We can claim the tax back from your donation if it's given in the Gift THE CHURCHES OF

Aid envelope. Please complete with your address, date and box HEALEY, MASHAM, NORTH STAINLEY, WELL WITH SNAPE
ticked. Help us to receive this vital extra income. & WEST TANFIELD
Thank you. Twelfth Sunday 8.00 a.m. Masham Holy Communion
after Trinity 9.15 a.m. Healey Holy Communion
LOOP SYSTEMS have been installed at Masham, Healey, North Stainley, 3rd September 10.45 a.m. Masham Family Service and Baptism
Well and West Tanfield for the benefit of those who are hard of hearing. 10.45 a.m. North Stainley Holy Communion
Please switch the button on your hearing aid to the 'T' position. 10.45 a.m. Well Holy Communion
10.45 a.m. West Tanfield Holy Communion
WEBSITE for the Masham Group of Parishes - www.mashamparishes.org
Tuesday 5th 11.00 a.m. Pop in Coffee at 10 Millgate, Masham
HARVEST THANKSGIVING Wednesday 6th 10.00 a.m. Masham Holy Communion
HEALEY
Sunday 24th September 11.00 a.m. Harvest Holy Communion. Thursday 7th 12 noon North Stainley Wedding of Alexander Levine
and Jennifer Smith
HEALEY HARVEST LUNCH
Sunday 24th September 12 noon for 12.30 p.m. in Fearby Village Hall Thirteenth Sunday 8.00 a.m. Masham Holy Communion
Tickets: 8.00 adults, children aged 5 15 4.00. Under 5s free. after Trinity 9.30 a.m. West Tanfield Family Service
Family Ticket 20. 10th September 10.45 a.m. Masham Pet Service
By ticket only from Anne Ramsay 689278 or Basil Sturdy 689543 10.45 a..m Snape Holy Communion
Bring your own drinks 6.30 p.m. Healey Evensong

MASHAM Fourteenth Sunday 9.15 a.m. Healey Holy Communion

Thursday 28th September 6.00 p.m. Harvest Service with Masham School after Trinity 10.45 a.m. Masham Holy Communion
Sunday 1st October10.45 a.m. Harvest Family Service 17th September 10.45 a.m. North Stainley Holy Communion
10.45 a.m. Well Holy Communion and
MASHAM HARVEST SUPPER Baptism
Saturday 23rd September 6.45 for 7.00 p.m. 6.30 p.m. West Tanfield Evensong
Masham Methodist Church & St. Marys Masham
In the Town Hall WE WELCOME the family and friends of Charlie Miller who is to be
Tickets 6 or 2.50 for children under 11 for a Ploughmans Supper & Pudding baptised at Masham today.
from Jenifer Bullen (01765 689217), Kate Cleeves (01765 689255)
or Lesley Hunter (01765 689828)
THE ALTAR FLOWERS at Masham have been given this week in memory of Brian
NORTH STAINLEY Boshier.
Sunday 8th October 4.00 p.m.
Harvest Thanksgiving Service followed by a Bring & Share Tea REFLECTION Paul gives simple and basic moral teaching and we are asked to accept and
follow in Gods grace. The Gospel reading asks us to consider whether we can bear to
WELL & SNAPE become nothing for the sake of having everything in the end. Let us pray to accept ill from
Friday 13th October 7.00 p.m. Harvest Service & Bring & Share Supper others with true patience.
at Snape Castle Chapel - please bring a plate of food to share
Sunday 15th October 10.45 a.m. Harvest Holy Communion at at St. Michaels, Well PET SERVICE CELEBRATING GODS CREATION ST. MARYS, MASHAM Sunday
10th September @ 10.45 a.m. People are invited to bring pets - cats, dogs, rabbits, a fish in
WEST TANFIELD a tank, a horse whatever! Animals and pets will be blessed at the service whether it's the
Sunday 1st October 10.45 a.m. Harvest Holy Communion at St. Nicholas Church pets who share your everyday lives now or those who people have dearly loved and lost.
Followed by a Harvest Lunch in the Village Hall PIE AND PINT St Marys Church and The Bay Horse in Masham. Enjoy pie, peas, chips or
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Other menu choices and drinks are available. Please let Jim Hunter know if you are to live like Jesus. It does this in a way that is reflective and conversational. No one will
attending on 01765 689828 or l.hunter57@outlook.com force the pace. But this course could change the perspective of your life; it might also
change its direction. You wont be able to find out everything about the Christian faith in
SINGING 4 FUN Tuesday 12th September, 1.15 p.m. in Masham Church. Do you like any one course. But through the Pilgrim course material you will be able to reflect on some
singing in the bath? Would you like to meet some new people? Would you enjoy singing in of the great texts that have been particularly significant to people since the earliest days of
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The Vicarage, Rodney Terrace, Masham. Further details from David Cleeves on 01765
team of contributors drawn from a range of church backgrounds. It covers a varied selection
689255.
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Thursday evenings at 7.30 p.m. starting on 21 st September at 6 Westholme Road, Masham.
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Life is a journey. It begins when youre born. It ends when you die. You dont need to be a
are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.
Christian to know this. But as we get older we do know there is probably more road behind
Then Jesus told his disciples, If any want to become my followers, let them deny them-
us than ahead of us. So what difference does being a Christian make? Well, the journey of
selves and take up their cross and follow me. For those who want to save their life will lose
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Jesus, God has walked this earth before us, and that with Jesus as our companion and guide
gain the whole world but forfeit their life? Or what will they give in return for their life?
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repay everyone for what has been done. Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who
life becomes more meaningful and joyful, and the world a better place.
will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.
Pilgrim is a course designed to help you discover this Christian way of life. It unpacks the