Notice Sheet 31 March 2019

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THE CHURCHES OF HEALEY, MASHAM, NORTH STAINLEY, WELL WITH SNAPE & WEST TANFIELD Mothering Sunday March 31st

10.45 a.m. 6.00 p.m.

West Tanfield Holy Communion Lent Meditation at Cogden House, Masham

Monday 1st

7.00 p.m.

Masham Church Trust social evening and AGM in the church

Wednesday 3rd

10.00 a.m. 12.30 p.m. 3.45 p.m.

Masham Holy Communion Lent Lunch at the Bull, West Tanfield Young people’s Confirmation group in Masham School

Thursday 4th

9.00 a.m. 12.30 p.m.

North Stainley West Tanfield

6.00 p.m. 7.00 p.m.

St. Mary’s Youth Club in Masham Town Hall Masham Food for Thought

Saturday 6th

3.00 p.m.

Wedding of Ben Fielding and Gemma Lodge at Masham

LENT LUNCHES IN WEST TANFEILD In aid of St. Nicholas’ Church funds and Herriot Hospice Homecare. Wednesday 3rd April 12.30 p.m. at The Bull Soup and sandwiches for donations of whatever people feel they would like to give. It would be helpful if people could book their places at the communal tables in advance. Please telephone 01677 470678

Fifth Sunday of Lent 7th April

8.00 a.m. 9.15 a.m. 9.15 a.m. 10.45 a.m. 10.45 a.m. 10.45 a.m.

Masham Healey North Stainley Masham Well West Tanfield

RIPON & BEDALE FOOD BANKS During Lent Healey, Masham, North Stainley, Snape, Well and West Tanfield churches are collecting donations for Ripon Food Bank. There is a box at the back of each church. Items to include: Fruit Juice, Sugar, Tinned Tomatoes, Tinned Fruit, Pasta & Pasta Sauce, Beans, Toilet Rolls, Tinned Vegetables, Tinned Fish, Tea, Coffee. Please – no baby food, any items containing alcohol or any homemade goods Toiletries are also very welcome.

Palm Sunday 14th April

8.00 a.m. 9.30 a.m.

Masham West Tanfield

LOOP SYSTEMS have been installed at Masham, Healey, North Stainley, Well and West Tanfield for the benefit of those who are hard of hearing. Please switch the button on your hearing aid to the 'T' position. WEBSITE for the Masham Group of Parishes: www.mashamparishes.org LENT MEDITATIONS 2019 “The Art of Lent” by Sister Wendy Beckett This year the Lent Meditations will follow the book compiled by Sister Wendy Beckett, which combines a picture for each day, with her thoughts on silence and meditation, joy, peace and love. The pictures are all powerful expressions of her themes, and are very varied. We will use selected pictures and her thoughts about them as the starting point for meditation. There will, as always, be music, candlelight and silence. Everyone is welcome to come. The meditations will be held on Sunday evenings at 6.00 pm at Cogden House, Market Place, Masham, and will last about one hour. Dates: March 31st; April 7th. The Art of Lent by Sister Wendy Beckett is published by SPCK and can be purchased on line; it is also available as an e-book.

WEDDING OF GEMMA LODGE & BEN FIELDING at Masham on Saturday 6th April at 3.00 p.m. There is an invitation to all in the St Mary's Church community to come to the wedding and share cake and wine afterwards.

10.30 a.m. 10.45 a.m. 10.45 a.m. 4.00 p.m. 6.30 p.m.

Bacon Church Service of Thanksgiving for the life of Margy Clova

Holy Communion Holy Communion Holy Communion Holy Communion Holy Communion Holy Communion

Holy Communion Family Service – start with procession from the Village Hall Masham Procession from the Methodist Church to St Mary’s Masham. Masham Family Service Snape Holy Communion North Stainley Revive Healey Evensong

MASHAM CHURCH (2000) TRUST SOCIAL EVENING Monday 1st April. 7.00 p.m. in St. Mary’s Church. With glass engraver Jenny Stourton. All welcome. Come along and find out about the work of the Trust.

REFLECTION Simeon’s prophecy starts well, with the kind of things any mother would want to hear about the future of her child. But it quickly changes mood: Jesus will suffer opposition, and Mary herself will feel the effects. The image of the sword that will pierce her heart is so vivid that you have to wonder about the fate of Simeon’s own children. There is nothing Mary can do about this, unless she chooses not to love her child, and so cease to be herself. That is the perpetual choice of love: it is costly, or it is nothing. QUESTIONS TO PONDER: How do you experience the love of God within your closest relationships? What does this tell you about the nature of God’s love? How has God been faithful to you over the course of your life? In what ways will you try to nurture your faith in the coming days? Who will you try to love and care for more tenderly this week? CHURCH ANNUAL MEETINGS For the election of churchwardens and members of the Parochial Church Council Nomination forms are at the back of each church Masham Sunday 7th April 2019 after the morning service Two members of the Parochial Church Council & one member of Deanery Synod to be elected Well with Snape Thursday 11th April 7.00 p.m. in Well Institute FOOD FOR THOUGHT St. Mary’s Church, Masham @ 7.00 p.m. Supper, followed by a talk. Tickets from Kate (Tel. 01765 689255 or email [email protected]) at £4.00 each. Following the work in the north aisle and the installation of our new kitchen we will be using the renovated and comfortable space created as a result of the project. Drinks - if you want an alcoholic drink please bring your own. Thursday 4th April: Diane Bell: ‘Walking by Faith not Sight.’ Before retirement Diane Bell worked for Leeds Children's Social Care as a fostering and adoption social worker. She coordinates pastoral care in an Anglican Resource Church in Leeds and is also the UK representative of WIN Nepal, a charity providing care for orphaned or abandoned street children. Diane will be sharing something of her journey of faith as she responded to God's call in her life. BACON CHURCH – NORTH STAINLEY Thursday 4th April 9.00 a.m. Bacon rolls – real coffee – and a short time of prayer for the village and other concerns All Welcome

GOOD FRIDAY ACTIVITIES For school age children or 3 and 4 year olds if accompanied by an adult All parents/carers are welcome to stay if they wish and to join in the fun Friday 19th April in St. Mary’s Church 10.00 a.m. - 12 noon. Crafts & Cards, 40 places available If you wish to reserve a place please contact Kate on 01765 689255 or e mail [email protected] No charge is made for this event but a donation of £1 per child towards the cost of materials would be very welcome. Adults please join us for a very short service in church at approximately 11.45 a.m. ST. MARY’S MASHAM POP-IN COFFEE Tuesday 2nd April – outing to Swinton park for coffee and scone. Cost £2. Leave the church at 10.45 a.m. Please contact Lesley Hunter if you would like to go. Telephone 01765 689828.

COLOSSIANS 3.12.-17 As God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. Bear with one another and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive each other; just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God. And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. LUKE 2.33-35 And the child’s father and mother were amazed at what was being said about him. Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, ‘This child is destined for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be opposed so that the inner thoughts of many will be revealed—and a sword will pierce your own soul too.’