News & Features

A special pre-recorded Advent Carol Service will be broadcast on our YouTube channel at 6.00pm on Sunday 29th November. The service will be available to watch at any time after the first broadcast.  A copy of the service booklet can be downloaded here. 

Advent is a season of expectation and preparation, as the Church prepares to celebrate the coming (adventus) of Christ in his incarnation. The readings and liturgies direct us towards Christ’s birth, and the promise of God’s presence with us always, in every time and every place. 

The current edition of our weekly sheet is now available; click HERE to download.

As we cannot gather in our usual way at our war memorials this year, this special pre-recorded Service of Remembrance will include the Act of Remembrance (2-minute silence and recorded laying of wreaths) with input from people across our communities, including the children of Yealand School.  It will be broadcast on our YouTube channel at 10.50am on Sunday 8th November.  The service will be available to watch at any time after the first broadcast.

The latest edition of our benefice magazine, Parish News, is now available; click HERE to download and enjoy reading all about what is going on across our churches and local communities.   

A special pre-recorded All Souls' Service of Commemoration and Thanksgiving for Departed Family & Friends will be broadcast on our YouTube channel at 4.00pm on Sunday 1st November. Through word, prayer, song and symbol, the service will remind us that God is with us in life and in death and we remain united with all our loved ones forever. The service will be available to watch at any time after the first broadcast.. 

The annual revision of the Church Electoral Roll for each parish has been completed and the revised rolls are available for inspection via this page of the website. No new names can be added to the rolls until after the respective Annual Parochial Church Meeting of each parish. 

We are pleased to let you know that our church buildings are now open for individual prayer. The details of when each church will be open are on the poster. Hand sanitiser will be available and people are asked to maintain social distancing. We look forward to welcoming you into our buildings to rest, to be still, to pray.

The pattern of services is now as follows: 
Sunday 9.30am livestream Eucharist via our YouTube channel
Sunday 11.00am public Eucharist at St Oswald's, Warton
Wednesday 9.30am public Eucharist at St John's, Yealand

• A maximum of 50 people can attend the service at St Oswald's; a maximum of 30 people can attend the sevice at St Johns. We have decided not to use a booking system, so if more people come than the capacity permits, those not able to stay will be given priority the following week.
• You will be asked to give your name and contact phone number to assist with NHS Track & Trace requests.
• On entry and exit you will be asked to use the hand sanitiser.
• Two-metre social distancing will be maintained.
• The wearing of a face covering is mandatory. 
• At Oswald's on Sunday, there will be an organist, a small group of the choir singing, but no congregational singing.
• Communion will be administered in one kind (bread) only.
• Refreshments will not be served after the service.
• The toilet will be available during the service.
• The service sheet will be downloadable from our website. Whilst there will be orders of service available that need to be taken away afterwards, we would invite you to download it on to your mobile device to bring to the service.

The Junior Church is fundraising for an orphanage charity in Nepal. Go to http://ubwby.org/whatwedo/16 to find out more.