St. Mary’s Priory Church, Old Malton

&

St. Michael’s Church, Malton ‘The Church in the Market Place’

Diary

December 2019

Benefice Website - www.maltonbenefice.org.uk

Find us on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/stmarysoldmalton

Enquiries and requests for clergy help should be addressed to:

The Revd Glyn Diggins, The Vicarage, 17 The Mount, Malton YO17 7ND.

Email: glyn.diggins@btinternet.com

December 2019 ST. MARY’S ST. MICHAEL’S

Sunday 1st 11.15am Mattins followed by said Communion

6.30pm CTSR Advent Service

9.30am All Age Service

Monday 2nd —— ——

Tuesday 3rd —— 9.15am Tots Church

Wednesday 4th

9.00am Holy Communion

10.30am Holy Communion in In the Lady Chapel followed by coffee at Bar 46

Thursday 5th 9.00am Morning Prayer 7.30pm Women’s Fellowship Christmas Meal

7.30pm Choir Practice

Friday 6th —— 8.30am Morning Prayer

Saturday 7th —— 9.00am Prayer Breakfast 10.00am Coffee Stop

Sunday 8th 11.15am Mattins 6.30pm Evensong

10.30am Food Festival Praise

12.30pm Benefice Christmas Lunch at The Golf Club

Monday 9th 1.30pm Mencap Carol Service ——

Tuesday 10th —— 8.30am Morning Prayer

Wednesday 11th

9.00am Holy Communion 9.45am Choir Practice 7.00pm Chanticleer Singers Rehearsal

10.30am Holy Communion in In the Lady Chapel followed by coffee at Bar 46

Thursday 12th 9.00am Morning Prayer 10.00am Decorating the church for Christmas

7.30pm Choir Practice

Friday 13th 7.30pm Chanticleer Singers Concert

8.30am Morning Prayer

Saturday 14th 3.00pm Chanticleer Singers Concert

10.00am Save the Children Fundraiser and Christmas Family Fun

Sunday 15th 11.15am Mattins 3.00pm Festival of Nine Lessons and Carol

9.30am Holy Communion

December 2019 ST. MARY’S ST. MICHAEL’S

Monday 16th —— ——

Tuesday 17th —— 8.30am Morning Prayer

Wednesday 18th 9.00am Holy Communion

10.30am Holy Communion in In the Lady Chapel followed by coffee at Bar 46

Thursday 19th 9.00am Morning Prayer 7.30pm Choir Practice

Friday 20th —— 8.30am Morning Prayer

Saturday 21st —— 9.00am Decorating the Church for Chirstmas with refreshments 10.00am Coffee Stop with Carols

Sunday 22nd 11.15am Mattins 6.30pm Holy Communion

9.30am Parish Communion 4.45pm Choir Practice 6.30pm Carols by Candlelight

Monday 23rd —— ——

Tuesday 24th

Christmas Eve

3.30pm Crib Service

11.30pm Midnight Mass

3.00pm Crib Service and Christingle 11.30pm Midnight Mass

Wednesday 25th

Christmas Day

11.15am Holy Communion

9.30am Family Communion

Thursday 26th —— ——

Friday 27th —— ——

Saturday 28th —— ——

Sunday 29th 11.15am Mattins 9.30am Parish Communion

Monday 30th —— ——

Tuesday 31st —— ——

From St. Michael’s Parish Registers: Weddings: Daniel & Hannah Crosland

Baptisms: Douglas Eagleston and Charlie Edward Wright

In Memoriam: Molly Kirkham and George Wiles

A Christmas Message from The Revd. Glyn Diggins

Believe it or not, Christmas is nearly upon us once more. I really don’t know

where the last 12 months have gone…but gone they have.

This time of year means different things to different people.

Some look forward to the festivities with a childlike enthusiasm and excitement,

while others face the season with a sense of dread. The sheer busyness of

preparing for it can leave us drained and tired and completely stressed-out,

rather than being in the mood for a joyful celebration of any kind.

Modern life can be exhausting at the best of times, Christmas preparations on

top of everything else can sometimes feel impossible!

We feel the pressure to create unrealistic scenes of utopia in our homes, based

on a Dickensian vista of bonhomie and tables straining under the weight of

Cordon Bleu cooking.

Add on top of that the pressure to purchase the latest “must haves” in order to

prove to our loved ones that we truly cherish them and the true meaning of

Christmas starts to slip into the background, buried under an avalanche of

marketing and unrealistic expectations.

Let’s strip all that away and start to reflect on the true meaning of Christmas,

which first and foremost is the feast of the new-born King: the God who

becomes one of us, to renew us and give us new life - the life that can never die,

the love which the Christian faith says is at the heart of everything. Christmas

celebrates the birth of one who shows, by his coming among us, as one of us,

that love can be a reality, even in the midst of a troubled world, peopled by a

deeply flawed human race.

The Christmas message which is prepared for, proclaimed and celebrated in our

churches here in Malton, and in Christian places of worship all over the world,

can help give all this a sense of meaning and reality.

The opportunity for worship and quiet reflection

can also help us to regain a sense of equilibrium

and balance in our lives and help discover or

rediscover what Christmas (and perhaps life

itself) is all about.

Maureen, Rhys, Myles and myself, wish you

all a very joyful and peaceful Christmas.

December at St Michael’s

Food Festival Praise

Sunday 8 December 10.30am

A service of Hymns, Carols and Readings for

the Advent Season .

Everybody of any age welcome!

Save the Children Fundraiser

Saturday 14 December 10.00am-1.00pm

To mark the centenary of the charity.

Includes carol singing & exhibits by Malton

Primary School . Coffee, light lunch , children’s

craft activities

Carols by Candlelight

Sunday 22 December 6.30pm

Traditional service of carols and readings for Christmas, with full choir.

Crib Service & Christingle 3.00pm

Christmas Eve

Relive the story of Christ ’s birth and light

your own Christingle .

Midnight Mass 11.30pm

Christmas Day

Family Communion 9.30am

Save the Children Centenary

Morning coffee (by donation)

Lunch (sandwich, cake and tea/coffee - £5)

Saturday 14 December - 10.00 am - 1.00 pm

St Michael's Church, Malton with

An Exhibition of work and Carol singing by pupils of Malton County Primary School

and

Children's Christmas Crafts 10.00am - 12 noon (for 3 years and upwards)

December at St Mary’s Priory Church

Sunday 1st 6.30pm CTSR Advent Service

Monday 9th 1.30pm Mencap Carol Service

Friday 13th at 7.30pm and Saturday 14th at 3.00pm

Chanticleer Singers : Candlelit Carols Concert

Sunday 15th 3.00pm Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols

Christmas Eve 3.30pm Crib Service

11.30pm Midnight mass

Christmas Day

11.15am Holy Communion