 theless he left not himself without witness\, in that he did good\, and ga
 ve us rain from heaven\, and fruitful seasons\, filling our hearts with fo
 od and gladness.\nAnd with these sayings scarce restrained they the people
 \, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.\nAnd there came thither cer
 tain Jews from Antioch and Iconium\, who persuaded the people\, and having
  stoned Paul\, drew him out of the city\, supposing he had been dead.\nHow
 beit\, as the disciples stood round about him\, he rose up\, and came into
  the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.\nAnd when 
 they had preached the gospel to that city\, and had taught many\, they ret
 urned again to Lystra\, and to Iconium\, and Antioch\,\nConfirming the sou
 ls of the disciples\, and exhorting them to continue in the faith\, and th
 at we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.\nAnd wh
 en they had ordained them elders in every church\, and had prayed with fas
 ting\, they commended them to the Lord\, on whom they believed.\nAnd after
  they had passed throughout Pisidia\, they came to Pamphylia.\nAnd when th
 ey had preached the word in Perga\, they went down into Attalia:\nAnd then
 ce sailed to Antioch\, from whence they had been recommended to the grace 
 of God for the work which they fulfilled.\nAnd when they were come\, and h
 ad gathered the church together\, they rehearsed all that God had done wit
 h them\, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.\nAnd t
 here they abode long time with the disciples.\n\n(Acts 14:8-end\, King Jam
 es Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nThe
  Bishop’s Leadership Team\n\nGaunless Valley: St Mary’s (Cockfield)\, 
 St Paul’s (Evenwood)\, St John’s (Lynesack)\, and St Mary's (Woodland)
 \; Minister - Vacant\, Self-supporting Ministry Associate Minister - The R
 everend Lloyd Evans\, and Retired Clergy with Permission to Officiate - Th
 e Reverend Susanne Jukes \n\nGrowing Churches: Mr Alistair Bianchi\, Mr Jo
 hn Cottey\, Ms Emma Taylor\, Ms Rosalind Haycock\, and Mrs Linda Ransom \n
 \nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Bh
 opal (The Church of North India (United)): The Right Reverend Neena Charan
  - Diocesan Bishop in Bhopal \n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Inte
 ntion for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post 
 Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Father\, we thy humble servants entirel
 y desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of 
 praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly beseeching thee to grant\, that by t
 he merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ\, and through faith in his blo
 od\, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins\, and al
 l other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee\,
  O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodies\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, a
 nd lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly beseeching thee\, that all we\, who
  are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace an
 d heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold
  sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice\, yet we beseech thee to accept t
 his our bounden duty and service\; not weighing our merits\, but pardoning
  our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, 
 in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all honour and glory be unto thee\, O Fat
 her Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAmen.
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 740611/
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SUMMARY:Parish Eucharist
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260920T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260920T121500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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CATEGORIES:
DESCRIPTION:The worshipping heart of parish life\; a Common Worship servic
 e including Holy Communion\, with refreshments afterwards in the Institute
  across the road. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 202
 6 - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity\; Th
 e Feast of Creation in Christ (Creation Sunday)\n\nParish Eucharist follow
 ed by Refreshments in the Institute\n\nGuest Officiant and Preacher: The R
 everend Dr Samuel Hole - Chaplain of University College and Solway Fellow 
 (Durham University)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\nPl
 ease see boards in Church\n\nReadings: \nEzekiel 33:7-11\nRomans 13:8-end\
 nMatthew 18:15-20\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmighty God\, whose only
  Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence: give us pu
 re hearts and steadfast wills to worship you in spirit and in truth\; thro
 ugh Jesus Christ your Son our Lord\, who is alive and reigns with you\, in
  the unity of the Holy Spirit\, one God\, now and for ever. \n\nAmen.\n\nT
 he Gospel Reading: \n\n‘If another member of the church sins against you
 \, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member
  listens to you\, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened 
 to\, take one or two others along with you\, so that every word may be con
 firmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to
  listen to them\, tell it to the church\; and if the offender refuses to l
 isten even to the church\, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax
 -collector. Truly I tell you\, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in
  heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again\
 , truly I tell you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask\,
  it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three ar
 e gathered in my name\, I am there among them.’\n\n(Matthew 18:15-20\, N
 ew Revised Standard Version - Anglicized Edition)\n\nDurham Diocesan Praye
 r Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nUniversity Chaplains - Durham Universit
 y: the Reverend Canon Gavin Wort (Lead Chaplain)\, the Reverend Dr Julia C
 andy (Hatfield College and St Cuthbert's Society)\, the Reverend Peter Kas
 houris (St Mary's College)\, the Reverend Dr Samuel Hole (University Colle
 ge)\, the Reverend Fiona Hill (Hill Colleges)\, the Reverend Marie Edwards
  (College of St Hild and St Bede)\, and the Reverend Dr Kate Eaton-Wells (
 St Chad's College)\; University of Sunderland: the Reverend Chris Howson\n
 \n\n\n\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day: \n\nThe 
 Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria: the Most Reverend Dr Samy She
 hata (Archbishop of Alexandria and Bishop of Egypt)\n\nDurham Diocesan Pra
 yer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month:\n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales
  Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nLord God\, the source of truth and lov
 e\, keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship\, united i
 n prayer and the breaking of bread\, and one in joy and simplicity of hear
 t\, in Jesus Christ our Lord. \n\nAmen.\n\n***Unless otherwise stated\, al
 l hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern 
 (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worship (2010).
 ***
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 729867/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Durham Churches Together United Service for the Season of Creation
  2026 at Waddington Street URC
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260920T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260920T170000
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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CATEGORIES:
DESCRIPTION:A united service for the Season of Creation\, followed by ligh
 t refreshments.\n\n2026 Theme: 'Living Water: Biodiversity as God’s bles
 sing'\n\nAll are very welcome.
LOCATION:Waddington Street United Reformed Church
URL:https://www.durhamchurches.uk/events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260920T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260920T184500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra
 yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h
 eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 2026: The Fourte
 enth Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns\n\nOfficiant: Mr And
 y Jones (Churchwarden)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\
 nPlease see boards in Church \n\nLessons: \nEzekiel 12:21 - 13:16\nActs 19
 :1-20\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer: \n\nAnd i
 t came to pass\, that\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul having passed 
 through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples\,\
 n\nHe said unto them\, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? 
 And they said unto him\, We have not so much as heard whether there be any
  Holy Ghost.\nAnd he said unto them\, Unto what then were ye baptized? And
  they said\, Unto John’s baptism.\nThen said Paul\, John verily baptized
  with the baptism of repentance\, saying unto the people\, that they shoul
 d believe on him which should come after him\, that is\, on Christ Jesus.\
 nWhen they heard this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.\
 nAnd when Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Ghost came on them\
 ; and they spake with tongues\, and prophesied.\nAnd all the men were abou
 t twelve.\nAnd he went into the synagogue\, and spake boldly for the space
  of three months\, disputing and persuading the things concerning the king
 dom of God.\nBut when divers were hardened\, and believed not\, but spake 
 evil of that way before the multitude\, he departed from them\, and separa
 ted the disciples\, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.\nAnd th
 is continued by the space of two years\; so that all they which dwelt in A
 sia heard the word of the Lord Jesus\, both Jews and Greeks.\nAnd God wrou
 ght special miracles by the hands of Paul:\nSo that from his body were bro
 ught unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons\, and the diseases departed fro
 m them\, and the evil spirits went out of them.\nThen certain of the vagab
 ond Jews\, exorcists\, took upon them to call over them which had evil spi
 rits the name of the Lord Jesus\, saying\, We adjure you by Jesus whom Pau
 l preacheth.\nAnd there were seven sons of one Sceva\, a Jew\, and chief o
 f the priests\, which did so.\nAnd the evil spirit answered and said\, Jes
 us I know\, and Paul I know\; but who are ye?\nAnd the man in whom the evi
 l spirit was leaped on them\, and overcame them\, and prevailed against th
 em\, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.\nAnd this was 
 known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus\; and fear fell 
 on them all\, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.\nAnd many that
  believed came\, and confessed\, and shewed their deeds.\nMany of them als
 o which used curious arts brought their books together\, and burned them b
 efore all men: and they counted the price of them\, and found it fifty tho
 usand pieces of silver.\nSo mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.\n
 \n(Acts 19:1-20\, King James Version)\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmig
 hty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of faith\, hope\, and 
 charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise\, make us 
 to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nA
 men. \n\n*** Please see the 'Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Dio
 cesan and Anglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durh
 am Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless 
 otherwise stated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymn
 s Ancient and Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refre
 shing Worship (2010).***
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676.
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SUMMARY:Durham Churches Together Study Series for the Season of Creation 2
 026 at Waddington Street URC
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260922T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260922T143000
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
UID:13550941790078400.0achurchnearyou
CATEGORIES:
DESCRIPTION:An ecumenical study series for this year's Season of Creation.
 \n\nEach session takes place in the Woods Room\, and commences with tea/co
 ffee and (optional) bring-your-own lunch.\n\nNo need to register but if co
 nvenient please let charles.jolly13@btinternet.com know if you hope to att
 end. Studies are 'stand alone'\, so please come on days that are possible 
 for you.\n\nAll are very welcome.
LOCATION:Waddington Street United Reformed Church
URL:https://www.durhamchurches.uk/events
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Oasis
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260923T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260923T093000
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
UID:12811181790150400.0achurchnearyou
CATEGORIES:
DESCRIPTION:A short time of reflection\, designed to be a benefit for pare
 nts dropping off children at the school\, with a concluding prayer and cof
 fee. All are very welcome.\n\nPlease click on the attachment below for fur
 ther information.\n\nWednesday\, 9th September 2026 - Ordinary Time (Creat
 iontide): Wednesday - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Feast of Charles F
 uge Lowder\, Priest\, 1880 [Commemoration]
GEO:-1.573636;54.77132
LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 1281118/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260923T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260923T104500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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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\, 9th September 2026\n\nMidweek 
 Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officiant: The Venerable Antony MacRow-Wood (
 Former Archdeacon of Dorset\, Diocese of Salisbury) UK \n\nThe Collect of 
 the Day: \n\nAlmighty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of f
 aith\, hope\, and charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost 
 promise\, make us to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Chr
 ist our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning 
 Prayer:\n\nAnd there sat a certain man at Lystra\, impotent in his feet\, 
 being a cripple from his mother’s womb\, who never had walked:\nThe same
  heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him\, and perceiving that he h
 ad faith to be healed\,\nSaid with a loud voice\, Stand upright on thy fee
 t. And he leaped and walked.\nAnd when the people saw what Paul had done\,
  they lifted up their voices\, saying in the speech of Lycaonia\, The gods
  are come down to us in the likeness of men.\nAnd they called Barnabas\, J
 upiter\; and Paul\, Mercurius\, because he was the chief speaker.\nThen th
 e priest of Jupiter\, which was before their city\, brought oxen and garla
 nds unto the gates\, and would have done sacrifice with the people.\nWhich
  when the apostles\, Barnabas and Paul\, heard of\, they rent their clothe
 s\, and ran in among the people\, crying out\,\nAnd saying\, Sirs\, why do
  ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you\, and preach u
 nto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God\, whic
 h made heaven\, and earth\, and the sea\, and all things that are therein:
 \nWho in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.\nNever
 theless he left not himself without witness\, in that he did good\, and ga
 ve us rain from heaven\, and fruitful seasons\, filling our hearts with fo
 od and gladness.\nAnd with these sayings scarce restrained they the people
 \, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.\nAnd there came thither cer
 tain Jews from Antioch and Iconium\, who persuaded the people\, and having
  stoned Paul\, drew him out of the city\, supposing he had been dead.\nHow
 beit\, as the disciples stood round about him\, he rose up\, and came into
  the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.\nAnd when 
 they had preached the gospel to that city\, and had taught many\, they ret
 urned again to Lystra\, and to Iconium\, and Antioch\,\nConfirming the sou
 ls of the disciples\, and exhorting them to continue in the faith\, and th
 at we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.\nAnd wh
 en they had ordained them elders in every church\, and had prayed with fas
 ting\, they commended them to the Lord\, on whom they believed.\nAnd after
  they had passed throughout Pisidia\, they came to Pamphylia.\nAnd when th
 ey had preached the word in Perga\, they went down into Attalia:\nAnd then
 ce sailed to Antioch\, from whence they had been recommended to the grace 
 of God for the work which they fulfilled.\nAnd when they were come\, and h
 ad gathered the church together\, they rehearsed all that God had done wit
 h them\, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.\nAnd t
 here they abode long time with the disciples.\n\n(Acts 14:8-end\, King Jam
 es Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nThe
  Bishop’s Leadership Team\n\nGaunless Valley: St Mary’s (Cockfield)\, 
 St Paul’s (Evenwood)\, St John’s (Lynesack)\, and St Mary's (Woodland)
 \; Minister - Vacant\, Self-supporting Ministry Associate Minister - The R
 everend Lloyd Evans\, and Retired Clergy with Permission to Officiate - Th
 e Reverend Susanne Jukes \n\nGrowing Churches: Mr Alistair Bianchi\, Mr Jo
 hn Cottey\, Ms Emma Taylor\, Ms Rosalind Haycock\, and Mrs Linda Ransom \n
 \nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Bh
 opal (The Church of North India (United)): The Right Reverend Neena Charan
  - Diocesan Bishop in Bhopal \n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Inte
 ntion for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post 
 Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Father\, we thy humble servants entirel
 y desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of 
 praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly beseeching thee to grant\, that by t
 he merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ\, and through faith in his blo
 od\, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins\, and al
 l other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee\,
  O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodies\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, a
 nd lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly beseeching thee\, that all we\, who
  are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace an
 d heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold
  sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice\, yet we beseech thee to accept t
 his our bounden duty and service\; not weighing our merits\, but pardoning
  our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, 
 in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all honour and glory be unto thee\, O Fat
 her Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAmen.
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:Parish Eucharist
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260927T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260927T121500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
UID:7298671790503200.0achurchnearyou
CATEGORIES:
DESCRIPTION:The worshipping heart of parish life\; a Common Worship servic
 e including Holy Communion\, with refreshments afterwards in the Institute
  across the road. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 202
 6 - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity\; Th
 e Feast of Creation in Christ (Creation Sunday)\n\nParish Eucharist follow
 ed by Refreshments in the Institute\n\nGuest Officiant and Preacher: The R
 everend Dr Samuel Hole - Chaplain of University College and Solway Fellow 
 (Durham University)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\nPl
 ease see boards in Church\n\nReadings: \nEzekiel 33:7-11\nRomans 13:8-end\
 nMatthew 18:15-20\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmighty God\, whose only
  Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence: give us pu
 re hearts and steadfast wills to worship you in spirit and in truth\; thro
 ugh Jesus Christ your Son our Lord\, who is alive and reigns with you\, in
  the unity of the Holy Spirit\, one God\, now and for ever. \n\nAmen.\n\nT
 he Gospel Reading: \n\n‘If another member of the church sins against you
 \, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member
  listens to you\, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened 
 to\, take one or two others along with you\, so that every word may be con
 firmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to
  listen to them\, tell it to the church\; and if the offender refuses to l
 isten even to the church\, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax
 -collector. Truly I tell you\, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in
  heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again\
 , truly I tell you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask\,
  it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three ar
 e gathered in my name\, I am there among them.’\n\n(Matthew 18:15-20\, N
 ew Revised Standard Version - Anglicized Edition)\n\nDurham Diocesan Praye
 r Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nUniversity Chaplains - Durham Universit
 y: the Reverend Canon Gavin Wort (Lead Chaplain)\, the Reverend Dr Julia C
 andy (Hatfield College and St Cuthbert's Society)\, the Reverend Peter Kas
 houris (St Mary's College)\, the Reverend Dr Samuel Hole (University Colle
 ge)\, the Reverend Fiona Hill (Hill Colleges)\, the Reverend Marie Edwards
  (College of St Hild and St Bede)\, and the Reverend Dr Kate Eaton-Wells (
 St Chad's College)\; University of Sunderland: the Reverend Chris Howson\n
 \n\n\n\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day: \n\nThe 
 Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria: the Most Reverend Dr Samy She
 hata (Archbishop of Alexandria and Bishop of Egypt)\n\nDurham Diocesan Pra
 yer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month:\n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales
  Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nLord God\, the source of truth and lov
 e\, keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship\, united i
 n prayer and the breaking of bread\, and one in joy and simplicity of hear
 t\, in Jesus Christ our Lord. \n\nAmen.\n\n***Unless otherwise stated\, al
 l hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern 
 (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worship (2010).
 ***
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 729867/
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SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns
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DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra
 yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h
 eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 2026: The Fourte
 enth Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns\n\nOfficiant: Mr And
 y Jones (Churchwarden)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\
 nPlease see boards in Church \n\nLessons: \nEzekiel 12:21 - 13:16\nActs 19
 :1-20\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer: \n\nAnd i
 t came to pass\, that\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul having passed 
 through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples\,\
 n\nHe said unto them\, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? 
 And they said unto him\, We have not so much as heard whether there be any
  Holy Ghost.\nAnd he said unto them\, Unto what then were ye baptized? And
  they said\, Unto John’s baptism.\nThen said Paul\, John verily baptized
  with the baptism of repentance\, saying unto the people\, that they shoul
 d believe on him which should come after him\, that is\, on Christ Jesus.\
 nWhen they heard this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.\
 nAnd when Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Ghost came on them\
 ; and they spake with tongues\, and prophesied.\nAnd all the men were abou
 t twelve.\nAnd he went into the synagogue\, and spake boldly for the space
  of three months\, disputing and persuading the things concerning the king
 dom of God.\nBut when divers were hardened\, and believed not\, but spake 
 evil of that way before the multitude\, he departed from them\, and separa
 ted the disciples\, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.\nAnd th
 is continued by the space of two years\; so that all they which dwelt in A
 sia heard the word of the Lord Jesus\, both Jews and Greeks.\nAnd God wrou
 ght special miracles by the hands of Paul:\nSo that from his body were bro
 ught unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons\, and the diseases departed fro
 m them\, and the evil spirits went out of them.\nThen certain of the vagab
 ond Jews\, exorcists\, took upon them to call over them which had evil spi
 rits the name of the Lord Jesus\, saying\, We adjure you by Jesus whom Pau
 l preacheth.\nAnd there were seven sons of one Sceva\, a Jew\, and chief o
 f the priests\, which did so.\nAnd the evil spirit answered and said\, Jes
 us I know\, and Paul I know\; but who are ye?\nAnd the man in whom the evi
 l spirit was leaped on them\, and overcame them\, and prevailed against th
 em\, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.\nAnd this was 
 known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus\; and fear fell 
 on them all\, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.\nAnd many that
  believed came\, and confessed\, and shewed their deeds.\nMany of them als
 o which used curious arts brought their books together\, and burned them b
 efore all men: and they counted the price of them\, and found it fifty tho
 usand pieces of silver.\nSo mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.\n
 \n(Acts 19:1-20\, King James Version)\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmig
 hty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of faith\, hope\, and 
 charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise\, make us 
 to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nA
 men. \n\n*** Please see the 'Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Dio
 cesan and Anglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durh
 am Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless 
 otherwise stated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymn
 s Ancient and Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refre
 shing Worship (2010).***
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
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SUMMARY:Durham Churches Together Study Series for the Season of Creation 2
 026 at Waddington Street URC
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DESCRIPTION:An ecumenical study series for this year's Season of Creation.
 \n\nEach session takes place in the Woods Room\, and commences with tea/co
 ffee and (optional) bring-your-own lunch.\n\nNo need to register but if co
 nvenient please let charles.jolly13@btinternet.com know if you hope to att
 end. Studies are 'stand alone'\, so please come on days that are possible 
 for you.\n\nAll are very welcome.
LOCATION:Waddington Street United Reformed Church
URL:https://www.durhamchurches.uk/events
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SUMMARY:Oasis
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260930T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260930T093000
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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DESCRIPTION:A short time of reflection\, designed to be a benefit for pare
 nts dropping off children at the school\, with a concluding prayer and cof
 fee. All are very welcome.\n\nPlease click on the attachment below for fur
 ther information.\n\nWednesday\, 9th September 2026 - Ordinary Time (Creat
 iontide): Wednesday - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Feast of Charles F
 uge Lowder\, Priest\, 1880 [Commemoration]
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 1281118/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260930T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260930T104500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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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\, 9th September 2026\n\nMidweek 
 Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officiant: The Venerable Antony MacRow-Wood (
 Former Archdeacon of Dorset\, Diocese of Salisbury) UK \n\nThe Collect of 
 the Day: \n\nAlmighty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of f
 aith\, hope\, and charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost 
 promise\, make us to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Chr
 ist our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning 
 Prayer:\n\nAnd there sat a certain man at Lystra\, impotent in his feet\, 
 being a cripple from his mother’s womb\, who never had walked:\nThe same
  heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him\, and perceiving that he h
 ad faith to be healed\,\nSaid with a loud voice\, Stand upright on thy fee
 t. And he leaped and walked.\nAnd when the people saw what Paul had done\,
  they lifted up their voices\, saying in the speech of Lycaonia\, The gods
  are come down to us in the likeness of men.\nAnd they called Barnabas\, J
 upiter\; and Paul\, Mercurius\, because he was the chief speaker.\nThen th
 e priest of Jupiter\, which was before their city\, brought oxen and garla
 nds unto the gates\, and would have done sacrifice with the people.\nWhich
  when the apostles\, Barnabas and Paul\, heard of\, they rent their clothe
 s\, and ran in among the people\, crying out\,\nAnd saying\, Sirs\, why do
  ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you\, and preach u
 nto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God\, whic
 h made heaven\, and earth\, and the sea\, and all things that are therein:
 \nWho in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.\nNever
 theless he left not himself without witness\, in that he did good\, and ga
 ve us rain from heaven\, and fruitful seasons\, filling our hearts with fo
 od and gladness.\nAnd with these sayings scarce restrained they the people
 \, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.\nAnd there came thither cer
 tain Jews from Antioch and Iconium\, who persuaded the people\, and having
  stoned Paul\, drew him out of the city\, supposing he had been dead.\nHow
 beit\, as the disciples stood round about him\, he rose up\, and came into
  the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.\nAnd when 
 they had preached the gospel to that city\, and had taught many\, they ret
 urned again to Lystra\, and to Iconium\, and Antioch\,\nConfirming the sou
 ls of the disciples\, and exhorting them to continue in the faith\, and th
 at we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.\nAnd wh
 en they had ordained them elders in every church\, and had prayed with fas
 ting\, they commended them to the Lord\, on whom they believed.\nAnd after
  they had passed throughout Pisidia\, they came to Pamphylia.\nAnd when th
 ey had preached the word in Perga\, they went down into Attalia:\nAnd then
 ce sailed to Antioch\, from whence they had been recommended to the grace 
 of God for the work which they fulfilled.\nAnd when they were come\, and h
 ad gathered the church together\, they rehearsed all that God had done wit
 h them\, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.\nAnd t
 here they abode long time with the disciples.\n\n(Acts 14:8-end\, King Jam
 es Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nThe
  Bishop’s Leadership Team\n\nGaunless Valley: St Mary’s (Cockfield)\, 
 St Paul’s (Evenwood)\, St John’s (Lynesack)\, and St Mary's (Woodland)
 \; Minister - Vacant\, Self-supporting Ministry Associate Minister - The R
 everend Lloyd Evans\, and Retired Clergy with Permission to Officiate - Th
 e Reverend Susanne Jukes \n\nGrowing Churches: Mr Alistair Bianchi\, Mr Jo
 hn Cottey\, Ms Emma Taylor\, Ms Rosalind Haycock\, and Mrs Linda Ransom \n
 \nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Bh
 opal (The Church of North India (United)): The Right Reverend Neena Charan
  - Diocesan Bishop in Bhopal \n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Inte
 ntion for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post 
 Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Father\, we thy humble servants entirel
 y desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of 
 praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly beseeching thee to grant\, that by t
 he merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ\, and through faith in his blo
 od\, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins\, and al
 l other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee\,
  O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodies\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, a
 nd lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly beseeching thee\, that all we\, who
  are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace an
 d heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold
  sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice\, yet we beseech thee to accept t
 his our bounden duty and service\; not weighing our merits\, but pardoning
  our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, 
 in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all honour and glory be unto thee\, O Fat
 her Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAmen.
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 740611/
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SUMMARY:Parish Eucharist
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DESCRIPTION:The worshipping heart of parish life\; a Common Worship servic
 e including Holy Communion\, with refreshments afterwards in the Institute
  across the road. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 202
 6 - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity\; Th
 e Feast of Creation in Christ (Creation Sunday)\n\nParish Eucharist follow
 ed by Refreshments in the Institute\n\nGuest Officiant and Preacher: The R
 everend Dr Samuel Hole - Chaplain of University College and Solway Fellow 
 (Durham University)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\nPl
 ease see boards in Church\n\nReadings: \nEzekiel 33:7-11\nRomans 13:8-end\
 nMatthew 18:15-20\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmighty God\, whose only
  Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence: give us pu
 re hearts and steadfast wills to worship you in spirit and in truth\; thro
 ugh Jesus Christ your Son our Lord\, who is alive and reigns with you\, in
  the unity of the Holy Spirit\, one God\, now and for ever. \n\nAmen.\n\nT
 he Gospel Reading: \n\n‘If another member of the church sins against you
 \, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member
  listens to you\, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened 
 to\, take one or two others along with you\, so that every word may be con
 firmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to
  listen to them\, tell it to the church\; and if the offender refuses to l
 isten even to the church\, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax
 -collector. Truly I tell you\, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in
  heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again\
 , truly I tell you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask\,
  it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three ar
 e gathered in my name\, I am there among them.’\n\n(Matthew 18:15-20\, N
 ew Revised Standard Version - Anglicized Edition)\n\nDurham Diocesan Praye
 r Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nUniversity Chaplains - Durham Universit
 y: the Reverend Canon Gavin Wort (Lead Chaplain)\, the Reverend Dr Julia C
 andy (Hatfield College and St Cuthbert's Society)\, the Reverend Peter Kas
 houris (St Mary's College)\, the Reverend Dr Samuel Hole (University Colle
 ge)\, the Reverend Fiona Hill (Hill Colleges)\, the Reverend Marie Edwards
  (College of St Hild and St Bede)\, and the Reverend Dr Kate Eaton-Wells (
 St Chad's College)\; University of Sunderland: the Reverend Chris Howson\n
 \n\n\n\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day: \n\nThe 
 Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria: the Most Reverend Dr Samy She
 hata (Archbishop of Alexandria and Bishop of Egypt)\n\nDurham Diocesan Pra
 yer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month:\n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales
  Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nLord God\, the source of truth and lov
 e\, keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship\, united i
 n prayer and the breaking of bread\, and one in joy and simplicity of hear
 t\, in Jesus Christ our Lord. \n\nAmen.\n\n***Unless otherwise stated\, al
 l hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern 
 (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worship (2010).
 ***
GEO:-1.573636;54.77132
LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 729867/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261004T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261004T184500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra
 yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h
 eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 2026: The Fourte
 enth Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns\n\nOfficiant: Mr And
 y Jones (Churchwarden)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\
 nPlease see boards in Church \n\nLessons: \nEzekiel 12:21 - 13:16\nActs 19
 :1-20\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer: \n\nAnd i
 t came to pass\, that\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul having passed 
 through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples\,\
 n\nHe said unto them\, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? 
 And they said unto him\, We have not so much as heard whether there be any
  Holy Ghost.\nAnd he said unto them\, Unto what then were ye baptized? And
  they said\, Unto John’s baptism.\nThen said Paul\, John verily baptized
  with the baptism of repentance\, saying unto the people\, that they shoul
 d believe on him which should come after him\, that is\, on Christ Jesus.\
 nWhen they heard this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.\
 nAnd when Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Ghost came on them\
 ; and they spake with tongues\, and prophesied.\nAnd all the men were abou
 t twelve.\nAnd he went into the synagogue\, and spake boldly for the space
  of three months\, disputing and persuading the things concerning the king
 dom of God.\nBut when divers were hardened\, and believed not\, but spake 
 evil of that way before the multitude\, he departed from them\, and separa
 ted the disciples\, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.\nAnd th
 is continued by the space of two years\; so that all they which dwelt in A
 sia heard the word of the Lord Jesus\, both Jews and Greeks.\nAnd God wrou
 ght special miracles by the hands of Paul:\nSo that from his body were bro
 ught unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons\, and the diseases departed fro
 m them\, and the evil spirits went out of them.\nThen certain of the vagab
 ond Jews\, exorcists\, took upon them to call over them which had evil spi
 rits the name of the Lord Jesus\, saying\, We adjure you by Jesus whom Pau
 l preacheth.\nAnd there were seven sons of one Sceva\, a Jew\, and chief o
 f the priests\, which did so.\nAnd the evil spirit answered and said\, Jes
 us I know\, and Paul I know\; but who are ye?\nAnd the man in whom the evi
 l spirit was leaped on them\, and overcame them\, and prevailed against th
 em\, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.\nAnd this was 
 known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus\; and fear fell 
 on them all\, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.\nAnd many that
  believed came\, and confessed\, and shewed their deeds.\nMany of them als
 o which used curious arts brought their books together\, and burned them b
 efore all men: and they counted the price of them\, and found it fifty tho
 usand pieces of silver.\nSo mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.\n
 \n(Acts 19:1-20\, King James Version)\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmig
 hty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of faith\, hope\, and 
 charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise\, make us 
 to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nA
 men. \n\n*** Please see the 'Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Dio
 cesan and Anglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durh
 am Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless 
 otherwise stated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymn
 s Ancient and Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refre
 shing Worship (2010).***
GEO:-1.573636;54.77132
LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676.
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SUMMARY:Oasis
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261007T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261007T093000
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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CATEGORIES:
DESCRIPTION:A short time of reflection\, designed to be a benefit for pare
 nts dropping off children at the school\, with a concluding prayer and cof
 fee. All are very welcome.\n\nPlease click on the attachment below for fur
 ther information.\n\nWednesday\, 9th September 2026 - Ordinary Time (Creat
 iontide): Wednesday - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Feast of Charles F
 uge Lowder\, Priest\, 1880 [Commemoration]
GEO:-1.573636;54.77132
LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 1281118/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261007T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261007T104500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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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\, 9th September 2026\n\nMidweek 
 Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officiant: The Venerable Antony MacRow-Wood (
 Former Archdeacon of Dorset\, Diocese of Salisbury) UK \n\nThe Collect of 
 the Day: \n\nAlmighty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of f
 aith\, hope\, and charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost 
 promise\, make us to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Chr
 ist our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning 
 Prayer:\n\nAnd there sat a certain man at Lystra\, impotent in his feet\, 
 being a cripple from his mother’s womb\, who never had walked:\nThe same
  heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him\, and perceiving that he h
 ad faith to be healed\,\nSaid with a loud voice\, Stand upright on thy fee
 t. And he leaped and walked.\nAnd when the people saw what Paul had done\,
  they lifted up their voices\, saying in the speech of Lycaonia\, The gods
  are come down to us in the likeness of men.\nAnd they called Barnabas\, J
 upiter\; and Paul\, Mercurius\, because he was the chief speaker.\nThen th
 e priest of Jupiter\, which was before their city\, brought oxen and garla
 nds unto the gates\, and would have done sacrifice with the people.\nWhich
  when the apostles\, Barnabas and Paul\, heard of\, they rent their clothe
 s\, and ran in among the people\, crying out\,\nAnd saying\, Sirs\, why do
  ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you\, and preach u
 nto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God\, whic
 h made heaven\, and earth\, and the sea\, and all things that are therein:
 \nWho in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.\nNever
 theless he left not himself without witness\, in that he did good\, and ga
 ve us rain from heaven\, and fruitful seasons\, filling our hearts with fo
 od and gladness.\nAnd with these sayings scarce restrained they the people
 \, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.\nAnd there came thither cer
 tain Jews from Antioch and Iconium\, who persuaded the people\, and having
  stoned Paul\, drew him out of the city\, supposing he had been dead.\nHow
 beit\, as the disciples stood round about him\, he rose up\, and came into
  the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.\nAnd when 
 they had preached the gospel to that city\, and had taught many\, they ret
 urned again to Lystra\, and to Iconium\, and Antioch\,\nConfirming the sou
 ls of the disciples\, and exhorting them to continue in the faith\, and th
 at we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.\nAnd wh
 en they had ordained them elders in every church\, and had prayed with fas
 ting\, they commended them to the Lord\, on whom they believed.\nAnd after
  they had passed throughout Pisidia\, they came to Pamphylia.\nAnd when th
 ey had preached the word in Perga\, they went down into Attalia:\nAnd then
 ce sailed to Antioch\, from whence they had been recommended to the grace 
 of God for the work which they fulfilled.\nAnd when they were come\, and h
 ad gathered the church together\, they rehearsed all that God had done wit
 h them\, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.\nAnd t
 here they abode long time with the disciples.\n\n(Acts 14:8-end\, King Jam
 es Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nThe
  Bishop’s Leadership Team\n\nGaunless Valley: St Mary’s (Cockfield)\, 
 St Paul’s (Evenwood)\, St John’s (Lynesack)\, and St Mary's (Woodland)
 \; Minister - Vacant\, Self-supporting Ministry Associate Minister - The R
 everend Lloyd Evans\, and Retired Clergy with Permission to Officiate - Th
 e Reverend Susanne Jukes \n\nGrowing Churches: Mr Alistair Bianchi\, Mr Jo
 hn Cottey\, Ms Emma Taylor\, Ms Rosalind Haycock\, and Mrs Linda Ransom \n
 \nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Bh
 opal (The Church of North India (United)): The Right Reverend Neena Charan
  - Diocesan Bishop in Bhopal \n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Inte
 ntion for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post 
 Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Father\, we thy humble servants entirel
 y desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of 
 praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly beseeching thee to grant\, that by t
 he merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ\, and through faith in his blo
 od\, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins\, and al
 l other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee\,
  O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodies\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, a
 nd lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly beseeching thee\, that all we\, who
  are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace an
 d heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold
  sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice\, yet we beseech thee to accept t
 his our bounden duty and service\; not weighing our merits\, but pardoning
  our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, 
 in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all honour and glory be unto thee\, O Fat
 her Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAmen.
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 740611/
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SUMMARY:Parish Eucharist
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DESCRIPTION:The worshipping heart of parish life\; a Common Worship servic
 e including Holy Communion\, with refreshments afterwards in the Institute
  across the road. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 202
 6 - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity\; Th
 e Feast of Creation in Christ (Creation Sunday)\n\nParish Eucharist follow
 ed by Refreshments in the Institute\n\nGuest Officiant and Preacher: The R
 everend Dr Samuel Hole - Chaplain of University College and Solway Fellow 
 (Durham University)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\nPl
 ease see boards in Church\n\nReadings: \nEzekiel 33:7-11\nRomans 13:8-end\
 nMatthew 18:15-20\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmighty God\, whose only
  Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence: give us pu
 re hearts and steadfast wills to worship you in spirit and in truth\; thro
 ugh Jesus Christ your Son our Lord\, who is alive and reigns with you\, in
  the unity of the Holy Spirit\, one God\, now and for ever. \n\nAmen.\n\nT
 he Gospel Reading: \n\n‘If another member of the church sins against you
 \, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member
  listens to you\, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened 
 to\, take one or two others along with you\, so that every word may be con
 firmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to
  listen to them\, tell it to the church\; and if the offender refuses to l
 isten even to the church\, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax
 -collector. Truly I tell you\, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in
  heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again\
 , truly I tell you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask\,
  it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three ar
 e gathered in my name\, I am there among them.’\n\n(Matthew 18:15-20\, N
 ew Revised Standard Version - Anglicized Edition)\n\nDurham Diocesan Praye
 r Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nUniversity Chaplains - Durham Universit
 y: the Reverend Canon Gavin Wort (Lead Chaplain)\, the Reverend Dr Julia C
 andy (Hatfield College and St Cuthbert's Society)\, the Reverend Peter Kas
 houris (St Mary's College)\, the Reverend Dr Samuel Hole (University Colle
 ge)\, the Reverend Fiona Hill (Hill Colleges)\, the Reverend Marie Edwards
  (College of St Hild and St Bede)\, and the Reverend Dr Kate Eaton-Wells (
 St Chad's College)\; University of Sunderland: the Reverend Chris Howson\n
 \n\n\n\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day: \n\nThe 
 Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria: the Most Reverend Dr Samy She
 hata (Archbishop of Alexandria and Bishop of Egypt)\n\nDurham Diocesan Pra
 yer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month:\n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales
  Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nLord God\, the source of truth and lov
 e\, keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship\, united i
 n prayer and the breaking of bread\, and one in joy and simplicity of hear
 t\, in Jesus Christ our Lord. \n\nAmen.\n\n***Unless otherwise stated\, al
 l hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern 
 (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worship (2010).
 ***
GEO:-1.573636;54.77132
LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 729867/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261011T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261011T184500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra
 yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h
 eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 2026: The Fourte
 enth Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns\n\nOfficiant: Mr And
 y Jones (Churchwarden)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\
 nPlease see boards in Church \n\nLessons: \nEzekiel 12:21 - 13:16\nActs 19
 :1-20\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer: \n\nAnd i
 t came to pass\, that\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul having passed 
 through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples\,\
 n\nHe said unto them\, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? 
 And they said unto him\, We have not so much as heard whether there be any
  Holy Ghost.\nAnd he said unto them\, Unto what then were ye baptized? And
  they said\, Unto John’s baptism.\nThen said Paul\, John verily baptized
  with the baptism of repentance\, saying unto the people\, that they shoul
 d believe on him which should come after him\, that is\, on Christ Jesus.\
 nWhen they heard this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.\
 nAnd when Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Ghost came on them\
 ; and they spake with tongues\, and prophesied.\nAnd all the men were abou
 t twelve.\nAnd he went into the synagogue\, and spake boldly for the space
  of three months\, disputing and persuading the things concerning the king
 dom of God.\nBut when divers were hardened\, and believed not\, but spake 
 evil of that way before the multitude\, he departed from them\, and separa
 ted the disciples\, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.\nAnd th
 is continued by the space of two years\; so that all they which dwelt in A
 sia heard the word of the Lord Jesus\, both Jews and Greeks.\nAnd God wrou
 ght special miracles by the hands of Paul:\nSo that from his body were bro
 ught unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons\, and the diseases departed fro
 m them\, and the evil spirits went out of them.\nThen certain of the vagab
 ond Jews\, exorcists\, took upon them to call over them which had evil spi
 rits the name of the Lord Jesus\, saying\, We adjure you by Jesus whom Pau
 l preacheth.\nAnd there were seven sons of one Sceva\, a Jew\, and chief o
 f the priests\, which did so.\nAnd the evil spirit answered and said\, Jes
 us I know\, and Paul I know\; but who are ye?\nAnd the man in whom the evi
 l spirit was leaped on them\, and overcame them\, and prevailed against th
 em\, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.\nAnd this was 
 known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus\; and fear fell 
 on them all\, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.\nAnd many that
  believed came\, and confessed\, and shewed their deeds.\nMany of them als
 o which used curious arts brought their books together\, and burned them b
 efore all men: and they counted the price of them\, and found it fifty tho
 usand pieces of silver.\nSo mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.\n
 \n(Acts 19:1-20\, King James Version)\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmig
 hty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of faith\, hope\, and 
 charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise\, make us 
 to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nA
 men. \n\n*** Please see the 'Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Dio
 cesan and Anglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durh
 am Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless 
 otherwise stated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymn
 s Ancient and Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refre
 shing Worship (2010).***
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676.
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SUMMARY:Tea & Talk in the Institute
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261013T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261013T163000
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DESCRIPTION:A monthly event which usually takes place on the second Tuesda
 y of the month. Pop in for tea\, coffee and a chat. \n\nBooks\, bric-a-bra
 c\, jigsaws\, raffle and tombola.\n\nFree entry\; all are very welcome.\n\
 n***Next Tea & Talk: Tuesday\, 8th September 2026\; proceeds will go to  t
 he British Heart Foundation\, details of which can be found by clicking on
  'MORE INFO' below. ***
LOCATION:St Oswald's Institute
URL:https://www.bhf.org.uk/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Oasis
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261014T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261014T093000
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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DESCRIPTION:A short time of reflection\, designed to be a benefit for pare
 nts dropping off children at the school\, with a concluding prayer and cof
 fee. All are very welcome.\n\nPlease click on the attachment below for fur
 ther information.\n\nWednesday\, 9th September 2026 - Ordinary Time (Creat
 iontide): Wednesday - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Feast of Charles F
 uge Lowder\, Priest\, 1880 [Commemoration]
GEO:-1.573636;54.77132
LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 1281118/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261014T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261014T104500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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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\, 9th September 2026\n\nMidweek 
 Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officiant: The Venerable Antony MacRow-Wood (
 Former Archdeacon of Dorset\, Diocese of Salisbury) UK \n\nThe Collect of 
 the Day: \n\nAlmighty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of f
 aith\, hope\, and charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost 
 promise\, make us to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Chr
 ist our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning 
 Prayer:\n\nAnd there sat a certain man at Lystra\, impotent in his feet\, 
 being a cripple from his mother’s womb\, who never had walked:\nThe same
  heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him\, and perceiving that he h
 ad faith to be healed\,\nSaid with a loud voice\, Stand upright on thy fee
 t. And he leaped and walked.\nAnd when the people saw what Paul had done\,
  they lifted up their voices\, saying in the speech of Lycaonia\, The gods
  are come down to us in the likeness of men.\nAnd they called Barnabas\, J
 upiter\; and Paul\, Mercurius\, because he was the chief speaker.\nThen th
 e priest of Jupiter\, which was before their city\, brought oxen and garla
 nds unto the gates\, and would have done sacrifice with the people.\nWhich
  when the apostles\, Barnabas and Paul\, heard of\, they rent their clothe
 s\, and ran in among the people\, crying out\,\nAnd saying\, Sirs\, why do
  ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you\, and preach u
 nto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God\, whic
 h made heaven\, and earth\, and the sea\, and all things that are therein:
 \nWho in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.\nNever
 theless he left not himself without witness\, in that he did good\, and ga
 ve us rain from heaven\, and fruitful seasons\, filling our hearts with fo
 od and gladness.\nAnd with these sayings scarce restrained they the people
 \, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.\nAnd there came thither cer
 tain Jews from Antioch and Iconium\, who persuaded the people\, and having
  stoned Paul\, drew him out of the city\, supposing he had been dead.\nHow
 beit\, as the disciples stood round about him\, he rose up\, and came into
  the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.\nAnd when 
 they had preached the gospel to that city\, and had taught many\, they ret
 urned again to Lystra\, and to Iconium\, and Antioch\,\nConfirming the sou
 ls of the disciples\, and exhorting them to continue in the faith\, and th
 at we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.\nAnd wh
 en they had ordained them elders in every church\, and had prayed with fas
 ting\, they commended them to the Lord\, on whom they believed.\nAnd after
  they had passed throughout Pisidia\, they came to Pamphylia.\nAnd when th
 ey had preached the word in Perga\, they went down into Attalia:\nAnd then
 ce sailed to Antioch\, from whence they had been recommended to the grace 
 of God for the work which they fulfilled.\nAnd when they were come\, and h
 ad gathered the church together\, they rehearsed all that God had done wit
 h them\, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.\nAnd t
 here they abode long time with the disciples.\n\n(Acts 14:8-end\, King Jam
 es Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nThe
  Bishop’s Leadership Team\n\nGaunless Valley: St Mary’s (Cockfield)\, 
 St Paul’s (Evenwood)\, St John’s (Lynesack)\, and St Mary's (Woodland)
 \; Minister - Vacant\, Self-supporting Ministry Associate Minister - The R
 everend Lloyd Evans\, and Retired Clergy with Permission to Officiate - Th
 e Reverend Susanne Jukes \n\nGrowing Churches: Mr Alistair Bianchi\, Mr Jo
 hn Cottey\, Ms Emma Taylor\, Ms Rosalind Haycock\, and Mrs Linda Ransom \n
 \nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Bh
 opal (The Church of North India (United)): The Right Reverend Neena Charan
  - Diocesan Bishop in Bhopal \n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Inte
 ntion for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post 
 Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Father\, we thy humble servants entirel
 y desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of 
 praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly beseeching thee to grant\, that by t
 he merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ\, and through faith in his blo
 od\, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins\, and al
 l other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee\,
  O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodies\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, a
 nd lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly beseeching thee\, that all we\, who
  are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace an
 d heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold
  sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice\, yet we beseech thee to accept t
 his our bounden duty and service\; not weighing our merits\, but pardoning
  our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, 
 in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all honour and glory be unto thee\, O Fat
 her Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAmen.
GEO:-1.573636;54.77132
LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 740611/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Parish Eucharist
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261018T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261018T121500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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DESCRIPTION:The worshipping heart of parish life\; a Common Worship servic
 e including Holy Communion\, with refreshments afterwards in the Institute
  across the road. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 202
 6 - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity\; Th
 e Feast of Creation in Christ (Creation Sunday)\n\nParish Eucharist follow
 ed by Refreshments in the Institute\n\nGuest Officiant and Preacher: The R
 everend Dr Samuel Hole - Chaplain of University College and Solway Fellow 
 (Durham University)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\nPl
 ease see boards in Church\n\nReadings: \nEzekiel 33:7-11\nRomans 13:8-end\
 nMatthew 18:15-20\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmighty God\, whose only
  Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence: give us pu
 re hearts and steadfast wills to worship you in spirit and in truth\; thro
 ugh Jesus Christ your Son our Lord\, who is alive and reigns with you\, in
  the unity of the Holy Spirit\, one God\, now and for ever. \n\nAmen.\n\nT
 he Gospel Reading: \n\n‘If another member of the church sins against you
 \, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member
  listens to you\, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened 
 to\, take one or two others along with you\, so that every word may be con
 firmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to
  listen to them\, tell it to the church\; and if the offender refuses to l
 isten even to the church\, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax
 -collector. Truly I tell you\, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in
  heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again\
 , truly I tell you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask\,
  it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three ar
 e gathered in my name\, I am there among them.’\n\n(Matthew 18:15-20\, N
 ew Revised Standard Version - Anglicized Edition)\n\nDurham Diocesan Praye
 r Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nUniversity Chaplains - Durham Universit
 y: the Reverend Canon Gavin Wort (Lead Chaplain)\, the Reverend Dr Julia C
 andy (Hatfield College and St Cuthbert's Society)\, the Reverend Peter Kas
 houris (St Mary's College)\, the Reverend Dr Samuel Hole (University Colle
 ge)\, the Reverend Fiona Hill (Hill Colleges)\, the Reverend Marie Edwards
  (College of St Hild and St Bede)\, and the Reverend Dr Kate Eaton-Wells (
 St Chad's College)\; University of Sunderland: the Reverend Chris Howson\n
 \n\n\n\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day: \n\nThe 
 Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria: the Most Reverend Dr Samy She
 hata (Archbishop of Alexandria and Bishop of Egypt)\n\nDurham Diocesan Pra
 yer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month:\n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales
  Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nLord God\, the source of truth and lov
 e\, keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship\, united i
 n prayer and the breaking of bread\, and one in joy and simplicity of hear
 t\, in Jesus Christ our Lord. \n\nAmen.\n\n***Unless otherwise stated\, al
 l hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern 
 (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worship (2010).
 ***
GEO:-1.573636;54.77132
LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 729867/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Durham Churches Together United Service for One World Week 2026 at
  Waddington Street URC
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261018T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261018T170000
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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DESCRIPTION:A service which celebrates our world-wide unity as humanity\, 
 followed by light refreshments.\n\n2026 theme (for Global Education Week):
  'From critical thinking to collective action.'\n\nAll are very welcome.
LOCATION:Waddington Street United Reformed Church
URL:https://www.coe.int/en/web/north-south-centre/the-global-education-wee
 k
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261018T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261018T184500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra
 yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h
 eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 2026: The Fourte
 enth Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns\n\nOfficiant: Mr And
 y Jones (Churchwarden)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\
 nPlease see boards in Church \n\nLessons: \nEzekiel 12:21 - 13:16\nActs 19
 :1-20\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer: \n\nAnd i
 t came to pass\, that\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul having passed 
 through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples\,\
 n\nHe said unto them\, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? 
 And they said unto him\, We have not so much as heard whether there be any
  Holy Ghost.\nAnd he said unto them\, Unto what then were ye baptized? And
  they said\, Unto John’s baptism.\nThen said Paul\, John verily baptized
  with the baptism of repentance\, saying unto the people\, that they shoul
 d believe on him which should come after him\, that is\, on Christ Jesus.\
 nWhen they heard this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.\
 nAnd when Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Ghost came on them\
 ; and they spake with tongues\, and prophesied.\nAnd all the men were abou
 t twelve.\nAnd he went into the synagogue\, and spake boldly for the space
  of three months\, disputing and persuading the things concerning the king
 dom of God.\nBut when divers were hardened\, and believed not\, but spake 
 evil of that way before the multitude\, he departed from them\, and separa
 ted the disciples\, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.\nAnd th
 is continued by the space of two years\; so that all they which dwelt in A
 sia heard the word of the Lord Jesus\, both Jews and Greeks.\nAnd God wrou
 ght special miracles by the hands of Paul:\nSo that from his body were bro
 ught unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons\, and the diseases departed fro
 m them\, and the evil spirits went out of them.\nThen certain of the vagab
 ond Jews\, exorcists\, took upon them to call over them which had evil spi
 rits the name of the Lord Jesus\, saying\, We adjure you by Jesus whom Pau
 l preacheth.\nAnd there were seven sons of one Sceva\, a Jew\, and chief o
 f the priests\, which did so.\nAnd the evil spirit answered and said\, Jes
 us I know\, and Paul I know\; but who are ye?\nAnd the man in whom the evi
 l spirit was leaped on them\, and overcame them\, and prevailed against th
 em\, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.\nAnd this was 
 known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus\; and fear fell 
 on them all\, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.\nAnd many that
  believed came\, and confessed\, and shewed their deeds.\nMany of them als
 o which used curious arts brought their books together\, and burned them b
 efore all men: and they counted the price of them\, and found it fifty tho
 usand pieces of silver.\nSo mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.\n
 \n(Acts 19:1-20\, King James Version)\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmig
 hty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of faith\, hope\, and 
 charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise\, make us 
 to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nA
 men. \n\n*** Please see the 'Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Dio
 cesan and Anglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durh
 am Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless 
 otherwise stated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymn
 s Ancient and Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refre
 shing Worship (2010).***
GEO:-1.573636;54.77132
LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676.
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Oasis
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261021T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261021T093000
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
UID:12811181792569600.0achurchnearyou
CATEGORIES:
DESCRIPTION:A short time of reflection\, designed to be a benefit for pare
 nts dropping off children at the school\, with a concluding prayer and cof
 fee. All are very welcome.\n\nPlease click on the attachment below for fur
 ther information.\n\nWednesday\, 9th September 2026 - Ordinary Time (Creat
 iontide): Wednesday - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Feast of Charles F
 uge Lowder\, Priest\, 1880 [Commemoration]
GEO:-1.573636;54.77132
LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 1281118/
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SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins
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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\, 9th September 2026\n\nMidweek 
 Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officiant: The Venerable Antony MacRow-Wood (
 Former Archdeacon of Dorset\, Diocese of Salisbury) UK \n\nThe Collect of 
 the Day: \n\nAlmighty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of f
 aith\, hope\, and charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost 
 promise\, make us to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Chr
 ist our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning 
 Prayer:\n\nAnd there sat a certain man at Lystra\, impotent in his feet\, 
 being a cripple from his mother’s womb\, who never had walked:\nThe same
  heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him\, and perceiving that he h
 ad faith to be healed\,\nSaid with a loud voice\, Stand upright on thy fee
 t. And he leaped and walked.\nAnd when the people saw what Paul had done\,
  they lifted up their voices\, saying in the speech of Lycaonia\, The gods
  are come down to us in the likeness of men.\nAnd they called Barnabas\, J
 upiter\; and Paul\, Mercurius\, because he was the chief speaker.\nThen th
 e priest of Jupiter\, which was before their city\, brought oxen and garla
 nds unto the gates\, and would have done sacrifice with the people.\nWhich
  when the apostles\, Barnabas and Paul\, heard of\, they rent their clothe
 s\, and ran in among the people\, crying out\,\nAnd saying\, Sirs\, why do
  ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you\, and preach u
 nto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God\, whic
 h made heaven\, and earth\, and the sea\, and all things that are therein:
 \nWho in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.\nNever
 theless he left not himself without witness\, in that he did good\, and ga
 ve us rain from heaven\, and fruitful seasons\, filling our hearts with fo
 od and gladness.\nAnd with these sayings scarce restrained they the people
 \, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.\nAnd there came thither cer
 tain Jews from Antioch and Iconium\, who persuaded the people\, and having
  stoned Paul\, drew him out of the city\, supposing he had been dead.\nHow
 beit\, as the disciples stood round about him\, he rose up\, and came into
  the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.\nAnd when 
 they had preached the gospel to that city\, and had taught many\, they ret
 urned again to Lystra\, and to Iconium\, and Antioch\,\nConfirming the sou
 ls of the disciples\, and exhorting them to continue in the faith\, and th
 at we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.\nAnd wh
 en they had ordained them elders in every church\, and had prayed with fas
 ting\, they commended them to the Lord\, on whom they believed.\nAnd after
  they had passed throughout Pisidia\, they came to Pamphylia.\nAnd when th
 ey had preached the word in Perga\, they went down into Attalia:\nAnd then
 ce sailed to Antioch\, from whence they had been recommended to the grace 
 of God for the work which they fulfilled.\nAnd when they were come\, and h
 ad gathered the church together\, they rehearsed all that God had done wit
 h them\, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.\nAnd t
 here they abode long time with the disciples.\n\n(Acts 14:8-end\, King Jam
 es Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nThe
  Bishop’s Leadership Team\n\nGaunless Valley: St Mary’s (Cockfield)\, 
 St Paul’s (Evenwood)\, St John’s (Lynesack)\, and St Mary's (Woodland)
 \; Minister - Vacant\, Self-supporting Ministry Associate Minister - The R
 everend Lloyd Evans\, and Retired Clergy with Permission to Officiate - Th
 e Reverend Susanne Jukes \n\nGrowing Churches: Mr Alistair Bianchi\, Mr Jo
 hn Cottey\, Ms Emma Taylor\, Ms Rosalind Haycock\, and Mrs Linda Ransom \n
 \nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Bh
 opal (The Church of North India (United)): The Right Reverend Neena Charan
  - Diocesan Bishop in Bhopal \n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Inte
 ntion for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post 
 Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Father\, we thy humble servants entirel
 y desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of 
 praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly beseeching thee to grant\, that by t
 he merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ\, and through faith in his blo
 od\, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins\, and al
 l other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee\,
  O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodies\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, a
 nd lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly beseeching thee\, that all we\, who
  are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace an
 d heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold
  sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice\, yet we beseech thee to accept t
 his our bounden duty and service\; not weighing our merits\, but pardoning
  our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, 
 in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all honour and glory be unto thee\, O Fat
 her Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAmen.
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
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SUMMARY:Parish Eucharist
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DESCRIPTION:The worshipping heart of parish life\; a Common Worship servic
 e including Holy Communion\, with refreshments afterwards in the Institute
  across the road. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 202
 6 - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity\; Th
 e Feast of Creation in Christ (Creation Sunday)\n\nParish Eucharist follow
 ed by Refreshments in the Institute\n\nGuest Officiant and Preacher: The R
 everend Dr Samuel Hole - Chaplain of University College and Solway Fellow 
 (Durham University)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\nPl
 ease see boards in Church\n\nReadings: \nEzekiel 33:7-11\nRomans 13:8-end\
 nMatthew 18:15-20\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmighty God\, whose only
  Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence: give us pu
 re hearts and steadfast wills to worship you in spirit and in truth\; thro
 ugh Jesus Christ your Son our Lord\, who is alive and reigns with you\, in
  the unity of the Holy Spirit\, one God\, now and for ever. \n\nAmen.\n\nT
 he Gospel Reading: \n\n‘If another member of the church sins against you
 \, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member
  listens to you\, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened 
 to\, take one or two others along with you\, so that every word may be con
 firmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to
  listen to them\, tell it to the church\; and if the offender refuses to l
 isten even to the church\, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax
 -collector. Truly I tell you\, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in
  heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again\
 , truly I tell you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask\,
  it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three ar
 e gathered in my name\, I am there among them.’\n\n(Matthew 18:15-20\, N
 ew Revised Standard Version - Anglicized Edition)\n\nDurham Diocesan Praye
 r Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nUniversity Chaplains - Durham Universit
 y: the Reverend Canon Gavin Wort (Lead Chaplain)\, the Reverend Dr Julia C
 andy (Hatfield College and St Cuthbert's Society)\, the Reverend Peter Kas
 houris (St Mary's College)\, the Reverend Dr Samuel Hole (University Colle
 ge)\, the Reverend Fiona Hill (Hill Colleges)\, the Reverend Marie Edwards
  (College of St Hild and St Bede)\, and the Reverend Dr Kate Eaton-Wells (
 St Chad's College)\; University of Sunderland: the Reverend Chris Howson\n
 \n\n\n\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day: \n\nThe 
 Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria: the Most Reverend Dr Samy She
 hata (Archbishop of Alexandria and Bishop of Egypt)\n\nDurham Diocesan Pra
 yer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month:\n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales
  Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nLord God\, the source of truth and lov
 e\, keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship\, united i
 n prayer and the breaking of bread\, and one in joy and simplicity of hear
 t\, in Jesus Christ our Lord. \n\nAmen.\n\n***Unless otherwise stated\, al
 l hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern 
 (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worship (2010).
 ***
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
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SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns
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DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra
 yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h
 eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 2026: The Fourte
 enth Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns\n\nOfficiant: Mr And
 y Jones (Churchwarden)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\
 nPlease see boards in Church \n\nLessons: \nEzekiel 12:21 - 13:16\nActs 19
 :1-20\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer: \n\nAnd i
 t came to pass\, that\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul having passed 
 through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples\,\
 n\nHe said unto them\, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? 
 And they said unto him\, We have not so much as heard whether there be any
  Holy Ghost.\nAnd he said unto them\, Unto what then were ye baptized? And
  they said\, Unto John’s baptism.\nThen said Paul\, John verily baptized
  with the baptism of repentance\, saying unto the people\, that they shoul
 d believe on him which should come after him\, that is\, on Christ Jesus.\
 nWhen they heard this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.\
 nAnd when Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Ghost came on them\
 ; and they spake with tongues\, and prophesied.\nAnd all the men were abou
 t twelve.\nAnd he went into the synagogue\, and spake boldly for the space
  of three months\, disputing and persuading the things concerning the king
 dom of God.\nBut when divers were hardened\, and believed not\, but spake 
 evil of that way before the multitude\, he departed from them\, and separa
 ted the disciples\, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.\nAnd th
 is continued by the space of two years\; so that all they which dwelt in A
 sia heard the word of the Lord Jesus\, both Jews and Greeks.\nAnd God wrou
 ght special miracles by the hands of Paul:\nSo that from his body were bro
 ught unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons\, and the diseases departed fro
 m them\, and the evil spirits went out of them.\nThen certain of the vagab
 ond Jews\, exorcists\, took upon them to call over them which had evil spi
 rits the name of the Lord Jesus\, saying\, We adjure you by Jesus whom Pau
 l preacheth.\nAnd there were seven sons of one Sceva\, a Jew\, and chief o
 f the priests\, which did so.\nAnd the evil spirit answered and said\, Jes
 us I know\, and Paul I know\; but who are ye?\nAnd the man in whom the evi
 l spirit was leaped on them\, and overcame them\, and prevailed against th
 em\, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.\nAnd this was 
 known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus\; and fear fell 
 on them all\, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.\nAnd many that
  believed came\, and confessed\, and shewed their deeds.\nMany of them als
 o which used curious arts brought their books together\, and burned them b
 efore all men: and they counted the price of them\, and found it fifty tho
 usand pieces of silver.\nSo mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.\n
 \n(Acts 19:1-20\, King James Version)\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmig
 hty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of faith\, hope\, and 
 charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise\, make us 
 to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nA
 men. \n\n*** Please see the 'Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Dio
 cesan and Anglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durh
 am Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless 
 otherwise stated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymn
 s Ancient and Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refre
 shing Worship (2010).***
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SUMMARY:Oasis
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DESCRIPTION:A short time of reflection\, designed to be a benefit for pare
 nts dropping off children at the school\, with a concluding prayer and cof
 fee. All are very welcome.\n\nPlease click on the attachment below for fur
 ther information.\n\nWednesday\, 9th September 2026 - Ordinary Time (Creat
 iontide): Wednesday - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Feast of Charles F
 uge Lowder\, Priest\, 1880 [Commemoration]
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SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins
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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\, 9th September 2026\n\nMidweek 
 Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officiant: The Venerable Antony MacRow-Wood (
 Former Archdeacon of Dorset\, Diocese of Salisbury) UK \n\nThe Collect of 
 the Day: \n\nAlmighty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of f
 aith\, hope\, and charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost 
 promise\, make us to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Chr
 ist our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning 
 Prayer:\n\nAnd there sat a certain man at Lystra\, impotent in his feet\, 
 being a cripple from his mother’s womb\, who never had walked:\nThe same
  heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him\, and perceiving that he h
 ad faith to be healed\,\nSaid with a loud voice\, Stand upright on thy fee
 t. And he leaped and walked.\nAnd when the people saw what Paul had done\,
  they lifted up their voices\, saying in the speech of Lycaonia\, The gods
  are come down to us in the likeness of men.\nAnd they called Barnabas\, J
 upiter\; and Paul\, Mercurius\, because he was the chief speaker.\nThen th
 e priest of Jupiter\, which was before their city\, brought oxen and garla
 nds unto the gates\, and would have done sacrifice with the people.\nWhich
  when the apostles\, Barnabas and Paul\, heard of\, they rent their clothe
 s\, and ran in among the people\, crying out\,\nAnd saying\, Sirs\, why do
  ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you\, and preach u
 nto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God\, whic
 h made heaven\, and earth\, and the sea\, and all things that are therein:
 \nWho in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.\nNever
 theless he left not himself without witness\, in that he did good\, and ga
 ve us rain from heaven\, and fruitful seasons\, filling our hearts with fo
 od and gladness.\nAnd with these sayings scarce restrained they the people
 \, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.\nAnd there came thither cer
 tain Jews from Antioch and Iconium\, who persuaded the people\, and having
  stoned Paul\, drew him out of the city\, supposing he had been dead.\nHow
 beit\, as the disciples stood round about him\, he rose up\, and came into
  the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.\nAnd when 
 they had preached the gospel to that city\, and had taught many\, they ret
 urned again to Lystra\, and to Iconium\, and Antioch\,\nConfirming the sou
 ls of the disciples\, and exhorting them to continue in the faith\, and th
 at we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.\nAnd wh
 en they had ordained them elders in every church\, and had prayed with fas
 ting\, they commended them to the Lord\, on whom they believed.\nAnd after
  they had passed throughout Pisidia\, they came to Pamphylia.\nAnd when th
 ey had preached the word in Perga\, they went down into Attalia:\nAnd then
 ce sailed to Antioch\, from whence they had been recommended to the grace 
 of God for the work which they fulfilled.\nAnd when they were come\, and h
 ad gathered the church together\, they rehearsed all that God had done wit
 h them\, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.\nAnd t
 here they abode long time with the disciples.\n\n(Acts 14:8-end\, King Jam
 es Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nThe
  Bishop’s Leadership Team\n\nGaunless Valley: St Mary’s (Cockfield)\, 
 St Paul’s (Evenwood)\, St John’s (Lynesack)\, and St Mary's (Woodland)
 \; Minister - Vacant\, Self-supporting Ministry Associate Minister - The R
 everend Lloyd Evans\, and Retired Clergy with Permission to Officiate - Th
 e Reverend Susanne Jukes \n\nGrowing Churches: Mr Alistair Bianchi\, Mr Jo
 hn Cottey\, Ms Emma Taylor\, Ms Rosalind Haycock\, and Mrs Linda Ransom \n
 \nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Bh
 opal (The Church of North India (United)): The Right Reverend Neena Charan
  - Diocesan Bishop in Bhopal \n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Inte
 ntion for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post 
 Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Father\, we thy humble servants entirel
 y desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of 
 praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly beseeching thee to grant\, that by t
 he merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ\, and through faith in his blo
 od\, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins\, and al
 l other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee\,
  O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodies\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, a
 nd lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly beseeching thee\, that all we\, who
  are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace an
 d heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold
  sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice\, yet we beseech thee to accept t
 his our bounden duty and service\; not weighing our merits\, but pardoning
  our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, 
 in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all honour and glory be unto thee\, O Fat
 her Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAmen.
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
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SUMMARY:Parish Eucharist
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261101T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261101T121500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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DESCRIPTION:The worshipping heart of parish life\; a Common Worship servic
 e including Holy Communion\, with refreshments afterwards in the Institute
  across the road. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 202
 6 - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity\; Th
 e Feast of Creation in Christ (Creation Sunday)\n\nParish Eucharist follow
 ed by Refreshments in the Institute\n\nGuest Officiant and Preacher: The R
 everend Dr Samuel Hole - Chaplain of University College and Solway Fellow 
 (Durham University)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\nPl
 ease see boards in Church\n\nReadings: \nEzekiel 33:7-11\nRomans 13:8-end\
 nMatthew 18:15-20\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmighty God\, whose only
  Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence: give us pu
 re hearts and steadfast wills to worship you in spirit and in truth\; thro
 ugh Jesus Christ your Son our Lord\, who is alive and reigns with you\, in
  the unity of the Holy Spirit\, one God\, now and for ever. \n\nAmen.\n\nT
 he Gospel Reading: \n\n‘If another member of the church sins against you
 \, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member
  listens to you\, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened 
 to\, take one or two others along with you\, so that every word may be con
 firmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to
  listen to them\, tell it to the church\; and if the offender refuses to l
 isten even to the church\, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax
 -collector. Truly I tell you\, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in
  heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again\
 , truly I tell you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask\,
  it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three ar
 e gathered in my name\, I am there among them.’\n\n(Matthew 18:15-20\, N
 ew Revised Standard Version - Anglicized Edition)\n\nDurham Diocesan Praye
 r Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nUniversity Chaplains - Durham Universit
 y: the Reverend Canon Gavin Wort (Lead Chaplain)\, the Reverend Dr Julia C
 andy (Hatfield College and St Cuthbert's Society)\, the Reverend Peter Kas
 houris (St Mary's College)\, the Reverend Dr Samuel Hole (University Colle
 ge)\, the Reverend Fiona Hill (Hill Colleges)\, the Reverend Marie Edwards
  (College of St Hild and St Bede)\, and the Reverend Dr Kate Eaton-Wells (
 St Chad's College)\; University of Sunderland: the Reverend Chris Howson\n
 \n\n\n\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day: \n\nThe 
 Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria: the Most Reverend Dr Samy She
 hata (Archbishop of Alexandria and Bishop of Egypt)\n\nDurham Diocesan Pra
 yer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month:\n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales
  Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nLord God\, the source of truth and lov
 e\, keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship\, united i
 n prayer and the breaking of bread\, and one in joy and simplicity of hear
 t\, in Jesus Christ our Lord. \n\nAmen.\n\n***Unless otherwise stated\, al
 l hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern 
 (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worship (2010).
 ***
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 729867/
END:VEVENT
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SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261101T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261101T184500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra
 yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h
 eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 2026: The Fourte
 enth Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns\n\nOfficiant: Mr And
 y Jones (Churchwarden)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\
 nPlease see boards in Church \n\nLessons: \nEzekiel 12:21 - 13:16\nActs 19
 :1-20\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer: \n\nAnd i
 t came to pass\, that\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul having passed 
 through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples\,\
 n\nHe said unto them\, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? 
 And they said unto him\, We have not so much as heard whether there be any
  Holy Ghost.\nAnd he said unto them\, Unto what then were ye baptized? And
  they said\, Unto John’s baptism.\nThen said Paul\, John verily baptized
  with the baptism of repentance\, saying unto the people\, that they shoul
 d believe on him which should come after him\, that is\, on Christ Jesus.\
 nWhen they heard this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.\
 nAnd when Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Ghost came on them\
 ; and they spake with tongues\, and prophesied.\nAnd all the men were abou
 t twelve.\nAnd he went into the synagogue\, and spake boldly for the space
  of three months\, disputing and persuading the things concerning the king
 dom of God.\nBut when divers were hardened\, and believed not\, but spake 
 evil of that way before the multitude\, he departed from them\, and separa
 ted the disciples\, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.\nAnd th
 is continued by the space of two years\; so that all they which dwelt in A
 sia heard the word of the Lord Jesus\, both Jews and Greeks.\nAnd God wrou
 ght special miracles by the hands of Paul:\nSo that from his body were bro
 ught unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons\, and the diseases departed fro
 m them\, and the evil spirits went out of them.\nThen certain of the vagab
 ond Jews\, exorcists\, took upon them to call over them which had evil spi
 rits the name of the Lord Jesus\, saying\, We adjure you by Jesus whom Pau
 l preacheth.\nAnd there were seven sons of one Sceva\, a Jew\, and chief o
 f the priests\, which did so.\nAnd the evil spirit answered and said\, Jes
 us I know\, and Paul I know\; but who are ye?\nAnd the man in whom the evi
 l spirit was leaped on them\, and overcame them\, and prevailed against th
 em\, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.\nAnd this was 
 known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus\; and fear fell 
 on them all\, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.\nAnd many that
  believed came\, and confessed\, and shewed their deeds.\nMany of them als
 o which used curious arts brought their books together\, and burned them b
 efore all men: and they counted the price of them\, and found it fifty tho
 usand pieces of silver.\nSo mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.\n
 \n(Acts 19:1-20\, King James Version)\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmig
 hty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of faith\, hope\, and 
 charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise\, make us 
 to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nA
 men. \n\n*** Please see the 'Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Dio
 cesan and Anglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durh
 am Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless 
 otherwise stated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymn
 s Ancient and Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refre
 shing Worship (2010).***
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
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SUMMARY:Oasis
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DESCRIPTION:A short time of reflection\, designed to be a benefit for pare
 nts dropping off children at the school\, with a concluding prayer and cof
 fee. All are very welcome.\n\nPlease click on the attachment below for fur
 ther information.\n\nWednesday\, 9th September 2026 - Ordinary Time (Creat
 iontide): Wednesday - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Feast of Charles F
 uge Lowder\, Priest\, 1880 [Commemoration]
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 1281118/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261104T104500
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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\, 9th September 2026\n\nMidweek 
 Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officiant: The Venerable Antony MacRow-Wood (
 Former Archdeacon of Dorset\, Diocese of Salisbury) UK \n\nThe Collect of 
 the Day: \n\nAlmighty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of f
 aith\, hope\, and charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost 
 promise\, make us to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Chr
 ist our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning 
 Prayer:\n\nAnd there sat a certain man at Lystra\, impotent in his feet\, 
 being a cripple from his mother’s womb\, who never had walked:\nThe same
  heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him\, and perceiving that he h
 ad faith to be healed\,\nSaid with a loud voice\, Stand upright on thy fee
 t. And he leaped and walked.\nAnd when the people saw what Paul had done\,
  they lifted up their voices\, saying in the speech of Lycaonia\, The gods
  are come down to us in the likeness of men.\nAnd they called Barnabas\, J
 upiter\; and Paul\, Mercurius\, because he was the chief speaker.\nThen th
 e priest of Jupiter\, which was before their city\, brought oxen and garla
 nds unto the gates\, and would have done sacrifice with the people.\nWhich
  when the apostles\, Barnabas and Paul\, heard of\, they rent their clothe
 s\, and ran in among the people\, crying out\,\nAnd saying\, Sirs\, why do
  ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you\, and preach u
 nto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God\, whic
 h made heaven\, and earth\, and the sea\, and all things that are therein:
 \nWho in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.\nNever
 theless he left not himself without witness\, in that he did good\, and ga
 ve us rain from heaven\, and fruitful seasons\, filling our hearts with fo
 od and gladness.\nAnd with these sayings scarce restrained they the people
 \, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.\nAnd there came thither cer
 tain Jews from Antioch and Iconium\, who persuaded the people\, and having
  stoned Paul\, drew him out of the city\, supposing he had been dead.\nHow
 beit\, as the disciples stood round about him\, he rose up\, and came into
  the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.\nAnd when 
 they had preached the gospel to that city\, and had taught many\, they ret
 urned again to Lystra\, and to Iconium\, and Antioch\,\nConfirming the sou
 ls of the disciples\, and exhorting them to continue in the faith\, and th
 at we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.\nAnd wh
 en they had ordained them elders in every church\, and had prayed with fas
 ting\, they commended them to the Lord\, on whom they believed.\nAnd after
  they had passed throughout Pisidia\, they came to Pamphylia.\nAnd when th
 ey had preached the word in Perga\, they went down into Attalia:\nAnd then
 ce sailed to Antioch\, from whence they had been recommended to the grace 
 of God for the work which they fulfilled.\nAnd when they were come\, and h
 ad gathered the church together\, they rehearsed all that God had done wit
 h them\, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.\nAnd t
 here they abode long time with the disciples.\n\n(Acts 14:8-end\, King Jam
 es Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nThe
  Bishop’s Leadership Team\n\nGaunless Valley: St Mary’s (Cockfield)\, 
 St Paul’s (Evenwood)\, St John’s (Lynesack)\, and St Mary's (Woodland)
 \; Minister - Vacant\, Self-supporting Ministry Associate Minister - The R
 everend Lloyd Evans\, and Retired Clergy with Permission to Officiate - Th
 e Reverend Susanne Jukes \n\nGrowing Churches: Mr Alistair Bianchi\, Mr Jo
 hn Cottey\, Ms Emma Taylor\, Ms Rosalind Haycock\, and Mrs Linda Ransom \n
 \nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Bh
 opal (The Church of North India (United)): The Right Reverend Neena Charan
  - Diocesan Bishop in Bhopal \n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Inte
 ntion for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post 
 Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Father\, we thy humble servants entirel
 y desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of 
 praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly beseeching thee to grant\, that by t
 he merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ\, and through faith in his blo
 od\, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins\, and al
 l other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee\,
  O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodies\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, a
 nd lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly beseeching thee\, that all we\, who
  are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace an
 d heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold
  sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice\, yet we beseech thee to accept t
 his our bounden duty and service\; not weighing our merits\, but pardoning
  our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, 
 in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all honour and glory be unto thee\, O Fat
 her Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAmen.
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 740611/
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SUMMARY:Parish Eucharist
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DESCRIPTION:The worshipping heart of parish life\; a Common Worship servic
 e including Holy Communion\, with refreshments afterwards in the Institute
  across the road. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 202
 6 - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity\; Th
 e Feast of Creation in Christ (Creation Sunday)\n\nParish Eucharist follow
 ed by Refreshments in the Institute\n\nGuest Officiant and Preacher: The R
 everend Dr Samuel Hole - Chaplain of University College and Solway Fellow 
 (Durham University)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\nPl
 ease see boards in Church\n\nReadings: \nEzekiel 33:7-11\nRomans 13:8-end\
 nMatthew 18:15-20\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmighty God\, whose only
  Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence: give us pu
 re hearts and steadfast wills to worship you in spirit and in truth\; thro
 ugh Jesus Christ your Son our Lord\, who is alive and reigns with you\, in
  the unity of the Holy Spirit\, one God\, now and for ever. \n\nAmen.\n\nT
 he Gospel Reading: \n\n‘If another member of the church sins against you
 \, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member
  listens to you\, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened 
 to\, take one or two others along with you\, so that every word may be con
 firmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to
  listen to them\, tell it to the church\; and if the offender refuses to l
 isten even to the church\, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax
 -collector. Truly I tell you\, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in
  heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again\
 , truly I tell you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask\,
  it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three ar
 e gathered in my name\, I am there among them.’\n\n(Matthew 18:15-20\, N
 ew Revised Standard Version - Anglicized Edition)\n\nDurham Diocesan Praye
 r Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nUniversity Chaplains - Durham Universit
 y: the Reverend Canon Gavin Wort (Lead Chaplain)\, the Reverend Dr Julia C
 andy (Hatfield College and St Cuthbert's Society)\, the Reverend Peter Kas
 houris (St Mary's College)\, the Reverend Dr Samuel Hole (University Colle
 ge)\, the Reverend Fiona Hill (Hill Colleges)\, the Reverend Marie Edwards
  (College of St Hild and St Bede)\, and the Reverend Dr Kate Eaton-Wells (
 St Chad's College)\; University of Sunderland: the Reverend Chris Howson\n
 \n\n\n\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day: \n\nThe 
 Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria: the Most Reverend Dr Samy She
 hata (Archbishop of Alexandria and Bishop of Egypt)\n\nDurham Diocesan Pra
 yer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month:\n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales
  Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nLord God\, the source of truth and lov
 e\, keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship\, united i
 n prayer and the breaking of bread\, and one in joy and simplicity of hear
 t\, in Jesus Christ our Lord. \n\nAmen.\n\n***Unless otherwise stated\, al
 l hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern 
 (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worship (2010).
 ***
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 729867/
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SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns
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DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra
 yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h
 eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 2026: The Fourte
 enth Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns\n\nOfficiant: Mr And
 y Jones (Churchwarden)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\
 nPlease see boards in Church \n\nLessons: \nEzekiel 12:21 - 13:16\nActs 19
 :1-20\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer: \n\nAnd i
 t came to pass\, that\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul having passed 
 through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples\,\
 n\nHe said unto them\, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? 
 And they said unto him\, We have not so much as heard whether there be any
  Holy Ghost.\nAnd he said unto them\, Unto what then were ye baptized? And
  they said\, Unto John’s baptism.\nThen said Paul\, John verily baptized
  with the baptism of repentance\, saying unto the people\, that they shoul
 d believe on him which should come after him\, that is\, on Christ Jesus.\
 nWhen they heard this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.\
 nAnd when Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Ghost came on them\
 ; and they spake with tongues\, and prophesied.\nAnd all the men were abou
 t twelve.\nAnd he went into the synagogue\, and spake boldly for the space
  of three months\, disputing and persuading the things concerning the king
 dom of God.\nBut when divers were hardened\, and believed not\, but spake 
 evil of that way before the multitude\, he departed from them\, and separa
 ted the disciples\, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.\nAnd th
 is continued by the space of two years\; so that all they which dwelt in A
 sia heard the word of the Lord Jesus\, both Jews and Greeks.\nAnd God wrou
 ght special miracles by the hands of Paul:\nSo that from his body were bro
 ught unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons\, and the diseases departed fro
 m them\, and the evil spirits went out of them.\nThen certain of the vagab
 ond Jews\, exorcists\, took upon them to call over them which had evil spi
 rits the name of the Lord Jesus\, saying\, We adjure you by Jesus whom Pau
 l preacheth.\nAnd there were seven sons of one Sceva\, a Jew\, and chief o
 f the priests\, which did so.\nAnd the evil spirit answered and said\, Jes
 us I know\, and Paul I know\; but who are ye?\nAnd the man in whom the evi
 l spirit was leaped on them\, and overcame them\, and prevailed against th
 em\, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.\nAnd this was 
 known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus\; and fear fell 
 on them all\, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.\nAnd many that
  believed came\, and confessed\, and shewed their deeds.\nMany of them als
 o which used curious arts brought their books together\, and burned them b
 efore all men: and they counted the price of them\, and found it fifty tho
 usand pieces of silver.\nSo mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.\n
 \n(Acts 19:1-20\, King James Version)\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmig
 hty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of faith\, hope\, and 
 charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise\, make us 
 to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nA
 men. \n\n*** Please see the 'Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Dio
 cesan and Anglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durh
 am Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless 
 otherwise stated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymn
 s Ancient and Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refre
 shing Worship (2010).***
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676.
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SUMMARY:Tea & Talk in the Institute
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261110T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261110T163000
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DESCRIPTION:A monthly event which usually takes place on the second Tuesda
 y of the month. Pop in for tea\, coffee and a chat. \n\nBooks\, bric-a-bra
 c\, jigsaws\, raffle and tombola.\n\nFree entry\; all are very welcome.\n\
 n***Next Tea & Talk: Tuesday\, 8th September 2026\; proceeds will go to  t
 he British Heart Foundation\, details of which can be found by clicking on
  'MORE INFO' below. ***
LOCATION:St Oswald's Institute
URL:https://www.bhf.org.uk/
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SUMMARY:Oasis
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261111T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261111T093000
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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DESCRIPTION:A short time of reflection\, designed to be a benefit for pare
 nts dropping off children at the school\, with a concluding prayer and cof
 fee. All are very welcome.\n\nPlease click on the attachment below for fur
 ther information.\n\nWednesday\, 9th September 2026 - Ordinary Time (Creat
 iontide): Wednesday - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Feast of Charles F
 uge Lowder\, Priest\, 1880 [Commemoration]
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 1281118/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261111T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261111T104500
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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\, 9th September 2026\n\nMidweek 
 Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officiant: The Venerable Antony MacRow-Wood (
 Former Archdeacon of Dorset\, Diocese of Salisbury) UK \n\nThe Collect of 
 the Day: \n\nAlmighty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of f
 aith\, hope\, and charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost 
 promise\, make us to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Chr
 ist our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning 
 Prayer:\n\nAnd there sat a certain man at Lystra\, impotent in his feet\, 
 being a cripple from his mother’s womb\, who never had walked:\nThe same
  heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him\, and perceiving that he h
 ad faith to be healed\,\nSaid with a loud voice\, Stand upright on thy fee
 t. And he leaped and walked.\nAnd when the people saw what Paul had done\,
  they lifted up their voices\, saying in the speech of Lycaonia\, The gods
  are come down to us in the likeness of men.\nAnd they called Barnabas\, J
 upiter\; and Paul\, Mercurius\, because he was the chief speaker.\nThen th
 e priest of Jupiter\, which was before their city\, brought oxen and garla
 nds unto the gates\, and would have done sacrifice with the people.\nWhich
  when the apostles\, Barnabas and Paul\, heard of\, they rent their clothe
 s\, and ran in among the people\, crying out\,\nAnd saying\, Sirs\, why do
  ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you\, and preach u
 nto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God\, whic
 h made heaven\, and earth\, and the sea\, and all things that are therein:
 \nWho in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.\nNever
 theless he left not himself without witness\, in that he did good\, and ga
 ve us rain from heaven\, and fruitful seasons\, filling our hearts with fo
 od and gladness.\nAnd with these sayings scarce restrained they the people
 \, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.\nAnd there came thither cer
 tain Jews from Antioch and Iconium\, who persuaded the people\, and having
  stoned Paul\, drew him out of the city\, supposing he had been dead.\nHow
 beit\, as the disciples stood round about him\, he rose up\, and came into
  the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.\nAnd when 
 they had preached the gospel to that city\, and had taught many\, they ret
 urned again to Lystra\, and to Iconium\, and Antioch\,\nConfirming the sou
 ls of the disciples\, and exhorting them to continue in the faith\, and th
 at we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.\nAnd wh
 en they had ordained them elders in every church\, and had prayed with fas
 ting\, they commended them to the Lord\, on whom they believed.\nAnd after
  they had passed throughout Pisidia\, they came to Pamphylia.\nAnd when th
 ey had preached the word in Perga\, they went down into Attalia:\nAnd then
 ce sailed to Antioch\, from whence they had been recommended to the grace 
 of God for the work which they fulfilled.\nAnd when they were come\, and h
 ad gathered the church together\, they rehearsed all that God had done wit
 h them\, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.\nAnd t
 here they abode long time with the disciples.\n\n(Acts 14:8-end\, King Jam
 es Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nThe
  Bishop’s Leadership Team\n\nGaunless Valley: St Mary’s (Cockfield)\, 
 St Paul’s (Evenwood)\, St John’s (Lynesack)\, and St Mary's (Woodland)
 \; Minister - Vacant\, Self-supporting Ministry Associate Minister - The R
 everend Lloyd Evans\, and Retired Clergy with Permission to Officiate - Th
 e Reverend Susanne Jukes \n\nGrowing Churches: Mr Alistair Bianchi\, Mr Jo
 hn Cottey\, Ms Emma Taylor\, Ms Rosalind Haycock\, and Mrs Linda Ransom \n
 \nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Bh
 opal (The Church of North India (United)): The Right Reverend Neena Charan
  - Diocesan Bishop in Bhopal \n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Inte
 ntion for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post 
 Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Father\, we thy humble servants entirel
 y desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of 
 praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly beseeching thee to grant\, that by t
 he merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ\, and through faith in his blo
 od\, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins\, and al
 l other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee\,
  O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodies\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, a
 nd lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly beseeching thee\, that all we\, who
  are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace an
 d heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold
  sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice\, yet we beseech thee to accept t
 his our bounden duty and service\; not weighing our merits\, but pardoning
  our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, 
 in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all honour and glory be unto thee\, O Fat
 her Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAmen.
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 740611/
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SUMMARY:Parish Eucharist
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261115T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261115T121500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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DESCRIPTION:The worshipping heart of parish life\; a Common Worship servic
 e including Holy Communion\, with refreshments afterwards in the Institute
  across the road. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 202
 6 - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity\; Th
 e Feast of Creation in Christ (Creation Sunday)\n\nParish Eucharist follow
 ed by Refreshments in the Institute\n\nGuest Officiant and Preacher: The R
 everend Dr Samuel Hole - Chaplain of University College and Solway Fellow 
 (Durham University)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\nPl
 ease see boards in Church\n\nReadings: \nEzekiel 33:7-11\nRomans 13:8-end\
 nMatthew 18:15-20\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmighty God\, whose only
  Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence: give us pu
 re hearts and steadfast wills to worship you in spirit and in truth\; thro
 ugh Jesus Christ your Son our Lord\, who is alive and reigns with you\, in
  the unity of the Holy Spirit\, one God\, now and for ever. \n\nAmen.\n\nT
 he Gospel Reading: \n\n‘If another member of the church sins against you
 \, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member
  listens to you\, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened 
 to\, take one or two others along with you\, so that every word may be con
 firmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to
  listen to them\, tell it to the church\; and if the offender refuses to l
 isten even to the church\, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax
 -collector. Truly I tell you\, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in
  heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again\
 , truly I tell you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask\,
  it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three ar
 e gathered in my name\, I am there among them.’\n\n(Matthew 18:15-20\, N
 ew Revised Standard Version - Anglicized Edition)\n\nDurham Diocesan Praye
 r Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nUniversity Chaplains - Durham Universit
 y: the Reverend Canon Gavin Wort (Lead Chaplain)\, the Reverend Dr Julia C
 andy (Hatfield College and St Cuthbert's Society)\, the Reverend Peter Kas
 houris (St Mary's College)\, the Reverend Dr Samuel Hole (University Colle
 ge)\, the Reverend Fiona Hill (Hill Colleges)\, the Reverend Marie Edwards
  (College of St Hild and St Bede)\, and the Reverend Dr Kate Eaton-Wells (
 St Chad's College)\; University of Sunderland: the Reverend Chris Howson\n
 \n\n\n\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day: \n\nThe 
 Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria: the Most Reverend Dr Samy She
 hata (Archbishop of Alexandria and Bishop of Egypt)\n\nDurham Diocesan Pra
 yer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month:\n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales
  Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nLord God\, the source of truth and lov
 e\, keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship\, united i
 n prayer and the breaking of bread\, and one in joy and simplicity of hear
 t\, in Jesus Christ our Lord. \n\nAmen.\n\n***Unless otherwise stated\, al
 l hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern 
 (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worship (2010).
 ***
GEO:-1.573636;54.77132
LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 729867/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261115T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261115T184500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra
 yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h
 eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 2026: The Fourte
 enth Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns\n\nOfficiant: Mr And
 y Jones (Churchwarden)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\
 nPlease see boards in Church \n\nLessons: \nEzekiel 12:21 - 13:16\nActs 19
 :1-20\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer: \n\nAnd i
 t came to pass\, that\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul having passed 
 through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples\,\
 n\nHe said unto them\, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? 
 And they said unto him\, We have not so much as heard whether there be any
  Holy Ghost.\nAnd he said unto them\, Unto what then were ye baptized? And
  they said\, Unto John’s baptism.\nThen said Paul\, John verily baptized
  with the baptism of repentance\, saying unto the people\, that they shoul
 d believe on him which should come after him\, that is\, on Christ Jesus.\
 nWhen they heard this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.\
 nAnd when Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Ghost came on them\
 ; and they spake with tongues\, and prophesied.\nAnd all the men were abou
 t twelve.\nAnd he went into the synagogue\, and spake boldly for the space
  of three months\, disputing and persuading the things concerning the king
 dom of God.\nBut when divers were hardened\, and believed not\, but spake 
 evil of that way before the multitude\, he departed from them\, and separa
 ted the disciples\, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.\nAnd th
 is continued by the space of two years\; so that all they which dwelt in A
 sia heard the word of the Lord Jesus\, both Jews and Greeks.\nAnd God wrou
 ght special miracles by the hands of Paul:\nSo that from his body were bro
 ught unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons\, and the diseases departed fro
 m them\, and the evil spirits went out of them.\nThen certain of the vagab
 ond Jews\, exorcists\, took upon them to call over them which had evil spi
 rits the name of the Lord Jesus\, saying\, We adjure you by Jesus whom Pau
 l preacheth.\nAnd there were seven sons of one Sceva\, a Jew\, and chief o
 f the priests\, which did so.\nAnd the evil spirit answered and said\, Jes
 us I know\, and Paul I know\; but who are ye?\nAnd the man in whom the evi
 l spirit was leaped on them\, and overcame them\, and prevailed against th
 em\, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.\nAnd this was 
 known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus\; and fear fell 
 on them all\, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.\nAnd many that
  believed came\, and confessed\, and shewed their deeds.\nMany of them als
 o which used curious arts brought their books together\, and burned them b
 efore all men: and they counted the price of them\, and found it fifty tho
 usand pieces of silver.\nSo mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.\n
 \n(Acts 19:1-20\, King James Version)\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmig
 hty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of faith\, hope\, and 
 charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise\, make us 
 to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nA
 men. \n\n*** Please see the 'Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Dio
 cesan and Anglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durh
 am Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless 
 otherwise stated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymn
 s Ancient and Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refre
 shing Worship (2010).***
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676.
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SUMMARY:Oasis
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261118T093000
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DESCRIPTION:A short time of reflection\, designed to be a benefit for pare
 nts dropping off children at the school\, with a concluding prayer and cof
 fee. All are very welcome.\n\nPlease click on the attachment below for fur
 ther information.\n\nWednesday\, 9th September 2026 - Ordinary Time (Creat
 iontide): Wednesday - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Feast of Charles F
 uge Lowder\, Priest\, 1880 [Commemoration]
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261118T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261118T104500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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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\, 9th September 2026\n\nMidweek 
 Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officiant: The Venerable Antony MacRow-Wood (
 Former Archdeacon of Dorset\, Diocese of Salisbury) UK \n\nThe Collect of 
 the Day: \n\nAlmighty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of f
 aith\, hope\, and charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost 
 promise\, make us to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Chr
 ist our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning 
 Prayer:\n\nAnd there sat a certain man at Lystra\, impotent in his feet\, 
 being a cripple from his mother’s womb\, who never had walked:\nThe same
  heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him\, and perceiving that he h
 ad faith to be healed\,\nSaid with a loud voice\, Stand upright on thy fee
 t. And he leaped and walked.\nAnd when the people saw what Paul had done\,
  they lifted up their voices\, saying in the speech of Lycaonia\, The gods
  are come down to us in the likeness of men.\nAnd they called Barnabas\, J
 upiter\; and Paul\, Mercurius\, because he was the chief speaker.\nThen th
 e priest of Jupiter\, which was before their city\, brought oxen and garla
 nds unto the gates\, and would have done sacrifice with the people.\nWhich
  when the apostles\, Barnabas and Paul\, heard of\, they rent their clothe
 s\, and ran in among the people\, crying out\,\nAnd saying\, Sirs\, why do
  ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you\, and preach u
 nto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God\, whic
 h made heaven\, and earth\, and the sea\, and all things that are therein:
 \nWho in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.\nNever
 theless he left not himself without witness\, in that he did good\, and ga
 ve us rain from heaven\, and fruitful seasons\, filling our hearts with fo
 od and gladness.\nAnd with these sayings scarce restrained they the people
 \, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.\nAnd there came thither cer
 tain Jews from Antioch and Iconium\, who persuaded the people\, and having
  stoned Paul\, drew him out of the city\, supposing he had been dead.\nHow
 beit\, as the disciples stood round about him\, he rose up\, and came into
  the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.\nAnd when 
 they had preached the gospel to that city\, and had taught many\, they ret
 urned again to Lystra\, and to Iconium\, and Antioch\,\nConfirming the sou
 ls of the disciples\, and exhorting them to continue in the faith\, and th
 at we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.\nAnd wh
 en they had ordained them elders in every church\, and had prayed with fas
 ting\, they commended them to the Lord\, on whom they believed.\nAnd after
  they had passed throughout Pisidia\, they came to Pamphylia.\nAnd when th
 ey had preached the word in Perga\, they went down into Attalia:\nAnd then
 ce sailed to Antioch\, from whence they had been recommended to the grace 
 of God for the work which they fulfilled.\nAnd when they were come\, and h
 ad gathered the church together\, they rehearsed all that God had done wit
 h them\, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.\nAnd t
 here they abode long time with the disciples.\n\n(Acts 14:8-end\, King Jam
 es Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nThe
  Bishop’s Leadership Team\n\nGaunless Valley: St Mary’s (Cockfield)\, 
 St Paul’s (Evenwood)\, St John’s (Lynesack)\, and St Mary's (Woodland)
 \; Minister - Vacant\, Self-supporting Ministry Associate Minister - The R
 everend Lloyd Evans\, and Retired Clergy with Permission to Officiate - Th
 e Reverend Susanne Jukes \n\nGrowing Churches: Mr Alistair Bianchi\, Mr Jo
 hn Cottey\, Ms Emma Taylor\, Ms Rosalind Haycock\, and Mrs Linda Ransom \n
 \nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Bh
 opal (The Church of North India (United)): The Right Reverend Neena Charan
  - Diocesan Bishop in Bhopal \n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Inte
 ntion for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post 
 Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Father\, we thy humble servants entirel
 y desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of 
 praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly beseeching thee to grant\, that by t
 he merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ\, and through faith in his blo
 od\, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins\, and al
 l other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee\,
  O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodies\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, a
 nd lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly beseeching thee\, that all we\, who
  are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace an
 d heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold
  sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice\, yet we beseech thee to accept t
 his our bounden duty and service\; not weighing our merits\, but pardoning
  our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, 
 in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all honour and glory be unto thee\, O Fat
 her Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAmen.
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 740611/
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SUMMARY:Parish Eucharist
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261122T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261122T121500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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DESCRIPTION:The worshipping heart of parish life\; a Common Worship servic
 e including Holy Communion\, with refreshments afterwards in the Institute
  across the road. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 202
 6 - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity\; Th
 e Feast of Creation in Christ (Creation Sunday)\n\nParish Eucharist follow
 ed by Refreshments in the Institute\n\nGuest Officiant and Preacher: The R
 everend Dr Samuel Hole - Chaplain of University College and Solway Fellow 
 (Durham University)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\nPl
 ease see boards in Church\n\nReadings: \nEzekiel 33:7-11\nRomans 13:8-end\
 nMatthew 18:15-20\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmighty God\, whose only
  Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence: give us pu
 re hearts and steadfast wills to worship you in spirit and in truth\; thro
 ugh Jesus Christ your Son our Lord\, who is alive and reigns with you\, in
  the unity of the Holy Spirit\, one God\, now and for ever. \n\nAmen.\n\nT
 he Gospel Reading: \n\n‘If another member of the church sins against you
 \, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member
  listens to you\, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened 
 to\, take one or two others along with you\, so that every word may be con
 firmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to
  listen to them\, tell it to the church\; and if the offender refuses to l
 isten even to the church\, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax
 -collector. Truly I tell you\, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in
  heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again\
 , truly I tell you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask\,
  it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three ar
 e gathered in my name\, I am there among them.’\n\n(Matthew 18:15-20\, N
 ew Revised Standard Version - Anglicized Edition)\n\nDurham Diocesan Praye
 r Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nUniversity Chaplains - Durham Universit
 y: the Reverend Canon Gavin Wort (Lead Chaplain)\, the Reverend Dr Julia C
 andy (Hatfield College and St Cuthbert's Society)\, the Reverend Peter Kas
 houris (St Mary's College)\, the Reverend Dr Samuel Hole (University Colle
 ge)\, the Reverend Fiona Hill (Hill Colleges)\, the Reverend Marie Edwards
  (College of St Hild and St Bede)\, and the Reverend Dr Kate Eaton-Wells (
 St Chad's College)\; University of Sunderland: the Reverend Chris Howson\n
 \n\n\n\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day: \n\nThe 
 Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria: the Most Reverend Dr Samy She
 hata (Archbishop of Alexandria and Bishop of Egypt)\n\nDurham Diocesan Pra
 yer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month:\n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales
  Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nLord God\, the source of truth and lov
 e\, keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship\, united i
 n prayer and the breaking of bread\, and one in joy and simplicity of hear
 t\, in Jesus Christ our Lord. \n\nAmen.\n\n***Unless otherwise stated\, al
 l hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern 
 (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worship (2010).
 ***
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 729867/
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SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261122T184500
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DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra
 yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h
 eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 2026: The Fourte
 enth Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns\n\nOfficiant: Mr And
 y Jones (Churchwarden)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\
 nPlease see boards in Church \n\nLessons: \nEzekiel 12:21 - 13:16\nActs 19
 :1-20\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer: \n\nAnd i
 t came to pass\, that\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul having passed 
 through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples\,\
 n\nHe said unto them\, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? 
 And they said unto him\, We have not so much as heard whether there be any
  Holy Ghost.\nAnd he said unto them\, Unto what then were ye baptized? And
  they said\, Unto John’s baptism.\nThen said Paul\, John verily baptized
  with the baptism of repentance\, saying unto the people\, that they shoul
 d believe on him which should come after him\, that is\, on Christ Jesus.\
 nWhen they heard this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.\
 nAnd when Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Ghost came on them\
 ; and they spake with tongues\, and prophesied.\nAnd all the men were abou
 t twelve.\nAnd he went into the synagogue\, and spake boldly for the space
  of three months\, disputing and persuading the things concerning the king
 dom of God.\nBut when divers were hardened\, and believed not\, but spake 
 evil of that way before the multitude\, he departed from them\, and separa
 ted the disciples\, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.\nAnd th
 is continued by the space of two years\; so that all they which dwelt in A
 sia heard the word of the Lord Jesus\, both Jews and Greeks.\nAnd God wrou
 ght special miracles by the hands of Paul:\nSo that from his body were bro
 ught unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons\, and the diseases departed fro
 m them\, and the evil spirits went out of them.\nThen certain of the vagab
 ond Jews\, exorcists\, took upon them to call over them which had evil spi
 rits the name of the Lord Jesus\, saying\, We adjure you by Jesus whom Pau
 l preacheth.\nAnd there were seven sons of one Sceva\, a Jew\, and chief o
 f the priests\, which did so.\nAnd the evil spirit answered and said\, Jes
 us I know\, and Paul I know\; but who are ye?\nAnd the man in whom the evi
 l spirit was leaped on them\, and overcame them\, and prevailed against th
 em\, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.\nAnd this was 
 known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus\; and fear fell 
 on them all\, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.\nAnd many that
  believed came\, and confessed\, and shewed their deeds.\nMany of them als
 o which used curious arts brought their books together\, and burned them b
 efore all men: and they counted the price of them\, and found it fifty tho
 usand pieces of silver.\nSo mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.\n
 \n(Acts 19:1-20\, King James Version)\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmig
 hty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of faith\, hope\, and 
 charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise\, make us 
 to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nA
 men. \n\n*** Please see the 'Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Dio
 cesan and Anglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durh
 am Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless 
 otherwise stated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymn
 s Ancient and Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refre
 shing Worship (2010).***
GEO:-1.573636;54.77132
LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676.
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SUMMARY:Oasis
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261125T093000
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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DESCRIPTION:A short time of reflection\, designed to be a benefit for pare
 nts dropping off children at the school\, with a concluding prayer and cof
 fee. All are very welcome.\n\nPlease click on the attachment below for fur
 ther information.\n\nWednesday\, 9th September 2026 - Ordinary Time (Creat
 iontide): Wednesday - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Feast of Charles F
 uge Lowder\, Priest\, 1880 [Commemoration]
GEO:-1.573636;54.77132
LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 1281118/
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SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261125T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261125T104500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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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\, 9th September 2026\n\nMidweek 
 Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officiant: The Venerable Antony MacRow-Wood (
 Former Archdeacon of Dorset\, Diocese of Salisbury) UK \n\nThe Collect of 
 the Day: \n\nAlmighty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of f
 aith\, hope\, and charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost 
 promise\, make us to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Chr
 ist our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning 
 Prayer:\n\nAnd there sat a certain man at Lystra\, impotent in his feet\, 
 being a cripple from his mother’s womb\, who never had walked:\nThe same
  heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him\, and perceiving that he h
 ad faith to be healed\,\nSaid with a loud voice\, Stand upright on thy fee
 t. And he leaped and walked.\nAnd when the people saw what Paul had done\,
  they lifted up their voices\, saying in the speech of Lycaonia\, The gods
  are come down to us in the likeness of men.\nAnd they called Barnabas\, J
 upiter\; and Paul\, Mercurius\, because he was the chief speaker.\nThen th
 e priest of Jupiter\, which was before their city\, brought oxen and garla
 nds unto the gates\, and would have done sacrifice with the people.\nWhich
  when the apostles\, Barnabas and Paul\, heard of\, they rent their clothe
 s\, and ran in among the people\, crying out\,\nAnd saying\, Sirs\, why do
  ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you\, and preach u
 nto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God\, whic
 h made heaven\, and earth\, and the sea\, and all things that are therein:
 \nWho in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.\nNever
 theless he left not himself without witness\, in that he did good\, and ga
 ve us rain from heaven\, and fruitful seasons\, filling our hearts with fo
 od and gladness.\nAnd with these sayings scarce restrained they the people
 \, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.\nAnd there came thither cer
 tain Jews from Antioch and Iconium\, who persuaded the people\, and having
  stoned Paul\, drew him out of the city\, supposing he had been dead.\nHow
 beit\, as the disciples stood round about him\, he rose up\, and came into
  the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.\nAnd when 
 they had preached the gospel to that city\, and had taught many\, they ret
 urned again to Lystra\, and to Iconium\, and Antioch\,\nConfirming the sou
 ls of the disciples\, and exhorting them to continue in the faith\, and th
 at we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.\nAnd wh
 en they had ordained them elders in every church\, and had prayed with fas
 ting\, they commended them to the Lord\, on whom they believed.\nAnd after
  they had passed throughout Pisidia\, they came to Pamphylia.\nAnd when th
 ey had preached the word in Perga\, they went down into Attalia:\nAnd then
 ce sailed to Antioch\, from whence they had been recommended to the grace 
 of God for the work which they fulfilled.\nAnd when they were come\, and h
 ad gathered the church together\, they rehearsed all that God had done wit
 h them\, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.\nAnd t
 here they abode long time with the disciples.\n\n(Acts 14:8-end\, King Jam
 es Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nThe
  Bishop’s Leadership Team\n\nGaunless Valley: St Mary’s (Cockfield)\, 
 St Paul’s (Evenwood)\, St John’s (Lynesack)\, and St Mary's (Woodland)
 \; Minister - Vacant\, Self-supporting Ministry Associate Minister - The R
 everend Lloyd Evans\, and Retired Clergy with Permission to Officiate - Th
 e Reverend Susanne Jukes \n\nGrowing Churches: Mr Alistair Bianchi\, Mr Jo
 hn Cottey\, Ms Emma Taylor\, Ms Rosalind Haycock\, and Mrs Linda Ransom \n
 \nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Bh
 opal (The Church of North India (United)): The Right Reverend Neena Charan
  - Diocesan Bishop in Bhopal \n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Inte
 ntion for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post 
 Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Father\, we thy humble servants entirel
 y desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of 
 praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly beseeching thee to grant\, that by t
 he merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ\, and through faith in his blo
 od\, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins\, and al
 l other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee\,
  O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodies\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, a
 nd lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly beseeching thee\, that all we\, who
  are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace an
 d heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold
  sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice\, yet we beseech thee to accept t
 his our bounden duty and service\; not weighing our merits\, but pardoning
  our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, 
 in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all honour and glory be unto thee\, O Fat
 her Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAmen.
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:Parish Eucharist
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261129T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261129T121500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
UID:7298671795950000.0achurchnearyou
CATEGORIES:
DESCRIPTION:The worshipping heart of parish life\; a Common Worship servic
 e including Holy Communion\, with refreshments afterwards in the Institute
  across the road. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 202
 6 - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity\; Th
 e Feast of Creation in Christ (Creation Sunday)\n\nParish Eucharist follow
 ed by Refreshments in the Institute\n\nGuest Officiant and Preacher: The R
 everend Dr Samuel Hole - Chaplain of University College and Solway Fellow 
 (Durham University)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\nPl
 ease see boards in Church\n\nReadings: \nEzekiel 33:7-11\nRomans 13:8-end\
 nMatthew 18:15-20\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmighty God\, whose only
  Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence: give us pu
 re hearts and steadfast wills to worship you in spirit and in truth\; thro
 ugh Jesus Christ your Son our Lord\, who is alive and reigns with you\, in
  the unity of the Holy Spirit\, one God\, now and for ever. \n\nAmen.\n\nT
 he Gospel Reading: \n\n‘If another member of the church sins against you
 \, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member
  listens to you\, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened 
 to\, take one or two others along with you\, so that every word may be con
 firmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to
  listen to them\, tell it to the church\; and if the offender refuses to l
 isten even to the church\, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax
 -collector. Truly I tell you\, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in
  heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again\
 , truly I tell you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask\,
  it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three ar
 e gathered in my name\, I am there among them.’\n\n(Matthew 18:15-20\, N
 ew Revised Standard Version - Anglicized Edition)\n\nDurham Diocesan Praye
 r Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nUniversity Chaplains - Durham Universit
 y: the Reverend Canon Gavin Wort (Lead Chaplain)\, the Reverend Dr Julia C
 andy (Hatfield College and St Cuthbert's Society)\, the Reverend Peter Kas
 houris (St Mary's College)\, the Reverend Dr Samuel Hole (University Colle
 ge)\, the Reverend Fiona Hill (Hill Colleges)\, the Reverend Marie Edwards
  (College of St Hild and St Bede)\, and the Reverend Dr Kate Eaton-Wells (
 St Chad's College)\; University of Sunderland: the Reverend Chris Howson\n
 \n\n\n\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day: \n\nThe 
 Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria: the Most Reverend Dr Samy She
 hata (Archbishop of Alexandria and Bishop of Egypt)\n\nDurham Diocesan Pra
 yer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month:\n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales
  Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nLord God\, the source of truth and lov
 e\, keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship\, united i
 n prayer and the breaking of bread\, and one in joy and simplicity of hear
 t\, in Jesus Christ our Lord. \n\nAmen.\n\n***Unless otherwise stated\, al
 l hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern 
 (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worship (2010).
 ***
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 729867/
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SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261129T184500
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DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra
 yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h
 eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 2026: The Fourte
 enth Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns\n\nOfficiant: Mr And
 y Jones (Churchwarden)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\
 nPlease see boards in Church \n\nLessons: \nEzekiel 12:21 - 13:16\nActs 19
 :1-20\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer: \n\nAnd i
 t came to pass\, that\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul having passed 
 through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples\,\
 n\nHe said unto them\, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? 
 And they said unto him\, We have not so much as heard whether there be any
  Holy Ghost.\nAnd he said unto them\, Unto what then were ye baptized? And
  they said\, Unto John’s baptism.\nThen said Paul\, John verily baptized
  with the baptism of repentance\, saying unto the people\, that they shoul
 d believe on him which should come after him\, that is\, on Christ Jesus.\
 nWhen they heard this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.\
 nAnd when Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Ghost came on them\
 ; and they spake with tongues\, and prophesied.\nAnd all the men were abou
 t twelve.\nAnd he went into the synagogue\, and spake boldly for the space
  of three months\, disputing and persuading the things concerning the king
 dom of God.\nBut when divers were hardened\, and believed not\, but spake 
 evil of that way before the multitude\, he departed from them\, and separa
 ted the disciples\, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.\nAnd th
 is continued by the space of two years\; so that all they which dwelt in A
 sia heard the word of the Lord Jesus\, both Jews and Greeks.\nAnd God wrou
 ght special miracles by the hands of Paul:\nSo that from his body were bro
 ught unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons\, and the diseases departed fro
 m them\, and the evil spirits went out of them.\nThen certain of the vagab
 ond Jews\, exorcists\, took upon them to call over them which had evil spi
 rits the name of the Lord Jesus\, saying\, We adjure you by Jesus whom Pau
 l preacheth.\nAnd there were seven sons of one Sceva\, a Jew\, and chief o
 f the priests\, which did so.\nAnd the evil spirit answered and said\, Jes
 us I know\, and Paul I know\; but who are ye?\nAnd the man in whom the evi
 l spirit was leaped on them\, and overcame them\, and prevailed against th
 em\, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.\nAnd this was 
 known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus\; and fear fell 
 on them all\, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.\nAnd many that
  believed came\, and confessed\, and shewed their deeds.\nMany of them als
 o which used curious arts brought their books together\, and burned them b
 efore all men: and they counted the price of them\, and found it fifty tho
 usand pieces of silver.\nSo mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.\n
 \n(Acts 19:1-20\, King James Version)\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmig
 hty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of faith\, hope\, and 
 charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise\, make us 
 to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nA
 men. \n\n*** Please see the 'Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Dio
 cesan and Anglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durh
 am Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless 
 otherwise stated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymn
 s Ancient and Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refre
 shing Worship (2010).***
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676.
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SUMMARY:Oasis
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DESCRIPTION:A short time of reflection\, designed to be a benefit for pare
 nts dropping off children at the school\, with a concluding prayer and cof
 fee. All are very welcome.\n\nPlease click on the attachment below for fur
 ther information.\n\nWednesday\, 9th September 2026 - Ordinary Time (Creat
 iontide): Wednesday - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Feast of Charles F
 uge Lowder\, Priest\, 1880 [Commemoration]
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 1281118/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261202T104500
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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\, 9th September 2026\n\nMidweek 
 Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officiant: The Venerable Antony MacRow-Wood (
 Former Archdeacon of Dorset\, Diocese of Salisbury) UK \n\nThe Collect of 
 the Day: \n\nAlmighty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of f
 aith\, hope\, and charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost 
 promise\, make us to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Chr
 ist our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning 
 Prayer:\n\nAnd there sat a certain man at Lystra\, impotent in his feet\, 
 being a cripple from his mother’s womb\, who never had walked:\nThe same
  heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him\, and perceiving that he h
 ad faith to be healed\,\nSaid with a loud voice\, Stand upright on thy fee
 t. And he leaped and walked.\nAnd when the people saw what Paul had done\,
  they lifted up their voices\, saying in the speech of Lycaonia\, The gods
  are come down to us in the likeness of men.\nAnd they called Barnabas\, J
 upiter\; and Paul\, Mercurius\, because he was the chief speaker.\nThen th
 e priest of Jupiter\, which was before their city\, brought oxen and garla
 nds unto the gates\, and would have done sacrifice with the people.\nWhich
  when the apostles\, Barnabas and Paul\, heard of\, they rent their clothe
 s\, and ran in among the people\, crying out\,\nAnd saying\, Sirs\, why do
  ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you\, and preach u
 nto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God\, whic
 h made heaven\, and earth\, and the sea\, and all things that are therein:
 \nWho in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.\nNever
 theless he left not himself without witness\, in that he did good\, and ga
 ve us rain from heaven\, and fruitful seasons\, filling our hearts with fo
 od and gladness.\nAnd with these sayings scarce restrained they the people
 \, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.\nAnd there came thither cer
 tain Jews from Antioch and Iconium\, who persuaded the people\, and having
  stoned Paul\, drew him out of the city\, supposing he had been dead.\nHow
 beit\, as the disciples stood round about him\, he rose up\, and came into
  the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.\nAnd when 
 they had preached the gospel to that city\, and had taught many\, they ret
 urned again to Lystra\, and to Iconium\, and Antioch\,\nConfirming the sou
 ls of the disciples\, and exhorting them to continue in the faith\, and th
 at we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.\nAnd wh
 en they had ordained them elders in every church\, and had prayed with fas
 ting\, they commended them to the Lord\, on whom they believed.\nAnd after
  they had passed throughout Pisidia\, they came to Pamphylia.\nAnd when th
 ey had preached the word in Perga\, they went down into Attalia:\nAnd then
 ce sailed to Antioch\, from whence they had been recommended to the grace 
 of God for the work which they fulfilled.\nAnd when they were come\, and h
 ad gathered the church together\, they rehearsed all that God had done wit
 h them\, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.\nAnd t
 here they abode long time with the disciples.\n\n(Acts 14:8-end\, King Jam
 es Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nThe
  Bishop’s Leadership Team\n\nGaunless Valley: St Mary’s (Cockfield)\, 
 St Paul’s (Evenwood)\, St John’s (Lynesack)\, and St Mary's (Woodland)
 \; Minister - Vacant\, Self-supporting Ministry Associate Minister - The R
 everend Lloyd Evans\, and Retired Clergy with Permission to Officiate - Th
 e Reverend Susanne Jukes \n\nGrowing Churches: Mr Alistair Bianchi\, Mr Jo
 hn Cottey\, Ms Emma Taylor\, Ms Rosalind Haycock\, and Mrs Linda Ransom \n
 \nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Bh
 opal (The Church of North India (United)): The Right Reverend Neena Charan
  - Diocesan Bishop in Bhopal \n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Inte
 ntion for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post 
 Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Father\, we thy humble servants entirel
 y desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of 
 praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly beseeching thee to grant\, that by t
 he merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ\, and through faith in his blo
 od\, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins\, and al
 l other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee\,
  O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodies\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, a
 nd lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly beseeching thee\, that all we\, who
  are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace an
 d heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold
  sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice\, yet we beseech thee to accept t
 his our bounden duty and service\; not weighing our merits\, but pardoning
  our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, 
 in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all honour and glory be unto thee\, O Fat
 her Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAmen.
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
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SUMMARY:Parish Eucharist
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DESCRIPTION:The worshipping heart of parish life\; a Common Worship servic
 e including Holy Communion\, with refreshments afterwards in the Institute
  across the road. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 202
 6 - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity\; Th
 e Feast of Creation in Christ (Creation Sunday)\n\nParish Eucharist follow
 ed by Refreshments in the Institute\n\nGuest Officiant and Preacher: The R
 everend Dr Samuel Hole - Chaplain of University College and Solway Fellow 
 (Durham University)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\nPl
 ease see boards in Church\n\nReadings: \nEzekiel 33:7-11\nRomans 13:8-end\
 nMatthew 18:15-20\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmighty God\, whose only
  Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence: give us pu
 re hearts and steadfast wills to worship you in spirit and in truth\; thro
 ugh Jesus Christ your Son our Lord\, who is alive and reigns with you\, in
  the unity of the Holy Spirit\, one God\, now and for ever. \n\nAmen.\n\nT
 he Gospel Reading: \n\n‘If another member of the church sins against you
 \, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member
  listens to you\, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened 
 to\, take one or two others along with you\, so that every word may be con
 firmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to
  listen to them\, tell it to the church\; and if the offender refuses to l
 isten even to the church\, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax
 -collector. Truly I tell you\, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in
  heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again\
 , truly I tell you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask\,
  it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three ar
 e gathered in my name\, I am there among them.’\n\n(Matthew 18:15-20\, N
 ew Revised Standard Version - Anglicized Edition)\n\nDurham Diocesan Praye
 r Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nUniversity Chaplains - Durham Universit
 y: the Reverend Canon Gavin Wort (Lead Chaplain)\, the Reverend Dr Julia C
 andy (Hatfield College and St Cuthbert's Society)\, the Reverend Peter Kas
 houris (St Mary's College)\, the Reverend Dr Samuel Hole (University Colle
 ge)\, the Reverend Fiona Hill (Hill Colleges)\, the Reverend Marie Edwards
  (College of St Hild and St Bede)\, and the Reverend Dr Kate Eaton-Wells (
 St Chad's College)\; University of Sunderland: the Reverend Chris Howson\n
 \n\n\n\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day: \n\nThe 
 Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria: the Most Reverend Dr Samy She
 hata (Archbishop of Alexandria and Bishop of Egypt)\n\nDurham Diocesan Pra
 yer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month:\n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales
  Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nLord God\, the source of truth and lov
 e\, keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship\, united i
 n prayer and the breaking of bread\, and one in joy and simplicity of hear
 t\, in Jesus Christ our Lord. \n\nAmen.\n\n***Unless otherwise stated\, al
 l hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern 
 (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worship (2010).
 ***
GEO:-1.573636;54.77132
LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 729867/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261206T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261206T184500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra
 yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h
 eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 2026: The Fourte
 enth Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns\n\nOfficiant: Mr And
 y Jones (Churchwarden)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\
 nPlease see boards in Church \n\nLessons: \nEzekiel 12:21 - 13:16\nActs 19
 :1-20\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer: \n\nAnd i
 t came to pass\, that\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul having passed 
 through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples\,\
 n\nHe said unto them\, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? 
 And they said unto him\, We have not so much as heard whether there be any
  Holy Ghost.\nAnd he said unto them\, Unto what then were ye baptized? And
  they said\, Unto John’s baptism.\nThen said Paul\, John verily baptized
  with the baptism of repentance\, saying unto the people\, that they shoul
 d believe on him which should come after him\, that is\, on Christ Jesus.\
 nWhen they heard this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.\
 nAnd when Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Ghost came on them\
 ; and they spake with tongues\, and prophesied.\nAnd all the men were abou
 t twelve.\nAnd he went into the synagogue\, and spake boldly for the space
  of three months\, disputing and persuading the things concerning the king
 dom of God.\nBut when divers were hardened\, and believed not\, but spake 
 evil of that way before the multitude\, he departed from them\, and separa
 ted the disciples\, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.\nAnd th
 is continued by the space of two years\; so that all they which dwelt in A
 sia heard the word of the Lord Jesus\, both Jews and Greeks.\nAnd God wrou
 ght special miracles by the hands of Paul:\nSo that from his body were bro
 ught unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons\, and the diseases departed fro
 m them\, and the evil spirits went out of them.\nThen certain of the vagab
 ond Jews\, exorcists\, took upon them to call over them which had evil spi
 rits the name of the Lord Jesus\, saying\, We adjure you by Jesus whom Pau
 l preacheth.\nAnd there were seven sons of one Sceva\, a Jew\, and chief o
 f the priests\, which did so.\nAnd the evil spirit answered and said\, Jes
 us I know\, and Paul I know\; but who are ye?\nAnd the man in whom the evi
 l spirit was leaped on them\, and overcame them\, and prevailed against th
 em\, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.\nAnd this was 
 known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus\; and fear fell 
 on them all\, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.\nAnd many that
  believed came\, and confessed\, and shewed their deeds.\nMany of them als
 o which used curious arts brought their books together\, and burned them b
 efore all men: and they counted the price of them\, and found it fifty tho
 usand pieces of silver.\nSo mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.\n
 \n(Acts 19:1-20\, King James Version)\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmig
 hty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of faith\, hope\, and 
 charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise\, make us 
 to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nA
 men. \n\n*** Please see the 'Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Dio
 cesan and Anglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durh
 am Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless 
 otherwise stated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymn
 s Ancient and Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refre
 shing Worship (2010).***
GEO:-1.573636;54.77132
LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676.
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SUMMARY:Tea & Talk in the Institute
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261208T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261208T163000
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DESCRIPTION:A monthly event which usually takes place on the second Tuesda
 y of the month. Pop in for tea\, coffee and a chat. \n\nBooks\, bric-a-bra
 c\, jigsaws\, raffle and tombola.\n\nFree entry\; all are very welcome.\n\
 n***Next Tea & Talk: Tuesday\, 8th September 2026\; proceeds will go to  t
 he British Heart Foundation\, details of which can be found by clicking on
  'MORE INFO' below. ***
LOCATION:St Oswald's Institute
URL:https://www.bhf.org.uk/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Oasis
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261209T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261209T093000
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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DESCRIPTION:A short time of reflection\, designed to be a benefit for pare
 nts dropping off children at the school\, with a concluding prayer and cof
 fee. All are very welcome.\n\nPlease click on the attachment below for fur
 ther information.\n\nWednesday\, 9th September 2026 - Ordinary Time (Creat
 iontide): Wednesday - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Feast of Charles F
 uge Lowder\, Priest\, 1880 [Commemoration]
GEO:-1.573636;54.77132
LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 1281118/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261209T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261209T104500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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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\, 9th September 2026\n\nMidweek 
 Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officiant: The Venerable Antony MacRow-Wood (
 Former Archdeacon of Dorset\, Diocese of Salisbury) UK \n\nThe Collect of 
 the Day: \n\nAlmighty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of f
 aith\, hope\, and charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost 
 promise\, make us to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Chr
 ist our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning 
 Prayer:\n\nAnd there sat a certain man at Lystra\, impotent in his feet\, 
 being a cripple from his mother’s womb\, who never had walked:\nThe same
  heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him\, and perceiving that he h
 ad faith to be healed\,\nSaid with a loud voice\, Stand upright on thy fee
 t. And he leaped and walked.\nAnd when the people saw what Paul had done\,
  they lifted up their voices\, saying in the speech of Lycaonia\, The gods
  are come down to us in the likeness of men.\nAnd they called Barnabas\, J
 upiter\; and Paul\, Mercurius\, because he was the chief speaker.\nThen th
 e priest of Jupiter\, which was before their city\, brought oxen and garla
 nds unto the gates\, and would have done sacrifice with the people.\nWhich
  when the apostles\, Barnabas and Paul\, heard of\, they rent their clothe
 s\, and ran in among the people\, crying out\,\nAnd saying\, Sirs\, why do
  ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you\, and preach u
 nto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God\, whic
 h made heaven\, and earth\, and the sea\, and all things that are therein:
 \nWho in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.\nNever
 theless he left not himself without witness\, in that he did good\, and ga
 ve us rain from heaven\, and fruitful seasons\, filling our hearts with fo
 od and gladness.\nAnd with these sayings scarce restrained they the people
 \, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.\nAnd there came thither cer
 tain Jews from Antioch and Iconium\, who persuaded the people\, and having
  stoned Paul\, drew him out of the city\, supposing he had been dead.\nHow
 beit\, as the disciples stood round about him\, he rose up\, and came into
  the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.\nAnd when 
 they had preached the gospel to that city\, and had taught many\, they ret
 urned again to Lystra\, and to Iconium\, and Antioch\,\nConfirming the sou
 ls of the disciples\, and exhorting them to continue in the faith\, and th
 at we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.\nAnd wh
 en they had ordained them elders in every church\, and had prayed with fas
 ting\, they commended them to the Lord\, on whom they believed.\nAnd after
  they had passed throughout Pisidia\, they came to Pamphylia.\nAnd when th
 ey had preached the word in Perga\, they went down into Attalia:\nAnd then
 ce sailed to Antioch\, from whence they had been recommended to the grace 
 of God for the work which they fulfilled.\nAnd when they were come\, and h
 ad gathered the church together\, they rehearsed all that God had done wit
 h them\, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.\nAnd t
 here they abode long time with the disciples.\n\n(Acts 14:8-end\, King Jam
 es Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nThe
  Bishop’s Leadership Team\n\nGaunless Valley: St Mary’s (Cockfield)\, 
 St Paul’s (Evenwood)\, St John’s (Lynesack)\, and St Mary's (Woodland)
 \; Minister - Vacant\, Self-supporting Ministry Associate Minister - The R
 everend Lloyd Evans\, and Retired Clergy with Permission to Officiate - Th
 e Reverend Susanne Jukes \n\nGrowing Churches: Mr Alistair Bianchi\, Mr Jo
 hn Cottey\, Ms Emma Taylor\, Ms Rosalind Haycock\, and Mrs Linda Ransom \n
 \nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Bh
 opal (The Church of North India (United)): The Right Reverend Neena Charan
  - Diocesan Bishop in Bhopal \n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Inte
 ntion for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post 
 Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Father\, we thy humble servants entirel
 y desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of 
 praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly beseeching thee to grant\, that by t
 he merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ\, and through faith in his blo
 od\, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins\, and al
 l other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee\,
  O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodies\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, a
 nd lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly beseeching thee\, that all we\, who
  are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace an
 d heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold
  sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice\, yet we beseech thee to accept t
 his our bounden duty and service\; not weighing our merits\, but pardoning
  our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, 
 in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all honour and glory be unto thee\, O Fat
 her Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAmen.
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
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 740611/
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SUMMARY:Parish Eucharist
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DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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DESCRIPTION:The worshipping heart of parish life\; a Common Worship servic
 e including Holy Communion\, with refreshments afterwards in the Institute
  across the road. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 202
 6 - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity\; Th
 e Feast of Creation in Christ (Creation Sunday)\n\nParish Eucharist follow
 ed by Refreshments in the Institute\n\nGuest Officiant and Preacher: The R
 everend Dr Samuel Hole - Chaplain of University College and Solway Fellow 
 (Durham University)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\nPl
 ease see boards in Church\n\nReadings: \nEzekiel 33:7-11\nRomans 13:8-end\
 nMatthew 18:15-20\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmighty God\, whose only
  Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence: give us pu
 re hearts and steadfast wills to worship you in spirit and in truth\; thro
 ugh Jesus Christ your Son our Lord\, who is alive and reigns with you\, in
  the unity of the Holy Spirit\, one God\, now and for ever. \n\nAmen.\n\nT
 he Gospel Reading: \n\n‘If another member of the church sins against you
 \, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member
  listens to you\, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened 
 to\, take one or two others along with you\, so that every word may be con
 firmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to
  listen to them\, tell it to the church\; and if the offender refuses to l
 isten even to the church\, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax
 -collector. Truly I tell you\, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in
  heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again\
 , truly I tell you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask\,
  it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three ar
 e gathered in my name\, I am there among them.’\n\n(Matthew 18:15-20\, N
 ew Revised Standard Version - Anglicized Edition)\n\nDurham Diocesan Praye
 r Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nUniversity Chaplains - Durham Universit
 y: the Reverend Canon Gavin Wort (Lead Chaplain)\, the Reverend Dr Julia C
 andy (Hatfield College and St Cuthbert's Society)\, the Reverend Peter Kas
 houris (St Mary's College)\, the Reverend Dr Samuel Hole (University Colle
 ge)\, the Reverend Fiona Hill (Hill Colleges)\, the Reverend Marie Edwards
  (College of St Hild and St Bede)\, and the Reverend Dr Kate Eaton-Wells (
 St Chad's College)\; University of Sunderland: the Reverend Chris Howson\n
 \n\n\n\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day: \n\nThe 
 Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria: the Most Reverend Dr Samy She
 hata (Archbishop of Alexandria and Bishop of Egypt)\n\nDurham Diocesan Pra
 yer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month:\n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales
  Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nLord God\, the source of truth and lov
 e\, keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship\, united i
 n prayer and the breaking of bread\, and one in joy and simplicity of hear
 t\, in Jesus Christ our Lord. \n\nAmen.\n\n***Unless otherwise stated\, al
 l hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern 
 (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worship (2010).
 ***
GEO:-1.573636;54.77132
LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 729867/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261213T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261213T184500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra
 yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h
 eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 2026: The Fourte
 enth Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns\n\nOfficiant: Mr And
 y Jones (Churchwarden)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\
 nPlease see boards in Church \n\nLessons: \nEzekiel 12:21 - 13:16\nActs 19
 :1-20\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer: \n\nAnd i
 t came to pass\, that\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul having passed 
 through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples\,\
 n\nHe said unto them\, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? 
 And they said unto him\, We have not so much as heard whether there be any
  Holy Ghost.\nAnd he said unto them\, Unto what then were ye baptized? And
  they said\, Unto John’s baptism.\nThen said Paul\, John verily baptized
  with the baptism of repentance\, saying unto the people\, that they shoul
 d believe on him which should come after him\, that is\, on Christ Jesus.\
 nWhen they heard this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.\
 nAnd when Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Ghost came on them\
 ; and they spake with tongues\, and prophesied.\nAnd all the men were abou
 t twelve.\nAnd he went into the synagogue\, and spake boldly for the space
  of three months\, disputing and persuading the things concerning the king
 dom of God.\nBut when divers were hardened\, and believed not\, but spake 
 evil of that way before the multitude\, he departed from them\, and separa
 ted the disciples\, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.\nAnd th
 is continued by the space of two years\; so that all they which dwelt in A
 sia heard the word of the Lord Jesus\, both Jews and Greeks.\nAnd God wrou
 ght special miracles by the hands of Paul:\nSo that from his body were bro
 ught unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons\, and the diseases departed fro
 m them\, and the evil spirits went out of them.\nThen certain of the vagab
 ond Jews\, exorcists\, took upon them to call over them which had evil spi
 rits the name of the Lord Jesus\, saying\, We adjure you by Jesus whom Pau
 l preacheth.\nAnd there were seven sons of one Sceva\, a Jew\, and chief o
 f the priests\, which did so.\nAnd the evil spirit answered and said\, Jes
 us I know\, and Paul I know\; but who are ye?\nAnd the man in whom the evi
 l spirit was leaped on them\, and overcame them\, and prevailed against th
 em\, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.\nAnd this was 
 known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus\; and fear fell 
 on them all\, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.\nAnd many that
  believed came\, and confessed\, and shewed their deeds.\nMany of them als
 o which used curious arts brought their books together\, and burned them b
 efore all men: and they counted the price of them\, and found it fifty tho
 usand pieces of silver.\nSo mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.\n
 \n(Acts 19:1-20\, King James Version)\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmig
 hty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of faith\, hope\, and 
 charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise\, make us 
 to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nA
 men. \n\n*** Please see the 'Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Dio
 cesan and Anglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durh
 am Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless 
 otherwise stated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymn
 s Ancient and Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refre
 shing Worship (2010).***
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676.
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SUMMARY:Oasis
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261216T093000
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DESCRIPTION:A short time of reflection\, designed to be a benefit for pare
 nts dropping off children at the school\, with a concluding prayer and cof
 fee. All are very welcome.\n\nPlease click on the attachment below for fur
 ther information.\n\nWednesday\, 9th September 2026 - Ordinary Time (Creat
 iontide): Wednesday - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Feast of Charles F
 uge Lowder\, Priest\, 1880 [Commemoration]
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 1281118/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261216T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261216T104500
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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\, 9th September 2026\n\nMidweek 
 Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officiant: The Venerable Antony MacRow-Wood (
 Former Archdeacon of Dorset\, Diocese of Salisbury) UK \n\nThe Collect of 
 the Day: \n\nAlmighty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of f
 aith\, hope\, and charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost 
 promise\, make us to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Chr
 ist our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning 
 Prayer:\n\nAnd there sat a certain man at Lystra\, impotent in his feet\, 
 being a cripple from his mother’s womb\, who never had walked:\nThe same
  heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him\, and perceiving that he h
 ad faith to be healed\,\nSaid with a loud voice\, Stand upright on thy fee
 t. And he leaped and walked.\nAnd when the people saw what Paul had done\,
  they lifted up their voices\, saying in the speech of Lycaonia\, The gods
  are come down to us in the likeness of men.\nAnd they called Barnabas\, J
 upiter\; and Paul\, Mercurius\, because he was the chief speaker.\nThen th
 e priest of Jupiter\, which was before their city\, brought oxen and garla
 nds unto the gates\, and would have done sacrifice with the people.\nWhich
  when the apostles\, Barnabas and Paul\, heard of\, they rent their clothe
 s\, and ran in among the people\, crying out\,\nAnd saying\, Sirs\, why do
  ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you\, and preach u
 nto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God\, whic
 h made heaven\, and earth\, and the sea\, and all things that are therein:
 \nWho in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.\nNever
 theless he left not himself without witness\, in that he did good\, and ga
 ve us rain from heaven\, and fruitful seasons\, filling our hearts with fo
 od and gladness.\nAnd with these sayings scarce restrained they the people
 \, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.\nAnd there came thither cer
 tain Jews from Antioch and Iconium\, who persuaded the people\, and having
  stoned Paul\, drew him out of the city\, supposing he had been dead.\nHow
 beit\, as the disciples stood round about him\, he rose up\, and came into
  the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.\nAnd when 
 they had preached the gospel to that city\, and had taught many\, they ret
 urned again to Lystra\, and to Iconium\, and Antioch\,\nConfirming the sou
 ls of the disciples\, and exhorting them to continue in the faith\, and th
 at we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.\nAnd wh
 en they had ordained them elders in every church\, and had prayed with fas
 ting\, they commended them to the Lord\, on whom they believed.\nAnd after
  they had passed throughout Pisidia\, they came to Pamphylia.\nAnd when th
 ey had preached the word in Perga\, they went down into Attalia:\nAnd then
 ce sailed to Antioch\, from whence they had been recommended to the grace 
 of God for the work which they fulfilled.\nAnd when they were come\, and h
 ad gathered the church together\, they rehearsed all that God had done wit
 h them\, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.\nAnd t
 here they abode long time with the disciples.\n\n(Acts 14:8-end\, King Jam
 es Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nThe
  Bishop’s Leadership Team\n\nGaunless Valley: St Mary’s (Cockfield)\, 
 St Paul’s (Evenwood)\, St John’s (Lynesack)\, and St Mary's (Woodland)
 \; Minister - Vacant\, Self-supporting Ministry Associate Minister - The R
 everend Lloyd Evans\, and Retired Clergy with Permission to Officiate - Th
 e Reverend Susanne Jukes \n\nGrowing Churches: Mr Alistair Bianchi\, Mr Jo
 hn Cottey\, Ms Emma Taylor\, Ms Rosalind Haycock\, and Mrs Linda Ransom \n
 \nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Bh
 opal (The Church of North India (United)): The Right Reverend Neena Charan
  - Diocesan Bishop in Bhopal \n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Inte
 ntion for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post 
 Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Father\, we thy humble servants entirel
 y desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of 
 praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly beseeching thee to grant\, that by t
 he merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ\, and through faith in his blo
 od\, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins\, and al
 l other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee\,
  O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodies\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, a
 nd lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly beseeching thee\, that all we\, who
  are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace an
 d heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold
  sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice\, yet we beseech thee to accept t
 his our bounden duty and service\; not weighing our merits\, but pardoning
  our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, 
 in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all honour and glory be unto thee\, O Fat
 her Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAmen.
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 740611/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Parish Eucharist
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261220T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261220T121500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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DESCRIPTION:The worshipping heart of parish life\; a Common Worship servic
 e including Holy Communion\, with refreshments afterwards in the Institute
  across the road. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 202
 6 - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity\; Th
 e Feast of Creation in Christ (Creation Sunday)\n\nParish Eucharist follow
 ed by Refreshments in the Institute\n\nGuest Officiant and Preacher: The R
 everend Dr Samuel Hole - Chaplain of University College and Solway Fellow 
 (Durham University)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\nPl
 ease see boards in Church\n\nReadings: \nEzekiel 33:7-11\nRomans 13:8-end\
 nMatthew 18:15-20\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmighty God\, whose only
  Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence: give us pu
 re hearts and steadfast wills to worship you in spirit and in truth\; thro
 ugh Jesus Christ your Son our Lord\, who is alive and reigns with you\, in
  the unity of the Holy Spirit\, one God\, now and for ever. \n\nAmen.\n\nT
 he Gospel Reading: \n\n‘If another member of the church sins against you
 \, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member
  listens to you\, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened 
 to\, take one or two others along with you\, so that every word may be con
 firmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to
  listen to them\, tell it to the church\; and if the offender refuses to l
 isten even to the church\, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax
 -collector. Truly I tell you\, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in
  heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again\
 , truly I tell you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask\,
  it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three ar
 e gathered in my name\, I am there among them.’\n\n(Matthew 18:15-20\, N
 ew Revised Standard Version - Anglicized Edition)\n\nDurham Diocesan Praye
 r Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nUniversity Chaplains - Durham Universit
 y: the Reverend Canon Gavin Wort (Lead Chaplain)\, the Reverend Dr Julia C
 andy (Hatfield College and St Cuthbert's Society)\, the Reverend Peter Kas
 houris (St Mary's College)\, the Reverend Dr Samuel Hole (University Colle
 ge)\, the Reverend Fiona Hill (Hill Colleges)\, the Reverend Marie Edwards
  (College of St Hild and St Bede)\, and the Reverend Dr Kate Eaton-Wells (
 St Chad's College)\; University of Sunderland: the Reverend Chris Howson\n
 \n\n\n\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day: \n\nThe 
 Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria: the Most Reverend Dr Samy She
 hata (Archbishop of Alexandria and Bishop of Egypt)\n\nDurham Diocesan Pra
 yer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month:\n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales
  Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nLord God\, the source of truth and lov
 e\, keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship\, united i
 n prayer and the breaking of bread\, and one in joy and simplicity of hear
 t\, in Jesus Christ our Lord. \n\nAmen.\n\n***Unless otherwise stated\, al
 l hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern 
 (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worship (2010).
 ***
GEO:-1.573636;54.77132
LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 729867/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261220T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261220T184500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
UID:10720351797789600.0achurchnearyou
CATEGORIES:
DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra
 yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h
 eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 2026: The Fourte
 enth Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns\n\nOfficiant: Mr And
 y Jones (Churchwarden)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\
 nPlease see boards in Church \n\nLessons: \nEzekiel 12:21 - 13:16\nActs 19
 :1-20\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer: \n\nAnd i
 t came to pass\, that\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul having passed 
 through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples\,\
 n\nHe said unto them\, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? 
 And they said unto him\, We have not so much as heard whether there be any
  Holy Ghost.\nAnd he said unto them\, Unto what then were ye baptized? And
  they said\, Unto John’s baptism.\nThen said Paul\, John verily baptized
  with the baptism of repentance\, saying unto the people\, that they shoul
 d believe on him which should come after him\, that is\, on Christ Jesus.\
 nWhen they heard this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.\
 nAnd when Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Ghost came on them\
 ; and they spake with tongues\, and prophesied.\nAnd all the men were abou
 t twelve.\nAnd he went into the synagogue\, and spake boldly for the space
  of three months\, disputing and persuading the things concerning the king
 dom of God.\nBut when divers were hardened\, and believed not\, but spake 
 evil of that way before the multitude\, he departed from them\, and separa
 ted the disciples\, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.\nAnd th
 is continued by the space of two years\; so that all they which dwelt in A
 sia heard the word of the Lord Jesus\, both Jews and Greeks.\nAnd God wrou
 ght special miracles by the hands of Paul:\nSo that from his body were bro
 ught unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons\, and the diseases departed fro
 m them\, and the evil spirits went out of them.\nThen certain of the vagab
 ond Jews\, exorcists\, took upon them to call over them which had evil spi
 rits the name of the Lord Jesus\, saying\, We adjure you by Jesus whom Pau
 l preacheth.\nAnd there were seven sons of one Sceva\, a Jew\, and chief o
 f the priests\, which did so.\nAnd the evil spirit answered and said\, Jes
 us I know\, and Paul I know\; but who are ye?\nAnd the man in whom the evi
 l spirit was leaped on them\, and overcame them\, and prevailed against th
 em\, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.\nAnd this was 
 known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus\; and fear fell 
 on them all\, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.\nAnd many that
  believed came\, and confessed\, and shewed their deeds.\nMany of them als
 o which used curious arts brought their books together\, and burned them b
 efore all men: and they counted the price of them\, and found it fifty tho
 usand pieces of silver.\nSo mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.\n
 \n(Acts 19:1-20\, King James Version)\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmig
 hty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of faith\, hope\, and 
 charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise\, make us 
 to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nA
 men. \n\n*** Please see the 'Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Dio
 cesan and Anglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durh
 am Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless 
 otherwise stated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymn
 s Ancient and Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refre
 shing Worship (2010).***
GEO:-1.573636;54.77132
LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676.
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Oasis
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261223T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261223T093000
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
UID:12811181798016400.0achurchnearyou
CATEGORIES:
DESCRIPTION:A short time of reflection\, designed to be a benefit for pare
 nts dropping off children at the school\, with a concluding prayer and cof
 fee. All are very welcome.\n\nPlease click on the attachment below for fur
 ther information.\n\nWednesday\, 9th September 2026 - Ordinary Time (Creat
 iontide): Wednesday - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Feast of Charles F
 uge Lowder\, Priest\, 1880 [Commemoration]
GEO:-1.573636;54.77132
LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 1281118/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261223T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261223T104500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
UID:7406111798020000.0achurchnearyou
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\, 9th September 2026\n\nMidweek 
 Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officiant: The Venerable Antony MacRow-Wood (
 Former Archdeacon of Dorset\, Diocese of Salisbury) UK \n\nThe Collect of 
 the Day: \n\nAlmighty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of f
 aith\, hope\, and charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost 
 promise\, make us to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Chr
 ist our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning 
 Prayer:\n\nAnd there sat a certain man at Lystra\, impotent in his feet\, 
 being a cripple from his mother’s womb\, who never had walked:\nThe same
  heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him\, and perceiving that he h
 ad faith to be healed\,\nSaid with a loud voice\, Stand upright on thy fee
 t. And he leaped and walked.\nAnd when the people saw what Paul had done\,
  they lifted up their voices\, saying in the speech of Lycaonia\, The gods
  are come down to us in the likeness of men.\nAnd they called Barnabas\, J
 upiter\; and Paul\, Mercurius\, because he was the chief speaker.\nThen th
 e priest of Jupiter\, which was before their city\, brought oxen and garla
 nds unto the gates\, and would have done sacrifice with the people.\nWhich
  when the apostles\, Barnabas and Paul\, heard of\, they rent their clothe
 s\, and ran in among the people\, crying out\,\nAnd saying\, Sirs\, why do
  ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you\, and preach u
 nto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God\, whic
 h made heaven\, and earth\, and the sea\, and all things that are therein:
 \nWho in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.\nNever
 theless he left not himself without witness\, in that he did good\, and ga
 ve us rain from heaven\, and fruitful seasons\, filling our hearts with fo
 od and gladness.\nAnd with these sayings scarce restrained they the people
 \, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.\nAnd there came thither cer
 tain Jews from Antioch and Iconium\, who persuaded the people\, and having
  stoned Paul\, drew him out of the city\, supposing he had been dead.\nHow
 beit\, as the disciples stood round about him\, he rose up\, and came into
  the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.\nAnd when 
 they had preached the gospel to that city\, and had taught many\, they ret
 urned again to Lystra\, and to Iconium\, and Antioch\,\nConfirming the sou
 ls of the disciples\, and exhorting them to continue in the faith\, and th
 at we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.\nAnd wh
 en they had ordained them elders in every church\, and had prayed with fas
 ting\, they commended them to the Lord\, on whom they believed.\nAnd after
  they had passed throughout Pisidia\, they came to Pamphylia.\nAnd when th
 ey had preached the word in Perga\, they went down into Attalia:\nAnd then
 ce sailed to Antioch\, from whence they had been recommended to the grace 
 of God for the work which they fulfilled.\nAnd when they were come\, and h
 ad gathered the church together\, they rehearsed all that God had done wit
 h them\, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.\nAnd t
 here they abode long time with the disciples.\n\n(Acts 14:8-end\, King Jam
 es Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nThe
  Bishop’s Leadership Team\n\nGaunless Valley: St Mary’s (Cockfield)\, 
 St Paul’s (Evenwood)\, St John’s (Lynesack)\, and St Mary's (Woodland)
 \; Minister - Vacant\, Self-supporting Ministry Associate Minister - The R
 everend Lloyd Evans\, and Retired Clergy with Permission to Officiate - Th
 e Reverend Susanne Jukes \n\nGrowing Churches: Mr Alistair Bianchi\, Mr Jo
 hn Cottey\, Ms Emma Taylor\, Ms Rosalind Haycock\, and Mrs Linda Ransom \n
 \nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Bh
 opal (The Church of North India (United)): The Right Reverend Neena Charan
  - Diocesan Bishop in Bhopal \n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Inte
 ntion for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post 
 Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Father\, we thy humble servants entirel
 y desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of 
 praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly beseeching thee to grant\, that by t
 he merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ\, and through faith in his blo
 od\, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins\, and al
 l other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee\,
  O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodies\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, a
 nd lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly beseeching thee\, that all we\, who
  are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace an
 d heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold
  sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice\, yet we beseech thee to accept t
 his our bounden duty and service\; not weighing our merits\, but pardoning
  our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, 
 in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all honour and glory be unto thee\, O Fat
 her Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAmen.
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
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 740611/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Parish Eucharist
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261227T121500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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DESCRIPTION:The worshipping heart of parish life\; a Common Worship servic
 e including Holy Communion\, with refreshments afterwards in the Institute
  across the road. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 202
 6 - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity\; Th
 e Feast of Creation in Christ (Creation Sunday)\n\nParish Eucharist follow
 ed by Refreshments in the Institute\n\nGuest Officiant and Preacher: The R
 everend Dr Samuel Hole - Chaplain of University College and Solway Fellow 
 (Durham University)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\nPl
 ease see boards in Church\n\nReadings: \nEzekiel 33:7-11\nRomans 13:8-end\
 nMatthew 18:15-20\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmighty God\, whose only
  Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence: give us pu
 re hearts and steadfast wills to worship you in spirit and in truth\; thro
 ugh Jesus Christ your Son our Lord\, who is alive and reigns with you\, in
  the unity of the Holy Spirit\, one God\, now and for ever. \n\nAmen.\n\nT
 he Gospel Reading: \n\n‘If another member of the church sins against you
 \, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member
  listens to you\, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened 
 to\, take one or two others along with you\, so that every word may be con
 firmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to
  listen to them\, tell it to the church\; and if the offender refuses to l
 isten even to the church\, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax
 -collector. Truly I tell you\, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in
  heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again\
 , truly I tell you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask\,
  it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three ar
 e gathered in my name\, I am there among them.’\n\n(Matthew 18:15-20\, N
 ew Revised Standard Version - Anglicized Edition)\n\nDurham Diocesan Praye
 r Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nUniversity Chaplains - Durham Universit
 y: the Reverend Canon Gavin Wort (Lead Chaplain)\, the Reverend Dr Julia C
 andy (Hatfield College and St Cuthbert's Society)\, the Reverend Peter Kas
 houris (St Mary's College)\, the Reverend Dr Samuel Hole (University Colle
 ge)\, the Reverend Fiona Hill (Hill Colleges)\, the Reverend Marie Edwards
  (College of St Hild and St Bede)\, and the Reverend Dr Kate Eaton-Wells (
 St Chad's College)\; University of Sunderland: the Reverend Chris Howson\n
 \n\n\n\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day: \n\nThe 
 Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria: the Most Reverend Dr Samy She
 hata (Archbishop of Alexandria and Bishop of Egypt)\n\nDurham Diocesan Pra
 yer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month:\n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales
  Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nLord God\, the source of truth and lov
 e\, keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship\, united i
 n prayer and the breaking of bread\, and one in joy and simplicity of hear
 t\, in Jesus Christ our Lord. \n\nAmen.\n\n***Unless otherwise stated\, al
 l hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern 
 (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worship (2010).
 ***
GEO:-1.573636;54.77132
LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 729867/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261227T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261227T184500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra
 yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h
 eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 2026: The Fourte
 enth Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns\n\nOfficiant: Mr And
 y Jones (Churchwarden)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\
 nPlease see boards in Church \n\nLessons: \nEzekiel 12:21 - 13:16\nActs 19
 :1-20\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer: \n\nAnd i
 t came to pass\, that\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul having passed 
 through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples\,\
 n\nHe said unto them\, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? 
 And they said unto him\, We have not so much as heard whether there be any
  Holy Ghost.\nAnd he said unto them\, Unto what then were ye baptized? And
  they said\, Unto John’s baptism.\nThen said Paul\, John verily baptized
  with the baptism of repentance\, saying unto the people\, that they shoul
 d believe on him which should come after him\, that is\, on Christ Jesus.\
 nWhen they heard this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.\
 nAnd when Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Ghost came on them\
 ; and they spake with tongues\, and prophesied.\nAnd all the men were abou
 t twelve.\nAnd he went into the synagogue\, and spake boldly for the space
  of three months\, disputing and persuading the things concerning the king
 dom of God.\nBut when divers were hardened\, and believed not\, but spake 
 evil of that way before the multitude\, he departed from them\, and separa
 ted the disciples\, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.\nAnd th
 is continued by the space of two years\; so that all they which dwelt in A
 sia heard the word of the Lord Jesus\, both Jews and Greeks.\nAnd God wrou
 ght special miracles by the hands of Paul:\nSo that from his body were bro
 ught unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons\, and the diseases departed fro
 m them\, and the evil spirits went out of them.\nThen certain of the vagab
 ond Jews\, exorcists\, took upon them to call over them which had evil spi
 rits the name of the Lord Jesus\, saying\, We adjure you by Jesus whom Pau
 l preacheth.\nAnd there were seven sons of one Sceva\, a Jew\, and chief o
 f the priests\, which did so.\nAnd the evil spirit answered and said\, Jes
 us I know\, and Paul I know\; but who are ye?\nAnd the man in whom the evi
 l spirit was leaped on them\, and overcame them\, and prevailed against th
 em\, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.\nAnd this was 
 known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus\; and fear fell 
 on them all\, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.\nAnd many that
  believed came\, and confessed\, and shewed their deeds.\nMany of them als
 o which used curious arts brought their books together\, and burned them b
 efore all men: and they counted the price of them\, and found it fifty tho
 usand pieces of silver.\nSo mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.\n
 \n(Acts 19:1-20\, King James Version)\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmig
 hty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of faith\, hope\, and 
 charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise\, make us 
 to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nA
 men. \n\n*** Please see the 'Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Dio
 cesan and Anglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durh
 am Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless 
 otherwise stated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymn
 s Ancient and Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refre
 shing Worship (2010).***
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676.
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SUMMARY:Oasis
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261230T093000
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DESCRIPTION:A short time of reflection\, designed to be a benefit for pare
 nts dropping off children at the school\, with a concluding prayer and cof
 fee. All are very welcome.\n\nPlease click on the attachment below for fur
 ther information.\n\nWednesday\, 9th September 2026 - Ordinary Time (Creat
 iontide): Wednesday - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Feast of Charles F
 uge Lowder\, Priest\, 1880 [Commemoration]
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 1281118/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261230T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261230T104500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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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\, 9th September 2026\n\nMidweek 
 Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officiant: The Venerable Antony MacRow-Wood (
 Former Archdeacon of Dorset\, Diocese of Salisbury) UK \n\nThe Collect of 
 the Day: \n\nAlmighty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of f
 aith\, hope\, and charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost 
 promise\, make us to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Chr
 ist our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning 
 Prayer:\n\nAnd there sat a certain man at Lystra\, impotent in his feet\, 
 being a cripple from his mother’s womb\, who never had walked:\nThe same
  heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him\, and perceiving that he h
 ad faith to be healed\,\nSaid with a loud voice\, Stand upright on thy fee
 t. And he leaped and walked.\nAnd when the people saw what Paul had done\,
  they lifted up their voices\, saying in the speech of Lycaonia\, The gods
  are come down to us in the likeness of men.\nAnd they called Barnabas\, J
 upiter\; and Paul\, Mercurius\, because he was the chief speaker.\nThen th
 e priest of Jupiter\, which was before their city\, brought oxen and garla
 nds unto the gates\, and would have done sacrifice with the people.\nWhich
  when the apostles\, Barnabas and Paul\, heard of\, they rent their clothe
 s\, and ran in among the people\, crying out\,\nAnd saying\, Sirs\, why do
  ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you\, and preach u
 nto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God\, whic
 h made heaven\, and earth\, and the sea\, and all things that are therein:
 \nWho in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.\nNever
 theless he left not himself without witness\, in that he did good\, and ga
 ve us rain from heaven\, and fruitful seasons\, filling our hearts with fo
 od and gladness.\nAnd with these sayings scarce restrained they the people
 \, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.\nAnd there came thither cer
 tain Jews from Antioch and Iconium\, who persuaded the people\, and having
  stoned Paul\, drew him out of the city\, supposing he had been dead.\nHow
 beit\, as the disciples stood round about him\, he rose up\, and came into
  the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.\nAnd when 
 they had preached the gospel to that city\, and had taught many\, they ret
 urned again to Lystra\, and to Iconium\, and Antioch\,\nConfirming the sou
 ls of the disciples\, and exhorting them to continue in the faith\, and th
 at we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.\nAnd wh
 en they had ordained them elders in every church\, and had prayed with fas
 ting\, they commended them to the Lord\, on whom they believed.\nAnd after
  they had passed throughout Pisidia\, they came to Pamphylia.\nAnd when th
 ey had preached the word in Perga\, they went down into Attalia:\nAnd then
 ce sailed to Antioch\, from whence they had been recommended to the grace 
 of God for the work which they fulfilled.\nAnd when they were come\, and h
 ad gathered the church together\, they rehearsed all that God had done wit
 h them\, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.\nAnd t
 here they abode long time with the disciples.\n\n(Acts 14:8-end\, King Jam
 es Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nThe
  Bishop’s Leadership Team\n\nGaunless Valley: St Mary’s (Cockfield)\, 
 St Paul’s (Evenwood)\, St John’s (Lynesack)\, and St Mary's (Woodland)
 \; Minister - Vacant\, Self-supporting Ministry Associate Minister - The R
 everend Lloyd Evans\, and Retired Clergy with Permission to Officiate - Th
 e Reverend Susanne Jukes \n\nGrowing Churches: Mr Alistair Bianchi\, Mr Jo
 hn Cottey\, Ms Emma Taylor\, Ms Rosalind Haycock\, and Mrs Linda Ransom \n
 \nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Bh
 opal (The Church of North India (United)): The Right Reverend Neena Charan
  - Diocesan Bishop in Bhopal \n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Inte
 ntion for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post 
 Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Father\, we thy humble servants entirel
 y desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of 
 praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly beseeching thee to grant\, that by t
 he merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ\, and through faith in his blo
 od\, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins\, and al
 l other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee\,
  O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodies\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, a
 nd lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly beseeching thee\, that all we\, who
  are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace an
 d heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold
  sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice\, yet we beseech thee to accept t
 his our bounden duty and service\; not weighing our merits\, but pardoning
  our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, 
 in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all honour and glory be unto thee\, O Fat
 her Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAmen.
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:Parish Eucharist
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270103T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270103T121500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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CATEGORIES:
DESCRIPTION:The worshipping heart of parish life\; a Common Worship servic
 e including Holy Communion\, with refreshments afterwards in the Institute
  across the road. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 202
 6 - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity\; Th
 e Feast of Creation in Christ (Creation Sunday)\n\nParish Eucharist follow
 ed by Refreshments in the Institute\n\nGuest Officiant and Preacher: The R
 everend Dr Samuel Hole - Chaplain of University College and Solway Fellow 
 (Durham University)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\nPl
 ease see boards in Church\n\nReadings: \nEzekiel 33:7-11\nRomans 13:8-end\
 nMatthew 18:15-20\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmighty God\, whose only
  Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence: give us pu
 re hearts and steadfast wills to worship you in spirit and in truth\; thro
 ugh Jesus Christ your Son our Lord\, who is alive and reigns with you\, in
  the unity of the Holy Spirit\, one God\, now and for ever. \n\nAmen.\n\nT
 he Gospel Reading: \n\n‘If another member of the church sins against you
 \, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member
  listens to you\, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened 
 to\, take one or two others along with you\, so that every word may be con
 firmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to
  listen to them\, tell it to the church\; and if the offender refuses to l
 isten even to the church\, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax
 -collector. Truly I tell you\, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in
  heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again\
 , truly I tell you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask\,
  it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three ar
 e gathered in my name\, I am there among them.’\n\n(Matthew 18:15-20\, N
 ew Revised Standard Version - Anglicized Edition)\n\nDurham Diocesan Praye
 r Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nUniversity Chaplains - Durham Universit
 y: the Reverend Canon Gavin Wort (Lead Chaplain)\, the Reverend Dr Julia C
 andy (Hatfield College and St Cuthbert's Society)\, the Reverend Peter Kas
 houris (St Mary's College)\, the Reverend Dr Samuel Hole (University Colle
 ge)\, the Reverend Fiona Hill (Hill Colleges)\, the Reverend Marie Edwards
  (College of St Hild and St Bede)\, and the Reverend Dr Kate Eaton-Wells (
 St Chad's College)\; University of Sunderland: the Reverend Chris Howson\n
 \n\n\n\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day: \n\nThe 
 Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria: the Most Reverend Dr Samy She
 hata (Archbishop of Alexandria and Bishop of Egypt)\n\nDurham Diocesan Pra
 yer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month:\n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales
  Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nLord God\, the source of truth and lov
 e\, keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship\, united i
 n prayer and the breaking of bread\, and one in joy and simplicity of hear
 t\, in Jesus Christ our Lord. \n\nAmen.\n\n***Unless otherwise stated\, al
 l hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern 
 (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worship (2010).
 ***
GEO:-1.573636;54.77132
LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 729867/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270103T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270103T184500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
UID:10720351798999200.0achurchnearyou
CATEGORIES:
DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra
 yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h
 eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 2026: The Fourte
 enth Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns\n\nOfficiant: Mr And
 y Jones (Churchwarden)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\
 nPlease see boards in Church \n\nLessons: \nEzekiel 12:21 - 13:16\nActs 19
 :1-20\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer: \n\nAnd i
 t came to pass\, that\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul having passed 
 through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples\,\
 n\nHe said unto them\, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? 
 And they said unto him\, We have not so much as heard whether there be any
  Holy Ghost.\nAnd he said unto them\, Unto what then were ye baptized? And
  they said\, Unto John’s baptism.\nThen said Paul\, John verily baptized
  with the baptism of repentance\, saying unto the people\, that they shoul
 d believe on him which should come after him\, that is\, on Christ Jesus.\
 nWhen they heard this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.\
 nAnd when Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Ghost came on them\
 ; and they spake with tongues\, and prophesied.\nAnd all the men were abou
 t twelve.\nAnd he went into the synagogue\, and spake boldly for the space
  of three months\, disputing and persuading the things concerning the king
 dom of God.\nBut when divers were hardened\, and believed not\, but spake 
 evil of that way before the multitude\, he departed from them\, and separa
 ted the disciples\, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.\nAnd th
 is continued by the space of two years\; so that all they which dwelt in A
 sia heard the word of the Lord Jesus\, both Jews and Greeks.\nAnd God wrou
 ght special miracles by the hands of Paul:\nSo that from his body were bro
 ught unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons\, and the diseases departed fro
 m them\, and the evil spirits went out of them.\nThen certain of the vagab
 ond Jews\, exorcists\, took upon them to call over them which had evil spi
 rits the name of the Lord Jesus\, saying\, We adjure you by Jesus whom Pau
 l preacheth.\nAnd there were seven sons of one Sceva\, a Jew\, and chief o
 f the priests\, which did so.\nAnd the evil spirit answered and said\, Jes
 us I know\, and Paul I know\; but who are ye?\nAnd the man in whom the evi
 l spirit was leaped on them\, and overcame them\, and prevailed against th
 em\, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.\nAnd this was 
 known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus\; and fear fell 
 on them all\, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.\nAnd many that
  believed came\, and confessed\, and shewed their deeds.\nMany of them als
 o which used curious arts brought their books together\, and burned them b
 efore all men: and they counted the price of them\, and found it fifty tho
 usand pieces of silver.\nSo mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.\n
 \n(Acts 19:1-20\, King James Version)\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmig
 hty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of faith\, hope\, and 
 charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise\, make us 
 to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nA
 men. \n\n*** Please see the 'Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Dio
 cesan and Anglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durh
 am Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless 
 otherwise stated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymn
 s Ancient and Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refre
 shing Worship (2010).***
GEO:-1.573636;54.77132
LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676.
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Oasis
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270106T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270106T093000
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
UID:12811181799226000.0achurchnearyou
CATEGORIES:
DESCRIPTION:A short time of reflection\, designed to be a benefit for pare
 nts dropping off children at the school\, with a concluding prayer and cof
 fee. All are very welcome.\n\nPlease click on the attachment below for fur
 ther information.\n\nWednesday\, 9th September 2026 - Ordinary Time (Creat
 iontide): Wednesday - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Feast of Charles F
 uge Lowder\, Priest\, 1880 [Commemoration]
GEO:-1.573636;54.77132
LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 1281118/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270106T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270106T104500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
UID:7406111799229600.0achurchnearyou
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\, 9th September 2026\n\nMidweek 
 Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officiant: The Venerable Antony MacRow-Wood (
 Former Archdeacon of Dorset\, Diocese of Salisbury) UK \n\nThe Collect of 
 the Day: \n\nAlmighty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of f
 aith\, hope\, and charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost 
 promise\, make us to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Chr
 ist our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning 
 Prayer:\n\nAnd there sat a certain man at Lystra\, impotent in his feet\, 
 being a cripple from his mother’s womb\, who never had walked:\nThe same
  heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him\, and perceiving that he h
 ad faith to be healed\,\nSaid with a loud voice\, Stand upright on thy fee
 t. And he leaped and walked.\nAnd when the people saw what Paul had done\,
  they lifted up their voices\, saying in the speech of Lycaonia\, The gods
  are come down to us in the likeness of men.\nAnd they called Barnabas\, J
 upiter\; and Paul\, Mercurius\, because he was the chief speaker.\nThen th
 e priest of Jupiter\, which was before their city\, brought oxen and garla
 nds unto the gates\, and would have done sacrifice with the people.\nWhich
  when the apostles\, Barnabas and Paul\, heard of\, they rent their clothe
 s\, and ran in among the people\, crying out\,\nAnd saying\, Sirs\, why do
  ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you\, and preach u
 nto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God\, whic
 h made heaven\, and earth\, and the sea\, and all things that are therein:
 \nWho in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.\nNever
 theless he left not himself without witness\, in that he did good\, and ga
 ve us rain from heaven\, and fruitful seasons\, filling our hearts with fo
 od and gladness.\nAnd with these sayings scarce restrained they the people
 \, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.\nAnd there came thither cer
 tain Jews from Antioch and Iconium\, who persuaded the people\, and having
  stoned Paul\, drew him out of the city\, supposing he had been dead.\nHow
 beit\, as the disciples stood round about him\, he rose up\, and came into
  the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.\nAnd when 
 they had preached the gospel to that city\, and had taught many\, they ret
 urned again to Lystra\, and to Iconium\, and Antioch\,\nConfirming the sou
 ls of the disciples\, and exhorting them to continue in the faith\, and th
 at we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.\nAnd wh
 en they had ordained them elders in every church\, and had prayed with fas
 ting\, they commended them to the Lord\, on whom they believed.\nAnd after
  they had passed throughout Pisidia\, they came to Pamphylia.\nAnd when th
 ey had preached the word in Perga\, they went down into Attalia:\nAnd then
 ce sailed to Antioch\, from whence they had been recommended to the grace 
 of God for the work which they fulfilled.\nAnd when they were come\, and h
 ad gathered the church together\, they rehearsed all that God had done wit
 h them\, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.\nAnd t
 here they abode long time with the disciples.\n\n(Acts 14:8-end\, King Jam
 es Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nThe
  Bishop’s Leadership Team\n\nGaunless Valley: St Mary’s (Cockfield)\, 
 St Paul’s (Evenwood)\, St John’s (Lynesack)\, and St Mary's (Woodland)
 \; Minister - Vacant\, Self-supporting Ministry Associate Minister - The R
 everend Lloyd Evans\, and Retired Clergy with Permission to Officiate - Th
 e Reverend Susanne Jukes \n\nGrowing Churches: Mr Alistair Bianchi\, Mr Jo
 hn Cottey\, Ms Emma Taylor\, Ms Rosalind Haycock\, and Mrs Linda Ransom \n
 \nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Bh
 opal (The Church of North India (United)): The Right Reverend Neena Charan
  - Diocesan Bishop in Bhopal \n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Inte
 ntion for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post 
 Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Father\, we thy humble servants entirel
 y desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of 
 praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly beseeching thee to grant\, that by t
 he merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ\, and through faith in his blo
 od\, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins\, and al
 l other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee\,
  O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodies\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, a
 nd lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly beseeching thee\, that all we\, who
  are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace an
 d heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold
  sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice\, yet we beseech thee to accept t
 his our bounden duty and service\; not weighing our merits\, but pardoning
  our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, 
 in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all honour and glory be unto thee\, O Fat
 her Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAmen.
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DESCRIPTION:The worshipping heart of parish life\; a Common Worship servic
 e including Holy Communion\, with refreshments afterwards in the Institute
  across the road. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 202
 6 - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity\; Th
 e Feast of Creation in Christ (Creation Sunday)\n\nParish Eucharist follow
 ed by Refreshments in the Institute\n\nGuest Officiant and Preacher: The R
 everend Dr Samuel Hole - Chaplain of University College and Solway Fellow 
 (Durham University)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\nPl
 ease see boards in Church\n\nReadings: \nEzekiel 33:7-11\nRomans 13:8-end\
 nMatthew 18:15-20\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmighty God\, whose only
  Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence: give us pu
 re hearts and steadfast wills to worship you in spirit and in truth\; thro
 ugh Jesus Christ your Son our Lord\, who is alive and reigns with you\, in
  the unity of the Holy Spirit\, one God\, now and for ever. \n\nAmen.\n\nT
 he Gospel Reading: \n\n‘If another member of the church sins against you
 \, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member
  listens to you\, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened 
 to\, take one or two others along with you\, so that every word may be con
 firmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to
  listen to them\, tell it to the church\; and if the offender refuses to l
 isten even to the church\, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax
 -collector. Truly I tell you\, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in
  heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again\
 , truly I tell you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask\,
  it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three ar
 e gathered in my name\, I am there among them.’\n\n(Matthew 18:15-20\, N
 ew Revised Standard Version - Anglicized Edition)\n\nDurham Diocesan Praye
 r Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nUniversity Chaplains - Durham Universit
 y: the Reverend Canon Gavin Wort (Lead Chaplain)\, the Reverend Dr Julia C
 andy (Hatfield College and St Cuthbert's Society)\, the Reverend Peter Kas
 houris (St Mary's College)\, the Reverend Dr Samuel Hole (University Colle
 ge)\, the Reverend Fiona Hill (Hill Colleges)\, the Reverend Marie Edwards
  (College of St Hild and St Bede)\, and the Reverend Dr Kate Eaton-Wells (
 St Chad's College)\; University of Sunderland: the Reverend Chris Howson\n
 \n\n\n\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day: \n\nThe 
 Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria: the Most Reverend Dr Samy She
 hata (Archbishop of Alexandria and Bishop of Egypt)\n\nDurham Diocesan Pra
 yer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month:\n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales
  Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nLord God\, the source of truth and lov
 e\, keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship\, united i
 n prayer and the breaking of bread\, and one in joy and simplicity of hear
 t\, in Jesus Christ our Lord. \n\nAmen.\n\n***Unless otherwise stated\, al
 l hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern 
 (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worship (2010).
 ***
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SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns
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DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra
 yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h
 eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 2026: The Fourte
 enth Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns\n\nOfficiant: Mr And
 y Jones (Churchwarden)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\
 nPlease see boards in Church \n\nLessons: \nEzekiel 12:21 - 13:16\nActs 19
 :1-20\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer: \n\nAnd i
 t came to pass\, that\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul having passed 
 through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples\,\
 n\nHe said unto them\, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? 
 And they said unto him\, We have not so much as heard whether there be any
  Holy Ghost.\nAnd he said unto them\, Unto what then were ye baptized? And
  they said\, Unto John’s baptism.\nThen said Paul\, John verily baptized
  with the baptism of repentance\, saying unto the people\, that they shoul
 d believe on him which should come after him\, that is\, on Christ Jesus.\
 nWhen they heard this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.\
 nAnd when Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Ghost came on them\
 ; and they spake with tongues\, and prophesied.\nAnd all the men were abou
 t twelve.\nAnd he went into the synagogue\, and spake boldly for the space
  of three months\, disputing and persuading the things concerning the king
 dom of God.\nBut when divers were hardened\, and believed not\, but spake 
 evil of that way before the multitude\, he departed from them\, and separa
 ted the disciples\, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.\nAnd th
 is continued by the space of two years\; so that all they which dwelt in A
 sia heard the word of the Lord Jesus\, both Jews and Greeks.\nAnd God wrou
 ght special miracles by the hands of Paul:\nSo that from his body were bro
 ught unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons\, and the diseases departed fro
 m them\, and the evil spirits went out of them.\nThen certain of the vagab
 ond Jews\, exorcists\, took upon them to call over them which had evil spi
 rits the name of the Lord Jesus\, saying\, We adjure you by Jesus whom Pau
 l preacheth.\nAnd there were seven sons of one Sceva\, a Jew\, and chief o
 f the priests\, which did so.\nAnd the evil spirit answered and said\, Jes
 us I know\, and Paul I know\; but who are ye?\nAnd the man in whom the evi
 l spirit was leaped on them\, and overcame them\, and prevailed against th
 em\, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.\nAnd this was 
 known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus\; and fear fell 
 on them all\, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.\nAnd many that
  believed came\, and confessed\, and shewed their deeds.\nMany of them als
 o which used curious arts brought their books together\, and burned them b
 efore all men: and they counted the price of them\, and found it fifty tho
 usand pieces of silver.\nSo mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.\n
 \n(Acts 19:1-20\, King James Version)\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmig
 hty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of faith\, hope\, and 
 charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise\, make us 
 to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nA
 men. \n\n*** Please see the 'Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Dio
 cesan and Anglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durh
 am Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless 
 otherwise stated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymn
 s Ancient and Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refre
 shing Worship (2010).***
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SUMMARY:Tea & Talk in the Institute
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DESCRIPTION:A monthly event which usually takes place on the second Tuesda
 y of the month. Pop in for tea\, coffee and a chat. \n\nBooks\, bric-a-bra
 c\, jigsaws\, raffle and tombola.\n\nFree entry\; all are very welcome.\n\
 n***Next Tea & Talk: Tuesday\, 8th September 2026\; proceeds will go to  t
 he British Heart Foundation\, details of which can be found by clicking on
  'MORE INFO' below. ***
LOCATION:St Oswald's Institute
URL:https://www.bhf.org.uk/
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SUMMARY:Oasis
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DESCRIPTION:A short time of reflection\, designed to be a benefit for pare
 nts dropping off children at the school\, with a concluding prayer and cof
 fee. All are very welcome.\n\nPlease click on the attachment below for fur
 ther information.\n\nWednesday\, 9th September 2026 - Ordinary Time (Creat
 iontide): Wednesday - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Feast of Charles F
 uge Lowder\, Priest\, 1880 [Commemoration]
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SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins
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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\, 9th September 2026\n\nMidweek 
 Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officiant: The Venerable Antony MacRow-Wood (
 Former Archdeacon of Dorset\, Diocese of Salisbury) UK \n\nThe Collect of 
 the Day: \n\nAlmighty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of f
 aith\, hope\, and charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost 
 promise\, make us to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Chr
 ist our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning 
 Prayer:\n\nAnd there sat a certain man at Lystra\, impotent in his feet\, 
 being a cripple from his mother’s womb\, who never had walked:\nThe same
  heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him\, and perceiving that he h
 ad faith to be healed\,\nSaid with a loud voice\, Stand upright on thy fee
 t. And he leaped and walked.\nAnd when the people saw what Paul had done\,
  they lifted up their voices\, saying in the speech of Lycaonia\, The gods
  are come down to us in the likeness of men.\nAnd they called Barnabas\, J
 upiter\; and Paul\, Mercurius\, because he was the chief speaker.\nThen th
 e priest of Jupiter\, which was before their city\, brought oxen and garla
 nds unto the gates\, and would have done sacrifice with the people.\nWhich
  when the apostles\, Barnabas and Paul\, heard of\, they rent their clothe
 s\, and ran in among the people\, crying out\,\nAnd saying\, Sirs\, why do
  ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you\, and preach u
 nto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God\, whic
 h made heaven\, and earth\, and the sea\, and all things that are therein:
 \nWho in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.\nNever
 theless he left not himself without witness\, in that he did good\, and ga
 ve us rain from heaven\, and fruitful seasons\, filling our hearts with fo
 od and gladness.\nAnd with these sayings scarce restrained they the people
 \, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.\nAnd there came thither cer
 tain Jews from Antioch and Iconium\, who persuaded the people\, and having
  stoned Paul\, drew him out of the city\, supposing he had been dead.\nHow
 beit\, as the disciples stood round about him\, he rose up\, and came into
  the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.\nAnd when 
 they had preached the gospel to that city\, and had taught many\, they ret
 urned again to Lystra\, and to Iconium\, and Antioch\,\nConfirming the sou
 ls of the disciples\, and exhorting them to continue in the faith\, and th
 at we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.\nAnd wh
 en they had ordained them elders in every church\, and had prayed with fas
 ting\, they commended them to the Lord\, on whom they believed.\nAnd after
  they had passed throughout Pisidia\, they came to Pamphylia.\nAnd when th
 ey had preached the word in Perga\, they went down into Attalia:\nAnd then
 ce sailed to Antioch\, from whence they had been recommended to the grace 
 of God for the work which they fulfilled.\nAnd when they were come\, and h
 ad gathered the church together\, they rehearsed all that God had done wit
 h them\, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.\nAnd t
 here they abode long time with the disciples.\n\n(Acts 14:8-end\, King Jam
 es Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nThe
  Bishop’s Leadership Team\n\nGaunless Valley: St Mary’s (Cockfield)\, 
 St Paul’s (Evenwood)\, St John’s (Lynesack)\, and St Mary's (Woodland)
 \; Minister - Vacant\, Self-supporting Ministry Associate Minister - The R
 everend Lloyd Evans\, and Retired Clergy with Permission to Officiate - Th
 e Reverend Susanne Jukes \n\nGrowing Churches: Mr Alistair Bianchi\, Mr Jo
 hn Cottey\, Ms Emma Taylor\, Ms Rosalind Haycock\, and Mrs Linda Ransom \n
 \nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Bh
 opal (The Church of North India (United)): The Right Reverend Neena Charan
  - Diocesan Bishop in Bhopal \n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Inte
 ntion for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post 
 Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Father\, we thy humble servants entirel
 y desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of 
 praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly beseeching thee to grant\, that by t
 he merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ\, and through faith in his blo
 od\, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins\, and al
 l other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee\,
  O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodies\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, a
 nd lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly beseeching thee\, that all we\, who
  are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace an
 d heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold
  sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice\, yet we beseech thee to accept t
 his our bounden duty and service\; not weighing our merits\, but pardoning
  our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, 
 in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all honour and glory be unto thee\, O Fat
 her Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAmen.
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SUMMARY:Parish Eucharist
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DESCRIPTION:The worshipping heart of parish life\; a Common Worship servic
 e including Holy Communion\, with refreshments afterwards in the Institute
  across the road. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 202
 6 - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity\; Th
 e Feast of Creation in Christ (Creation Sunday)\n\nParish Eucharist follow
 ed by Refreshments in the Institute\n\nGuest Officiant and Preacher: The R
 everend Dr Samuel Hole - Chaplain of University College and Solway Fellow 
 (Durham University)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\nPl
 ease see boards in Church\n\nReadings: \nEzekiel 33:7-11\nRomans 13:8-end\
 nMatthew 18:15-20\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmighty God\, whose only
  Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence: give us pu
 re hearts and steadfast wills to worship you in spirit and in truth\; thro
 ugh Jesus Christ your Son our Lord\, who is alive and reigns with you\, in
  the unity of the Holy Spirit\, one God\, now and for ever. \n\nAmen.\n\nT
 he Gospel Reading: \n\n‘If another member of the church sins against you
 \, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member
  listens to you\, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened 
 to\, take one or two others along with you\, so that every word may be con
 firmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to
  listen to them\, tell it to the church\; and if the offender refuses to l
 isten even to the church\, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax
 -collector. Truly I tell you\, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in
  heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again\
 , truly I tell you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask\,
  it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three ar
 e gathered in my name\, I am there among them.’\n\n(Matthew 18:15-20\, N
 ew Revised Standard Version - Anglicized Edition)\n\nDurham Diocesan Praye
 r Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nUniversity Chaplains - Durham Universit
 y: the Reverend Canon Gavin Wort (Lead Chaplain)\, the Reverend Dr Julia C
 andy (Hatfield College and St Cuthbert's Society)\, the Reverend Peter Kas
 houris (St Mary's College)\, the Reverend Dr Samuel Hole (University Colle
 ge)\, the Reverend Fiona Hill (Hill Colleges)\, the Reverend Marie Edwards
  (College of St Hild and St Bede)\, and the Reverend Dr Kate Eaton-Wells (
 St Chad's College)\; University of Sunderland: the Reverend Chris Howson\n
 \n\n\n\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day: \n\nThe 
 Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria: the Most Reverend Dr Samy She
 hata (Archbishop of Alexandria and Bishop of Egypt)\n\nDurham Diocesan Pra
 yer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month:\n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales
  Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nLord God\, the source of truth and lov
 e\, keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship\, united i
 n prayer and the breaking of bread\, and one in joy and simplicity of hear
 t\, in Jesus Christ our Lord. \n\nAmen.\n\n***Unless otherwise stated\, al
 l hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern 
 (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worship (2010).
 ***
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
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SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns
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DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra
 yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h
 eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 2026: The Fourte
 enth Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns\n\nOfficiant: Mr And
 y Jones (Churchwarden)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\
 nPlease see boards in Church \n\nLessons: \nEzekiel 12:21 - 13:16\nActs 19
 :1-20\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer: \n\nAnd i
 t came to pass\, that\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul having passed 
 through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples\,\
 n\nHe said unto them\, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? 
 And they said unto him\, We have not so much as heard whether there be any
  Holy Ghost.\nAnd he said unto them\, Unto what then were ye baptized? And
  they said\, Unto John’s baptism.\nThen said Paul\, John verily baptized
  with the baptism of repentance\, saying unto the people\, that they shoul
 d believe on him which should come after him\, that is\, on Christ Jesus.\
 nWhen they heard this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.\
 nAnd when Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Ghost came on them\
 ; and they spake with tongues\, and prophesied.\nAnd all the men were abou
 t twelve.\nAnd he went into the synagogue\, and spake boldly for the space
  of three months\, disputing and persuading the things concerning the king
 dom of God.\nBut when divers were hardened\, and believed not\, but spake 
 evil of that way before the multitude\, he departed from them\, and separa
 ted the disciples\, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.\nAnd th
 is continued by the space of two years\; so that all they which dwelt in A
 sia heard the word of the Lord Jesus\, both Jews and Greeks.\nAnd God wrou
 ght special miracles by the hands of Paul:\nSo that from his body were bro
 ught unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons\, and the diseases departed fro
 m them\, and the evil spirits went out of them.\nThen certain of the vagab
 ond Jews\, exorcists\, took upon them to call over them which had evil spi
 rits the name of the Lord Jesus\, saying\, We adjure you by Jesus whom Pau
 l preacheth.\nAnd there were seven sons of one Sceva\, a Jew\, and chief o
 f the priests\, which did so.\nAnd the evil spirit answered and said\, Jes
 us I know\, and Paul I know\; but who are ye?\nAnd the man in whom the evi
 l spirit was leaped on them\, and overcame them\, and prevailed against th
 em\, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.\nAnd this was 
 known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus\; and fear fell 
 on them all\, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.\nAnd many that
  believed came\, and confessed\, and shewed their deeds.\nMany of them als
 o which used curious arts brought their books together\, and burned them b
 efore all men: and they counted the price of them\, and found it fifty tho
 usand pieces of silver.\nSo mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.\n
 \n(Acts 19:1-20\, King James Version)\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmig
 hty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of faith\, hope\, and 
 charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise\, make us 
 to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nA
 men. \n\n*** Please see the 'Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Dio
 cesan and Anglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durh
 am Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless 
 otherwise stated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymn
 s Ancient and Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refre
 shing Worship (2010).***
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
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SUMMARY:Oasis
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DESCRIPTION:A short time of reflection\, designed to be a benefit for pare
 nts dropping off children at the school\, with a concluding prayer and cof
 fee. All are very welcome.\n\nPlease click on the attachment below for fur
 ther information.\n\nWednesday\, 9th September 2026 - Ordinary Time (Creat
 iontide): Wednesday - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Feast of Charles F
 uge Lowder\, Priest\, 1880 [Commemoration]
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URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
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SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270120T104500
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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\, 9th September 2026\n\nMidweek 
 Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officiant: The Venerable Antony MacRow-Wood (
 Former Archdeacon of Dorset\, Diocese of Salisbury) UK \n\nThe Collect of 
 the Day: \n\nAlmighty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of f
 aith\, hope\, and charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost 
 promise\, make us to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Chr
 ist our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning 
 Prayer:\n\nAnd there sat a certain man at Lystra\, impotent in his feet\, 
 being a cripple from his mother’s womb\, who never had walked:\nThe same
  heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him\, and perceiving that he h
 ad faith to be healed\,\nSaid with a loud voice\, Stand upright on thy fee
 t. And he leaped and walked.\nAnd when the people saw what Paul had done\,
  they lifted up their voices\, saying in the speech of Lycaonia\, The gods
  are come down to us in the likeness of men.\nAnd they called Barnabas\, J
 upiter\; and Paul\, Mercurius\, because he was the chief speaker.\nThen th
 e priest of Jupiter\, which was before their city\, brought oxen and garla
 nds unto the gates\, and would have done sacrifice with the people.\nWhich
  when the apostles\, Barnabas and Paul\, heard of\, they rent their clothe
 s\, and ran in among the people\, crying out\,\nAnd saying\, Sirs\, why do
  ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you\, and preach u
 nto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God\, whic
 h made heaven\, and earth\, and the sea\, and all things that are therein:
 \nWho in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.\nNever
 theless he left not himself without witness\, in that he did good\, and ga
 ve us rain from heaven\, and fruitful seasons\, filling our hearts with fo
 od and gladness.\nAnd with these sayings scarce restrained they the people
 \, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.\nAnd there came thither cer
 tain Jews from Antioch and Iconium\, who persuaded the people\, and having
  stoned Paul\, drew him out of the city\, supposing he had been dead.\nHow
 beit\, as the disciples stood round about him\, he rose up\, and came into
  the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.\nAnd when 
 they had preached the gospel to that city\, and had taught many\, they ret
 urned again to Lystra\, and to Iconium\, and Antioch\,\nConfirming the sou
 ls of the disciples\, and exhorting them to continue in the faith\, and th
 at we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.\nAnd wh
 en they had ordained them elders in every church\, and had prayed with fas
 ting\, they commended them to the Lord\, on whom they believed.\nAnd after
  they had passed throughout Pisidia\, they came to Pamphylia.\nAnd when th
 ey had preached the word in Perga\, they went down into Attalia:\nAnd then
 ce sailed to Antioch\, from whence they had been recommended to the grace 
 of God for the work which they fulfilled.\nAnd when they were come\, and h
 ad gathered the church together\, they rehearsed all that God had done wit
 h them\, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.\nAnd t
 here they abode long time with the disciples.\n\n(Acts 14:8-end\, King Jam
 es Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nThe
  Bishop’s Leadership Team\n\nGaunless Valley: St Mary’s (Cockfield)\, 
 St Paul’s (Evenwood)\, St John’s (Lynesack)\, and St Mary's (Woodland)
 \; Minister - Vacant\, Self-supporting Ministry Associate Minister - The R
 everend Lloyd Evans\, and Retired Clergy with Permission to Officiate - Th
 e Reverend Susanne Jukes \n\nGrowing Churches: Mr Alistair Bianchi\, Mr Jo
 hn Cottey\, Ms Emma Taylor\, Ms Rosalind Haycock\, and Mrs Linda Ransom \n
 \nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Bh
 opal (The Church of North India (United)): The Right Reverend Neena Charan
  - Diocesan Bishop in Bhopal \n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Inte
 ntion for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post 
 Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Father\, we thy humble servants entirel
 y desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of 
 praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly beseeching thee to grant\, that by t
 he merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ\, and through faith in his blo
 od\, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins\, and al
 l other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee\,
  O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodies\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, a
 nd lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly beseeching thee\, that all we\, who
  are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace an
 d heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold
  sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice\, yet we beseech thee to accept t
 his our bounden duty and service\; not weighing our merits\, but pardoning
  our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, 
 in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all honour and glory be unto thee\, O Fat
 her Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAmen.
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
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SUMMARY:Parish Eucharist
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DESCRIPTION:The worshipping heart of parish life\; a Common Worship servic
 e including Holy Communion\, with refreshments afterwards in the Institute
  across the road. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 202
 6 - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity\; Th
 e Feast of Creation in Christ (Creation Sunday)\n\nParish Eucharist follow
 ed by Refreshments in the Institute\n\nGuest Officiant and Preacher: The R
 everend Dr Samuel Hole - Chaplain of University College and Solway Fellow 
 (Durham University)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\nPl
 ease see boards in Church\n\nReadings: \nEzekiel 33:7-11\nRomans 13:8-end\
 nMatthew 18:15-20\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmighty God\, whose only
  Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence: give us pu
 re hearts and steadfast wills to worship you in spirit and in truth\; thro
 ugh Jesus Christ your Son our Lord\, who is alive and reigns with you\, in
  the unity of the Holy Spirit\, one God\, now and for ever. \n\nAmen.\n\nT
 he Gospel Reading: \n\n‘If another member of the church sins against you
 \, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member
  listens to you\, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened 
 to\, take one or two others along with you\, so that every word may be con
 firmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to
  listen to them\, tell it to the church\; and if the offender refuses to l
 isten even to the church\, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax
 -collector. Truly I tell you\, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in
  heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again\
 , truly I tell you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask\,
  it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three ar
 e gathered in my name\, I am there among them.’\n\n(Matthew 18:15-20\, N
 ew Revised Standard Version - Anglicized Edition)\n\nDurham Diocesan Praye
 r Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nUniversity Chaplains - Durham Universit
 y: the Reverend Canon Gavin Wort (Lead Chaplain)\, the Reverend Dr Julia C
 andy (Hatfield College and St Cuthbert's Society)\, the Reverend Peter Kas
 houris (St Mary's College)\, the Reverend Dr Samuel Hole (University Colle
 ge)\, the Reverend Fiona Hill (Hill Colleges)\, the Reverend Marie Edwards
  (College of St Hild and St Bede)\, and the Reverend Dr Kate Eaton-Wells (
 St Chad's College)\; University of Sunderland: the Reverend Chris Howson\n
 \n\n\n\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day: \n\nThe 
 Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria: the Most Reverend Dr Samy She
 hata (Archbishop of Alexandria and Bishop of Egypt)\n\nDurham Diocesan Pra
 yer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month:\n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales
  Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nLord God\, the source of truth and lov
 e\, keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship\, united i
 n prayer and the breaking of bread\, and one in joy and simplicity of hear
 t\, in Jesus Christ our Lord. \n\nAmen.\n\n***Unless otherwise stated\, al
 l hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern 
 (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worship (2010).
 ***
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 729867/
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SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270124T184500
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DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra
 yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h
 eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 2026: The Fourte
 enth Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns\n\nOfficiant: Mr And
 y Jones (Churchwarden)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\
 nPlease see boards in Church \n\nLessons: \nEzekiel 12:21 - 13:16\nActs 19
 :1-20\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer: \n\nAnd i
 t came to pass\, that\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul having passed 
 through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples\,\
 n\nHe said unto them\, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? 
 And they said unto him\, We have not so much as heard whether there be any
  Holy Ghost.\nAnd he said unto them\, Unto what then were ye baptized? And
  they said\, Unto John’s baptism.\nThen said Paul\, John verily baptized
  with the baptism of repentance\, saying unto the people\, that they shoul
 d believe on him which should come after him\, that is\, on Christ Jesus.\
 nWhen they heard this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.\
 nAnd when Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Ghost came on them\
 ; and they spake with tongues\, and prophesied.\nAnd all the men were abou
 t twelve.\nAnd he went into the synagogue\, and spake boldly for the space
  of three months\, disputing and persuading the things concerning the king
 dom of God.\nBut when divers were hardened\, and believed not\, but spake 
 evil of that way before the multitude\, he departed from them\, and separa
 ted the disciples\, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.\nAnd th
 is continued by the space of two years\; so that all they which dwelt in A
 sia heard the word of the Lord Jesus\, both Jews and Greeks.\nAnd God wrou
 ght special miracles by the hands of Paul:\nSo that from his body were bro
 ught unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons\, and the diseases departed fro
 m them\, and the evil spirits went out of them.\nThen certain of the vagab
 ond Jews\, exorcists\, took upon them to call over them which had evil spi
 rits the name of the Lord Jesus\, saying\, We adjure you by Jesus whom Pau
 l preacheth.\nAnd there were seven sons of one Sceva\, a Jew\, and chief o
 f the priests\, which did so.\nAnd the evil spirit answered and said\, Jes
 us I know\, and Paul I know\; but who are ye?\nAnd the man in whom the evi
 l spirit was leaped on them\, and overcame them\, and prevailed against th
 em\, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.\nAnd this was 
 known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus\; and fear fell 
 on them all\, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.\nAnd many that
  believed came\, and confessed\, and shewed their deeds.\nMany of them als
 o which used curious arts brought their books together\, and burned them b
 efore all men: and they counted the price of them\, and found it fifty tho
 usand pieces of silver.\nSo mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.\n
 \n(Acts 19:1-20\, King James Version)\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmig
 hty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of faith\, hope\, and 
 charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise\, make us 
 to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nA
 men. \n\n*** Please see the 'Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Dio
 cesan and Anglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durh
 am Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless 
 otherwise stated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymn
 s Ancient and Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refre
 shing Worship (2010).***
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676.
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SUMMARY:Oasis
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270127T093000
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DESCRIPTION:A short time of reflection\, designed to be a benefit for pare
 nts dropping off children at the school\, with a concluding prayer and cof
 fee. All are very welcome.\n\nPlease click on the attachment below for fur
 ther information.\n\nWednesday\, 9th September 2026 - Ordinary Time (Creat
 iontide): Wednesday - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Feast of Charles F
 uge Lowder\, Priest\, 1880 [Commemoration]
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 1281118/
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SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270127T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270127T104500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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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\, 9th September 2026\n\nMidweek 
 Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officiant: The Venerable Antony MacRow-Wood (
 Former Archdeacon of Dorset\, Diocese of Salisbury) UK \n\nThe Collect of 
 the Day: \n\nAlmighty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of f
 aith\, hope\, and charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost 
 promise\, make us to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Chr
 ist our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning 
 Prayer:\n\nAnd there sat a certain man at Lystra\, impotent in his feet\, 
 being a cripple from his mother’s womb\, who never had walked:\nThe same
  heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him\, and perceiving that he h
 ad faith to be healed\,\nSaid with a loud voice\, Stand upright on thy fee
 t. And he leaped and walked.\nAnd when the people saw what Paul had done\,
  they lifted up their voices\, saying in the speech of Lycaonia\, The gods
  are come down to us in the likeness of men.\nAnd they called Barnabas\, J
 upiter\; and Paul\, Mercurius\, because he was the chief speaker.\nThen th
 e priest of Jupiter\, which was before their city\, brought oxen and garla
 nds unto the gates\, and would have done sacrifice with the people.\nWhich
  when the apostles\, Barnabas and Paul\, heard of\, they rent their clothe
 s\, and ran in among the people\, crying out\,\nAnd saying\, Sirs\, why do
  ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you\, and preach u
 nto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God\, whic
 h made heaven\, and earth\, and the sea\, and all things that are therein:
 \nWho in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.\nNever
 theless he left not himself without witness\, in that he did good\, and ga
 ve us rain from heaven\, and fruitful seasons\, filling our hearts with fo
 od and gladness.\nAnd with these sayings scarce restrained they the people
 \, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.\nAnd there came thither cer
 tain Jews from Antioch and Iconium\, who persuaded the people\, and having
  stoned Paul\, drew him out of the city\, supposing he had been dead.\nHow
 beit\, as the disciples stood round about him\, he rose up\, and came into
  the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.\nAnd when 
 they had preached the gospel to that city\, and had taught many\, they ret
 urned again to Lystra\, and to Iconium\, and Antioch\,\nConfirming the sou
 ls of the disciples\, and exhorting them to continue in the faith\, and th
 at we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.\nAnd wh
 en they had ordained them elders in every church\, and had prayed with fas
 ting\, they commended them to the Lord\, on whom they believed.\nAnd after
  they had passed throughout Pisidia\, they came to Pamphylia.\nAnd when th
 ey had preached the word in Perga\, they went down into Attalia:\nAnd then
 ce sailed to Antioch\, from whence they had been recommended to the grace 
 of God for the work which they fulfilled.\nAnd when they were come\, and h
 ad gathered the church together\, they rehearsed all that God had done wit
 h them\, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.\nAnd t
 here they abode long time with the disciples.\n\n(Acts 14:8-end\, King Jam
 es Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nThe
  Bishop’s Leadership Team\n\nGaunless Valley: St Mary’s (Cockfield)\, 
 St Paul’s (Evenwood)\, St John’s (Lynesack)\, and St Mary's (Woodland)
 \; Minister - Vacant\, Self-supporting Ministry Associate Minister - The R
 everend Lloyd Evans\, and Retired Clergy with Permission to Officiate - Th
 e Reverend Susanne Jukes \n\nGrowing Churches: Mr Alistair Bianchi\, Mr Jo
 hn Cottey\, Ms Emma Taylor\, Ms Rosalind Haycock\, and Mrs Linda Ransom \n
 \nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Bh
 opal (The Church of North India (United)): The Right Reverend Neena Charan
  - Diocesan Bishop in Bhopal \n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Inte
 ntion for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post 
 Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Father\, we thy humble servants entirel
 y desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of 
 praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly beseeching thee to grant\, that by t
 he merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ\, and through faith in his blo
 od\, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins\, and al
 l other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee\,
  O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodies\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, a
 nd lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly beseeching thee\, that all we\, who
  are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace an
 d heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold
  sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice\, yet we beseech thee to accept t
 his our bounden duty and service\; not weighing our merits\, but pardoning
  our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, 
 in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all honour and glory be unto thee\, O Fat
 her Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAmen.
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:Parish Eucharist
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270131T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270131T121500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
UID:7298671801393200.0achurchnearyou
CATEGORIES:
DESCRIPTION:The worshipping heart of parish life\; a Common Worship servic
 e including Holy Communion\, with refreshments afterwards in the Institute
  across the road. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 202
 6 - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity\; Th
 e Feast of Creation in Christ (Creation Sunday)\n\nParish Eucharist follow
 ed by Refreshments in the Institute\n\nGuest Officiant and Preacher: The R
 everend Dr Samuel Hole - Chaplain of University College and Solway Fellow 
 (Durham University)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\nPl
 ease see boards in Church\n\nReadings: \nEzekiel 33:7-11\nRomans 13:8-end\
 nMatthew 18:15-20\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmighty God\, whose only
  Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence: give us pu
 re hearts and steadfast wills to worship you in spirit and in truth\; thro
 ugh Jesus Christ your Son our Lord\, who is alive and reigns with you\, in
  the unity of the Holy Spirit\, one God\, now and for ever. \n\nAmen.\n\nT
 he Gospel Reading: \n\n‘If another member of the church sins against you
 \, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member
  listens to you\, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened 
 to\, take one or two others along with you\, so that every word may be con
 firmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to
  listen to them\, tell it to the church\; and if the offender refuses to l
 isten even to the church\, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax
 -collector. Truly I tell you\, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in
  heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again\
 , truly I tell you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask\,
  it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three ar
 e gathered in my name\, I am there among them.’\n\n(Matthew 18:15-20\, N
 ew Revised Standard Version - Anglicized Edition)\n\nDurham Diocesan Praye
 r Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nUniversity Chaplains - Durham Universit
 y: the Reverend Canon Gavin Wort (Lead Chaplain)\, the Reverend Dr Julia C
 andy (Hatfield College and St Cuthbert's Society)\, the Reverend Peter Kas
 houris (St Mary's College)\, the Reverend Dr Samuel Hole (University Colle
 ge)\, the Reverend Fiona Hill (Hill Colleges)\, the Reverend Marie Edwards
  (College of St Hild and St Bede)\, and the Reverend Dr Kate Eaton-Wells (
 St Chad's College)\; University of Sunderland: the Reverend Chris Howson\n
 \n\n\n\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day: \n\nThe 
 Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria: the Most Reverend Dr Samy She
 hata (Archbishop of Alexandria and Bishop of Egypt)\n\nDurham Diocesan Pra
 yer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month:\n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales
  Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nLord God\, the source of truth and lov
 e\, keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship\, united i
 n prayer and the breaking of bread\, and one in joy and simplicity of hear
 t\, in Jesus Christ our Lord. \n\nAmen.\n\n***Unless otherwise stated\, al
 l hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern 
 (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worship (2010).
 ***
GEO:-1.573636;54.77132
LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 729867/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270131T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270131T184500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
UID:10720351801418400.0achurchnearyou
CATEGORIES:
DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra
 yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h
 eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 2026: The Fourte
 enth Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns\n\nOfficiant: Mr And
 y Jones (Churchwarden)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\
 nPlease see boards in Church \n\nLessons: \nEzekiel 12:21 - 13:16\nActs 19
 :1-20\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer: \n\nAnd i
 t came to pass\, that\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul having passed 
 through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples\,\
 n\nHe said unto them\, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? 
 And they said unto him\, We have not so much as heard whether there be any
  Holy Ghost.\nAnd he said unto them\, Unto what then were ye baptized? And
  they said\, Unto John’s baptism.\nThen said Paul\, John verily baptized
  with the baptism of repentance\, saying unto the people\, that they shoul
 d believe on him which should come after him\, that is\, on Christ Jesus.\
 nWhen they heard this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.\
 nAnd when Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Ghost came on them\
 ; and they spake with tongues\, and prophesied.\nAnd all the men were abou
 t twelve.\nAnd he went into the synagogue\, and spake boldly for the space
  of three months\, disputing and persuading the things concerning the king
 dom of God.\nBut when divers were hardened\, and believed not\, but spake 
 evil of that way before the multitude\, he departed from them\, and separa
 ted the disciples\, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.\nAnd th
 is continued by the space of two years\; so that all they which dwelt in A
 sia heard the word of the Lord Jesus\, both Jews and Greeks.\nAnd God wrou
 ght special miracles by the hands of Paul:\nSo that from his body were bro
 ught unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons\, and the diseases departed fro
 m them\, and the evil spirits went out of them.\nThen certain of the vagab
 ond Jews\, exorcists\, took upon them to call over them which had evil spi
 rits the name of the Lord Jesus\, saying\, We adjure you by Jesus whom Pau
 l preacheth.\nAnd there were seven sons of one Sceva\, a Jew\, and chief o
 f the priests\, which did so.\nAnd the evil spirit answered and said\, Jes
 us I know\, and Paul I know\; but who are ye?\nAnd the man in whom the evi
 l spirit was leaped on them\, and overcame them\, and prevailed against th
 em\, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.\nAnd this was 
 known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus\; and fear fell 
 on them all\, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.\nAnd many that
  believed came\, and confessed\, and shewed their deeds.\nMany of them als
 o which used curious arts brought their books together\, and burned them b
 efore all men: and they counted the price of them\, and found it fifty tho
 usand pieces of silver.\nSo mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.\n
 \n(Acts 19:1-20\, King James Version)\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmig
 hty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of faith\, hope\, and 
 charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise\, make us 
 to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nA
 men. \n\n*** Please see the 'Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Dio
 cesan and Anglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durh
 am Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless 
 otherwise stated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymn
 s Ancient and Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refre
 shing Worship (2010).***
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SUMMARY:Oasis
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DESCRIPTION:A short time of reflection\, designed to be a benefit for pare
 nts dropping off children at the school\, with a concluding prayer and cof
 fee. All are very welcome.\n\nPlease click on the attachment below for fur
 ther information.\n\nWednesday\, 9th September 2026 - Ordinary Time (Creat
 iontide): Wednesday - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Feast of Charles F
 uge Lowder\, Priest\, 1880 [Commemoration]
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270203T104500
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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\, 9th September 2026\n\nMidweek 
 Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officiant: The Venerable Antony MacRow-Wood (
 Former Archdeacon of Dorset\, Diocese of Salisbury) UK \n\nThe Collect of 
 the Day: \n\nAlmighty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of f
 aith\, hope\, and charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost 
 promise\, make us to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Chr
 ist our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning 
 Prayer:\n\nAnd there sat a certain man at Lystra\, impotent in his feet\, 
 being a cripple from his mother’s womb\, who never had walked:\nThe same
  heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him\, and perceiving that he h
 ad faith to be healed\,\nSaid with a loud voice\, Stand upright on thy fee
 t. And he leaped and walked.\nAnd when the people saw what Paul had done\,
  they lifted up their voices\, saying in the speech of Lycaonia\, The gods
  are come down to us in the likeness of men.\nAnd they called Barnabas\, J
 upiter\; and Paul\, Mercurius\, because he was the chief speaker.\nThen th
 e priest of Jupiter\, which was before their city\, brought oxen and garla
 nds unto the gates\, and would have done sacrifice with the people.\nWhich
  when the apostles\, Barnabas and Paul\, heard of\, they rent their clothe
 s\, and ran in among the people\, crying out\,\nAnd saying\, Sirs\, why do
  ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you\, and preach u
 nto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God\, whic
 h made heaven\, and earth\, and the sea\, and all things that are therein:
 \nWho in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.\nNever
 theless he left not himself without witness\, in that he did good\, and ga
 ve us rain from heaven\, and fruitful seasons\, filling our hearts with fo
 od and gladness.\nAnd with these sayings scarce restrained they the people
 \, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.\nAnd there came thither cer
 tain Jews from Antioch and Iconium\, who persuaded the people\, and having
  stoned Paul\, drew him out of the city\, supposing he had been dead.\nHow
 beit\, as the disciples stood round about him\, he rose up\, and came into
  the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.\nAnd when 
 they had preached the gospel to that city\, and had taught many\, they ret
 urned again to Lystra\, and to Iconium\, and Antioch\,\nConfirming the sou
 ls of the disciples\, and exhorting them to continue in the faith\, and th
 at we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.\nAnd wh
 en they had ordained them elders in every church\, and had prayed with fas
 ting\, they commended them to the Lord\, on whom they believed.\nAnd after
  they had passed throughout Pisidia\, they came to Pamphylia.\nAnd when th
 ey had preached the word in Perga\, they went down into Attalia:\nAnd then
 ce sailed to Antioch\, from whence they had been recommended to the grace 
 of God for the work which they fulfilled.\nAnd when they were come\, and h
 ad gathered the church together\, they rehearsed all that God had done wit
 h them\, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.\nAnd t
 here they abode long time with the disciples.\n\n(Acts 14:8-end\, King Jam
 es Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nThe
  Bishop’s Leadership Team\n\nGaunless Valley: St Mary’s (Cockfield)\, 
 St Paul’s (Evenwood)\, St John’s (Lynesack)\, and St Mary's (Woodland)
 \; Minister - Vacant\, Self-supporting Ministry Associate Minister - The R
 everend Lloyd Evans\, and Retired Clergy with Permission to Officiate - Th
 e Reverend Susanne Jukes \n\nGrowing Churches: Mr Alistair Bianchi\, Mr Jo
 hn Cottey\, Ms Emma Taylor\, Ms Rosalind Haycock\, and Mrs Linda Ransom \n
 \nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Bh
 opal (The Church of North India (United)): The Right Reverend Neena Charan
  - Diocesan Bishop in Bhopal \n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Inte
 ntion for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post 
 Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Father\, we thy humble servants entirel
 y desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of 
 praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly beseeching thee to grant\, that by t
 he merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ\, and through faith in his blo
 od\, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins\, and al
 l other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee\,
  O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodies\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, a
 nd lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly beseeching thee\, that all we\, who
  are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace an
 d heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold
  sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice\, yet we beseech thee to accept t
 his our bounden duty and service\; not weighing our merits\, but pardoning
  our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, 
 in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all honour and glory be unto thee\, O Fat
 her Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAmen.
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 740611/
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SUMMARY:Parish Eucharist
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DESCRIPTION:The worshipping heart of parish life\; a Common Worship servic
 e including Holy Communion\, with refreshments afterwards in the Institute
  across the road. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 202
 6 - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity\; Th
 e Feast of Creation in Christ (Creation Sunday)\n\nParish Eucharist follow
 ed by Refreshments in the Institute\n\nGuest Officiant and Preacher: The R
 everend Dr Samuel Hole - Chaplain of University College and Solway Fellow 
 (Durham University)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\nPl
 ease see boards in Church\n\nReadings: \nEzekiel 33:7-11\nRomans 13:8-end\
 nMatthew 18:15-20\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmighty God\, whose only
  Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence: give us pu
 re hearts and steadfast wills to worship you in spirit and in truth\; thro
 ugh Jesus Christ your Son our Lord\, who is alive and reigns with you\, in
  the unity of the Holy Spirit\, one God\, now and for ever. \n\nAmen.\n\nT
 he Gospel Reading: \n\n‘If another member of the church sins against you
 \, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member
  listens to you\, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened 
 to\, take one or two others along with you\, so that every word may be con
 firmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to
  listen to them\, tell it to the church\; and if the offender refuses to l
 isten even to the church\, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax
 -collector. Truly I tell you\, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in
  heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again\
 , truly I tell you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask\,
  it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three ar
 e gathered in my name\, I am there among them.’\n\n(Matthew 18:15-20\, N
 ew Revised Standard Version - Anglicized Edition)\n\nDurham Diocesan Praye
 r Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nUniversity Chaplains - Durham Universit
 y: the Reverend Canon Gavin Wort (Lead Chaplain)\, the Reverend Dr Julia C
 andy (Hatfield College and St Cuthbert's Society)\, the Reverend Peter Kas
 houris (St Mary's College)\, the Reverend Dr Samuel Hole (University Colle
 ge)\, the Reverend Fiona Hill (Hill Colleges)\, the Reverend Marie Edwards
  (College of St Hild and St Bede)\, and the Reverend Dr Kate Eaton-Wells (
 St Chad's College)\; University of Sunderland: the Reverend Chris Howson\n
 \n\n\n\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day: \n\nThe 
 Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria: the Most Reverend Dr Samy She
 hata (Archbishop of Alexandria and Bishop of Egypt)\n\nDurham Diocesan Pra
 yer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month:\n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales
  Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nLord God\, the source of truth and lov
 e\, keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship\, united i
 n prayer and the breaking of bread\, and one in joy and simplicity of hear
 t\, in Jesus Christ our Lord. \n\nAmen.\n\n***Unless otherwise stated\, al
 l hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern 
 (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worship (2010).
 ***
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
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 729867/
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SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns
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DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra
 yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h
 eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 2026: The Fourte
 enth Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns\n\nOfficiant: Mr And
 y Jones (Churchwarden)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\
 nPlease see boards in Church \n\nLessons: \nEzekiel 12:21 - 13:16\nActs 19
 :1-20\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer: \n\nAnd i
 t came to pass\, that\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul having passed 
 through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples\,\
 n\nHe said unto them\, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? 
 And they said unto him\, We have not so much as heard whether there be any
  Holy Ghost.\nAnd he said unto them\, Unto what then were ye baptized? And
  they said\, Unto John’s baptism.\nThen said Paul\, John verily baptized
  with the baptism of repentance\, saying unto the people\, that they shoul
 d believe on him which should come after him\, that is\, on Christ Jesus.\
 nWhen they heard this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.\
 nAnd when Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Ghost came on them\
 ; and they spake with tongues\, and prophesied.\nAnd all the men were abou
 t twelve.\nAnd he went into the synagogue\, and spake boldly for the space
  of three months\, disputing and persuading the things concerning the king
 dom of God.\nBut when divers were hardened\, and believed not\, but spake 
 evil of that way before the multitude\, he departed from them\, and separa
 ted the disciples\, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.\nAnd th
 is continued by the space of two years\; so that all they which dwelt in A
 sia heard the word of the Lord Jesus\, both Jews and Greeks.\nAnd God wrou
 ght special miracles by the hands of Paul:\nSo that from his body were bro
 ught unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons\, and the diseases departed fro
 m them\, and the evil spirits went out of them.\nThen certain of the vagab
 ond Jews\, exorcists\, took upon them to call over them which had evil spi
 rits the name of the Lord Jesus\, saying\, We adjure you by Jesus whom Pau
 l preacheth.\nAnd there were seven sons of one Sceva\, a Jew\, and chief o
 f the priests\, which did so.\nAnd the evil spirit answered and said\, Jes
 us I know\, and Paul I know\; but who are ye?\nAnd the man in whom the evi
 l spirit was leaped on them\, and overcame them\, and prevailed against th
 em\, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.\nAnd this was 
 known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus\; and fear fell 
 on them all\, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.\nAnd many that
  believed came\, and confessed\, and shewed their deeds.\nMany of them als
 o which used curious arts brought their books together\, and burned them b
 efore all men: and they counted the price of them\, and found it fifty tho
 usand pieces of silver.\nSo mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.\n
 \n(Acts 19:1-20\, King James Version)\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmig
 hty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of faith\, hope\, and 
 charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise\, make us 
 to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nA
 men. \n\n*** Please see the 'Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Dio
 cesan and Anglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durh
 am Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless 
 otherwise stated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymn
 s Ancient and Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refre
 shing Worship (2010).***
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676.
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SUMMARY:Tea & Talk in the Institute
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270209T163000
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DESCRIPTION:A monthly event which usually takes place on the second Tuesda
 y of the month. Pop in for tea\, coffee and a chat. \n\nBooks\, bric-a-bra
 c\, jigsaws\, raffle and tombola.\n\nFree entry\; all are very welcome.\n\
 n***Next Tea & Talk: Tuesday\, 8th September 2026\; proceeds will go to  t
 he British Heart Foundation\, details of which can be found by clicking on
  'MORE INFO' below. ***
LOCATION:St Oswald's Institute
URL:https://www.bhf.org.uk/
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SUMMARY:Oasis
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270210T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270210T093000
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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DESCRIPTION:A short time of reflection\, designed to be a benefit for pare
 nts dropping off children at the school\, with a concluding prayer and cof
 fee. All are very welcome.\n\nPlease click on the attachment below for fur
 ther information.\n\nWednesday\, 9th September 2026 - Ordinary Time (Creat
 iontide): Wednesday - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Feast of Charles F
 uge Lowder\, Priest\, 1880 [Commemoration]
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 1281118/
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SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270210T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270210T104500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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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\, 9th September 2026\n\nMidweek 
 Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officiant: The Venerable Antony MacRow-Wood (
 Former Archdeacon of Dorset\, Diocese of Salisbury) UK \n\nThe Collect of 
 the Day: \n\nAlmighty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of f
 aith\, hope\, and charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost 
 promise\, make us to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Chr
 ist our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning 
 Prayer:\n\nAnd there sat a certain man at Lystra\, impotent in his feet\, 
 being a cripple from his mother’s womb\, who never had walked:\nThe same
  heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him\, and perceiving that he h
 ad faith to be healed\,\nSaid with a loud voice\, Stand upright on thy fee
 t. And he leaped and walked.\nAnd when the people saw what Paul had done\,
  they lifted up their voices\, saying in the speech of Lycaonia\, The gods
  are come down to us in the likeness of men.\nAnd they called Barnabas\, J
 upiter\; and Paul\, Mercurius\, because he was the chief speaker.\nThen th
 e priest of Jupiter\, which was before their city\, brought oxen and garla
 nds unto the gates\, and would have done sacrifice with the people.\nWhich
  when the apostles\, Barnabas and Paul\, heard of\, they rent their clothe
 s\, and ran in among the people\, crying out\,\nAnd saying\, Sirs\, why do
  ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you\, and preach u
 nto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God\, whic
 h made heaven\, and earth\, and the sea\, and all things that are therein:
 \nWho in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.\nNever
 theless he left not himself without witness\, in that he did good\, and ga
 ve us rain from heaven\, and fruitful seasons\, filling our hearts with fo
 od and gladness.\nAnd with these sayings scarce restrained they the people
 \, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.\nAnd there came thither cer
 tain Jews from Antioch and Iconium\, who persuaded the people\, and having
  stoned Paul\, drew him out of the city\, supposing he had been dead.\nHow
 beit\, as the disciples stood round about him\, he rose up\, and came into
  the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.\nAnd when 
 they had preached the gospel to that city\, and had taught many\, they ret
 urned again to Lystra\, and to Iconium\, and Antioch\,\nConfirming the sou
 ls of the disciples\, and exhorting them to continue in the faith\, and th
 at we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.\nAnd wh
 en they had ordained them elders in every church\, and had prayed with fas
 ting\, they commended them to the Lord\, on whom they believed.\nAnd after
  they had passed throughout Pisidia\, they came to Pamphylia.\nAnd when th
 ey had preached the word in Perga\, they went down into Attalia:\nAnd then
 ce sailed to Antioch\, from whence they had been recommended to the grace 
 of God for the work which they fulfilled.\nAnd when they were come\, and h
 ad gathered the church together\, they rehearsed all that God had done wit
 h them\, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.\nAnd t
 here they abode long time with the disciples.\n\n(Acts 14:8-end\, King Jam
 es Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nThe
  Bishop’s Leadership Team\n\nGaunless Valley: St Mary’s (Cockfield)\, 
 St Paul’s (Evenwood)\, St John’s (Lynesack)\, and St Mary's (Woodland)
 \; Minister - Vacant\, Self-supporting Ministry Associate Minister - The R
 everend Lloyd Evans\, and Retired Clergy with Permission to Officiate - Th
 e Reverend Susanne Jukes \n\nGrowing Churches: Mr Alistair Bianchi\, Mr Jo
 hn Cottey\, Ms Emma Taylor\, Ms Rosalind Haycock\, and Mrs Linda Ransom \n
 \nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Bh
 opal (The Church of North India (United)): The Right Reverend Neena Charan
  - Diocesan Bishop in Bhopal \n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Inte
 ntion for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post 
 Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Father\, we thy humble servants entirel
 y desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of 
 praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly beseeching thee to grant\, that by t
 he merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ\, and through faith in his blo
 od\, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins\, and al
 l other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee\,
  O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodies\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, a
 nd lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly beseeching thee\, that all we\, who
  are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace an
 d heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold
  sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice\, yet we beseech thee to accept t
 his our bounden duty and service\; not weighing our merits\, but pardoning
  our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, 
 in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all honour and glory be unto thee\, O Fat
 her Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAmen.
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:Parish Eucharist
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270214T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270214T121500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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DESCRIPTION:The worshipping heart of parish life\; a Common Worship servic
 e including Holy Communion\, with refreshments afterwards in the Institute
  across the road. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 202
 6 - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity\; Th
 e Feast of Creation in Christ (Creation Sunday)\n\nParish Eucharist follow
 ed by Refreshments in the Institute\n\nGuest Officiant and Preacher: The R
 everend Dr Samuel Hole - Chaplain of University College and Solway Fellow 
 (Durham University)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\nPl
 ease see boards in Church\n\nReadings: \nEzekiel 33:7-11\nRomans 13:8-end\
 nMatthew 18:15-20\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmighty God\, whose only
  Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence: give us pu
 re hearts and steadfast wills to worship you in spirit and in truth\; thro
 ugh Jesus Christ your Son our Lord\, who is alive and reigns with you\, in
  the unity of the Holy Spirit\, one God\, now and for ever. \n\nAmen.\n\nT
 he Gospel Reading: \n\n‘If another member of the church sins against you
 \, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member
  listens to you\, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened 
 to\, take one or two others along with you\, so that every word may be con
 firmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to
  listen to them\, tell it to the church\; and if the offender refuses to l
 isten even to the church\, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax
 -collector. Truly I tell you\, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in
  heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again\
 , truly I tell you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask\,
  it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three ar
 e gathered in my name\, I am there among them.’\n\n(Matthew 18:15-20\, N
 ew Revised Standard Version - Anglicized Edition)\n\nDurham Diocesan Praye
 r Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nUniversity Chaplains - Durham Universit
 y: the Reverend Canon Gavin Wort (Lead Chaplain)\, the Reverend Dr Julia C
 andy (Hatfield College and St Cuthbert's Society)\, the Reverend Peter Kas
 houris (St Mary's College)\, the Reverend Dr Samuel Hole (University Colle
 ge)\, the Reverend Fiona Hill (Hill Colleges)\, the Reverend Marie Edwards
  (College of St Hild and St Bede)\, and the Reverend Dr Kate Eaton-Wells (
 St Chad's College)\; University of Sunderland: the Reverend Chris Howson\n
 \n\n\n\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day: \n\nThe 
 Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria: the Most Reverend Dr Samy She
 hata (Archbishop of Alexandria and Bishop of Egypt)\n\nDurham Diocesan Pra
 yer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month:\n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales
  Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nLord God\, the source of truth and lov
 e\, keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship\, united i
 n prayer and the breaking of bread\, and one in joy and simplicity of hear
 t\, in Jesus Christ our Lord. \n\nAmen.\n\n***Unless otherwise stated\, al
 l hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern 
 (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worship (2010).
 ***
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
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 729867/
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SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns
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DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra
 yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h
 eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 2026: The Fourte
 enth Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns\n\nOfficiant: Mr And
 y Jones (Churchwarden)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\
 nPlease see boards in Church \n\nLessons: \nEzekiel 12:21 - 13:16\nActs 19
 :1-20\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer: \n\nAnd i
 t came to pass\, that\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul having passed 
 through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples\,\
 n\nHe said unto them\, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? 
 And they said unto him\, We have not so much as heard whether there be any
  Holy Ghost.\nAnd he said unto them\, Unto what then were ye baptized? And
  they said\, Unto John’s baptism.\nThen said Paul\, John verily baptized
  with the baptism of repentance\, saying unto the people\, that they shoul
 d believe on him which should come after him\, that is\, on Christ Jesus.\
 nWhen they heard this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.\
 nAnd when Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Ghost came on them\
 ; and they spake with tongues\, and prophesied.\nAnd all the men were abou
 t twelve.\nAnd he went into the synagogue\, and spake boldly for the space
  of three months\, disputing and persuading the things concerning the king
 dom of God.\nBut when divers were hardened\, and believed not\, but spake 
 evil of that way before the multitude\, he departed from them\, and separa
 ted the disciples\, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.\nAnd th
 is continued by the space of two years\; so that all they which dwelt in A
 sia heard the word of the Lord Jesus\, both Jews and Greeks.\nAnd God wrou
 ght special miracles by the hands of Paul:\nSo that from his body were bro
 ught unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons\, and the diseases departed fro
 m them\, and the evil spirits went out of them.\nThen certain of the vagab
 ond Jews\, exorcists\, took upon them to call over them which had evil spi
 rits the name of the Lord Jesus\, saying\, We adjure you by Jesus whom Pau
 l preacheth.\nAnd there were seven sons of one Sceva\, a Jew\, and chief o
 f the priests\, which did so.\nAnd the evil spirit answered and said\, Jes
 us I know\, and Paul I know\; but who are ye?\nAnd the man in whom the evi
 l spirit was leaped on them\, and overcame them\, and prevailed against th
 em\, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.\nAnd this was 
 known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus\; and fear fell 
 on them all\, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.\nAnd many that
  believed came\, and confessed\, and shewed their deeds.\nMany of them als
 o which used curious arts brought their books together\, and burned them b
 efore all men: and they counted the price of them\, and found it fifty tho
 usand pieces of silver.\nSo mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.\n
 \n(Acts 19:1-20\, King James Version)\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmig
 hty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of faith\, hope\, and 
 charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise\, make us 
 to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nA
 men. \n\n*** Please see the 'Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Dio
 cesan and Anglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durh
 am Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless 
 otherwise stated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymn
 s Ancient and Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refre
 shing Worship (2010).***
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676.
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SUMMARY:Oasis
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DESCRIPTION:A short time of reflection\, designed to be a benefit for pare
 nts dropping off children at the school\, with a concluding prayer and cof
 fee. All are very welcome.\n\nPlease click on the attachment below for fur
 ther information.\n\nWednesday\, 9th September 2026 - Ordinary Time (Creat
 iontide): Wednesday - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Feast of Charles F
 uge Lowder\, Priest\, 1880 [Commemoration]
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
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SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270217T104500
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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\, 9th September 2026\n\nMidweek 
 Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officiant: The Venerable Antony MacRow-Wood (
 Former Archdeacon of Dorset\, Diocese of Salisbury) UK \n\nThe Collect of 
 the Day: \n\nAlmighty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of f
 aith\, hope\, and charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost 
 promise\, make us to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Chr
 ist our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning 
 Prayer:\n\nAnd there sat a certain man at Lystra\, impotent in his feet\, 
 being a cripple from his mother’s womb\, who never had walked:\nThe same
  heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him\, and perceiving that he h
 ad faith to be healed\,\nSaid with a loud voice\, Stand upright on thy fee
 t. And he leaped and walked.\nAnd when the people saw what Paul had done\,
  they lifted up their voices\, saying in the speech of Lycaonia\, The gods
  are come down to us in the likeness of men.\nAnd they called Barnabas\, J
 upiter\; and Paul\, Mercurius\, because he was the chief speaker.\nThen th
 e priest of Jupiter\, which was before their city\, brought oxen and garla
 nds unto the gates\, and would have done sacrifice with the people.\nWhich
  when the apostles\, Barnabas and Paul\, heard of\, they rent their clothe
 s\, and ran in among the people\, crying out\,\nAnd saying\, Sirs\, why do
  ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you\, and preach u
 nto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God\, whic
 h made heaven\, and earth\, and the sea\, and all things that are therein:
 \nWho in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.\nNever
 theless he left not himself without witness\, in that he did good\, and ga
 ve us rain from heaven\, and fruitful seasons\, filling our hearts with fo
 od and gladness.\nAnd with these sayings scarce restrained they the people
 \, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.\nAnd there came thither cer
 tain Jews from Antioch and Iconium\, who persuaded the people\, and having
  stoned Paul\, drew him out of the city\, supposing he had been dead.\nHow
 beit\, as the disciples stood round about him\, he rose up\, and came into
  the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.\nAnd when 
 they had preached the gospel to that city\, and had taught many\, they ret
 urned again to Lystra\, and to Iconium\, and Antioch\,\nConfirming the sou
 ls of the disciples\, and exhorting them to continue in the faith\, and th
 at we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.\nAnd wh
 en they had ordained them elders in every church\, and had prayed with fas
 ting\, they commended them to the Lord\, on whom they believed.\nAnd after
  they had passed throughout Pisidia\, they came to Pamphylia.\nAnd when th
 ey had preached the word in Perga\, they went down into Attalia:\nAnd then
 ce sailed to Antioch\, from whence they had been recommended to the grace 
 of God for the work which they fulfilled.\nAnd when they were come\, and h
 ad gathered the church together\, they rehearsed all that God had done wit
 h them\, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.\nAnd t
 here they abode long time with the disciples.\n\n(Acts 14:8-end\, King Jam
 es Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nThe
  Bishop’s Leadership Team\n\nGaunless Valley: St Mary’s (Cockfield)\, 
 St Paul’s (Evenwood)\, St John’s (Lynesack)\, and St Mary's (Woodland)
 \; Minister - Vacant\, Self-supporting Ministry Associate Minister - The R
 everend Lloyd Evans\, and Retired Clergy with Permission to Officiate - Th
 e Reverend Susanne Jukes \n\nGrowing Churches: Mr Alistair Bianchi\, Mr Jo
 hn Cottey\, Ms Emma Taylor\, Ms Rosalind Haycock\, and Mrs Linda Ransom \n
 \nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Bh
 opal (The Church of North India (United)): The Right Reverend Neena Charan
  - Diocesan Bishop in Bhopal \n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Inte
 ntion for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post 
 Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Father\, we thy humble servants entirel
 y desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of 
 praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly beseeching thee to grant\, that by t
 he merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ\, and through faith in his blo
 od\, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins\, and al
 l other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee\,
  O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodies\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, a
 nd lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly beseeching thee\, that all we\, who
  are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace an
 d heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold
  sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice\, yet we beseech thee to accept t
 his our bounden duty and service\; not weighing our merits\, but pardoning
  our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, 
 in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all honour and glory be unto thee\, O Fat
 her Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAmen.
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
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 740611/
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SUMMARY:Parish Eucharist
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270221T121500
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DESCRIPTION:The worshipping heart of parish life\; a Common Worship servic
 e including Holy Communion\, with refreshments afterwards in the Institute
  across the road. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 202
 6 - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity\; Th
 e Feast of Creation in Christ (Creation Sunday)\n\nParish Eucharist follow
 ed by Refreshments in the Institute\n\nGuest Officiant and Preacher: The R
 everend Dr Samuel Hole - Chaplain of University College and Solway Fellow 
 (Durham University)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\nPl
 ease see boards in Church\n\nReadings: \nEzekiel 33:7-11\nRomans 13:8-end\
 nMatthew 18:15-20\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmighty God\, whose only
  Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence: give us pu
 re hearts and steadfast wills to worship you in spirit and in truth\; thro
 ugh Jesus Christ your Son our Lord\, who is alive and reigns with you\, in
  the unity of the Holy Spirit\, one God\, now and for ever. \n\nAmen.\n\nT
 he Gospel Reading: \n\n‘If another member of the church sins against you
 \, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member
  listens to you\, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened 
 to\, take one or two others along with you\, so that every word may be con
 firmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to
  listen to them\, tell it to the church\; and if the offender refuses to l
 isten even to the church\, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax
 -collector. Truly I tell you\, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in
  heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again\
 , truly I tell you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask\,
  it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three ar
 e gathered in my name\, I am there among them.’\n\n(Matthew 18:15-20\, N
 ew Revised Standard Version - Anglicized Edition)\n\nDurham Diocesan Praye
 r Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nUniversity Chaplains - Durham Universit
 y: the Reverend Canon Gavin Wort (Lead Chaplain)\, the Reverend Dr Julia C
 andy (Hatfield College and St Cuthbert's Society)\, the Reverend Peter Kas
 houris (St Mary's College)\, the Reverend Dr Samuel Hole (University Colle
 ge)\, the Reverend Fiona Hill (Hill Colleges)\, the Reverend Marie Edwards
  (College of St Hild and St Bede)\, and the Reverend Dr Kate Eaton-Wells (
 St Chad's College)\; University of Sunderland: the Reverend Chris Howson\n
 \n\n\n\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day: \n\nThe 
 Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria: the Most Reverend Dr Samy She
 hata (Archbishop of Alexandria and Bishop of Egypt)\n\nDurham Diocesan Pra
 yer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month:\n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales
  Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nLord God\, the source of truth and lov
 e\, keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship\, united i
 n prayer and the breaking of bread\, and one in joy and simplicity of hear
 t\, in Jesus Christ our Lord. \n\nAmen.\n\n***Unless otherwise stated\, al
 l hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern 
 (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worship (2010).
 ***
GEO:-1.573636;54.77132
LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 729867/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270221T184500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra
 yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h
 eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 2026: The Fourte
 enth Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns\n\nOfficiant: Mr And
 y Jones (Churchwarden)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\
 nPlease see boards in Church \n\nLessons: \nEzekiel 12:21 - 13:16\nActs 19
 :1-20\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer: \n\nAnd i
 t came to pass\, that\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul having passed 
 through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples\,\
 n\nHe said unto them\, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? 
 And they said unto him\, We have not so much as heard whether there be any
  Holy Ghost.\nAnd he said unto them\, Unto what then were ye baptized? And
  they said\, Unto John’s baptism.\nThen said Paul\, John verily baptized
  with the baptism of repentance\, saying unto the people\, that they shoul
 d believe on him which should come after him\, that is\, on Christ Jesus.\
 nWhen they heard this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.\
 nAnd when Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Ghost came on them\
 ; and they spake with tongues\, and prophesied.\nAnd all the men were abou
 t twelve.\nAnd he went into the synagogue\, and spake boldly for the space
  of three months\, disputing and persuading the things concerning the king
 dom of God.\nBut when divers were hardened\, and believed not\, but spake 
 evil of that way before the multitude\, he departed from them\, and separa
 ted the disciples\, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.\nAnd th
 is continued by the space of two years\; so that all they which dwelt in A
 sia heard the word of the Lord Jesus\, both Jews and Greeks.\nAnd God wrou
 ght special miracles by the hands of Paul:\nSo that from his body were bro
 ught unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons\, and the diseases departed fro
 m them\, and the evil spirits went out of them.\nThen certain of the vagab
 ond Jews\, exorcists\, took upon them to call over them which had evil spi
 rits the name of the Lord Jesus\, saying\, We adjure you by Jesus whom Pau
 l preacheth.\nAnd there were seven sons of one Sceva\, a Jew\, and chief o
 f the priests\, which did so.\nAnd the evil spirit answered and said\, Jes
 us I know\, and Paul I know\; but who are ye?\nAnd the man in whom the evi
 l spirit was leaped on them\, and overcame them\, and prevailed against th
 em\, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.\nAnd this was 
 known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus\; and fear fell 
 on them all\, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.\nAnd many that
  believed came\, and confessed\, and shewed their deeds.\nMany of them als
 o which used curious arts brought their books together\, and burned them b
 efore all men: and they counted the price of them\, and found it fifty tho
 usand pieces of silver.\nSo mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.\n
 \n(Acts 19:1-20\, King James Version)\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmig
 hty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of faith\, hope\, and 
 charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise\, make us 
 to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nA
 men. \n\n*** Please see the 'Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Dio
 cesan and Anglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durh
 am Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless 
 otherwise stated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymn
 s Ancient and Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refre
 shing Worship (2010).***
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LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.choralevensong.org/uk/st-oswalds-parish-church-durham-676.
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SUMMARY:Oasis
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270224T093000
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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DESCRIPTION:A short time of reflection\, designed to be a benefit for pare
 nts dropping off children at the school\, with a concluding prayer and cof
 fee. All are very welcome.\n\nPlease click on the attachment below for fur
 ther information.\n\nWednesday\, 9th September 2026 - Ordinary Time (Creat
 iontide): Wednesday - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Feast of Charles F
 uge Lowder\, Priest\, 1880 [Commemoration]
GEO:-1.573636;54.77132
LOCATION:St Oswald's\, Durham
URL:https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/13476/service-and-events/events/
 1281118/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Midweek Said Holy Communion/Mattins
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270224T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20270224T104500
DTSTAMP:20260908T034122Z
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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\, 9th September 2026\n\nMidweek 
 Said Holy Communion\n\nGuest Officiant: The Venerable Antony MacRow-Wood (
 Former Archdeacon of Dorset\, Diocese of Salisbury) UK \n\nThe Collect of 
 the Day: \n\nAlmighty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of f
 aith\, hope\, and charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost 
 promise\, make us to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Chr
 ist our Lord.\n\nAmen.\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Morning 
 Prayer:\n\nAnd there sat a certain man at Lystra\, impotent in his feet\, 
 being a cripple from his mother’s womb\, who never had walked:\nThe same
  heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him\, and perceiving that he h
 ad faith to be healed\,\nSaid with a loud voice\, Stand upright on thy fee
 t. And he leaped and walked.\nAnd when the people saw what Paul had done\,
  they lifted up their voices\, saying in the speech of Lycaonia\, The gods
  are come down to us in the likeness of men.\nAnd they called Barnabas\, J
 upiter\; and Paul\, Mercurius\, because he was the chief speaker.\nThen th
 e priest of Jupiter\, which was before their city\, brought oxen and garla
 nds unto the gates\, and would have done sacrifice with the people.\nWhich
  when the apostles\, Barnabas and Paul\, heard of\, they rent their clothe
 s\, and ran in among the people\, crying out\,\nAnd saying\, Sirs\, why do
  ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you\, and preach u
 nto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God\, whic
 h made heaven\, and earth\, and the sea\, and all things that are therein:
 \nWho in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways.\nNever
 theless he left not himself without witness\, in that he did good\, and ga
 ve us rain from heaven\, and fruitful seasons\, filling our hearts with fo
 od and gladness.\nAnd with these sayings scarce restrained they the people
 \, that they had not done sacrifice unto them.\nAnd there came thither cer
 tain Jews from Antioch and Iconium\, who persuaded the people\, and having
  stoned Paul\, drew him out of the city\, supposing he had been dead.\nHow
 beit\, as the disciples stood round about him\, he rose up\, and came into
  the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.\nAnd when 
 they had preached the gospel to that city\, and had taught many\, they ret
 urned again to Lystra\, and to Iconium\, and Antioch\,\nConfirming the sou
 ls of the disciples\, and exhorting them to continue in the faith\, and th
 at we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God.\nAnd wh
 en they had ordained them elders in every church\, and had prayed with fas
 ting\, they commended them to the Lord\, on whom they believed.\nAnd after
  they had passed throughout Pisidia\, they came to Pamphylia.\nAnd when th
 ey had preached the word in Perga\, they went down into Attalia:\nAnd then
 ce sailed to Antioch\, from whence they had been recommended to the grace 
 of God for the work which they fulfilled.\nAnd when they were come\, and h
 ad gathered the church together\, they rehearsed all that God had done wit
 h them\, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.\nAnd t
 here they abode long time with the disciples.\n\n(Acts 14:8-end\, King Jam
 es Version)\n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nThe
  Bishop’s Leadership Team\n\nGaunless Valley: St Mary’s (Cockfield)\, 
 St Paul’s (Evenwood)\, St John’s (Lynesack)\, and St Mary's (Woodland)
 \; Minister - Vacant\, Self-supporting Ministry Associate Minister - The R
 everend Lloyd Evans\, and Retired Clergy with Permission to Officiate - Th
 e Reverend Susanne Jukes \n\nGrowing Churches: Mr Alistair Bianchi\, Mr Jo
 hn Cottey\, Ms Emma Taylor\, Ms Rosalind Haycock\, and Mrs Linda Ransom \n
 \nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nDiocese of Bh
 opal (The Church of North India (United)): The Right Reverend Neena Charan
  - Diocesan Bishop in Bhopal \n\nDurham Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Inte
 ntion for the Month: \n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales Deanery\n\nThe Post 
 Communion: \n\nO Lord and heavenly Father\, we thy humble servants entirel
 y desire thy fatherly goodness mercifully to accept this our sacrifice of 
 praise and thanksgiving\; most humbly beseeching thee to grant\, that by t
 he merits and death of thy Son Jesus Christ\, and through faith in his blo
 od\, we and all thy whole Church may obtain remission of our sins\, and al
 l other benefits of his passion. And here we offer and present unto thee\,
  O Lord\, ourselves\, our souls and bodies\, to be a reasonable\, holy\, a
 nd lively sacrifice unto thee\; humbly beseeching thee\, that all we\, who
  are partakers of this holy Communion\, may be fulfilled with thy grace an
 d heavenly benediction. And although we be unworthy\, through our manifold
  sins\, to offer unto thee any sacrifice\, yet we beseech thee to accept t
 his our bounden duty and service\; not weighing our merits\, but pardoning
  our offences\, through Jesus Christ our Lord\; by whom\, and with whom\, 
 in the unity of the Holy Ghost\, all honour and glory be unto thee\, O Fat
 her Almighty\, world without end. \n\nAmen.
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:Parish Eucharist
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20270228T110000
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DESCRIPTION:The worshipping heart of parish life\; a Common Worship servic
 e including Holy Communion\, with refreshments afterwards in the Institute
  across the road. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 202
 6 - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity\; Th
 e Feast of Creation in Christ (Creation Sunday)\n\nParish Eucharist follow
 ed by Refreshments in the Institute\n\nGuest Officiant and Preacher: The R
 everend Dr Samuel Hole - Chaplain of University College and Solway Fellow 
 (Durham University)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\nPl
 ease see boards in Church\n\nReadings: \nEzekiel 33:7-11\nRomans 13:8-end\
 nMatthew 18:15-20\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmighty God\, whose only
  Son has opened for us a new and living way into your presence: give us pu
 re hearts and steadfast wills to worship you in spirit and in truth\; thro
 ugh Jesus Christ your Son our Lord\, who is alive and reigns with you\, in
  the unity of the Holy Spirit\, one God\, now and for ever. \n\nAmen.\n\nT
 he Gospel Reading: \n\n‘If another member of the church sins against you
 \, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member
  listens to you\, you have regained that one. But if you are not listened 
 to\, take one or two others along with you\, so that every word may be con
 firmed by the evidence of two or three witnesses. If the member refuses to
  listen to them\, tell it to the church\; and if the offender refuses to l
 isten even to the church\, let such a one be to you as a Gentile and a tax
 -collector. Truly I tell you\, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in
  heaven\, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Again\
 , truly I tell you\, if two of you agree on earth about anything you ask\,
  it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. For where two or three ar
 e gathered in my name\, I am there among them.’\n\n(Matthew 18:15-20\, N
 ew Revised Standard Version - Anglicized Edition)\n\nDurham Diocesan Praye
 r Cycle Intentions for the Day:\n\nUniversity Chaplains - Durham Universit
 y: the Reverend Canon Gavin Wort (Lead Chaplain)\, the Reverend Dr Julia C
 andy (Hatfield College and St Cuthbert's Society)\, the Reverend Peter Kas
 houris (St Mary's College)\, the Reverend Dr Samuel Hole (University Colle
 ge)\, the Reverend Fiona Hill (Hill Colleges)\, the Reverend Marie Edwards
  (College of St Hild and St Bede)\, and the Reverend Dr Kate Eaton-Wells (
 St Chad's College)\; University of Sunderland: the Reverend Chris Howson\n
 \n\n\n\n\nAnglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions for the Day: \n\nThe 
 Episcopal / Anglican Province of Alexandria: the Most Reverend Dr Samy She
 hata (Archbishop of Alexandria and Bishop of Egypt)\n\nDurham Diocesan Pra
 yer Cycle Deanery Intention for the Month:\n\nSeptember 2026: Durham Dales
  Deanery\n\nThe Post Communion: \n\nLord God\, the source of truth and lov
 e\, keep us faithful to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship\, united i
 n prayer and the breaking of bread\, and one in joy and simplicity of hear
 t\, in Jesus Christ our Lord. \n\nAmen.\n\n***Unless otherwise stated\, al
 l hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern 
 (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refreshing Worship (2010).
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SUMMARY:Said Evensong with Hymns
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DESCRIPTION:A prayerful and reflective service from the Book of Common Pra
 yer. Roughly every other Sunday in term time\, a full choral evensong is h
 eld. \n\nAll are very welcome. \n\nSunday\, 6th September 2026: The Fourte
 enth Sunday after Trinity\n\nSaid Evensong with Hymns\n\nOfficiant: Mr And
 y Jones (Churchwarden)\n\nHymns:\nPlease see boards in Church \n\nPsalms:\
 nPlease see boards in Church \n\nLessons: \nEzekiel 12:21 - 13:16\nActs 19
 :1-20\n\nThe Second Lesson Appointed for Today's Evening Prayer: \n\nAnd i
 t came to pass\, that\, while Apollos was at Corinth\, Paul having passed 
 through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples\,\
 n\nHe said unto them\, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? 
 And they said unto him\, We have not so much as heard whether there be any
  Holy Ghost.\nAnd he said unto them\, Unto what then were ye baptized? And
  they said\, Unto John’s baptism.\nThen said Paul\, John verily baptized
  with the baptism of repentance\, saying unto the people\, that they shoul
 d believe on him which should come after him\, that is\, on Christ Jesus.\
 nWhen they heard this\, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.\
 nAnd when Paul had laid his hands upon them\, the Holy Ghost came on them\
 ; and they spake with tongues\, and prophesied.\nAnd all the men were abou
 t twelve.\nAnd he went into the synagogue\, and spake boldly for the space
  of three months\, disputing and persuading the things concerning the king
 dom of God.\nBut when divers were hardened\, and believed not\, but spake 
 evil of that way before the multitude\, he departed from them\, and separa
 ted the disciples\, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.\nAnd th
 is continued by the space of two years\; so that all they which dwelt in A
 sia heard the word of the Lord Jesus\, both Jews and Greeks.\nAnd God wrou
 ght special miracles by the hands of Paul:\nSo that from his body were bro
 ught unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons\, and the diseases departed fro
 m them\, and the evil spirits went out of them.\nThen certain of the vagab
 ond Jews\, exorcists\, took upon them to call over them which had evil spi
 rits the name of the Lord Jesus\, saying\, We adjure you by Jesus whom Pau
 l preacheth.\nAnd there were seven sons of one Sceva\, a Jew\, and chief o
 f the priests\, which did so.\nAnd the evil spirit answered and said\, Jes
 us I know\, and Paul I know\; but who are ye?\nAnd the man in whom the evi
 l spirit was leaped on them\, and overcame them\, and prevailed against th
 em\, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded.\nAnd this was 
 known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus\; and fear fell 
 on them all\, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified.\nAnd many that
  believed came\, and confessed\, and shewed their deeds.\nMany of them als
 o which used curious arts brought their books together\, and burned them b
 efore all men: and they counted the price of them\, and found it fifty tho
 usand pieces of silver.\nSo mightily grew the word of God and prevailed.\n
 \n(Acts 19:1-20\, King James Version)\n\nThe Collect of the Day: \n\nAlmig
 hty and everlasting God\, give unto us the increase of faith\, hope\, and 
 charity\; and\, that we may obtain that which thou dost promise\, make us 
 to love that which thou dost command\; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\n\nA
 men. \n\n*** Please see the 'Parish Eucharist' page for today's Durham Dio
 cesan and Anglican Communion Prayer Cycle Intentions\, as well as the Durh
 am Diocesan Prayer Cycle Deanery Intention for the month.***\n\n***Unless 
 otherwise stated\, all hymns are from Common Praise: A new edition of Hymn
 s Ancient and Modern (2000)\; *SP = Sing Praise: Hymns and Songs for Refre
 shing Worship (2010).***
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