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June 2019 ICKLEHAM PARISH Magazine June Mickleham Rectory 2019 Dear friends, I am sure we have all been there, those times when we have a very difficult choice to make, or perhaps when we feel overwhelmed by the enormous challenges we may face in life. What should I do? How do I make the right decision? Bullimores LLP licenced to carry out the reserved legal activity of Mickleham non-contentious probate in England and Wales by the ICAEW We probably all have our own methods for helping us answer those questions, and Parish like many others I have certainly found it very helpful to do two things, the first Magazine being to write it all down. When I have put it all on paper or on my screen, I can see the basic facts, the possible courses of action and the potential likely outcomes. 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Portsmouth Email: [email protected] Funeral Directors & Monumental Masons 1 Lent Course and Prayer Workshop Annual Parochial Church Meeting LENT COURSE 2019 his meeting took place on Sunday completed her term and was re-elected Data Protection Regulation (Alison Many of us found it to be aster has come and gone… or has it? 14th April and was chaired by for one year in order to balance the Wood), Almshouses (John Banfield), a challenging, thought- T EWhy leave behind the legacy of the Canon John Harkin. The meeting numbers changing each year. St Michael’s School (John Banfield) Join us for provoking and fruitful mystery of God, as if somehow Easter was attended by the officers and 36 and Mickleham Parish Magazine time as we sought to bring Richard Siberry, as Treasurer, reported Breakfast is just the start of spring, a season that parishioners. (Sue Tatham). All these reports were open hearts and minds to on the financial affairs of the PCC. The Running Horses passes, moving on into whatever comes available at the meeting and are next? fundamental questions of life, helping At the Vestry meeting which preceded He drew attention to the significant the APCM, Anne Weaver stood down as deficit of £6,764 on ‘general account’ available from me if you would like to 9 – 10 am At the heart of Easter is the visible us to grow in a deeper understanding Please book by the Tuesday before churchwarden; she was given flowers compared with an equivalent deficit see any of them. evidence of the awesome power of of who we are, in addition to what we believe impacts our lives. and a card as a sign of the parish’s of £633 last year, and he encouraged Elizabeth Moughton Men’s Breakfasts God that can make death come back to appreciation of her service over her people to sign up to the Parish Giving PCC Secretary Third Saturdays life, restore relationships, heal hearts PRAYER WORKSHOP years as a churchwarden. Thanks Scheme to make regular payments th 15 June and minds and change things for the Our Prayer Workshops seem to be were given to John Banfield and Anne to the church, as this scheme results Members of the Book with: Andy Diamond better. And in preparation for this valued as a way of understanding Weaver for all their hard work and in improved cash flow and much less Parochial Church Council (PCC) incredible time, a group of interested [email protected] more about prayer, considering some dedication in the past year. John administration at his end. people joined together during Lent to James Aarvold John Banfield of the difficulties in our prayer lives, Banfield and Sarah Blake were elected Reports were received on Fabric, Sarah Blake Mark Day Women’s Breakfasts explore just some of the aspects of the and finding new ways to help us learn as churchwardens for the coming year. Fourth Saturdays Goods and Ornaments (John Banfield Andy Diamond Jenny Hudlass mystery of God. what works for us in terms of being 22ND June At the APCM there were elections to the and Anne Weaver), Leatherhead Elizabeth Moughton Frances Presley We discussed and wrestled with: comfortable yet more effective in our PCC. Mark Day, Amanda Wadsworth Deanery Synod (James Riches and Book with: Stephanie Randall James Riches Richard Siberry • what it might mean to be made in the prayers. We thank God for His love and and Frances Presley had completed Simon Ward), Safeguarding Children 0773 6933 482 Amanda Wadsworth Simon Ward image of God, recognising the impact guidance as we grow individually and their terms and were re-elected for and Vulnerable Adults (Jenny Hudlass), [email protected] Amy Ward Paul Wates that births and deaths have upon us together. three years. Elizabeth Moughton had Stewardship (Frank Warren), General individually This term’s Prayer Workshop in church • the experiences of good and evil, of will be held on Saturday 8th June from temptation, and our response to these 10 am to 12 noon, with some ideas and times in our own lives resources for enhancing your prayer Win A Sherree Valentine Daines ea • what is God’s glory, and does it have life, in addition to teaching and sharing @ 3 any impact upon individuals, both those about aspects of prayer. Limited Edition! T who chose to believe and those who Do please email me if you will be chose not to believe Fourth Mondays coming, so that we can seek to be as his year there is a wonderful • a deeper understanding of what sin effective as we can in planning this opportunity to support the Monday 24th June might mean to us, the suffering we see T morning.