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May 2021 THE FOUNTAIN The Parish Magazine serving the communities of the Fountains Group, Aldfield Sawley & Winksley (Fountains Parish), Azerley, Dallowgill, Galphay, Grantley, Grewelthorpe, Kirkby Malzeard, Laverton, Mickley & Studley 50p The Rectory Kirkby Malzeard, Ripon HG4 3SL Dear Friends, The snowdrops have been and gone, and there are still some daffodils around. Buds are appearing on the trees, and there are the beginnings of blossom on the fruit bushes even up here where there is little to shelter our garden from the western wind coming off the moors. The weather is starting to get warmer, and it is becoming possible to relax properly outside in the sunshine. There is a sudden burgeoning of life in all its forms, as the air is filled at dawn with birdsong, and the lambing season has begun. There will no, doubt, be cold and wet days to come, but our hearts cannot but be lifted by the coming of spring. And so the cycle of winter turning into spring is repeated year after year, death being overwhelmed by a new life which will come to maturity over the next few months before it too fades into autumn. When the Christian church proclaims the resurrection of Jesus in the spring time of the year, it is not demanding belief in some strange, nonsensical affront to everything we know already and take for granted, but building on something which is actually quite familiar, both sorrow and loss, as life fades 1 at the end of summer, and wonderful hope as it returns in the spring. In Christian belief it is no accident that Jesus’ death and resurrection fell at this time of year, though as an event in time, his death may seem to have resulted from a toxic mix of religion and politics which happened to have come together during a spring festival in Jerusalem at a particular date. But in the dispensation of God, this was surely no coincidence. The hopes which come into our hearts in the season of spring were planted there by the God who created the seasons as a prelude to a wonderful promise: because of the resurrection of Jesus there will one day, on the other side of death, come to us a glorious spring of everlasting life. In this life, all the darkness of the death we have undergone will be overcome for ever by the light which comes from God and which must be shared amongst us in the form of eternal and unconquerable love. Adrian If you’re reading this copy of the Fountain online, why not check with your less internet-based neighbours if they would like to see it or have it printed for them? Church of England Services in Fountains Benefice May 2021 Services in Church (face coverings currently obligatory) Sunday 2 May 11.15 am Holy Communion at Grewelthorpe Church 6.30 pm Lambing Service at Chapel of the Resurrection, Dallowgill Sunday 9 May 11.15 am Holy Communion at Mickley Church 2.00 pm Rogation Service at Winksley Church Sunday 16 May 11.00 am Methodist Service at Grewelthorpe Church 11.15 am Holy Communion at Aldfield Church Sunday 23 May 11.15 am Holy Communion at Sawley Church Sunday 30 May 11.15 am Holy Communion at Kirkby Malzeard Church 2 We also continue our Sunday morning Zoom services (and other services at home) at 10 am – please contact Revd. Ian Kitchen on 01765 650369 if you would like to join us, or email [email protected] There will also be a Zoom service at 7.30 on the evening of Thursday 13th – Ascension Day. Details will be sent to our regular Zoomers, but please do ask if you would like to join us. If you are not computer-savvy or you'd rather follow a service on your own we can let you have it via email or by paper through your letter box. A healthy number of people are doing this at 10 am each week to build the sense that we are all worshipping together. Email or telephone Ian for more details. Holy Communion at home is available for those who have an urgent need. If you have any questions about the services please contact Ian. Church annual meetings These are important meetings in the life of our churches, where we can review the past year and look ahead to what we hope will be a brighter one coming up. Churchwardens and church council members are elected – there are usually spaces for new blood! Whether meetings will take place by Zoom or in person is uncertain at going to press, but there will be notices up at the churches with that detail on, by mid-May. The dates are as follows: Fountains Parish (Aldfield, Sawley and Winksley): 7.30 pm on Monday 24th May Grewelthorpe: 7.30 on Tuesday 18th May Kirkby Malzeard: 7.30 pm on Wednesday 26th May Mickley: 7.00 pm on Thursday 20th May. A listening ear from the hospice Even with the prospect of slowly exiting lockdown, many of us may be feeling low, isolated or anxious about the days and weeks to come. We want to let you know that our Just ‘B’ Hear to Help community line is here for you, seven days a week, from 8am in the morning to 8pm, with a team of experienced, caring volunteers ready to listen and support. Call us on 01423 856799. We’re all in this together and no concern is too small. The helpline is available for children, young people and adults across Yorkshire. 3 The Just ‘B’ Hear to Help line is one of the services provided by North Yorkshire Hospice Care, a registered charity in England and Wales (518905) with a family of services operating as Herriot Hospice Homecare, Just ‘B’, Saint Michael’s Hospice and Talking Spaces. Oberammergau Passion Play A Ripon Deanery Holiday to Austria and Oberammergau including the famous Passion Play: 3-10 June 2022 — This trip, which was postponed from last year, still has some spaces available. It is being led by Canon Michael Glanville-Smith, assisted by Canon Richard Cooper, two well-known and highly respected retired clergy who have long associations with the deanery. Richard was at one time vicar of Boroughbridge and Michael was Senior Residentiary Canon and Acting Dean at the cathedral. Both live in Ripon. Richard is acting as Tour Administrator and will be able to answer questions from anyone who may be interested. He is happy to be contacted at [email protected] or on 01765 600769. Funerals Katherine Jane Sybil Whiting Died 11th April 2021 Service and Cremation at Stonefall Crematorium, Harrogate Thursday 22nd April. Methodist News Good news! The Methodist buildings in the area are beginning to open for worship over the next few weeks as it looks as though things with this virus might be going the right way. The monthly Methodist service at Grewelthorpe will resume at 11am on Sunday 16 May. I will be leading that service, which I’m very happy about as it will be my first service there, after being here eight months! 4 Kirkby Malzeard Methodist Chapel is reopening on Sunday 23 May at 10.30am. Sawley Methodist Chapel is reopening on Sunday 6 June at 2pm. Dallowgill Methodist Chapel is reopening on Sunday 13 June at 2pm, though we may decide to go for it on 23 May if things are okay. We will let folk know if that is the case. I will be leading all of these services. It’s been a very frustrating beginning to my ministry in this area. I’m so looking forward to being able to visit people and to share in the life of our villages. I’m very aware there are many folks I haven’t met yet despite having been here since last September. The Methodist Circuit send you greetings. As signs of new life emerge around us, we thank God for those helping us move from what has been a very difficult time to a new and safer period. I had my second vaccine this week. The side effects have been horrendous! But I’m glad to be a bit more protected as things open up around me. Let’s hope for a good summer together! Ian Pruden Methodist Minister for Grewelthorpe, Kirkby Malzeard, Sawley and Dallowgill The Benefice Book Group In April we read ``Princess Elizabeth's Spy" by Susan Elia Macneal, and it really split us right down the middle. Those who liked it, liked it very much, to the extent of having the next two in the series waiting in the wings. They found the plot gripping and the characters credible and were interested in the way it portrayed the career opportunities which were opened up to women in World War 2. Those who didn`t like it were troubled by the unlikeliness of the plot and also by the anachronisms and what seemed to be an American’s misconceptions about the way British society in the 1940’s functioned. As ever, you pay your money and you take your choice and one woman`s meat is another woman`s poison and all that. And that`s the joy of Book Group. 5 In May, ever optimistic, we hope to MEET to discuss "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie "by Muriel Spark. Anne Carrick Fountains Fund Raising As with all organisations fund raising this year has been almost non- existent. Our aim with a lot of our events is not only to raise money to keep the churches and ministry in our villages, but also to reach out to the community, especially the isolated and most vulnerable people in and around the area.