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Shamley Green Parish Magazine June 2019 SHAMLEY GREEN PARISH MAGAZINE JUNE 2019 VILLAGE FETE PAGE 15 CRICKET FIXTURES PAGE 21 OPEN STUDIOS PAGE 28 Website: www.shamleygreen.net CHRIST CHURCH, SHAMLEY GREEN SUNDAY SERVICES 8.00 am Said Holy Communion (Book of Common Prayer) 10.00 am Sung Communion, and Sunday Club in term time for children; followed by coffee in the Jubilee Room On the First Sunday in the month services are as follows: 8.00am Said Holy Communion 10.00am Family Service (non-Eucharistic except at major festivals); no Sunday Club, all ages in church; followed by coffee in the Jubilee Room 6.30pm Evensong Please check centre pages and Christ Church News for this month’s services and for seasonal variations. If you require transport to get to and from any of the services this month, or indeed at any time of the year, please contact a Churchwarden (details inside back cover). You can also find full details on our website www.shamleygreen.net What’s On page. 950 HOUSEHOLDS do what you are doing now, every month. They read this magazine! If you run a business tell Shamley Green about it. Advertise in the area's most cost-effective magazine. Contact Karen for more information See details below CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE PARISH MAGAZINE Editor: Christine King Tel: 537608 Email: [email protected] Advertisements: Karen Anderton Tel: 894014 Email: [email protected] Distribution: Ginny Wicks Tel: 894873 Email: [email protected] The Disclaimers THE VIEWS EXPRESSED IN THIS MAGAZINE ARE THOSE OF THE CONTRIBUTORS AND NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE EDITOR, THE VICAR, OR THE CORPORATE BODY OF THE CHURCH THE ADVERTISEMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS MAGAZINE ARE PAID FOR AND AS SUCH ARE NOT BEING RECOMMENDED BY BEING INCLUDED IN THIS MAGAZINE. PLEASE CHECK AS YOU WOULD ANY OTHER SUPPLIER. I like your pigeon Bird-spotting The other day I was in our church school and happened to be wearing a brooch, a dove carved out of mother-of-pearl from Bethlehem. One of the children came up to me and said enthusiastically, “I like your pigeon!” There followed an interesting discussion about what the dove represents for Christians. Many will be familiar with it as a symbol of peace or with the story of Noah’s ark where the dove brings back a leaf showing that the floods have subsided. However, the dove we see in churches or in Christian art is a symbol for something, or rather someone, far greater and more significant: the Holy Spirit, i.e. the Spirit of God. It comes from the account of Jesus’ baptism in the Gospels (the first four books of the New Testament of the Bible) where people see the Holy Spirit descending upon Jesus ‘like a dove’. As with all talk about God, it has to consist of analogy or metaphor because no one word, description or image would be adequate or accurate. So God’s Spirit is not actually a dove but the dove has become a symbol of her. Celtic spirituality, however, depicts her as the wild goose so why not a pigeon? Another Helper We have a lot of pigeons in our garden. They spend a large amount of time foraging for food, be it new leaves on trees or seeds fallen from the bird-feeders. Being herbivores, however, they are not predatory, so other birds neither avoid them nor seek to drive them away. They can both fly and happily walk about on the ground so find their way into every part of the garden. There are some similarities here with the Holy Spirit. God’s Spirit is also very concerned about nourishment and flourishing but ours rather than God’s. Jesus said the Spirit would guide us into all the truth, something we certainly need in today’s climate of fake news and the widespread loss of trust in authority. He also said the Spirit would be another Advocate or Helper, meaning another like him. As Jesus was always on the side of the marginalised, confused and distressed and never refused help to those who called out to him, this means the Spirit is very much our friend in whatever need we find ourselves. Jesus added that the Spirit would teach us everything and remind us of his own words. Those who feel cut adrift in a complex world, directionless and isolated, struggling to find meaning and purpose for their life, will welcome this kind of help too, while those who are vulnerable to predatory grooming and exploitation can call on God’s more powerful Spirit for protection and safe-keeping. And there is no part of our life the Spirit cannot go, nothing which can separate us from God’s care; as the Bible says: ‘How precious, O God, is your constant love! We find protection under the shadow of your wings.’ (Psalm 36:7) Fruitful living The first Christians experienced the Spirit as God’s own life at work within them, equipping them with all sorts of gifts for their common life and helping them to develop what they called ‘the fruit of the Spirit’: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. That was the kind of people they became as they lived the life of the Spirit, nourished and guided by God’s love and wisdom. Get in touch with your inner pigeon Guildford Cathedral is dedicated to the Holy Spirit and when I was in there the other day, I looked up at the east window, with the Spirit as a dove in the centre. I thought of all that the Spirit does for me and in me, and all that I see of her in other people of faith, active for good in the world, peacemakers and healers. And I found myself saying to God: “I really like your pigeon!” As we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost (this year on 9th June) may you know the power of that pigeon within yourself, transforming your life and relationships, guiding you and watching over you. May you too find protection under the shadow of God’s wings and nourishment for your soul. If you would like to discuss anything in this letter, or just to have a chat over a cup of coffee, do get in touch; I'd love to hear from you, Sally. The Revd. Sally Davies. (01483) 892030. COPY DATE FOR THE JULY ISSUE: SUNDAY 9th JUNE to the Editor, please, by midnight. Email willingly accepted, to: [email protected] IMPORTANT: CONTRIBUTORS PLEASE READ THE GUIDANCE AT THE BACK OF THE MAGAZINE 2 Shamley Green Parish Magazine June 2019 CHRIST CHURCH NEWS Lunch and more Tuesday 17th July 12 noon Holy Communion followed by lunch. Donations to the church You can make on-off contributions direct to our new Shamley Green PCC Donations Account: Acc. No. 30638712 Sort Code 60-06-19. If you would like to know how you can support our parish church through regular giving by standing order, through a legacy or how to increase the value of your donation by Gift Aid, please contact our Treasurer Tony Robinson (01483 229141); [email protected]) or our Planned Giving Officer David Healey (01483 893607; [email protected]) . Easter at Christ Church Reminder: Holy Land Pilgrimage 17-26th September Contact John Bundock 01403 752425, [email protected] or see the brochures at the back of the church. Bells, Chimes and a bit of History You may have noticed recently scaffolding surrounding the spire of the church or if attending services only 3 of the 6 bells being rung; they are rung from the ground inside the church via a system of wires passing up the West end, along the rafters then up to the bells. There are 6 quite large bells, for the size of the bell chamber, struck with hammers using a complicated system of levers – they were installed back in 1953 – see photograph. Because there is no internal access for maintenance, there has to be an external scaffold, ladders (by a Steeplejack) or from a large ‘cherry picker’ and understandably during 65 years very little maintenance has been possible; when we were down to just 3 bells something had to be done so a scissor lift inspected the high level wires internally then a crane platform up and over the roof to look inside the bell chamber. The scene with the side louvre removed was one of dismay and horror; years of Magpies nesting and young birds unable to fly the nest piled up round the bells jamming the mechanism which itself was seen to be broken and in need of a complete refurbishment – add to this repairs and rebuilding of louvres and tower cladding the work from scaffold, builders and specialists finishing in February depleted church reserves by £15,000, such maintenance costs being a further example to justify the ongoing stewardship campaign. Did you know that tubular chimes were used in church towers as bells – normally one thinks of tubular chimes as the sort of thing attached to the front door bell, maybe hanging outside to make ‘pretty’ noises when the wind blows or in the percussion section of an orchestra chiming out in the 1812 Tchaikovsky overture. We were contacted recently by a church in West Ewell asking about our tubular chimes and enquiries confirmed that Christ Church once had a full set of 6 chimes, in the spire, for about 50 years one of only 6 in Surrey; sadly only the church in Ewell remains as a working set of Chimes – see photograph. Apparently our Chimes were installed in 1902 in memory of H.Scott Boys whose family lived at Orchard Gap; they were rung until the 2nd World war when they needed repair.
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