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WINDOW on WALTON Parish & Community News from St Peter’s and Christchurch, Walton-on-the-Hill 2020 St. NOV/DEC PETER’S CHURCH www.stpeterswoth.org WALTON ON THE HILL Parish News Community Local Events Clubs & Groups St Peter’s Church waltononthehill St Peter’s Church WOTH 2 Editor’s Note By Emmeline Moore Christmas is nearly here and my When throughout the world there arose eldest son is worried that Father such a clatter Christmas might catch Covid and be Of singing, and loving, though hearts were in tatters too ill to deliver his presents. I try to We stood at our balconies, doorways, and reassure him that it will be ok, his windows reply is simple, “does he have lots of To let out the love Christians, Jews, hand sanitiser?” How things have changed in Muslims, Hindus just a year! Will we ever go back to how it The moon lit the green of the fresh budding Spring was before? Its been a very odd time, one Giving Hope for Rebirth we yearned it would bring that nobody anticipated coming, not even We opened our hearts and expanded our Father Christmas! characters Knowing our children would be the inheritors ’Twas the night of Corona when all through the The world just got smaller but we’re growing world bigger Not a creature was stirring as the nightmare Our hearts and our souls demonstrate we’re no unfurled quitters The face masks were missing, the gloves and the Our Heroes are Healers, not killers of Life gowns And many strong Women in the thick of the strife The nurses and doctors were all falling down May All who draw breath see God in Each Other The children and old folks were scratching their Embracing Our weakness As Sisters and Brothers heads Stronger Together To wonder what mayhem this virus could spread Pa gathered his strength, Ma stuffed down her The Night of Corona, By Ann Barber worries Pulled courage together to start their new journey Please support this community project by paying £10 per year and guarantee yourself an issue every two months, hand delivered to your door. Please email [email protected] for more info. Thank you. Advertising Rates Black & White Colour Full Page £150 £180 Half Page £80 £100 Quarter Page £60 £80 Local Directory £10 per business Prices are for the year, not per issue. Please email [email protected] for more info. The deadline for the Jan/Feb Edition is 15th Dec. Please send all contributions, by email to:- [email protected] All views expressed are those of the individual authors and are not necessarily those of St Peter’s or Christchurch. 3 ST PETER’S PARISH TEAM Rector Benefice Curate Lay Minister Churchwarden Rev’d Harry Latham Christopher Hancock Tom Rhind-Tutt MBE Neil Williams 01737 812105 07901715882 07453411189 01737 813648 [email protected] cmjhancock@gmail. [email protected] sylvianeil@supanet. com com Parish Organist Organist Administrator Tony Lane John Rosling Jenny Tuttle 01737 668254 john@stpeterswoth. 07733107672 admin@stpeterswoth. org Tuttle.jenny@gmail. org com Pastoral Magazine Editor Treasurer Assistant Karen Rand Emmeline Moore Mike Giles 01737 213311 emmelinerolls@yahoo. 01737 812636 karenrand@gmail. co.uk [email protected] com Magazine Printed by Printmates, 84 Holmethorpe Avenue, Redhill, RH1 2NL. Tel 01737 773755 www.printmates.co.uk 4 Rector’s Letter By Reverend Harry Latham In chapter nine of Luke’s It is not something we see Gospel Jesus sends out the enough of in this country. Yet twelve apostles, I expect we there is a difficult reality in all know that, and it seems Jesus’ words, a reality behind quite right. But then in his desire to help the seventy- chapter ten a much larger two handle rejection: group is sent out, seventy- “Whoever listens to you listens two. It is as if he first sends to me; whoever rejects you out the clergy (the people you rejects me; but whoever expect) but then also sends out the PCC and rejects me rejects him who sent me.” members of the choir and congregation! Not everyone wants to know about Jesus. It may seem a little un-nerving but also Not everyone welcomes Jesus. But many do rather exciting! and the harvest is plentiful. The seventy-two come back really excited! Saying: “Lord, They are sent two by two into every town even the demons submit to us in your and place that he was about to go to prepare name.” the way, because as Jesus says: “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.” But Jesus says: “do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you but rejoice that your Workers are needed – it was true then and it names are written in heaven.” is true now – and prayer is needed: “Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out The joy that would sustain them and the joy workers into his harvest field.” that sustains us, is the fact that we are forgiven, that we are highly valued, If we are going to pray, we need to dare to accepted, loved, and made children of hope for growth, even under the current heaven by God’s grace. conditions, and also decide to be bold in offering ourselves as workers in the harvest We find the power to keep on keeping on, field. when as Kenny Borthwick says we “live loved” when we live out of the ongoing Look then what happens next, when they experience of relationship with God, Father, were welcomed and people wanted to hear Son & Holy Spirit and when our relationships about Jesus, they were to heal the sick and with each other in the Church are strong and proclaim the nearness of God’s kingdom. deep. 5 Let me encourage us all to offer ourselves afresh to working in the Harvest field. Even with this awful pandemic to dare to hope for a church that grows as we talk about Jesus and his nearness, his kingdom, and his help. This Christmas is likely to be quite different in terms of our services and the numbers allowed in Church. Let us see ourselves as going out rather more than asking others in. Wherever we are, there are kingdom opportunities and possibilities. @ St Peter’s Church Sunday 3-4pm Thursday 11am-12noon A Prayer If we had a fraction of the faith in you that then this world would be transformed, Lord. you have in us then this world would be transformed, Lord. If we showed as much trust in others as you have shown in us If we showed a fraction of the love that you then this world would be transformed, Lord. show to us then this world would be transformed, Lord. If we claimed just a fraction of the power, you promised to your Church If we possessed a fraction of the patience then this world would be transformed, Lord. that you display with us then this world would be transformed, Lord. Transform us first, Lord, that we might transform this world If we shared just a portion of the blessings through your love and your power. that we have received from you Amen. (John Birch 2016) From St Peter’s Registers Funerals Terrie Slatter 6 Services Within Our Benefice of Headley & Box Hill Please see Headley and Box Hill website for all Christmas Services. www.headleyboxhillchurches.org.uk St Mary’s, Headley 1st Nov 8.00am Holy Communion (1662) 10.30am Parish Communion 8th Nov 8.00am Holy Communion (1662) 10.30am Service of Remembrance 15th Nov 10.30am Parish Communion 22nd Nov 8.00am Holy Communion (1662) 9.30am Family Communion 29th Nov 8.00am Holy Communion (1662) 10.30am Advent Communion 6th Dec 8.00am Holy Communion (1662) 10.30am Parish Communion 13th Dec 8.00am Holy Communion (1662) 9.30am Family Communion with St Andrew’s 20th Dec 10.30am Parish Communion 27th Dec 8.00am Holy Communion (1662) 9.30am Family Communion St Andrew’s, Box Hill 1st Nov 9.30am Contemporary Worship 8th Nov 10.15am Service of Remembrance 15th Nov 9.30am Informal Communion 22nd Nov 9.30am Morning Praise 29th Nov 9.30am Advent Communion 6th Dec 9.30am Contemporary Worship 13th Dec 9.30am Family Communion with St Andrew’s 20th Dec 9.30am Informal Communion 27th Dec 9.30am Morning Praise 7 Insight By Tom Rhind-Tutt MBE Christmas time … Yester years… This year than today. It is easy to Jesus explains that He comes to show us how forget just how advanced to live – without limit. His thought-provoking our civilisation is stories are about generously helping others. compared to the past. Take a familiar story. A Christmas Card you I write this article in the middle of October receive may depict Mary riding a donkey with when the Corona Virus is rapidly increasing. Joseph walking alongside. This illustration We have no idea where Virus and Economy reminds me just how much the lives of will be by Christmas. I am not worried about Joseph & Mary’s were turned upside down the content of this article being affected as I and their severe physical privations. I am share amazing information. As I have said amazed how brave they were. Here are the before, ‘being old’ provides me with views facts. based on long experience. Please stay with me as I explain. Pregnant Mary rode the Donkey while & Joseph walked from Nazareth to Bethlehem. In the past year we have seen the Corona Eighty miles on rough, dangerous roads with Virus epidemic turn the lives of people upside robbers always around.