Weekly News
What's On in May and Pew News for the week commencing 28th April 2024
Serving the communities of Healey, Masham, North Stainley, Well with Snape and West Tanfield
WHAT'S ON IN MAY
SUNDAY SERVICES
Information on all the Sunday services is available in our weekly Pew News, in porches and on notice boards in each church. You can receive a printed copy of the What’s On or Pew News, or via email. Please email our parish administrator, Judith, ad.mashamparishes@gmail.com if you would like to be including in the mailing list.
SERVICES DURING THE WEEK
Morning Prayer
9.00am Tuesday, Thursday and Friday in St Mary’s Church, Masham
9.00am Wednesday in St Nicholas’ Church, West Tanfield
Morning Prayer is a short service with a psalm, Bible readings, reflection, and prayers, lasting between 20 and 30 mins. If you’re looking for a space for some quiet at the beginning of the day, this would be for you. In Masham this is in modern language, West Tanfield follows the pattern of Mattins from the Book of Common Prayer.
Said Eucharist
10.00am Wednesday in St Mary’s Church, Masham
This a 30 min service so, if you find an hour on Sunday morning too long, you might find this the place for you. We are often joined by the older children from the primary school. Coffee is served afterwards.
Ascension Day Thursday 9th May
9.00am Masham Said Eucharist
7.00pm West Tanfield Said Eucharist
WEEKLY EVENTS
Masham
Little Lambs: Wednesdays 1st,8th,15th,22nd,29th
(29th siblings welcome) starting at 11.00am
Stories and songs from 11.00am for parents, grandparents, great grandparents and their small children. Every week our activities end with blowing bubbles and a light lunch. Do join us!
Pop in and Sew:
Wednesday starting at 1.30pm – 3.30pm
Bring your sandwich and have a cuppa, then undertake your sewing project or just chat.
MONTHLY EVENTS
Masham
Saturday 4th May Church Cleaning 9.30am
Pie and Pint Monday 13th May at the Bruce Arms. Contact Jim 01765 689828 for more details
Pop In: Tuesday 14th April from 11.00am A friendly coffee morning with a bring and share lunch at 12 noon. Then please stay for…
… Singing for Fun at 2.00pm. 45 minutes of singing followed by refreshments. £2.00 towards heating, music and refreshments.
Then ....
Singing for Tots follows at 2.45pm-3.15pm.
For tots and their carers. Free. Great fun, good for your mental health and full of joy.
North Stainley
Bacon Church
Thursday 16th May at 8.50am
Bacon rolls, fresh coffee and a chance to chat, finishing with prayers for our community at 9.30am
JAM (Jesus and Me) This popular monthly event is held for school age children, after school. This month it is on Monday 13th May at the Village Hall. Further details from Jane Mansell 01765 634682
SPECIAL EVENTS
HealeyAnnual Parish Church Meeting
Sunday 5th May, in church, after 6.00pm Evensong.
Saturday 1st June Coffee Morning in Masham Town Hall 10.00am- 1.000pm. Don
Masham
Saturday 4th May at 7.30pm Masham Musical Society Spring Concert. Tickets £10.00 are available from Society members, by telephone on 01765 689178/689409, or on the door. The bar will be open from 7.00pm Further details from Lesley Hunter.Building Young Imaginations (funded by Co-op).
Sunday 5th May 9.30am Building Young Imaginations
Building Normandy Beach houses as the start of the D Day commemorations. Further details from Lesley Hunter
Building Young Imaginations - May Half Term. Masham Church
Calling all young people from age 9 to 13. Further details from Lesley Hunter 01765 689828. Please vote for us at the Co Op.
North Stainley
Annual Parish Church Meeting 24th May at 10.00am. Please contact the Church Wardens for the location.
Well with Snape
Annual Parish Church Meeting Wednesday 22nd May Location and time to be confirmed in weekly Pew News.
Wedding Well Saturday 25th May.
West Tanfield
Annual Parish Church Meeting Wednesday 8th May, In church after 6.00pm Evensong.
Methodist Church 12th May 6.30pm. This will be the final service at the Methodist Church in West Tanfield, led by Rev Gareth Baron. Instead of our usual Evensong we will join with our Methodist friends.
JAM (Jesus and Me) This popular monthly event is held for school age children, after school. This month it is on Tuesday 21st May in school. Further details from Jane Mansell 01765 634682
NOTICES
Masham
Play Area
The children’s play area is open every day from 9.30a.m unless a wedding/funeral is taking place.
Emergency Food Parcel is at the back of church, on the left of the font. Church opens from 9.00am to dusk
Warm Space
Sundays 9.00am to 2.00pm
Wednesdays 9.00am to 5.00pm
Look out for the blue flag outside church – it’s a sign we are serving hot drinks.
PEW NEWS W/C 28TH APRIL
Sunday 28th April Easter 5
This week
8.00am Masham Said Eucharist
9.15am Healey Parish Eucharist
9.15am West Tanfield Sunday Worship
10.45am Masham Parish Eucharist
6.00pm Snape Night Prayer
Gluten free wafers are available. Please ask.
Licensing Service for Revd Sian, as Priest in Charge of the Parish of Lower Nidderdale on 2nd May.
If you are planning to go and would like a lift, please see your church wardens. If you have a spare place in your car to offer, please also see your church warden.
Services during the week…
Morning Prayer
9.00am Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday in Masham
9.00am Wednesday in West Tanfield
Said Eucharist
10.00am Wednesday in Masham
Collect
Almighty God,
who through your only begotten Son Jesus Christ have overcome death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life: grant that, as by your grace going before us you put into our minds good desires,
so by your continual help we may bring them to good effect; through Jesus Christ our risen Lord. Amen
Acts 8: 26 - 40
An angel of the Lord said to Philip, ‘Get up and go towards the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.’ (This is a wilderness road.) So he got up and went. Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, in charge of her entire treasury. He had come to Jerusalem to worship and was returning home; seated in his chariot, he was reading the prophet Isaiah. Then the Spirit said to Philip, ‘Go over to this chariot and join it.’ So Philip ran up to it and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah. He asked, ‘Do you understand what you are reading?’ He replied, ‘How can I, unless someone guides me?’ And he invited Philip to get in and sit beside him. Now the passage of the scripture that he was reading was this: ‘Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter, and like a lamb silent before its shearer, so he does not open his mouth. In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken away from the earth.’ The eunuch asked Philip, ‘About whom, may I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?’ Then Philip began to speak, and starting with this scripture, he proclaimed to him the good news about Jesus. As they were going along the road, they came to some water; and the eunuch said, ‘Look, here is water! What is to prevent me from being baptized?’ He commanded the chariot to stop, and both of them, Philip and the eunuch, went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away; the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing. But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he was passing through the region, he proclaimed the good news to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
John 15: 1- 8
Jesus said to his disciples: ‘I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine-grower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.’
Post Communion Prayer
Eternal God, whose Son Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life: grant us to walk in his way,
to rejoice in his truth, and to share his risen life;
who is alive and reigns, now and for ever. Amen
What’s on this week…
MASHAM
Wednesday 1st May
Little Lambs 11.00am.
Pop in and Sew 1.30pm
Services next week … Sunday 5th May Easter 6
8.00am Masham Said Eucharist
9.15am North Stainley Parish Eucharist
10.45am Masham Sunday Worship
10.45am Well Parish Eucharist
10.45am West Tanfield Parish Eucharist
6.00pm Healey Parish Eucharist
For your prayers…
Anglican Communion:
The Anglican Church in Bangladesh.
Diocese and Ecumenical Partners:
Bishop Nick, Bishop Anna, Ripon Deanery and Area Dean, Tony Collins; Gareth Baron, Methodist superintendent, and all at West Tanfield Methodist Church as they prepare to close.
Community:
For all in the shops in our communities. May they be well supported and flourish.
Schools
For collective worship in our church schools and all who lead it.
Those who are sick:
Elizabeth Cawley, John Gichuki, Helen Heard, David Hollins, Tony Neal, David Parkinson, Joyce Rough, Dorothy Smith, Tina Durkin, Doug Kendall, George Keith Smith
Those who have died:
Any known to us.
Who’s Who
Vicar – Rev’d Jane Ball
The Vicarage, Rodney Terrace, Masham HG4 4JA
01765 688931
Jane.Ball@leeds.anglican.org
Rev’d Jane’s day off is Monday
Parish Administrator – Judith Richards
ad.mashamparishes@gmail.com
WHAT'S ON IN MAY
SUNDAY SERVICES
Information on all the Sunday services is available in our weekly Pew News, in porches and on notice boards in each church. You can receive a printed copy of the What’s On or Pew News, or via email. Please email our parish administrator, Judith, ad.mashamparishes@gmail.com if you would like to be including in the mailing list.
SERVICES DURING THE WEEK
Morning Prayer
9.00am Tuesday, Thursday and Friday in St Mary’s Church, Masham
9.00am Wednesday in St Nicholas’ Church, West Tanfield
Morning Prayer is a short service with a psalm, Bible readings, reflection, and prayers, lasting between 20 and 30 mins. If you’re looking for a space for some quiet at the beginning of the day, this would be for you. In Masham this is in modern language, West Tanfield follows the pattern of Mattins from the Book of Common Prayer.
Said Eucharist
10.00am Wednesday in St Mary’s Church, Masham
This a 30 min service so, if you find an hour on Sunday morning too long, you might find this the place for you. We are often joined by the older children from the primary school. Coffee is served afterwards.
Ascension Day Thursday 9th May
9.00am Masham Said Eucharist
7.00pm West Tanfield Said Eucharist
WEEKLY EVENTS
Masham
Little Lambs: Wednesdays 1st,8th,15th,22nd,29th
(29th siblings welcome) starting at 11.00am
Stories and songs from 11.00am for parents, grandparents, great grandparents and their small children. Every week our activities end with blowing bubbles and a light lunch. Do join us!
Pop in and Sew:
Wednesday starting at 1.30pm – 3.30pm
Bring your sandwich and have a cuppa, then undertake your sewing project or just chat.
MONTHLY EVENTS
Masham
Saturday 4th May Church Cleaning 9.30am
Pie and Pint Monday 13th May at the Bruce Arms. Contact Jim 01765 689828 for more details
Pop In: Tuesday 14th April from 11.00am A friendly coffee morning with a bring and share lunch at 12 noon. Then please stay for…
… Singing for Fun at 2.00pm. 45 minutes of singing followed by refreshments. £2.00 towards heating, music and refreshments.
Then ....
Singing for Tots follows at 2.45pm-3.15pm.
For tots and their carers. Free. Great fun, good for your mental health and full of joy.
North Stainley
Bacon Church
Thursday 16th May at 8.50am
Bacon rolls, fresh coffee and a chance to chat, finishing with prayers for our community at 9.30am
JAM (Jesus and Me) This popular monthly event is held for school age children, after school. This month it is on Monday 13th May at the Village Hall. Further details from Jane Mansell 01765 634682
SPECIAL EVENTS
HealeyAnnual Parish Church Meeting
Sunday 5th May, in church, after 6.00pm Evensong.
Saturday 1st June Coffee Morning in Masham Town Hall 10.00am- 1.000pm. Don
Masham
Saturday 4th May at 7.30pm Masham Musical Society Spring Concert. Tickets £10.00 are available from Society members, by telephone on 01765 689178/689409, or on the door. The bar will be open from 7.00pm Further details from Lesley Hunter.Building Young Imaginations (funded by Co-op).
Sunday 5th May 9.30am Building Young Imaginations
Building Normandy Beach houses as the start of the D Day commemorations. Further details from Lesley Hunter
Building Young Imaginations - May Half Term. Masham Church
Calling all young people from age 9 to 13. Further details from Lesley Hunter 01765 689828. Please vote for us at the Co Op.
North Stainley
Annual Parish Church Meeting 24th May at 10.00am. Please contact the Church Wardens for the location.
Well with Snape
Annual Parish Church Meeting Wednesday 22nd May Location and time to be confirmed in weekly Pew News.
Wedding Well Saturday 25th May.
West Tanfield
Annual Parish Church Meeting Wednesday 8th May, In church after 6.00pm Evensong.
Methodist Church 12th May 6.30pm. This will be the final service at the Methodist Church in West Tanfield, led by Rev Gareth Baron. Instead of our usual Evensong we will join with our Methodist friends.
JAM (Jesus and Me) This popular monthly event is held for school age children, after school. This month it is on Tuesday 21st May in school. Further details from Jane Mansell 01765 634682
NOTICES
Masham
Play Area
The children’s play area is open every day from 9.30a.m unless a wedding/funeral is taking place.
Emergency Food Parcel is at the back of church, on the left of the font. Church opens from 9.00am to dusk
Warm Space
Sundays 9.00am to 2.00pm
Wednesdays 9.00am to 5.00pm
Look out for the blue flag outside church – it’s a sign we are serving hot drinks.
PEW NEWS W/C 28TH APRIL
Sunday 28th April Easter 5
This week
8.00am Masham Said Eucharist
9.15am Healey Parish Eucharist
9.15am West Tanfield Sunday Worship
10.45am Masham Parish Eucharist
6.00pm Snape Night Prayer
Gluten free wafers are available. Please ask.
Licensing Service for Revd Sian, as Priest in Charge of the Parish of Lower Nidderdale on 2nd May.
If you are planning to go and would like a lift, please see your church wardens. If you have a spare place in your car to offer, please also see your church warden.
Services during the week…
Morning Prayer
9.00am Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday in Masham
9.00am Wednesday in West Tanfield
Said Eucharist
10.00am Wednesday in Masham
Collect
Almighty God,
who through your only begotten Son Jesus Christ have overcome death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life: grant that, as by your grace going before us you put into our minds good desires,
so by your continual help we may bring them to good effect; through Jesus Christ our risen Lord. Amen
Acts 8: 26 - 40
An angel of the Lord said to Philip, ‘Get up and go towards the south to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.’ (This is a wilderness road.) So he got up and went. Now there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of the Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, in charge of her entire treasury. He had come to Jerusalem to worship and was returning home; seated in his chariot, he was reading the prophet Isaiah. Then the Spirit said to Philip, ‘Go over to this chariot and join it.’ So Philip ran up to it and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah. He asked, ‘Do you understand what you are reading?’ He replied, ‘How can I, unless someone guides me?’ And he invited Philip to get in and sit beside him. Now the passage of the scripture that he was reading was this: ‘Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter, and like a lamb silent before its shearer, so he does not open his mouth. In his humiliation justice was denied him. Who can describe his generation? For his life is taken away from the earth.’ The eunuch asked Philip, ‘About whom, may I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?’ Then Philip began to speak, and starting with this scripture, he proclaimed to him the good news about Jesus. As they were going along the road, they came to some water; and the eunuch said, ‘Look, here is water! What is to prevent me from being baptized?’ He commanded the chariot to stop, and both of them, Philip and the eunuch, went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away; the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing. But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he was passing through the region, he proclaimed the good news to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
John 15: 1- 8
Jesus said to his disciples: ‘I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine-grower. He removes every branch in me that bears no fruit. Every branch that bears fruit he prunes to make it bear more fruit. You have already been cleansed by the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me as I abide in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself unless it abides in the vine, neither can you unless you abide in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Those who abide in me and I in them bear much fruit, because apart from me you can do nothing. Whoever does not abide in me is thrown away like a branch and withers; such branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and become my disciples.’
Post Communion Prayer
Eternal God, whose Son Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life: grant us to walk in his way,
to rejoice in his truth, and to share his risen life;
who is alive and reigns, now and for ever. Amen
What’s on this week…
MASHAM
Wednesday 1st May
Little Lambs 11.00am.
Pop in and Sew 1.30pm
Services next week … Sunday 5th May Easter 6
8.00am Masham Said Eucharist
9.15am North Stainley Parish Eucharist
10.45am Masham Sunday Worship
10.45am Well Parish Eucharist
10.45am West Tanfield Parish Eucharist
6.00pm Healey Parish Eucharist
For your prayers…
Anglican Communion:
The Anglican Church in Bangladesh.
Diocese and Ecumenical Partners:
Bishop Nick, Bishop Anna, Ripon Deanery and Area Dean, Tony Collins; Gareth Baron, Methodist superintendent, and all at West Tanfield Methodist Church as they prepare to close.
Community:
For all in the shops in our communities. May they be well supported and flourish.
Schools
For collective worship in our church schools and all who lead it.
Those who are sick:
Elizabeth Cawley, John Gichuki, Helen Heard, David Hollins, Tony Neal, David Parkinson, Joyce Rough, Dorothy Smith, Tina Durkin, Doug Kendall, George Keith Smith
Those who have died:
Any known to us.
Who’s Who
Vicar – Rev’d Jane Ball
The Vicarage, Rodney Terrace, Masham HG4 4JA
01765 688931
Jane.Ball@leeds.anglican.org
Rev’d Jane’s day off is Monday
Parish Administrator – Judith Richards
ad.mashamparishes@gmail.com