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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.
Pentecost 9.15 a.m. Healey Holy Communion
LOOP SYSTEMS have been installed at Masham, Healey, North Stainley, Well and 20th May 9.15 a.m. North Stainley Holy Communion
West Tanfield for the benefit of those who are hard of hearing. Please switch the 10.45 a.m. Masham Holy Communion and Baptism
button on your hearing aid to the 'T' position. 10.45 a.m. Well Holy Communion
6.30 p.m. West Tanfield Evensong
WEBSITE for the Masham Group of Parishes: www.mashamparishes.org
Monday 22nd 7.30 p.m. Masham Parochial Church Council
WELCOME if you are a newcomer to this church or parish. If you would like more meet in the church
information about the life of this church please complete this slip and give it to one of the
sidesmen as you leave. Wednesday 23rd 10.00 a.m. Masham Holy Communion

NAME ……………………………………………………………………… Thursday 24th 6.00 p.m. Masham Youth Group meet at the Town Hall
7.30 p.m. Study Group meet at 6 Westholme Rd
ADDRESS …………………………………………………………………
Saturday 26th 9.30 a.m. Healey Coffee Morning in the Town Hall
TEL. NO. …………………………………………………………………. 1.00 p.m. Healey Wedding of Matthew Myers
& Claire Walker
CAN YOU HELP? The Wednesday Welcome Centre, which is open every Wednesday after-
noon at Masham Methodist church, is looking for Lego bricks. If you possess any Lego bricks, Trinity Sunday 8.00 a.m. Masham Holy Communion
for whom you would be happy to find a new home they would be very gratefully received. 27th May 10.45 a.m. Masham Holy Communion
Please could you deliver the bricks to the Masham Community Office. 10.45 a.m. West Tanfield Holy Communion
4.00 p.m. North Stainley Revive
MASHAM YOUTH GROUP Meets on Thursdays in term-time from 6.00 – 7.15 p.m. (mostly 6.30 p.m. Snape Evensong
in the Town hall but sometimes in St. Mary’s Church). It is open to anybody in year 5 or above 6.30 p.m. Healey Evensong
is welcome. What do we do? A lot of different things - treasure hunts, games, cooking,
outings, sleepovers, discos and eating! Organised by St. Mary’s Church. For further details First Sunday 8.00 a.m. Masham Holy Communion
please contact Annie Jackson on 077860 35243 or David Cleeves on 01765 689255. after Trinity 9.15 a.m. Healey Ho.ly Communion
3rd June 9.15 a.m. North Stainley Holy Communion
MASHAM CHURCH CHOIR 10.45 a.m. Masham Family Service
St. Mary's Youth choir has spaces for two new children preferably in school years 3 or 4 to start 10.45 a.m. Well Holy Communion
after the May half term. We are also in need of one adult soprano to join the main choir Details 10.45 a.n. West Tanfield Holy Communion
from Ann Rudd 01765 689460 annkrudd@hotmail.co.uk

WE WELCOME the family and friends of Arabella Fox who is to be baptised in the Service at
COFFEE MORNING Saturday 26th May 9.30 a.m. – 1.00 p.m. Masham Town Hall
Masham today.
In aid of St. Paul’s Church, Healey
Donations of cakes, books, plants & bric-a-brac welcome.
Tombola prizes to Basil Sturdy please.

THE STUDY GROUP is looking at parts of the book of Genesis. The next meeting is on
WE WELCOME members of the Four and Twenty to the service at Masham
Thursday 24th May, 7.30 p.m. at 6 Westholme Rd Masham. All are welcome. For further
today.
details please contact Jim Heaton on 01765 688093.
REFLECTION Jesus speaks of the Spirit as Advocate, and as a bringer of revelation: the Spirit
is to ‘prove the world wrong about sin and righteousness and judgement’ (John 16.8), and to
guide the Church into all truth. This is the Spirit of Truth, and when we breathe in God’s truth
like clean air, we will find that this same truth suffuses all our thoughts and words and deeds.
On the day of Pentecost we see this in action: when the Holy Spirit comes upon the eleven, the
irrepressible truth of God flows forth from them in every language.
SPEAKING ABOUT SUFFERING – WHEN QUESTIONS COME.
Sunday 27th May. 3.00 – 5.00 p.m. St. John’s Church, Berrygate Lane, Sharow, HG4 5BJ.
Nidderdale priest and author, Alistair Ferneley, discusses the issues raised in his new book,
‘Because of Love – Why is there suffering? A Christian’s Response?’ Alistair says ‘The
Christian faith was born out of deep reflection about suffering and can make much better sense
of the world as we experience it than atheism can. If you’d like to articulate that a bit better,
comer along and let’s explore together.’ Cost £5. Payment by electronic bank transfer on
booking. To book contact carol.stenner@leeds.anglican.org
BIBLE READING NOTES People tell me they find these notes helpful in maintaining their
day by day relationship with God and as an aid to understanding the bible which is a core
resource for our Christian faith. You can also read the material in blocks if that’s your
preferred option. A variety of publications are available: ‘New Daylight’, the most popular,
has the Bible passage printed out and a short commentary, ‘Guidelines’ provides a slightly
more academic approach, ‘Day by Day with God’ is produced with women in mind and ‘Bible
Reflections for Older People’ is designed to bring hope, assurance and sustenance and is
written by older authors for this specific age group. All the publications are £4.50 for a four
month set of notes except for ‘Bible Reflections for Older People’ which is £4.99. Trying out
one issue doesn’t commit you to keep on purchasing. I would be pleased to talk to people and
answer any questions and to take orders from new readers. The next set of notes begins in
May. It is not too late for me to obtain notes for you.
Kate Cleeves Tel. 01765 689255 email:revdavidcleeves@gmail.com
PRAYER There is currently a prayer trail in St. Mary’s, Masham, as well as a Prayer Journal –
‘Eleven days of prayer’- in this there is a different theme each day to help you pray as well as
links to online videos. There is also ‘Thy Kingdom Come’ – Morning and Evening Prayer
from the Church of England. Please help yourself to any of the material.
PIE & PINT An opportunity to share a meal and have a chat. Join us for a Pie & Pint at the
Bay Horse pub, Silver Street, on Monday 11 th June at 12 for 12.30 pm. £7.50 payable directly
to the bar. Other food choices are available. If you would like to come please let Jim Hunter
know on 01765 689828.
OUTING TO KIPLIN HALL There will be an outing to Kiplin Hall near Richmond on
Thursday 7th June leaving outside St Mary’s Church at 10.00a.m.. We will have tea/coffee
scone on arrival and depart at approx. 1.00 p.m. for shopping in Northallerton. The cost will be
£9.00 for entrance to the hall and gardens. For further information please speak to Pat
Paddison or Lesley Hunter on 689828. This is a joint activity between Keep Masham Moving
and St Mary’s Church, Masham.
ACTS 2: 1-21
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from
heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where
they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on
each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other lan-
guages, as the Spirit gave them ability.
Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven living in Jerusalem. And at this
sound the crowd gathered and was bewildered, because each one heard them speaking in the
native language of each. Amazed and astonished, they asked, ‘Are not all these who are speak-
ing Galileans? And how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native language? Parthians,
Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,
Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya belonging to Cyrene, and visitors from
Rome, both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs—in our own languages we hear them
speaking about God’s deeds of power.’ All were amazed and perplexed, saying to one another,
‘What does this mean?’ But others sneered and said, ‘They are filled with new wine.’
But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them: ‘Men of Judea and
all who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and listen to what I say. Indeed, these are
not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only nine o’clock in the morning. No, this is what was
spoken through the prophet Joel: “In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out
my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young
men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams. Even upon my slaves, both men
and women, in those days I will pour out my Spirit; and they shall prophesy.
And I will show portents in the heaven above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire,
and smoky mist. The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the com-
ing of the Lord’s great and glorious day. Then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord
shall be saved.”
JOHN 15: 26-27, 16: 4B-15
When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who
comes from the Father, he will testify on my behalf. You also are to testify because you have
been with me from the beginning. But I have said these things to you so that when their hour
comes you may remember that I told you about them.
‘I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you. But now I am
going to him who sent me; yet none of you asks me, “Where are you going?” But because I
have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts. Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it
is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you;
but if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong about
sin and righteousness and judgement: about sin, because they do not believe in me; about right-
eousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer; about judgement,
because the ruler of this world has been condemned.
‘I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth
comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own, but will speak
whatever he hears, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me,
because he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine. For this
reason I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.