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URCHES OF HEALEY, MASHAM, NORTH STAINLEY,

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Help us to receive this vital extra income. Thank you.
Fourth Sunday 8.00 a.m. Masham Holy Communion
LOOP SYSTEMS have been installed at Masham, Healey, North Stainley, Well and of Easter 10.45 a.m. Masham Holy Communion
West Tanfield for the benefit of those who are hard of hearing. Please switch the 22nd April 10.45 a.m. West Tanfield Holy Communion and Baptism
button on your hearing aid to the 'T' position. 4.30 pm. Young people’s Confirmation Group
meet in Masham Church
WEBSITE for the Masham Group of Parishes: www.mashamparishes.org 6.30 p.m. Healey Evensong
6.30 p.m. Snape Evensong
WELCOME if you are a newcomer to this church or parish. If you would like more
information about the life of this church please complete this slip and give it to one of the Monday 23rd 7.30 p.m. Masham Church Trust AGM at Sutton Grange
sidesmen as you leave.
Tuesday 24th 3.45 p.m. Young people’s Confirmation Group
NAME ……………………………………………………………………… meet in Masham School

ADDRESS ………………………………………………………………… Wednesday 25th 10.00 a.m. Masham Holy Communion

TEL. NO. …………………………………………………………………. Saturday 28th 9.30 a.m. Masham Confirmation rehearsal
10.00 a.m. Cleaning Party at St Michael’s Church, Well
I would like a visit from someone connected with the church [ ] 12 noon Masham Wedding of Marc Gales and
Joanna Todd
I would like more information about:
Fifth Sunday 10.45 a.m. Masham United Service of Confirmation
Confirmation groups [ ] of Easter and Holy Communion
29th April
Bible study/prayer groups [ ]
Rogation Sunday 8.00 a.m. Masham Holy Communion
Choir [ ] 6th May 9.15 a.m. Healey Holy Communion
9.15 a.m. North Stainley Holy Communion
Music group [ ] 10.45 a.m. Well Holy Communion
10.45 a.m. West Tanfield Holy Communion
Bell ringing [ ] 10.45 a.m. Masham Holy Communion

Junior Church/young peoples’ groups [ ]

WE WELCOME the family and friends of Oliver Pratt who is to be baptised at West
I would like to subscribe to the church magazine [ ] Tanfield today

I would like to join the church electoral roll [ ]

YEARS MIND We remember the anniversary of the death of Charlotte Wood.

THE ALTAR FLOWERS AT MASHAM have been given in memory of Avril Brown.
REFLECTION The Good Shepherd is one of the most well-known and well-loved epithets
for Jesus, and puts him in the same place as God in Psalm 23. Here, Jesus not only paints
himself as the fulfilment of that psalm, and of the heritage of David, the shepherd-king, but in
a country where the keeping of sheep was still a common trade, he accepts his own vocation to
care for those who belong to him.
MASHAM CHURCH TRUST SOCIAL EVENING AND ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Monday 23rd April, 7.30 p.m. at Sutton Grange, Masham, HG4 4PB. Anyone who would like
to find out more about the work of the Trust is welcome to attend. Please contact Sophie Gore
on 01765 689660 or sophiejgore@gmail.com if you would like to attend or need a lift.
JOINT SERVICE OF CONFIRMATION & HOLY COMMUNION with Bishop Nick
Baines, Sunday 29th April, 10.45 a.m. at St. Mary’s, Masham. Please make a note of the
date and come to support our candidates.
CLIVE MANSELL Clive will be installed as a Capitular Canon at Ripon Cathedral during
Evensong at the Cathedral on Sunday 29 th April at 3.30 p.m. Anyone who would like to
support Clive would be very welcome to attend.
SPRING RECITAL
St. Mary’s Church, Masham
Monday 7th May 3.00 p.m.
Seasonal Songs &Arias by Mozart, Schumann, Schubert
Debussy, Elgar and more
Mezzo-soprano ~ Jenny Bianco
Pianist ~ Anthony Rudd
Free Admission - retiring collection in aid of church funds
FROM "FOLLOW ME." TO "COME AND SEE."
LIVING AND SHARING THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.
We know that Jesus calls us to share our faith and bring others to know him, but how do we
start? A short 5-session course called "From "follow me" to "come and see." looks at some of
the words of Jesus himself, considers what that means for us as followers of Jesus, and then
how these words can help us to bring others to come and see Jesus for themselves. The course
follows the form of a book club in that you will need to read a chapter of the course book
before each session.
Booking is essential as materials need to be ordered. The group will meet at 9am in Lizzy's
Tea Rooms at The Staveley Arms on Thursday mornings and sessions will last for just over an
hour. You will need to buy a tea or coffee, but breakfast is also available if you are hungry!
Dates: Thursdays at 9am on May 17th & 24th, June 7th, 21st & 28th
The course costs £10 in total (to cover the cost of materials including a book) and this can be
paid at the first session. Please book with Reverend Nick Morgan by emailing
revnjmorgan@gmail.com or calling 01765 635039 / 07939 052689 by April 30th.
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. Regular subscribers will have their notes delivered. Please let me know if you do not
wish to continue taking the notes.
Kate Cleeves Tel. 01765 689255 email:revdavidcleeves@gmail.com
ACTS 4: 5-12
The next day their rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem, with Annas the
high priest, Caiaphas, John, and Alexander, and all who were of the high-priestly
family. When they had made the prisoners stand in their midst, they inquired, ‘By
what power or by what name did you do this?’ Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit,
said to them, ‘Rulers of the people and elders, if we are questioned today because of a
good deed done to someone who was sick and are asked how this man has been
healed, let it be known to all of you, and to all the people of Israel, that this man is
standing before you in good health by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom
you crucified, whom God raised from the dead. This Jesus is “the stone that was
rejected by you, the builders; it has become the cornerstone.” There is salvation in
no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among mortals by which
we must be saved.’
JOHN 10: 11-18
‘I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. The
hired hand, who is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming
and leaves the sheep and runs away—and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.
The hired hand runs away because a hired hand does not care for the sheep. I am the
good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me
and I know the Father. And I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that
do not belong to this fold. I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice. So
there will be one flock, one shepherd. For this reason the Father loves me, because I
lay down my life in order to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it
down of my own accord. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it up
again. I have received this command from my Father.’