Dear Sisters and Brothers
Mask are not legally required in church now, but, we are asked to consider continuing to wear them whilst indoors. Remember that wearing a mask isn’t about protecting yourself, its caring for others. We should also continue to sanitise hands on entering and leaving our churches. Let’s take things steadily as we return to ‘normality.’ (I know of more people who have Covid now than I have done at any other time in this pandemic, it’s not over yet).
As I move on in mid-February, this bulletin will cease as of 6 February. Services will continue to be published in the Benefice magazine and on our web sites.
The funeral of Mrs Cheryl McDonald will take place at St. Helen’s Denton on Thursday 3rd February at 11am. The Funeral of Mr Brian Knox will take place at St. Michael and St. Lawrence’s Church Fewston on Thursday 10th February at 12 noon.
Services for the coming weeks
6th February Fourth Sunday before Lent
Weston 9.30am.
Farnley 11am
Fewston 11am.
13th February Third Sunday before Lent
Leathley 9.30am.
Weston 11am.
Blubberhouses 11am.
Please remember in your prayers: The Ukraine and Russia, praying for peace between those nations. For our own Armed Forces, especially those deployed in Eastern Europe and in the Baltic States. All working or volunteering in the NHS, especially those who are feeling overwhelmed. The homeless and those who cannot feed their families. Our friends and neighbours and all who live in this Benefice. For all those coming towards the end of their lives and those coming to terms with difficult diagnoses. The sick, and the dying, and those who care for them. For the families and friends of Cheryl McDonald and Brian Knox and for all those who mourn the loss of someone they love.
God bless you all.
Stephen