This week in brief... w/c 24/02/19

Sundays Best - A Pick of the Readings
First Reading: 1 Samuel 26:2. 7-9. 12-13. 22-23
A reading from the first book of Samuel.
Saul set off and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, accompanied by three thousand men chosen from Israel to search for David in the wilderness of Ziph. So in the dark David and Abishai made their way towards the force, where they found Saul asleep inside the camp, his spear stuck in the ground beside his head, with Abner and the troops lying round him. Then Abishai said to David, “Today God has put your enemy in your power; so now let me pin him to the ground with his own spear. Just one stroke! I will not need to strike him twice.” David answered Abishai, “Do not kill him, for who can lift his hand against the Lord’s anointed and be without guilt?” David took the spear and the pitcher of water from beside Saul’s head, and they made off. No one saw, no one knew, no one woke up; they were all asleep, for a deep sleep from the Lord had fallen on them. David crossed to the other side and halted on the top of the mountain a long way off; there was a wide space between them. David then called out, “Here is the king’s spear. Let one of the soldiers come across and take it. The Lord repays everyone for his uprightness and loyalty. Today the Lord put you in my power, but I would not raise my hand against the Lord’s anointed.”
 

Diary Dates
Coffee Mornings: 
From 10.00am every Tuesday throughout February ) 
Services: 
Thu 28th Feb 9.30am Feria
Sun 3rd Mar 9.30am (last before Lent) Parish Mass
Wed 6th Mar 9.30am Imposition of Ashes -
 (Ash Wednesday)
10th Mar 9.30am Parish Mass (1st Sunday in Lent)
Meetings:
Parochial Church Council Mon 11th March
Future Events
Bishops Visit 
​Wednesday 27th March Bishop Pete is visiting the Deanery between 10.30am & 2.30pm. The event will be hosted by Penistone St Johns but there will be an opportunity for all Parishes to make presentation of their work.
Concerts
WW2 Brass: Thur 5th September. Themed Concert to coincide with the start of the Second World War. Will also include a pictorial presentation. More details to follow. 
Xmas Brass: Thur 12th December. Usual mix of seasonal and contemporary music.
Both concerts will feature Worsbrough Brass.