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HE CHURCHES OF HEALEY, MASHAM, NORTH STAINLEY,

Aid envelope. Please complete with your address, date and box ticked. WELL WITH SNAPE & WEST TANFIELD
Help us to receive this vital extra income. Thank you. Fifteenth Sunday 8.00 a.m. Masham Holy Communion
after Trinity 9.30 p.m. West Tanfield Family Service
LOOP SYSTEMS have been installed at Masham, Healey, North Stainley, Well and 9th September 10.45 a.m. Masham Pet Service
West Tanfield for the benefit of those who are hard of hearing. Please switch the 10.45 a.m. Snape Holy Communion
button on your hearing aid to the 'T' position. 4.00 p.m. North Stainley Revive
6.30 p.m. Healey Evensong
WEBSITE for the Masham Group of Parishes: www.mashamparishes.org
Tuesday 11th 1.15 p.m. Singing for Fun at Masham
EXPLORING THE STAINED GLASS IN SAINT MARY’S MASHAM WITH MASHAM 2.30 p.m. Pram Praise at Masham
LOCAL HISTORY GROUP Tuesday 11th September. 7.00 p.m. A talk by Gay Heaton. 7.00 p.m. Masham Stained Glass talk
Non-members are welcome and are charged £3.00 per meeting.
Any enquiries to Roger Sarjeant 01765 689396 rogersarjeant1950@gmail.com Wednesday 12th 10.00 a.m. Masham Holy Communion
12 noon Masham Funeral of Jean Dobson
VOLCANIC ASH: A CONCERT OF SOLO VIOLIN MUSIC AND PROSE-POETRY
Kirby Hill Church, Tuesday 25th September 7.00 Tom Eisner who plays first violin with The Thursday 13th 6.00 p.m. St. Mary’s Youth Group
London Philharmonic Orchestra and his wife the music critic and author Jessica Duchen are meet in Masham Town Hall
coming to Kirby Hill to present this unique evening. Tom and Jessica were both born into
Jewish families but found a trip a few years ago to The West Bank of Palestine to be deeply Saturday 15th 2.30 p.m. Masham Land fit for Heroes choral
moving, shocking and in their words ‘Life changing’. Tom will be playing music by Bach and rehearsal
Beethoven amongst others; Jessica will be reading some of her prose-poetry and together they
will be telling why their trip made such an impact on them. There will be refreshments and we Sixteenth Sunday 9.15 a.m. Healey Holy Communion
ask for donations to raise money for Jeel al Amal a truly amazing charity that provides after Trinity 9.15 a.m. North Stainley Holy Communion
schooling for children in Bethany (in the West Bank) and a home, love and nurture for boys 16th September 10.30 a.m. West Tanfield Harvest Thanksgiving
who are orphaned or abandoned. There will also be Palestinian handicrafts on sale. We would at the Methodist Church
love you to join us for what will be an inspiring and thought provoking evening. Further details 10.45 a.m. Well Holy Communion
from The Revd Alison Askew 01423 326284 or Alison.askew@btinternet.com 10.45 a.m. Masham Holy Communion
6.00 p.m. West Tanfield Songs of Praise
REETH BRASS CONCERT Saturday 13th October Doors open from 7.00 p.m. Concert at the Methodist Church
starts at 7.30 p.m. St. Mary’s Church, Masham. Tickets: Adults £10 – to include a free drink
Under 16’s free. Tickets from members of the Four and Twenty or Masham Community Office. Seventeenth Sunday 8.00 a.m. Masham Holy Communion
In aid of the Four and Twenty of Masham. after Trinity 10.45 a.m. West Tanfield Holy Communion
The Four and Twenty is an ancient charity which makes grants to young people from Masham 23rd September 10.45 a.m. Masham Holy Communion
to assist them in the costs of serving an apprenticeship or in their further or higher education. It 4.00 p.m. North Stainley Revive
currently awards two grants each year of £400. Anyone interested in finding out more about 6.30 p.m. Healey Evensong
the Four and Twenty, or applying for a grant, should contact the clerk, Chris Thwaites, at 6.30 p.m. Snape Evensong
Dunsforth, 10 Rodney Terrace, Masham, HG4 4JA.
THE ALTAR FLOWERS at Masham have been given in memory of Malcolm Briggs.
SHIRLEY CARTER There will be a Service of Thanksgiving for Shirley’s life on Friday 21 st
September at 1.00 p.m. at St. Nicholas Church, West Tanfield. REFLECTION The wonder of the gospel is that it is for all. Jesus may be called primarily to
the Jewish people, the focus of his early ministry being the region around Galilee, which is
where the deaf and mute man who is brought to him us healed, yet it seems that it is impossible
for the good news he offers to be contained there. It is off the beaten track, in Tyre and Sidon,
where he encounters the surprising and unexpectedly deep faith of the Gentile woman of
Syrophoenician origin. Her daughter is healed as Jesus responds with love, grace and mercy.
NORTHALLERTON MALE VOICE CHOIR present a charity concert at St. Nicholas’
Church West Tanfield on Friday 5th October at 7.30 p.m. in aid of the West Tanfield Bowling
Club and church funds. Tickets are £10 to include light refreshments and are available from
West Tanfield Village Shop.
HARVEST THANKSGIVING
Friday 21st September North Stainley 6 p.m. followed by a bring and share supper
Sunday 30th September Masham Harvest Holy Communion at 10.45 a.m.
Sunday 7th October Healey Harvest Holy Communion at 11.00 a.m.
Sunday 7th October West Tanfield Harvest Holy Communion at 10.45 a.m.
Friday 12th October Well Harvest Evening Service and bring and share supper
Sunday 14th October Snape Harvest Holy Communion at 10.45 a.m.
HARVEST AT WEST TANFIELD METHODIST CHURCH Sunday 16th September
Service at 10.30 a.m. Afternoon tea at 4.30 p.m. Songs of Praise at 6.00 p.m.
MASHAM HARVEST SUPPER AND ENTERTAINMENT
Friday 21st September at 7.00 p.m.
Masham Town Hall
A Yorkshire plough supper and entertainment.
Tickets £7.00 (Children £3, Under 3 free) from Lesley Hunter 01765 689828
or Kate Cleeves 01765 689255
FOLK DUO HANNAH SANDERS AND BEN SAVAGE will be singing at St Nicholas’
Church, West Tanfield as part of the Ripon Festival on Thursday 20 th September at 7.30 p.m.
Tickets from the Festival Office or on the door.
RINGING REMEMBERS
When the bells rang out on the 11th November 1918 they announced the end of the most
catastrophic war the world had yet seen. At the time, bells were at the heart of the
community, marking events of great significance and communicating to people long before
modern technology connected us.
Many bell ringers joined the war effort, and many lost their lives. In total some 1400 bell
ringers lost their lives in the Great War.; a loss to them, their families and communities. You
are invited to become a bell ringer today in memory of the 1400 who lost their lives. Further
details can be found on the web site ‘Ringing Remembers’. Between now and November
anyone interested is invited to Masham bell ringing Thursday practices between 7.00 and 9.00
p.m. For more details please ring 07733895044 or speak to any bellringer.
EARLY BIRD GIFT FAIR at Masham Town Hall on Wednesday 19 h September 5.30pm to
9pm – Drinks party reception - £10 on the door to include a glass of wine and Thursday 21 st
September 10am to 3pm free entry and shopping. Everyone welcome. Proceeds to the Charlie
Waller Foundation in aid of people who suffer from depression and in memory of Jake Pirie. A
variety of stalls ideal for very early Christmas shopping or gifts for special occasions. Contact
Ulicia Edwards 01765 688 353 or 07881 506 466.
PASTORAL CONVERSATIONS LEVEL 1 We can sometimes feel powerless to help but an
effective pastoral conversation can help more than we know. For those engaged in pastoral care
teams or who feel called to provide “a listening ear.” Sunday 28 October 2018. 3.00 – 5.00
p.m. St Robert’s Church, Pannal, HG3 1JZ
For further information please see the new digital learning platform for the Diocese
learning.leeds.anglican.org
To Book Email: carol.stenner@leeds.anglican.org or phone 0113 353 0281
JAMES 2: 1-10,14-17 My brothers and sisters, do you with your acts of favouritism really
believe in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ? For if a person with gold rings and in fine clothes
comes into your assembly, and if a poor person in dirty clothes also comes in, and if you take
notice of the one wearing the fine clothes and say, ‘Have a seat here, please’, while to the one
who is poor you say, ‘Stand there’, or, ‘Sit at my feet’, have you not made distinctions among
yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? Listen, my beloved brothers and sisters.
Has not God chosen the poor in the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that
he has promised to those who love him? But you have dishonoured the poor. Is it not the rich
who oppress you? Is it not they who drag you into court? Is it not they who blaspheme the
excellent name that was invoked over you?
You do well if you really fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, ‘You shall love your
neighbour as yourself.’ But if you show partiality, you commit sin and are convicted by the law
as transgressors. For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become account-
able for all of it.
What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but do not have works? Can
faith save you? If a brother or sister is naked and lacks daily food, and one of you says to them,
‘Go in peace; keep warm and eat your fill’, and yet you do not supply their bodily needs, what
is the good of that? So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.
MARK 7: 24-37 From there he set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house
and did not want anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not escape notice, but a woman
whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him, and she came and
bowed down at his feet. Now the woman was a Gentile, of Syrophoenician origin. She begged
him to cast the demon out of her daughter. He said to her, ‘Let the children be fed first, for it is
not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs.’ But she answered him, ‘Sir, even
the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.’ Then he said to her, ‘For saying that, you
may go—the demon has left your daughter.’ So she went home, found the child lying on the
bed, and the demon gone.
Then he returned from the region of Tyre, and went by way of Sidon towards the Sea of Ga-
lilee, in the region of the Decapolis. They brought to him a deaf man who had an impediment
in his speech; and they begged him to lay his hand on him. He took him aside in private, away
from the crowd, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue. Then
looking up to heaven, he sighed and said to him, ‘Ephphatha’, that is, ‘Be opened.’ And imme-
diately his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. Then Jesus ordered
them to tell no one; but the more he ordered them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. They
were astounded beyond measure, saying, ‘He has done everything well; he even makes the
deaf to hear and the mute to speak.’