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SERVICE TIMES 2010
8am: Holy Communion (BCP) on the first Sunday of the month ONLY.
9am: Parish Communion (weekly except on 5th Sundays)
10.30am: Morning Praise (5th Sunday: Joint Holy Communion)
6.30pm: Evening service – See services page for more detail on evening services.

ANNUAL PAROCHIAL CHURCH MEETING
Monday 26 April in St Oswald's Church: If you are on the electoral roll, and especially if you are a regular member of St Oswald's, do not miss this important event in the life of the church. It is your opportunity to hear and to consider different aspects of the church's life and to vote for new officers who represent you in helping make the church's decisions. See you there!

FREE FAMILY FILM SATURDAYS
First Saturday monthly 4.30pm in the church hall.

ELEVATE
For young people 16-25 who want to explore faith in the 21st century
6.30pm first Sunday of each month - next event on 2 May
chill: hear other people's stories: ask questions: music, visuals and DVDS: food and drink

ATTENTION ALL 16-30 YEAR-OLDS
Two special Taize events with the Archbishop of York: Camping weekend at Bishopthorpe Palace 14-16 May (small charge) and Pilgrimage to Taize 31 July - 9 August 2010. More details at
www.dioceseofyork.org.uk/events_youth.shtml

CAN YOU HELP?
More helpers are needed at St Oswald's to prepare and serve coffee on Sunday – please contact Louise Wheatley (e: lrwheatley@gmail.com t: 01904 635939) if you could help maybe once monthly, or even less frequently. Also more helpers are needed for the Pebbles group (0-7s) at the 10.30am service: please contact Brenda Barnes (e: brenda.barnes@amserve.com t: 01904 639197.

GIVING FOR OUR CHURCH
Have you any good quality, working items cluttering up your house that you don't want? Anything big or small will do. Our new eBay account will raise money for St Oswald's. Please contact Amy Wallace by email: amazing_amy85@hotmail.com

REFUGEE ACTION YORK
We are encouraged to sign a petition to End Child Detention Now which will be sent to 10 Downing Street. 2000 signatures would just be one each for each child locked up within a year... Visit www.ecdn.org/