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W elcome to our Church and to our magazine where we’ll try to keep you up to date with everything that’s happening in and around St Oswald’s. Each issue will be available as a printed and electronic (pdf) version which can be e-mailed to wherever you are. All the relevant contact details are given so for more information on subscribing, to contribute articles or just to ask anything about St Oswald’s, please get in touch! IN THE DECEMBER/JANUARY EDITION: Letter from The Hospital Ward Page 03 Bishop Gregor’s Christmas 2016 Message Page 06 A Modern Christmas Story Page 08 St Stephen’s Day in 2016 Page 11 Bishop’s Staff Group Digest Page 13 Some Saints’ Days in December & January Page 16 Rota Page 21 December Calendar 06 Vestry Meeting 7:30 pm Tuesday Evenings: Choir Rooms, St Aidans Clarkston at 7:00 - 8:30 pm. Study Group “Images of Christ” 04 Mini-Market 11 Annual General Meeting (After Sunday Service) Anglican Calendar of Prayer for December 2016 04 Karnataka North (S-India): The Rt Revd Ravikumar Jo Niranjan 11 T Kericho (Kenya), (vacant) 18 Kilmore Elphin & Ardagh (Armargh, Ireland) The Rt Revd Ferran Glenfield 25 Kitale, Kenya, The Rt Revd Stephen Kewasis January Calendar 15 Magazine Material Due Anglican Calendar of Prayer for December 2016 01 Kolhapur, North India, The Rt Revd Bathuel Tiwade 08 Kuchin (S-E Asia) The Rt Revd Bolly Lapok 15 Kyoto, Japan, The Rt Revd Luke Ken-Ichi Muto 22 Lake Rukwa, Tanzania, The Rt Revd Mathayo Kasagara 29 Lichfield, England, The Rt Revd Michael Ipgrave Lichfield-Shrewsbury, The Rt Revd Mark James Rylands Lichfield-Stafford, The Rt Revd Geoffrey Peter Annas Lichfield-Wolverhampton, The Rt Revd Clive Gregory StOM Page 2