September 2020 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, We are living in strange times and it seems to me that we are only surviving at all because most people at every level of society are exercising two qualities which are fundamental to the Christian way of life, charity and trust, and it is about trust that I write today. Again, and again in Scripture we read about people who have trusted in Our Lord against the odds and apparently even against reason. In the Old Testament God asks Abraham to leave his home and set off towards an unspecified destination. Isiah responds to God`s call to do he knows not what with "Here am I. Send me." The New Testament, from beginning to end, is the story of people who trusted in God and did what He asked without question, from Mary through the disciples who left their nets to follow Christ, to Christ Himself of whom His enemies said "He trusted in God". 1 Is that our response to the situation in which we find ourselves today? Are we able to go forward into an unpredictably dangerous future with absolute certainty that we can trust in God? It would be idle to pretend that the future will not hold suffering and tragedy on an unprecedented scale, but in spite of all that, can it be said of us that we trust in God? Can we go forward from day to day somehow finding strength from God to face whatever comes? I believe that we can if we trust in God that He will deliver us. Can we honestly reply, to the question in the Baptism Service "Do you believe and trust in God?" "I believe and trust in Him?" If we can say these words and really mean then we have nothing to fear. I pray for us all that we may, by The Lord`s grace do just that. The Second Collect from Morning Prayer in The Book of Common Prayer: O God, who art the author of peace and lover of concord, in knowledge of whom standeth our eternal life, whose service is perfect freedom: Defend us thy humble servants in all assaults of our enemies: that we, surely trusting in thy defence, may not fear the power of any adversaries, through the power of Jesus Christ our Lord Amen Anne Carrick Church of England Services in Fountains Benefice September 2020 We will be holding short services of Holy Communion (sharing the bread only) on the following dates. We hope you can join us: Face coverings are currently obligatory at services Wednesday 2 Sept 10.30 am Chapel of the Resurrection, Dallowgill Sunday 6 Sept 11.15 am Grewelthorpe Church Wednesday 9 Sept 10.30 am Aldfield Church Sunday 13 Sept 11.15 am Kirkby Malzeard Church Wednesday 16 Sept 10.30 am Mickley Church 2 Sunday 20 Sept 11.15 am Sawley Church Wednesday 23 Sept 10.30 am Winksley Church Saturday 26 Sept, 2.00 pm non-HC service for Harvest, Kirkby Malzeard churchyard – please bring an item for the food bank Sunday 27 Sept 11.15 am Chapel of the Resurrection, Dallowgill Wednesday 30 Sept 10.30 am Grewelthorpe Church 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. Holy Communion at home is available for those who need it. If you have any questions about the services please contact Ian Kitchen. Harvest Weekend We will have a harvest service for the whole benefice at 2 pm on Saturday 26th September. This will take place in the churchyard at Kirkby Malzeard – the church is big enough to allow us to retreat there and maintain suitable distancing should the weather turn nasty! Please bring an item which can be passed on to the Food Bank, rather than traditional harvest produce. There will also be a harvest theme to our services on Zoom and at home on Sunday 27th. Building faith It’s good to get into a healthy routine of spiritual development. We each have rhythms of loving, living and learning, and as Christians we believe that Christ should be at the heart of this. There are two initiatives at the moment to help us. Rhythm of Life involves taking stock of where we are now, making one or more practical commitments, participating with others if wished and reviewing our commitments periodically. It is very flexible. To give it a go, visit https://learning.leeds.anglican.org/RoL/ For a brief, twice-daily form of prayer and Bible reading, the Church of England has produced a booklet called Time to Pray, which is very helpful. It 3 includes the service of Night Prayer, which is a comforting and calming way to draw the day to a close. Copies are available from Ian Kitchen. Annual Church Meetings The annual meetings for Fountains parish will be held on 28th September at 7.30. Due to the coronavirus restrictions we are not yet certain of the venue, but it will be advertised. Nomination forms are required beforehand for churchwardens. The other parish annual meetings will be on 5th October for Kirkby Malzeard with Dallowgill, 7th October for Grewelthorpe, and 28th October for Mickley. Worship with us At the moment we are still sharing in a service of Morning Worship each week at 10.00 am, using the video-conferencing tool Zoom. If you'd like to join us, please contact Rev Ian Kitchen for more information ([email protected]). Even if you haven't used Zoom before, it isn't difficult and Ian will be able to help you sort it out. 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 growing band 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: 01765 650369. Bible study We are running a Bible study group by Zoom on Wednesday evenings from 7.30. If you’d like to join us, or would be interested in a similar study at another time, let Ian know. More technology The benefice Facebook page is called Fountains Benefice and is at https://www.facebook.com/fountains.benefice.7 Our website is called Fountains Group of Churches and can be found at http://fountainsgroupofchurches.co.uk/ Every church has another page on the web, through the site called achurchnearyou. From the page achurchnearyou.com you can put in a place name, or use the code for one of our churches: Aldfield 3366 Dallowgill 16890 4 Grewelthorpe 3211 Kirkby Malzeard 3377 Mickley 3261 Sawley 3367 Winksley 3368 You can find our daily reflections and prayers on all these sites. Please do explore them and see what is there. Funerals Joe Bagshaw – 29th June, Stonefall Crematorium, Ian Kitchen took service Tony Ashby – 24th July, St. James Grewelthorpe, Ian Kitchen took service John Maud – 12th August, Stonefall Crematorium, Ian Kitchen took service. Methodist Services Introduction to Ian Pruden I wanted to write a short note to say hello, as this month I’m beginning a new appointment as the minister for the Methodist Church in Dallowgill, Grewelthorpe, Kirkby Malzeard and Sawley (and four other places!) I’m very happy to be coming to a beautiful part of North Yorkshire after a long spell in the South East and most recently in East Anglia in the Fens. I am a passionate ecumenist and rural practitioner, and I love and understand rural villages. From our couple of visits and from reading village websites, it’s clear the villages your Parish cover are vibrant communities. I look forward to getting involved in events over the next few years. I’m married to Lis (who is an Anglican) and we have six cats and no children! We will be living in Ripon. We both love meeting people. Of course, beginning a new appointment in a pandemic will be interesting. I’m planning lots of pastoral getting to know you meetings in gardens. I look forward to meeting many of you soon, 5 Ian Pruden The Methodist Church in Kirkby Malzeard will reopen for worship on 13th September at 10.30 am when a short half hour service will be led by the members. The next service will be on the 27th September. The Benefice Book Group This month we have read "A Gentleman in Moscow" by Amor Towles and readers have reacted very strongly both for and against. Those who didn`t enjoy it had no sympathy with any of the characters and thought the plot too long and unnecessarily complex. Those who loved it found the characters well drawn and sympathetic especially The Count (the central character) and the plot fascinating with lots of unexpected twists and turns and plenty of amusing incidents and details So, would we, as a group, recommend it? As with most novels it`s a case of "suck it and see". Try it for yourself. You`ll know within a few pages whether or not you want to go on. We are now reading “The Shell Seekers" by Rosamunde Pilcher. Anne Carrick Fountains Parish Fountains Parish Regular Giving and Gift Aid Report I am writing to express our grateful thanks for the continued support for the mission and ministry here in the Fountain's Parish through regular giving and donations.