St Philips Church Osmondthorpe

02/06/2026

We are open today 2/6/26 from 9am and look forward to seeing you all 🙂

We are open this Tuesday 9am-11.15am all are welcome we look forward to welcoming you 😊

01/06/2026

Sunday 12th July 6pm come and join St Philips very own band and join with us in prayer and praise.
Come pray. Come praise. Come experience God. Everyone is welcome at our Praise & Prayer Service!
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25/05/2026

21/05/2026

This Sunday, 24 May, we celebrate the great feast of Pentecost — the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the Church — and we would love you to join us.

Pentecost All Age Service - 10.30am this Sunday

During the service we will celebrate the joy and power of the Holy Spirit in a variety of ways, including music, noise, party poppers, and kazoos! During Communion there will also be the opportunity to receive prayer and anointing.

Please do wear red, the liturgical colour of Pentecost, symbolising the fire of God’s love poured out upon the Church.

Most importantly, please continue to pray in the days leading up to Sunday for a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon us. We need him. Without the life and power of the Spirit, the Church becomes shallow, weak, and morally compromised. Pentecost reminds us that God does not leave his people to struggle alone, but fills and renews them with his own presence.

International Meal After Church

After the service we will gather in the hall for our Pentecost International Meal.

Everyone is invited to bring food representing a country, culture, family tradition, or place of origin — whether that’s something homemade, shop-bought, simple, or elaborate.

If you would like to bring food already prepared before church, you are welcome to drop it off in the hall before the service begins.

We aim to say grace and begin eating sometime between 12.30pm and 12.45pm.

Please remember:
- everyone is welcome, whether or not they bring food.
- nobody should feel they cannot stay
- there will be plenty to share.

Tea and coffee will still be served after the service at the back of church as normal, especially for newcomers and those staying in church while preparations happen in the hall.

Pentecost is the birthday of the Church — a feast of many nations gathered together in the Spirit of God — and we hope this Sunday will reflect something of that joy.

With prayers and every blessing,
Rolf

21/05/2026

Friends at the Starlight Dance Academy are hosting their Summer Fair next week

19/05/2026

We are open today 19th may from 9am-11-15am come along for food and fellowship

We are open this Tuesday 9am-11.15am all are welcome we look forward to welcoming you 😊

13/05/2026

Last night, our long expected fears took place.

There was a major fire at Festival Foods (the disused industrial unit) beside the church on Osmondthorpe Lane.

This video was taken after the fire service had brought the fire under control, so it's mostly dampened down, but you get a sense of the scale of the damage.

We will be working with local partners, council, police and fire services to ascertain as accurately as possible what the future of the building and land holds.

We all feel disappointed this has happened, when it felt predictable.

We're also relieved that there were no casualties, though the potential harm from smoke inhalation troubles us.

Those of us who live next to the site have observed antisocial behaviour increasing in the last month. We have called 999 several times about smaller fires. We have also attempted to work with partners to put pressure on the owners of the building to make it secure, which we will continue to do.

In the meantime, please stay safe.

Church is celebrating Ascension Day tomorrow, Thursday 14 May, with a 7pm service of Holy Communion. We'll then be worshipping at 10.30am on Sunday.

This morning, believe it or not, at our midweek service of morning prayer we had the following reading from the Bible:

"Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;
I have summoned you by name; you are mine.
When you pass through the waters,
I will be with you;
and when you pass through the rivers,
they will not sweep over you.
When you walk through the fire,
you will not be burned;
the flames will not set you ablaze.
For I am the Lord your God." (Isaiah 43:1-3)

At a time of uncertainty and fear, we praise God for his faithful love.

11/05/2026

Unfortunately, we’ve made the difficult decision to cancel this year’s Family Fun Day on 23 May.

With a number of staffing and volunteer challenges this year, alongside limited preparation time, we’ve concluded that we’re not able to organise and run the event to the standard we would want.

We’re very grateful to everyone who had already offered help and support.

Instead, we’d love people to join us for our Pentecost All Age Service and International Meal on Sunday 24 May — a joyful opportunity to worship, pray, and share food together as a church community.