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LOWER BEEDING PARISH MAGAZINE 50p - To arrange an annual subscription (£6) ring 01403 891710 0 Lower Beeding Parish Worship Services For Christmas Services see page 7 3rd Advent 1 8.30am Eucharist at St Johns December 10.00am Family Harvest Service Readings: Isiah 63: 16-17& 64: 1 & 3-8; I Corinthians 1: 3-9; Mark 13: 33-37. 10th Advent 2 8.30am Eucharist at St Johns December 10.00am Christingle Eucharist 3.30pm Evensong at St. Johns (BCP) Readings: Isaiah: 40: 1-5 & 9-11; II Peter 3: 8-14; Mark 1: 1-8. 17th Advent 3 8.30am Eucharist at St Johns December 10.00am Parish Eucharist Readings: Isaiah 61: 1-2 & 10-11; Thessalonians 5: 16-24; John 1: 6-8 & 19-28. 24th Advent 4 8.30am Eucharist at St Johns December 10.00am Parish Eucharist Christmas Eve 3.30pm Children’s Crib Service 11.30 pm Midnight Mass Readings: II Samuel &: 1-5& 8-12 & 14 & 16; Romans 16: 25-27; Luke 1: 26-38. 31st Holy Family 8.30 am Eucharist at St Johns December 10.00 am Parish Eucharist Readings: Genesis 15: 1-6 & 21:1-3; Hebrews 11:8 & 11-12 &17-19, Luke 2: 22-40. BCP = Book of Common Prayer From the registers... (Baptisms, Funerals and Marriages) Wedding of Jennifer & Bradley Ashcroft on 18th November at Holy Trinity Church 1 Welcome to the December 2017 edition of Contents the Lower Beeding Parish Magazine. Features Our front cover features Nativity Figures Christmas Services 7 made specially for our parish by local artist Christingle 8 Julie Janvrin using funds donated by local people in memory of loved ones. You will be Charity Coffee Morning 10 able to see the full set of figures, including a Ramblers Carol Service 12 shepherd modelled on the late, much loved Beetle Drive 12 Fr. Ernest Green (previous incumbent), Age UK 14 displayed in Holy Trinity Church over the Letter to the Editor 22 Christmas period alongside all the beautiful Ride and Stride 22 Christmas flowers and foliage. Plum Pudding Recipe 24 May I take this opportunity to thank all the Regulars people who work together to make this magazine a reality, from the people who Worship 1 contribute articles, to Josh for the From Holy Trinity 4 advertising, to the people who deliver it Views from St John’s 6 through your door. Special thanks to Mandy Thursday Club 10 for all her hard work in co-ordinating the LBA 13-14 deliveries and helping with the advertising LBHS 16 and to my lovely husband Mark for his Great Britons 17-18 advice and support. May you all have a very Police Report 20 joyful Christmas full of God’s blessings. Gardener’s World 23-24 Christina Betson Sussex Wildlife Trust 26 Editor Our Page (children) 28 [email protected] Puzzle Page 29-30 Guides 31-32 Wishing all our readers a very Weather 33-34 Engage Update 35 happy Christmas from the Holy Trinity School 36 Parish Magazine Team. All in the Month of… 39-40 Health Walks 42 The views and opinions Movie Moments 44 within this publication are not necessarily those of the Copy date for next editor or magazine – Thursday the Lower Beeding Parochial 14th December Church Council. www.lowerbeeding.com www.facebook.com/LowerBeedingParish 2 TREE SURGERY ATS Machinery Lawn Mower Sales, Parts & Repairs Jonathan Rotheray Ltd For all your computer problems! ! Troubleshooting Honda & Stihl Main Dealer Home networks Broadband Word/Excel/Access Horsham 01403 891580 ! www.ats-machinery.co.uk 01444 400043 ! ! PRIVATE CAR HIRE AND TAXI SERVICE * All types of Passenger Work Also Messenger and Small Parcel Delivery Service * Established over 20 years Barry Harding Partridge Green 01403 710975 ! 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According to the Telegraph last year the John Lewis advert heralded the start of Christmas (you may remember the one involving woodland animals bouncing up and down on a trampoline). Both they and Waitrose played heavily on the cute factor using animals with Waitrose featuring the long and arduous journey of a robin back to its mate and a Waitrose mince pie. Probably unsurprisingly, from a theological point of view, my favourite from last year was the Amazon one featuring a priest and an imam exchanging gifts of knee pads in recognition that both suffered from sore knees due to regular prayer. So, what’s in store this Christmas? If John Lewis represents the vanguard of the adverts there is remarkably little Christmas, in terms of trees and decorations, in their advert. It stars Moz the Monster who lives under a little boy’s bed and keeps him up all night, so he keeps falling asleep in the day. Recognising this, despite the fun they are having, the monster gets the boy a nightlight for Christmas. The strapline at the end is: For gifts that brighten their world. The advert is very sweet but I’m hoping that Edwin doesn’t see it as any ideas that monsters are under the bed is something I really don’t want to encourage, otherwise both parents and child will not be sleeping, and I need to be awake to do the services on Christmas day! Otherwise, however, there is a very good theological message here, which is at the heart of Christmas. Nothing to do with monsters, but the gift of a light that brings peace. The light that we celebrate at Christmas is the greatest gift God has given to us, his Son born on Christmas day. Through his love darkness is dispelled and we all can find peace and comfort. It’s the light we remind ourselves of with the candle on the Christingle and the star on the tree. He is the gift that can brighten our world. Merry Christmas, Mark. 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SANDYGATE LANE . LOWER BEEDING . RH13 6LR Telephone (01403) 891017 News and Views from St. John’s, Coolhurst The History of Christmas Cards Each year, at the beginning of September, the first Christmas cards appear in the card shops and other places. It also heralds the beginning of the over- consumption festival that Christmas has become. As a Christian I like to send Christmas Cards that have some reference to the real Christmas with a depiction of the Nativity, Mary and the Angel or the Three Kings. However, in recent years such cards are quite difficult to find and have been superseded by more secular images; robins, Christmas Trees, snow scenes and others. This led me to wonder about the history of the Christmas Card. The custom began in the UK in 1843 by Sir Henry Cole. He was a civil servant who assisted with the formation of the new 'Public Record Office' (now called the Post Office). He wondered how this new enterprise could be used more fully by ordinary people. The first postal service that ordinary people could use was started in 1840 when the first 'Penny Post' public postal deliveries began (Sir Henry Cole helped to introduce the Penny Post). Before that, only very rich people could afford to send anything in the post. Sir Henry had the idea of introducing a Christmas Card and worked with his friend John Horsley, an artist to design the first one. One thousand were printed and the cards were sold for 1 shilling each, quite a large sum for those days. The first card had three panels; the outer two panels showed people caring for the poor and in the centre panel was a family having a large Christmas dinner! Not a depiction of the Nativity as you might expect. Sir Henry and his friend John Horsley would be amazed to know that in the present day 45% of all cards are sent at Christmas.