Sunday, 13th September 2026 - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity
11:00am - Parish Eucharist (CW) followed by Tea and Coffee in the Institute
6:00pm - Said Evensong with Hymns (BCP)
Tuesday - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Feast of St Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyr, 258 [Lesser Festival]
1:00pm - Durham Churches Together Season of Creation 2nd Study Session at Waddington Street United Reformed Church, Durham, DH1 4BG
Commences with tea/coffee and (optional) bring-your-own lunch.
No need to register but if convenient please let [email protected] know if you hope to attend.. Studies are 'stand alone', so please come on days that are possible for you.
Wednesday - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Feast of St Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle of the Picts, c.432 [Lesser Festival]; The Feast of Edward Bouverie Pusey, Priest, Tractarian, 1882 [Commemoration]
9:00am - Oasis
10:00am - Midweek Holy Communion (BCP)
Sunday, 20th September 2026 - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity
11:00am - Parish Eucharist (CW) followed by Tea and Coffee in the Institute
4:00pm - Durham Churches Together United Service for the Season of Creation followed by Light Refreshments at Waddington Street United Reformed Church, Durham, DH1 4BG
6:00pm - Said Evensong with Hymns (BCP)
Tuesday - Ordinary Time (Creationtide)
1:00pm - Durham Churches Together Season of Creation 3rd Study Session at Waddington Street United Reformed Church, Durham, DH1 4BG
Commences with tea/coffee and (optional) bring-your-own lunch.
No need to register but if convenient please let [email protected] know if you hope to attend.. Studies are 'stand alone', so please come on days that are possible for you.
Wednesday - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): Ember Day
9:00am - Oasis
10:00am - Midweek Holy Communion (BCP)
Sunday, 27th September 2026 - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity; Harvest Thanksgiving
11:00am - Parish Eucharist with Harvest Thanksgiving (CW) followed by Tea and Coffee in the Institute (please see note below)
4:00pm - Harvest Tea in the Institute (please see note below)
6:00pm - Said Evensong with Hymns (BCP)
Tuesday - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Feast of St Michael and All Angels
1:00pm - Durham Churches Together Season of Creation 4th Study Session at Waddington Street United Reformed Church, Durham, DH1 4BG
Commences with tea/coffee and (optional) bring-your-own lunch.
No need to register but if convenient please let [email protected] know if you hope to attend.. Studies are 'stand alone', so please come on days that are possible for you
Wednesday - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Feast of St Jerome of Stridon, Translator of the Scriptures, Teacher of the Faith, 420 [Commemoration]
9:00am - Oasis
10:00am - Midweek Holy Communion (BCP)
Friday - Ordinary Time (Creationtide)
9:00am - School Harvest Thanksgiving Service (please see note below)
Sunday, 4th October 2026 - Ordinary Time (Creationtide): The Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity; Dedication Festival; The Last Day of Creationtide
11:00am - Parish Eucharist (CW) followed by Tea and Coffee in the Institute
6:00pm - Said Evensong with Hymns (BCP)
Wednesday - Ordinary Time
9:00am - Oasis
10:00am - Midweek Holy Communion (BCP)
Sunday, 11th October 2026 - Ordinary Time: The Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity
11:00am - Parish Eucharist (CW) followed by Tea and Coffee in the Institute
6:00pm - Choral Evensong (BCP)
Tuesday - Ordinary Time: The Feast of St Edward the Confessor, King of England, 1066 [Lesser Festival]
2:00pm - Tea & Talk in the Institute
Wednesday - Ordinary Time
9:00am - Oasis
10:00am - Midweek Holy Communion (BCP)
Saturday - Ordinary Time: The Feast of St Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch, Martyr, C107 [Lesser Festival]
12:30pm - Wedding
Sunday, 18th October 2026 - Ordinary Time: The Feast of St Luke the Evangelist
11:00am - Parish Eucharist (CW) followed by Tea and Coffee in the Institute
6:00pm - Said Evensong with Hymns (BCP)
Wednesday - Ordinary Time
9:00am - Oasis
10:00am - Midweek Holy Communion (BCP)
***Please see the Calendar of Services attached.***
Harvest Thanksgiving 2026: Our Harvest Thanksgiving Service will take place on Sunday 27th September, with Harvest Tea at 4:00pm in the Institute. There will be a produce stall at our Harvest Festival so any donations of fruit, jams etc will be most welcome. Please do join in this always enjoyable occasion.
The school's Harvest Thanksgiving Service will take place in Church on Friday 2nd October, 9:00am-10:00am.
Parish Magazine: A few copies of the Summer issue are still available (£2.00 each) from the back of church. Please note that the COPY DEADLINE for the Autumn issue is Sunday 20th September.
Foodbank: Weekly Message from Lynda Delf - On Sunday 30th August, £40.00 was donated in Church, and a parishioner gave 7kg of food and £10.00.
In August, a total of £130.00 and 22kg of food was given by you to our foodbank.
On Sunday 6th September, 5kg of food was donated in Church; this will provide 6 meals. £20.00 was also anonymously posted through our door.
Thank you so much for everything you do to support our foodbank.
Our current shortages include long-life fruit juice, milk, sugar, teabags, coffee, rice, household cleaning materials and toilet rolls. We also need tinned fruit, custard, rice pudding, meat, potatoes, tomatoes and fish.
Thank you
Lynda
Burghley Care Coffee Mornings: Burghley Care are holding coffee mornings in the Institute on Thursdays 10:00am to 1:00pm, to introduce themselves to the area. These events are open to anyone in the local community.
Tuesday Group Monthly Coffee Afternoons: Tea & Talk continues, with the next coffee afternoon taking place in the Institute on Tuesday 13th October, commencing at 2:00pm.
Churchyard Haymaking 2026: Thank you to Steve Lindsay, Alison Shambrook, Claire Stancliffe, Pam Hedley, George Taylor and Roz Layton for all their efforts. If any fresh faces would like to join us for work on the north side, this would be greatly appreciated. North side grass cutting will be begin this coming Saturday, 12th September.
Durham University Open Days - September 2026: On Friday 18th and Saturday 19th September, University Open Days will be taking place. It is expected that 10,000 extra people will be in the city on both of these dates, so this will likely have an impact on traffic throughout the city.
Peter's Sabbatical: Our Rector, the Reverend Peter Kashouris is currently on sabbatical leave until Tuesday 3rd November. During this time, the church services will continue as normal. During this period, please send all items for the weekly notice sheet to Jane Walker at the parish office.
For your Prayers: Please pray for the family of the late Alison Ninos, formerly of Stanley, County Durham, whose scattering of ashes will be led by the Reverend Canon Gavin Wort on Saturday 19th September at Durham Crematorium.
Kind regards,
Jane Walker (Parish Administrator)
St Oswald's Parish Office
Tel: 0191 383 0830
Email: [email protected]