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Email: [email protected] Funeral Directors & Monumental Masons ICKLEHAM PARISH Magazine The Rectory, Mickleham February Dear friends 2019 It was 3 years ago this month that Storm Imogen lashed the South West and much of southern England and Wales, bringing travel chaos, disruption and hardship to Mickleham thousands of people. Gales of almost 100mph hit the Channel, with coastal communities bearing the brunt of the storm. As we pass through this life, all of us will face storms at Parish different times and in different ways. I was on a ferry in the Channel as Storm Imogen Magazine grew in strength, creating 11 metre waves and up to storm force 12 winds. It is fair to say it was not the most pleasant experience of my life, and I was glad to eventually A community magazine for reach my destination safely, even if it was 3 days later than originally planned! Mickleham and Westhumble published under the auspices Of course our storms may not always be literal, they could be a difficult issue in a of Mickleham PCC with an relationship, a trust broken, emotions battered, it could be deep worries about health independent editorial panel. or financial concerns, the loss (no matter how long ago) of someone loved and precious to us, perhaps a real fear for the future as we face times of great uncertainty and worry The magazine is published at about how we will get through it all. The world is changing so fast all around us, the the beginning of each month familiar often being eroded and replaced with new and challenging scenarios which except January and August. may be difficult for us to adapt to. There are no easy answers when the storms of life COPY DEADLINE batter us, we all have to face them as best we can, and walk through the dark valleys they set before us. FOR THE However, many people have found strength and hope in their faith in Jesus Christ as MARCH 2019 they journey through life. When Jesus died He left behind Him just a handful of men MAGAZINE and women who trusted in Him, despite the storms and persecutions they faced. By Sunday 381AD Christianity had grown to become the religion of the Roman Empire and today Christianity has approximately 2.2 billion people putting their trust in Jesus. Despite 10th February the church growing the slowest in Europe and North America, it is dramatically, even send to: explosively growing in other parts of the planet! The church in Africa has seen a Sue Tatham 51% increase, which works out on average at around 33,000 people each day either St Anthony Pilgrim’s Way becoming Christians or being born into Christian families in Africa alone - incredible! Westhumble So why is this? What is it about Jesus that draws people to Him, makes them trust Dorking RH5 6AW Him and hold on to Him in the joys as well as the storms of life. People turn to Jesus 01306 882547 for any number of reasons but the promise they get when they truly seek Him, is that [email protected] He will always be there for them, He will never fail anyone who genuinely wants to turn to Him. And as a result of that encounter with the Living God, people change, Contributions in any form they are transformed more and more into the very person they were created to be are welcome as are good in the first place! quality photographs. There is no charge for advertising Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, this year on the 6th March, and during Lent we will local charity and community be offering a Lent Course which will delve more deeply into the mystery of God (see events. However the editors page 2 for more details). So whether you are going through a storm in your life right reserve the right to shorten now, or whether everything is going along just fine, this Lent could be a great time omit or reformat articles to find out more about Jesus, and why one in every three people alive in the world submitted for publication today trusts Him. depending on space. With assurance of prayers for you all. Printed by Bishops Printers Reverend Canon John Harkin Portsmouth Parish Priest 1 Lent Bible Study Course 2019 ‘The Mystery of God’ is a seven session Lent Bible Study Course for 2019, delving Join us for more deeply into the mystery of God, seeking to rediscover what it is that draws Breakfast us so deeply in our search for Him. The course follows Jesus through the Lenten The Running Horses readings, allowing Him to draw us, in love and wonder, into the mystery of God’s plan of salvation. Whether you are just looking to find out more about the Christian 9 – 10 am faith or have been a Christian for many years, this course offers the opportunity to Please book by the Tuesday before find out more. Men’s Breakfasts The evenings will begin on Ash Wednesday and then will be held on the following Third Saturdays dates, all starting at 7.30pm, with the following themes explored: 16th February Week One The Mystery of Life and Death Ash Wednesday 6th March Week Two The Mystery of Good and Evil Monday 11th March Book with: Andy Diamond [email protected] Week Three The Mystery of God’s Glory Tuesday 19th March Week Four The Mystery of Sin, Suffering and Hope Monday 25th March Women’s Breakfasts Week Five The Mystery of Relationship and Reconciliation Fourth Saturdays Monday 1st April 23rd February Week Six The Mystery of Love and Sacrifice Monday 8th April Book with: Stephanie Randall Week Seven The Mystery of Joy and Salvation Monday 15th April 0773 6933 482 Please let Canon John know ([email protected]) if you would like to join us [email protected] for this year’s Lent Course. Prayer ea o help us in our understanding and @ 3 Tpractice of prayer we held a Prayer T Workshop in church last October. There Fourth Mondays were subsequently many positive comments about how helpful this 25th February had been, and so we agreed to hold We also host a monthly Parish Prayer Host: Wendy Wyatt another Prayer Workshop on Saturday Meeting on the first Tuesday of each 23rd March. month from 7.30 pm to 8.30 pm in 6, The Mount, church; the remaining dates for this Do please email me to let me know if Term are 5th February, 5th March and Fetcham KT22 9EE you will be coming, so that we can seek 2nd April. You are very welcome to ALL WELCOME to be as effective as we can in planning join us. TRANSPORT AVAILABLE this morning (harkin12@btinternet. com). Canon John MICKLEHYMNS 3 Sunday 3rd February 2019 4 pm – St Michael's Church Join us to sing some favourite hymns chosen by your friends and neighbours A £5 ticket includes refreshments in the interval and the proceeds go to the church porch fund TICKETS FROM JO BROWN or on the door O1372 375015 2 Photograph: Anne Weaver Christmas Eve Crib Service nce again, Adlers Lane became, Ofor a short period of time on Christmas Eve, our own Road to Bethlehem. Following a short welcome and introductory prayer by Canon John, our procession followed the star to the shepherds’ field and then on to the join us. One family said that they had Thank you to Jonathan and Gerry stable. There were readings and familiar been out walking some years ago when for all their hard work in preparing carols to help us re-visit the story of the they saw the procession and decided the stable; to Amy for playing the birth of Jesus and the younger children to join in. Since then, they have come keyboard; to Karina for preparing the did an admirable job in forming the to join us every year, all the way from readers and to Sarah for helping with tableau as the story unfolded, with very Cheam. Another family come from the refreshments. Thank you also to little adult help. Epsom, having heard about it from a all the families who encouraged their There were more people than ever friend; it is now part of their family children to take part, and to those of this year, many of whom had come Christmas tradition, despite having no you who came to join us. from some way beyond the parish to connection with the parish. Anne Weaver Church Christmas Trees Inconsiderate any people have commented Mon the lovely Christmas trees Dog Owners so beautifully decorated outside the church. This year the cross above the n Thursday 27th December there porch was also illuminated and glowed Owas a wedding at St Michael’s as a beacon of light to witness to all Church.