We can claim the tax back from your donation if it's given in the

Gift Aid envelope. Please complete with your address, date and THE CHURCHES OF
box ticked. Help us to receive this vital extra income. HEALEY, MASHAM, NORTH STAINLEY, WELL WITH SNAPE
Thank you. & WEST TANFIELD
LOOP SYSTEMS have been installed at Masham, Healey, North Stainley, Third Sunday 10.45 a.m. West Tanfield United Service of Holy Communion
Well and West Tanfield for the benefit of those who are hard of hearing. of Easter
Please switch the button on your hearing aid to the 'T' position. 30th April

Monday 1st 6.00 a.m. Car Boot Sale at North Stainley in aid of the church
WELCOME if you are a newcomer to this church or parish. If you would like more and school
information about the life of the church please complete this slip and give it to one of the
sidesmen as you leave. Tuesday 2nd 3.00 p.m. Masham Funeral of Charlotte Wood
5.15 p.m. Masham Churchwardens meeting at The Vicarage
NAME
Wednesday 3rd 10.00 a.m. Masham Holy Communion
ADDRESS
Thursday 4th 7.30 p.m. Bible Study Group meet at The Vicarage
TEL. NO. .
Friday 5th 7.30 p.m. Healey Concert by Aysgarth School Choir

Saturday 6th 3.00 p.m. Masham Wedding of Edward Staveley

WEBSITE The Masham Group of Parishes now has a website - and Alexandra Plaster
go to www.mashamparishes.org to have a look. This is currently
a work in progress - to help us make it better please email Fourth Sunday 8.00 a.m. Masham Holy Communion
suggestions or photographs of church events to Nick Morgan at of Easter 9.15 a.m. Healey Holy Communion
revnjmorgan@gmail.com or telephone 01765 635039. 7th May 10.45 a.m. Masham Family Service
& Renewal of Wedding Vows by
Gordon & Jen Lodge
VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE COFFEE. Help is needed to serve coffee after morning 10.45 a.m. North Stainley Holy Communion
service at Masham. If you would like to be included on the rota, please contact Cath 10.45 a.m. Well Service of the Word
Boshier on 01765 688957 10.45 a.m. West Tanfield Holy Communion

Fifth Sunday: 8.00 a.m. Masham Holy Communion

of Easter 9.30 a.m. West Tanfield Family Service
14th May 10.45 a.m. Masham Holy Communion
10.45 a.m. Snape Holy Communion and Baptism
6.30 p.m. Healey Evensong

THE ALTAR FLOWERS AT MASHAM have been given in memory of Elsie and Leslie
Johnson.
REFLECTION Sometimes, like Thomas, we have to face the defeat of our worldview
when the truth comes crashing in. It leads both to radical, externally enforced change,
and, for Thomas, to a falling on his knees in prayer and adoration. It is a profound
moment as human frailty subsides in the presence of divine love. My Lord and my God,
he says, not simply overjoyed to see his Lord, but thoroughly, almost joyously defeated in
his preconceptions.
CONCERT WITH AYSGARTH SCHOOL CHOIR
ST. PAULS, HEALEY
Friday 5th May at 7.30pm.
To mark the restoration of the church organ
A Concert at St Paul's Church Healey by the Choir of Aysgarth School and its Director of
Music, Matthew Atherton, playing the church's newly restored organ. The concert will be
followed by refreshments. Tickets 10 each (including refreshments) available from the
Masham Community Office 01765 680200.
GORDON AND JENNIFER LODGE are celebrating their 25th wedding anniversary by
renewing their marriage vows on Sunday 7th May at 10.45 a.m. at St Marys Church,
Masham. After the service there will a bring and share lunch in the church with a free bar.
RSVP to 07792 195907 or email: jenlodge@live.co.uk.
CHRISTIAN AID WEEK Volunteers are needed to help
collect money with a collection bucket in Masham on
Saturday 20th May. Please let Cath Boshier know if you are
willing to collect for an hour between 10.00 a.m. and 4.00
p.m. with a preference for your time on 01765 688957.
AFTERNOON TEA & SONGS OF PRAISE
Tuesday 16th May. 3.30 p.m. in North Stainley Village Hall
Cone and enjoy sandwiches and cake and some sing favourite hymns
ALL WELCOME
WHY BOTHER WITH YORKSHIRE?
The first of the St. Wilfrid Conversations explores the idea of regional identity partly from
a theological perspective. Bishop Nick Baines and Sir Gary Verity will be in conversation
with each other and the audience.
Saturday 13th May, 10.30 a.m. 12.30 p.m. at Ripon Cathedral.
Free entry.
Contact judithbustard@riponcathedral.org.uk for more information.
Acts 2: 14a, 36-41
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. Therefore
let the entire house of Israel know with certainty that God has made him both Lord and
Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified.
Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and to the other
apostles, Brothers, what should we do? Peter said to them, Repent, and be baptized
every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven; and you
will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you, for your children, and
for all who are far away, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him. And he testified
with many other arguments and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves from this corrupt
generation. So those who welcomed his message were baptized, and that day about three
thousand persons were added.
Luke 24: 13-35
Now on that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven
miles from Jerusalem, and talking with each other about all these things that had
happened. While they were talking and discussing, Jesus himself came near and went with
them, but their eyes were kept from recognizing him. And he said to them, What are you
discussing with each other while you walk along? They stood still, looking sad. Then one
of them, whose name was Cleopas, answered him, Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem
who does not know the things that have taken place there in these days? He asked them,
What things? They replied, The things about Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet
mighty in deed and word before God and all the people, and how our chief priests and
leaders handed him over to be condemned to death and crucified him. But we had hoped
that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since
these things took place. Moreover, some women of our group astounded us. They were at
the tomb early this morning, and when they did not find his body there, they came back
and told us that they had indeed seen a vision of angels who said that he was alive. Some
of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said; but
they did not see him. Then he said to them, Oh, how foolish you are, and how slow of
heart to believe all that the prophets have declared! Was it not necessary that the Messiah
should suffer these things and then enter into his glory? Then beginning with Moses and
all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things about himself in all the scriptures.
As they came near the village to which they were going, he walked ahead as if he were
going on. But they urged him strongly, saying, Stay with us, because it is almost evening
and the day is now nearly over. So he went in to stay with them. When he was at the table
with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were
opened, and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight. They said to each oth-
er, Were not our hearts burning within us while he was talking to us on the road, while he
was opening the scriptures to us? That same hour they got up and returned to Jerusalem;
and they found the eleven and their companions gathered together. They were saying, The
Lord has risen indeed, and he has appeared to Simon! Then they told what had happened
on the road, and how he had been made known to them in the breaking of the bread.