Hambledon Parish Magazine St Peter’s Church & Village News February 2019 60p www.hambledonsurrey.co.uk Hambledon Parish Magazine, February 2019 Page 1 Hambledon Parish Magazine, February 2019, Page 2 PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER, HAMBLEDON Rector The Rev Simon Taylor 01483 421267 [email protected] Associate Vicar Position advertised Assistant Vicar The Rev David Jenkins 01483 416084 6 Quartermile Road Godalming, GU7 1TG Curate The Rev David Preece 01483 421267 [email protected] Churchwarden Mrs Elizabeth Cooke 01483 208637 Marepond Farm, Markwick Lane Loxhill, Godalming, GU8 4BD Churchwarden Alan Harvey 01483 423264 35 Maplehatch Close Godalming, GU7 1TQ Assistant Churchwarden David Chadwick, Little Beeches 01252 702268 14 Springhill, Elstead Godalming, GU8 6EL Pastoral Assistant Mrs Jacqui Rook 01428 684390 1 Hambledon Park Hambledon, GU8 4ER Church Treasurer & Gift Aid Andrew Dunn 01428 482113 The Cottage, Lane End Hambledon, GU8 4HD Sunday Services Full details of these and any other services are set out in the Church Calendar for the month, which is shown on page 5 The Church has a number of Home Groups which meet regularly during the week at various locations. Details from Hambledon and Busbridge Church Office Tel: 01483 421267 Alpha details and information from: Hambledon and Busbridge Church Office Tel: 01483 421267 Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals contact Hambledon and Busbridge Church Office Tel No: 01483 421267 (Mon – Friday, 9.30am – 12.30pm) Copy deadline for the Where there is sickness or where a visit would be valued, contact the Church Wardens March magazine The Rector is normally off duty on Fridays The deadline is Thursday, 14 February The nearest Roman Catholic churches are St Teresa of Avila, Chiddingfold (Fr Irek Stadler, 01428 643877); Please send your copy to St Edmund, Croft Rd, Godalming and St Joseph’s, John Hindley Milford (Fr David Parmiter, 01483 416880) Whitegates, Gasden Lane Witley GU8 5RJ 01428 681423 TO SUBSCRIBE AND HAVE email: [email protected] THE MAGAZINE DELIVERED, £6 per year PLEASE CONTACT: MARY PARKER Advertisers, please contact Telephone: 01428 682545 Derek Miller, 2 Church Lane, Hambledon, GU8 4DS 01428 684362 email: [email protected] Hambledon Parish Magazine, February 2019 Page 3 Assistant Minister’s Letter – February ebruary already! Not quite a ‘new’ year any more and a distinct possibility that our resolutions have already vanished into the middle distance. The post-Christmas glow has well and truly worn off, but spring isn’t quite here. Or is it? F In Hambledon and Busbridge churchyards the snowdrops are out, soon to be followed by the crocuses. That surely ought to be a harbinger of better days to come. (Though as the plants are so confused after last summer, I don’t know how good an indicator they are any more. The clematis by our front door had a wonderful flower on it, all through December …) For me, February is probably one of my least favourite months. Not because I suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), which is a genuine problem for many people, but simply because, by and large, it is cold and dark, and the days are grey. And I love the sunshine! But, in the midst of the darkness, there is light. The 2nd of February is the Feast of Candlemas, which marks the mid-point of winter, halfway between the shortest day and the Spring Equinox. It also marks the end of the season of Epiphany. It is the day when Christians remember the presentation of Jesus in the temple, and the holy family’s encounter with two faithful servants of God: Simeon and Anna. In keeping with Jewish custom, Joseph and Mary took Jesus to the temple, to present him to God and give thanks for his birth. While they were there, Simeon approached them; he immediately recognized this child as the Messiah, for whom Israel had been waiting since Old Testament times. The Holy Spirit had revealed to him that he would not die until he had seen the Messiah. So, for Simeon, this was a very special moment! His paean of praise – the Song of Simeon , or Nunc Dimittis – reminds us that Jesus came as the Light of the world*. In what can be a dreary time of year, not only it is a welcome reminder of all that we have been celebrating throughout Christmas and Epiphany, but it also holds the promise of lighter days to come: Sovereign Lord, as you have promised, you may now dismiss your servant in peace. For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the sight of all people: a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel. * John’s gospel, chapter 8, verse 12 The Rev Margot Spencer Assistant Minister, Hambledon&Busbridge Hambledon Parish Magazine, February 2019, Page 4 CHURCH CALENDAR February 2019 3rd February 9.00 am Holy Communion (BCP) & Baptism 5th Sunday before Lent 10.30 am All Age Worship ___________________________________________________ Thursday 7th February 9-9.30 am Morning Prayer ___________________________________________________ 10th February 9.00 am Morning Prayer (BCP) 4th Sunday before Lent 10.30 am Holy Communion (CW) ___________________________________________________ Thursday 14th February 9-9.30 am Morning Prayer ___________________________________________________ Saturday 16th February 8.30-10 am Prayer Breakfast A time to meet together for prayer. All are welcome. ___________________________________________________ 17th February 9.00 am Holy Communion (BCP) 3rd Sunday before Lent 10.30 am Morning Worship & Children’s Groups ___________________________________________________ Thursday 21st February 9-9.30 am Morning Prayer ___________________________________________________ 24th February 9.00 am Morning Prayer (BCP) 2nd Sunday before Lent 10.30 am Morning Worship & Children’s Groups ___________________________________________________ Thursday 28th February 9-9.30 am Morning Prayer ___________________________________________________ And in March 3rd March 9.00 am Holy Communion (BCP) Sunday next before Lent 10.30 am Messy Church ____________________________________________________ Services at St John’s, Busbridge in February 8.00 am Every Sunday: Holy Communion (said) 10.00 am Classic Service in Church: Contemporary Service in School: 1st Sunday: Morning Worship & Baptism 1st Sunday: All Age – Mark Puddephat & the F USE Team 2nd Sunday: Holy Communion (CW) 2nd Sunday: Morning Worship 3rd Sunday: Morning Worship 3rd Sunday: Holy Communion (CW) 4th Sunday: Holy Communion (CW) 4th Sunday: Morning Worship – Groups for children of all ages in various locations: turn up and ask! 6.30 pm Benefice Evening Worship: 1st Sunday: Holy Communion; 2nd &4th Sundays: Evening Worship; 3rd Sunday: Unplugged Hambledon Parish Magazine, February 2019 Page 5 PARISH & PEOPLE elcome to the first arrival of the new year – are even more heartfelt. We him a speedy recovery Ferdinand Cowell, born on 8 January 2019 and it is to be hoped that he will soon be home again. W to Dom and Tabby whom many of us know Next in line for 90 th birthday congratulations is from the Village Shop. Tabby is a frequent volunteer Mic’s wife Sylvia whose anniversary is on 8 February. (although at the moment she is being allowed a bit of Sylvia has lived practically all her life in Hambledon, maternity leave!); she is also a member of the having moved into the village from Puttenham when Hambledon Village Shop Committee; and both she she was still a child. She and Mic were married in and Dom are excellent Shop customers. We send all August 1953 and their three children, John, Tim and the family our best wishes. Sarah have maintained their parents’ habit of There was a slip-up remaining strictly local, (to the extent that both John last month when several and Tim and their families all live in Hambledon). people thought that Sylvia combined family life with a teaching several other people had career, first at Hambledon primary school (now the paid tribute to Mic Nursery School) and then moving on to Grayswood Coleman in the Parish primary. She ran Magazine – with the the Witley Girl result that there was a Guides for many resounding blank. For years and the which many apologies. Coleman’s Beech By now there can’t Brow home field be many people who hosted many of the don’t know that it was Guides’ weekend on 23 December that camps. Mic celebrated his 90 th birthday. It was a busy and Sylvia was very happy day for him and Sylvia as friends dropped one of the original by to pass on their best wishes before a large family volunteers at the gathering later in the day. , Village Shop when Mic has been a stalwart of village activities over it reopened as a many years. He has worked tirelessly for the village community ven- football and cricket teams, becoming President of both ture in 1992, by Clubs. He has also been involved in the running of which time she the Village Hall, the village fete and the produce was also loving show. He was a long-time Hambledon Parish and babysitting for Sylvia with granddaughter Cathy Councillor and he served as the Council’s Chairman seven grandchildren. Like Mic, she has been at the from May 1976 until April 1983. centre of village activities throughout her life and we In 1998, to raise money to pay for the conserva- all join in sending her our congratulations and very tion of the 1953 Hambledon Scrapbook, he organised best wishes. the Hambledon Heritage exhibition. This two-day And we’re not yet done with the Coleman family presentation of the history of Hambledon from Roman – rumour has it that Tim is about to celebrate his 60 th times to the present day comprised a huge range of birthday. He too is of critical importance to the maps and plans, pictures and photographs and village – for the last 20 years he’s been responsible for historical registers and records.