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Hambledon Parish Magazine St Peter’s Church and Village News September 2020 70p www .hambledonsurrey.co. uk Hambledon Parish Magazine, September 2020 Page 1 Hambledon Parish Magazine, September 2020, Page 2 PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER, HAMBLEDON Rector The Rev Simon Taylor 01483 421267 [email protected] Associate Vicar The Rev Simon Willetts 01483 421267 [email protected] 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 Derek Pearsall 01483 612684 39 Admiral Way, Godalming, GU7 1QN Assistant Churchwarden David Chadwick, Little Beeches 01252 702268 14 Springhill, Elstead, GU8 6EL Pastoral Assistant Mrs Jacqui Rook 01428 684390 1 Hambledon Park, Hambledon, GU8 4ER Pastoral Assistant Alan Harvey 01483 423264 35 Maplehatch Close, Godalming, GU7 1TQ Church Treasurer & Gift Aid Andrew Dunn 01428 482113 The Cottage, Lane End, Hambledon, GU8 4HD Sunday Services Full details of these and other services are set out in the Church Calendar for the month, 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 01483 421267 (Mon – Friday, 9.30am – 12.30pm) Copy deadline for the Where there is sickness or where a visit October magazine is would be valued, please contact the Church Wardens Thursday, 17 September The Rector is normally off duty on Fridays The Associate Vicar is normally off duty on Fridays Please send your copy to Jane Woolley The nearest Roman Catholic churches are: Cobblers, Woodlands Road St Teresa of Avila, Chiddingfold, Hambledon GU8 4HL (Fr Irek Stadler, 01428 643877) ; 01428 684213 St Edmund, Croft Rd, Godalming, and email: [email protected] St Joseph’s, Milford (Fr Jonathan How, 01483 416880) Advertisers, please contact Emma Dunn, TO SUBSCRIBE AND TO HAVE THE MAGAZINE The Cottage, Lane End DELIVERED for £7.50 per year, PLEASE CON- Hambledon, GU8 4HD TACT: 01428 482113 MARY PARKER, Telephone: 01428 682545 email: [email protected] Cover Design by John Whittall Hambledon Parish Magazine, September 2020 Page 3 Associate Vicar’s View – September was hyper-active growing up. I remember learning this little ditty: “Patience is a virtue, virtue is a grace, Grace is a little girl who wouldn’t wash her face.” Whilst it still makes me smile, I can’t say it taught me much about why patience is a virtue! I How are you with patience? I’m sure, like me, it’s one of your many virtues! I like to think that I never get flustered when I’m in a hurry. I never get uptight when I’m kept waiting. Of course my driving eti- quette is the epitome of patience especially when: I’m stuck behind the learner when I’m late for work, or with miles of traffic jams in front of me (no doubt caused by the same local road works that seemed be there only a month ago) and obviously I always smile politely as the person whose been tailgating me, passes me by on the motorway. Hmmn! If I’m honest I’m not sure I can always count patience in my list of virtues! On the surface the virtue of patience is clear but is there more to it than just keeping a good tem- perament under pressure? We live in a fast paced world. We want everything faster and we want it now. We live in uncertain times. All of us face an unsettled future. What then can patience teach us about living in such times? If we dig deeper into the virtue of patience we can see that being patient with patience can bear much fruit. The word on the street is that it takes 10,000 hours to master an instrument or a craft. (Even then most masters would say they’re still honing their skill and that there’s still more to learn). Great art, and great music, is the result of patience: training, evaluation and refinement. It is truly a labour of love. Many of the things we value as inspirational are the result of such a process. Yet the same is true for some of the things we take for granted. One American car company can produce a new car in 19 hours. However, it takes: 3.7 million miles of square footage for the plant, 3,400 labourers, 900 robots, 11 miles of assembly track, 1,800 parts (not including pre-assemblies) and 4,800 welds. None of the above includes the design and production processes for each part. Doctors train for 7 years. St Paul, a life long Jewish leader, spent nearly 13 years “in training” after his conversion before embarking on his first missionary journey. Even the Son of God, Jesus - waited 30 years to begin his ministry. All these examples required patience to succeed. Patience then teaches us to prepare, it equips us with resolve during uncertainty. It teaches us never to give up. It keeps us strong as we try and then try again. With patience then comes hope because we know that failure does not have the last word. It is easy to see why so many of the New Testament authors linked hope with patience. Christians believe that Jesus, (crucified, died, buried but now alive and risen) will come again. ( Revelation 21:1-7) When he does, he will bring restoration, harmony, healing and eternal life in the presence of God. In the mean time we are encouraged to wait patiently. During our present trials we learn that patience is indeed a virtue because it produces good character in us. Indeed it is a fruit of the Holy Spirit who produces this fruit in the Christian heart. So whether Grace washes her face or not, we face the future with hope because God is at work in us and he has the final word. Hambledon Parish Magazine, September 2020, Page 4 CCCHURCHCHURCH CALENDAR September 2020 Tuesdays & Thursdays via Zoom 9-9.30am Virtual Morning Prayer } see Benefice website: ( Tuesdays hosted by Hambledon ) } www.bhcgodalming.org Saturdays Fortnightly 9.30 am Hambledon Virtual Prayer Breakfast } Daily private prayer Hambledon Church is open 9.30am - 4.30pm (COVID19 health & safety guidance is in place). There will be a 9 am Online service broadcast on Sundays. We aim to have internet at Church so that services and prayer can be broadcast via Zoom, YouTube or other streaming service. As part of the benefice with Busbridge Church, Hambledon Church is testing safety and technology (sound, internet), in preparation to restart worship in the church buildings. Meanwhile we are pleased to be able to conduct weddings, baptisms and funerals under certain restric- All subject to changes in the general situation. The latest details are on www.bhcgodalming.org. Saturday 5th September 9.30 am Virtual Prayer Breakfast via Zoom see bhcgodalming.org A time to meet together for prayer. All are welcome. __________________________________________________________ Sunday 6th September 9.00 am BCP Service on YouTube } see Church website 14th Sunday after Trinity 9.30 for 10 am Drive in service in Busbridge } bhcgodalming.org __________________________________________________________ Sunday 13th September 9.00 am BCP Service, Hambledon Church* } and both Online via 15th Sunday after Trinity 10.00 am Service at Busbridge Church * } bhcgodalming.org ____________________________________________________ Saturday 19th September 9.30 am Virtual Prayer Breakfast via Zoom see bhcgodalming.org A time to meet together for prayer. All are welcome. ____________________________________________________ Sunday 20th September 9.00 am BCP Service, Hambledon Church * } and both Online via 16th Sunday after Trinity 10.00 am Service at Busbridge Church* } see bhcgodalming.org ____________________________________________________ Sunday 27th September 9.00 am BCP Service, Hambledon Church * } and both Online via 17th Sunday after Trinity 10.00 am Service at Busbridge Church* } bhcgodalming.org ____________________________________________________ And Saturday 3rd October 9.30 am Virtual Prayer Breakfast via Zoom see bhcgodalming.org A time to meet together for prayer. All are welcome. __________________________________________________________ Sunday 4th October 9.00 am BCP Service, Hambledon Church * } and both Online via 18th Sunday after Trinity Prayer around Hambledon&Busbridge } www.bhcgodalming.org __________________________________________________________ *Please note that under government and C of E guidance for worship in a church building or outdoors premises, all individuals or bubbles must stay 2m apart, sign up is required to limit numbers and to cooperate with Test & Trace, face masks are encouraged and no singing permitted. Hambledon Parish Magazine, September 2020 Page 5 PARISH & PEOPLE Sarah Shakespeare and Christopher Byrne were Many congratulations to George and Caroline Pitt due to be married by Simon Willetts on 29 August, at who celebrated their Golden Wedding with two gath- St Peter’s. erings, one hosted and arranged by their children. We This is the first wedding in church since March. send them our loving best wishes. They were married Doubly well done, Sarah and Christopher ! on 25 July 1970, in St Mary’s Church, Shalford. Replacement of storm damaged cross on the roof at St Peter’s Church , by Elizabeth Cooke, 22 August hose walking past the church earlier this year The diocese approved the appointment of may have noticed that one of the Crosses on Stone and Ansty T the roof had come down in the January storms, stonemasons, taking some tiles off the Chancel in the process. and Watts Roof- The Cross was broken into eight pieces and was ing, both of beyond repair.