Weekly News
MASHAM GROUP OF CHURCHES
SUNDAY 29th NOVEMBER
ADVENT SUNDAY
SERVICES FOR 29TH NOVEMBER
10.45 a.m. Holy Communion on Zoom
4.00 p.m. Telephone service
SERVICES FOR SUNDAY DECEMBER 6th
Churches re-opened for public worship
8.00 a.m. Masham Holy Communion
9.15 a.m. Healey Holy Communion
9.15 a.m. North Stainley Holy Communion
10.45 a.m. Masham Holy Communion
10.45 a.m. Well Holy Communion
10.45 a.m. West Tanfield Holy Communion
6.00 p.m. Telephone service
We will continue to Zoom the 10.45 a.m. service from Masham, and provide an act of worship on YouTube, for those who are unable to attend public worship.
Reflection
‘Keep awake!’ Advent is a time for active expectancy. Jesus directs his disciples to keep their eyes open for the signs of his coming. Isaiah writes that God is the potter and we are the clay. So it is Christ for whom we watch; it is Christ’s gifts of knowledge and speech that allow us to do so. Gifts of discernment, seeing the signs; gifts of proclamation, naming the signs. It is God who calls us into fellowship with God’s Son.
ADVENT CANDLE
First Sunday of Advent - today we remember ‘The Patriarchs’, Abraham our father in faith, and David, Jesus’ ancestor in whose city he was born.
God of Abraham and Sarah, and all the patriarchs of old, you are our Father too. Your love is revealed to us in Jesus Christ, Son of God and Son of David. Help us in preparing to celebrate his birth to make our hearts ready for your Holy Spirit to make his home among us. We ask this through Jesus Christ, the Light who is coming into the world.
HOW TO JOIN IN
Orders of service for the Zoom service on Sunday and the telephone service on Sunday afternoon are attached to this email and will also be on the website – mashamparishes.org - go to the bar at the top ‘Worship: online with us’.
MORNING WORSHIP ON ZOOM – SUNDAY 29th NOVEMBER AT 10.45 A.M.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83899543462?pwd=OTNVMnhqV284OTJlL2ZCYnFRMkVlQT09
Meeting ID: 838 9954 3462
Passcode: 627228
To set up a Zoom account use the link below:
https://zoom.us/signup
WEDNESDAY 2nd DECEMBER
10.00 a.m. Morning Prayer Telephone Conference Service. A copy of the order of service is attached to this email and will also be available on the website.
TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL FOR SERVICES
Dial: 03300 945 940
You will then be asked for your ‘Room number’: 48544544#
You will then be asked for your ‘Guest PIN’: 3843#
This will cost the same as any other call to a 01 or 02 number in the UK and most people will have their calls bundled into a package either on their landlines or on their mobiles.
SEE THE WEBSITE mashamparishes.org for further details
or
SEE THE FACEBOOK BOOK for your church.
BIBLE STUDY FOR ADVENT on Zoom Wednesday 2nd December at 7.00 p.m.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89995174873?pwd=RVVEcmEyWW5CU2l6SmZhS3h0Vks4dz09
Meeting ID: 899 9517 4873
Passcode: 550048
If you would like to join in with the course, please can you let Siân know asap on 01756 530 715 or email revsianlawton@gmail.com so that she can prepare materials.
SALVATION ARMY CHRISTMAS APPEAL
The Ripon Salvation Army are asking for help to enable them to provide local families and individuals with festive food and gifts. Donations of festive food and new gifts, including presents for babies, children, teens and adults. Vouchers and gift cards are also welcome. Donations may be brought to The Vicarage, Rodney Terrace, Masham, HG4 4JA or taken to the Salvation Army at Lead Lane, Ripon, HG4 2NE on Mondays, Tuesdays or Wednesdays from 9.00 a.m. – 2.30 p.m. The latest date for donations brought to the Vicarage is Sunday 29th November, or, if directly to the Salvation Army Monday December 7th. If you wish to make a monetary donations cheques should be made payable to ‘The Salvation Army’.
COMFORT AND JOY
This year the Church of England has produced special materials for us all to contemplate the true meaning of Christmas. Comfort and Joy holds together the hope that Christmas will bring joy and celebration after a uniquely difficult year. There will be weekly reflections published on social media and available by email and app for each Sunday of Advent.
The reflections for each day from Christmas Day to 2 January feature contributions from Kate Bottley, Jonathan Bryan, Bob Chilcott, Martha Collison, Stephen Cottrell, Guli Francis-Dehqani, Chine McDonald, Sally Phillips and Justin Welby.
If you wish to sign up for the email reflections, please click on the link below:
https://www.churchofengland.org/our-faith/faith-action/living-out-our-faith/advent-and-christmas/comfort-and-joy-our-advent-and
There is also a “Countdown to Christmas” sheet to help us think about themes of Comfort and Joy on the Sundays of Advent – please click on the link below.
ST HILD THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE have asked us to publicise the fact that they are seeking to appoint a COMMUNICATIONS AND PROJECT MANAGER, which is a part-time position (15 to 19 hours per week) with flexible hours and location, including home-based working. This new, exciting role has been created to drive forward communications for the college and progress key development projects - working as part of a highly collaborative team.
St Hild College now trains over 170 students of all ages for church leadership, including Anglican and Baptist denominational ministerial roles as well as independent church leaders. It is an exciting place to study and to work with training centres in Sheffield, Mirfield and York.
Further details of this salaried position can be found on the St Hild College website (https://www.sthild.org/news/communications-and-project-manager), where the Job Description and Person Specification can be downloaded.
Applications are to be submitted no later than 9 a.m. on Thursday, 10th December, 2020.
Interested individuals should email enquiries@sthild.org to express an interest and we will forward an application form to be completed and returned by the application submission deadline above. Interviews will be held on Monday, 14th December, 2020.
CHURCHES OPEN FOR PRIVATE PRAYER
Healey Sunday & Wednesday 10.00 a.m. – 3.00 p.m.
Masham: Sunday 12 noon – 2.00 p.m. & Thursday 10.00 a.m. – 12 noon
North Stainley Sunday & Wednesday 10.00 a.m. – 4.00 p.m.
Snape Castle Chapel Due to its small size will not be open for private prayer at this time.
Well Sunday & Wednesday 2.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.
West Tanfield Open every day
Please use the hand sanitiser on entry and when leaving and respect social distancing
Thank you to all who have and are helping to make this possible with cleaning and stewarding.
Do not hesitate to contact us if we can be of any help in any way.
David Cleeves 01765 689255
Siân Lawton 01765 530715/07583874203
SUNDAY 29th NOVEMBER
ADVENT SUNDAY
SERVICES FOR 29TH NOVEMBER
10.45 a.m. Holy Communion on Zoom
4.00 p.m. Telephone service
SERVICES FOR SUNDAY DECEMBER 6th
Churches re-opened for public worship
8.00 a.m. Masham Holy Communion
9.15 a.m. Healey Holy Communion
9.15 a.m. North Stainley Holy Communion
10.45 a.m. Masham Holy Communion
10.45 a.m. Well Holy Communion
10.45 a.m. West Tanfield Holy Communion
6.00 p.m. Telephone service
We will continue to Zoom the 10.45 a.m. service from Masham, and provide an act of worship on YouTube, for those who are unable to attend public worship.
Reflection
‘Keep awake!’ Advent is a time for active expectancy. Jesus directs his disciples to keep their eyes open for the signs of his coming. Isaiah writes that God is the potter and we are the clay. So it is Christ for whom we watch; it is Christ’s gifts of knowledge and speech that allow us to do so. Gifts of discernment, seeing the signs; gifts of proclamation, naming the signs. It is God who calls us into fellowship with God’s Son.
ADVENT CANDLE
First Sunday of Advent - today we remember ‘The Patriarchs’, Abraham our father in faith, and David, Jesus’ ancestor in whose city he was born.
God of Abraham and Sarah, and all the patriarchs of old, you are our Father too. Your love is revealed to us in Jesus Christ, Son of God and Son of David. Help us in preparing to celebrate his birth to make our hearts ready for your Holy Spirit to make his home among us. We ask this through Jesus Christ, the Light who is coming into the world.
HOW TO JOIN IN
Orders of service for the Zoom service on Sunday and the telephone service on Sunday afternoon are attached to this email and will also be on the website – mashamparishes.org - go to the bar at the top ‘Worship: online with us’.
MORNING WORSHIP ON ZOOM – SUNDAY 29th NOVEMBER AT 10.45 A.M.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83899543462?pwd=OTNVMnhqV284OTJlL2ZCYnFRMkVlQT09
Meeting ID: 838 9954 3462
Passcode: 627228
To set up a Zoom account use the link below:
https://zoom.us/signup
WEDNESDAY 2nd DECEMBER
10.00 a.m. Morning Prayer Telephone Conference Service. A copy of the order of service is attached to this email and will also be available on the website.
TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL FOR SERVICES
Dial: 03300 945 940
You will then be asked for your ‘Room number’: 48544544#
You will then be asked for your ‘Guest PIN’: 3843#
This will cost the same as any other call to a 01 or 02 number in the UK and most people will have their calls bundled into a package either on their landlines or on their mobiles.
SEE THE WEBSITE mashamparishes.org for further details
or
SEE THE FACEBOOK BOOK for your church.
BIBLE STUDY FOR ADVENT on Zoom Wednesday 2nd December at 7.00 p.m.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89995174873?pwd=RVVEcmEyWW5CU2l6SmZhS3h0Vks4dz09
Meeting ID: 899 9517 4873
Passcode: 550048
If you would like to join in with the course, please can you let Siân know asap on 01756 530 715 or email revsianlawton@gmail.com so that she can prepare materials.
SALVATION ARMY CHRISTMAS APPEAL
The Ripon Salvation Army are asking for help to enable them to provide local families and individuals with festive food and gifts. Donations of festive food and new gifts, including presents for babies, children, teens and adults. Vouchers and gift cards are also welcome. Donations may be brought to The Vicarage, Rodney Terrace, Masham, HG4 4JA or taken to the Salvation Army at Lead Lane, Ripon, HG4 2NE on Mondays, Tuesdays or Wednesdays from 9.00 a.m. – 2.30 p.m. The latest date for donations brought to the Vicarage is Sunday 29th November, or, if directly to the Salvation Army Monday December 7th. If you wish to make a monetary donations cheques should be made payable to ‘The Salvation Army’.
COMFORT AND JOY
This year the Church of England has produced special materials for us all to contemplate the true meaning of Christmas. Comfort and Joy holds together the hope that Christmas will bring joy and celebration after a uniquely difficult year. There will be weekly reflections published on social media and available by email and app for each Sunday of Advent.
The reflections for each day from Christmas Day to 2 January feature contributions from Kate Bottley, Jonathan Bryan, Bob Chilcott, Martha Collison, Stephen Cottrell, Guli Francis-Dehqani, Chine McDonald, Sally Phillips and Justin Welby.
If you wish to sign up for the email reflections, please click on the link below:
https://www.churchofengland.org/our-faith/faith-action/living-out-our-faith/advent-and-christmas/comfort-and-joy-our-advent-and
There is also a “Countdown to Christmas” sheet to help us think about themes of Comfort and Joy on the Sundays of Advent – please click on the link below.
ST HILD THEOLOGICAL COLLEGE have asked us to publicise the fact that they are seeking to appoint a COMMUNICATIONS AND PROJECT MANAGER, which is a part-time position (15 to 19 hours per week) with flexible hours and location, including home-based working. This new, exciting role has been created to drive forward communications for the college and progress key development projects - working as part of a highly collaborative team.
St Hild College now trains over 170 students of all ages for church leadership, including Anglican and Baptist denominational ministerial roles as well as independent church leaders. It is an exciting place to study and to work with training centres in Sheffield, Mirfield and York.
Further details of this salaried position can be found on the St Hild College website (https://www.sthild.org/news/communications-and-project-manager), where the Job Description and Person Specification can be downloaded.
Applications are to be submitted no later than 9 a.m. on Thursday, 10th December, 2020.
Interested individuals should email enquiries@sthild.org to express an interest and we will forward an application form to be completed and returned by the application submission deadline above. Interviews will be held on Monday, 14th December, 2020.
CHURCHES OPEN FOR PRIVATE PRAYER
Healey Sunday & Wednesday 10.00 a.m. – 3.00 p.m.
Masham: Sunday 12 noon – 2.00 p.m. & Thursday 10.00 a.m. – 12 noon
North Stainley Sunday & Wednesday 10.00 a.m. – 4.00 p.m.
Snape Castle Chapel Due to its small size will not be open for private prayer at this time.
Well Sunday & Wednesday 2.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m.
West Tanfield Open every day
Please use the hand sanitiser on entry and when leaving and respect social distancing
Thank you to all who have and are helping to make this possible with cleaning and stewarding.
Do not hesitate to contact us if we can be of any help in any way.
David Cleeves 01765 689255
Siân Lawton 01765 530715/07583874203
