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The Vicar's Letter The Vicar’s Letter The Vicarage, Waltham Road, (corner of Foliejohn Way) Woodlands Park Telephone 01628 822000 Dear Friends, This magazine is due to come out on Advent Sunday. The December/January issue often does, but Advent is not something that we tend to pay much attention to these days. Yes, we have Advent Calendars and Advent Candles — but these things tend simply to be associated with the run up (or the ‘count down’) to Christmas. And Advent itself is associated with ‘getting ready for Christmas’. But this is an effect of the way in which Christmas has been over- emphasised in our society — something driven mainly by commercial interests, which have also distorted and obscured what Christmas itself is about. The original focus of Advent has now been largely forgotten. Put simply, Advent is about the fulfilment of everything that Christmas promises. It looks forward to the time when the baby who was born in Bethlehem over 2,000 years ago will return to earth as King. THIS MAGAZINE Published bi-monthly, six times a year. Delivered free to all homes in White Waltham, Shottesbrooke and Woodlands Park. Freely available at church services. Given to all families at White Waltham School. Articles for the next edition should be sent to: [email protected] by 11th January 2012 The magazines will be available by the last Sunday of the month Website.www.stmaryswhitewaltham.co.uk Shottesbrooke with White Waltham Parish Magazine Page 1 That is a vital part of the Christian faith. Without that, Christmas doesn't make sense (and neither does Easter, or any other part of the Christian faith). All the hopes raised by Christmas — of peace, joy, goodwill, a better future in which all that is wrong has been put right — are doomed to perpetual disappointment unless and until Jesus returns. That is why Christmas, when it is cut off (as it usually is) from its context in the whole of the Christian faith, never lives up to the hype. Its promises have a hollow ring to them, when we look around and see how far short of them the world still falls. But, deep down, we all long for them to be true. We long for a world in which all that is evil has been done away with, and that is precisely what Jesus will bring with him when he comes back. That is the Advent hope. But there is also an Advent challenge. If Jesus is going to come back and do away with everything that is evil, where might that leave us? We long for that day, for a world like that, but we also know that there are things about ourselves that are evil, and that need to be done away with too before such a world can exist. So will we be able to enjoy it when Jesus comes back as King? Or will we have to be banished from his perfect kingdom? The answer to that question depends on whether we allow Jesus to take charge now, giving him control of our lives, so that he is already at work to change those bits of us that are evil. That’s what he wants to do, for each one of us. That’s why he came first as a baby: to give us that opportunity. But we need to let him start now. It will be too late when he finally returns. So let’s take the time this Advent to prepare not just for our Christmas celebrations, but to prepare ourselves for Jesus’ return. We need to ask ourselves whether we’re ready for that , and to make sure that he is in charge of our lives now , because only then will we be able truly to celebrate Christmas, looking forward to the fulfilment of all that it promises. May that be your experience, now and every Christmas. David Andrew Shottesbrooke with White Waltham Parish Magazine Page 2 Keen and Eager Ltd., Unit 2, Woodlands Business Park, Woodlands Park Avenue, J. TOOMEY & SON Maidenhead SL6 3UA. Tel 01628 828175 DECORATOR MoTs £40 INTERIOR & EXTERIOR 10 day FREE retest PAINTING & DECORATING Free minor MoT adjustments (Trade also welcome) COVING & All servicing and repairs carried out on the premises PAPERHANGING A • Diagnostic Testing SPECIALITY • Air conditioning Re-Gas £45+VAT • Air conditioning repairs FREE ESTIMATES – •Welding to MoT standards • Brakes QUALITY WORK • Clutches To all makes of vehicles TEL: 01628 824588 OPENING TIMES Member of the Monday - Friday 8a.m. - 5.30p.m. Guild of Master Craftsmen Saturday 8a.m. - 1p.m. Members of the Est 1986 ww.goodgaragescheme.com Qigong and Tai Chi Soft Chinese Exercises for Health & Relaxation Qigong and Tai Chi have been practiced in China for thousands of years It is suitable for people of all ages and abilities Weekly Classes:- Mondays from 10am - 11.30am White Waltham Parish Hall. For more information contact: Jennifer Maskell-Packer (01628) 823774 Member of Chinese Internal Arts Association and the British Council for Chinese Martial Arts. Shottesbrooke with White Waltham Parish Magazine Page 3 Everwelcome Club (Over 60s) Christian Smith House, Heywood Avenue, Woodlands Park 2.00 p.m. to 4.00 p.m. alternate Wednesdays Contact: Jennifer Glennie,19 Burcot Gardens, Maidenhead, SL6 7UR. Telephone: 01628 626939. Over the past two months our members enjoyed a trip to M&S at Camberley to do their Christmas shopping. Mr Grainger came and gave a very interesting talk on his trip to the Galapagos Islands with its abundant wildlife, including Giant Tortoises, Flightless Cormorants and many other endemic species. Another of our members Mrs Barbara Sable celebrated her 80th Birthday and treated everybody to Birthday Cake. Forthcoming Dates November 30th Christmas Lunch at the golf club December 14th Annual General Meeting with afternoon tea and Christmas Raffle. This is the final Meeting of 2011. February 1st Club restarts It hardly seems possible that our programme for 2011 is almost at an end but good news for members that the year of 2012 is not far away and our new programme has been finalised. I would like to say a special Thank You for the support given to Jennie and myself. A Happy Christmas and New Year to you all. Ursula McAndrew Shottesbrooke with White Waltham Parish Magazine Page 4 WHITE WALTHAM GARAGE LTD WHITE WALTHAM. MAIDENHEAD. BERKS. SL6 3SG TEL: 01628 823234 FAX: 01628 823373 REPAIRS & SERVICING (All Makes and Models, inc. 4 x 4s) SERVICING FROM £99.90p + VAT AIRCON RE-GAS £39.95p + VAT M.O.T. TESTING STATION FULL RANGE OF TYRES SUPPLIED & FITTED LARGE SELECTION OF QUALITY USED CARS PART EXCHANGES WELCOME FINANCE ARRANGED, SUBJECT TO STATUS OPENING HOURS MONDAY TO FRIDAY 08.00 TO 17.30 SATURDAY WORKSHOP 08.00 TO 13.00 SATURDAY CAR SALES 08.00 TO 17.00 YOUR LOCAL INDEPENDENT GARAGE Web Site: www.white-waltham-garage.co.uk Help with your Education/Training? Have you left school, or will you soon be leaving school? Are you in, or will you soon be in, full-time training or education? (Apprenticeship/college/university etc) If you are 18 or over and under 25, and live in Shottesbrooke, or the civil parish of White Waltham (White Waltham, Woodlands Park, Littlefield Green, Littlewick Green, and part of Paley Street) or the South Ward of Hurley... Then the Duell and Hawes Educational Trust may be able to help you with a grant. Write for an application form to:- Chairman of Trustees, Tony Hill, Innings Lane, White Waltham, SL6 3RU. E-mail:- [email protected] or Telephone 01628 822654. Shottesbrooke with White Waltham Parish Magazine Page 5 Shottesbrooke with White Waltham Parish Magazine Page 6 Waltham Place Estate Biodynamic Farm and Gardens For the winter season, we at Waltham Place, as do most of our natural surroundings, slow down and conserve energy to help replenish our bodies, restore our understanding and our relationship with our natural surroundings. It is a time for reflection and of thanks giving, for all we have received during the year and for all the people that have visited our Farm, Garden and Shop. It is their visits that help us reach our potential. We would like to say “Thank you” to all of you. Our Christmas shop will be held on Friday 16th December; from 3pm to 6pm. We will be selling our organic Beef, Rose Veal, Gammon, Bacon, Sausages and Lamb. Also traditional Christmas vegetables including Brussel Sprouts, Cabbages, Leeks and our delicious Preserves and Chutneys. If you would like an exact list, send us your email and go on our supporters list, where you can pre- order to pick up on the day. We have our Festive Walk on Saturday 10 th December. The Festive Walk tours the estate looking at the winter foliage and berries traditionally used to decorate homes at Christmas, and is followed by tea and cake. Adult tickets £7 plus £3 for Wreath making Children £3. The first 8 people to book can stay to make a Christmas wreath for the front door. Booking is essential. Waltham Place Estate, Church Hill, White Waltham, SL63JH [email protected] 01628-825517 Shottesbrooke with White Waltham Parish Magazine Page 7 Shottesbrooke with White Waltham Parish Magazine Page 8 Cox Green Townswomen’s Guild Meetings are held on the 3rd Thursday of each month at 7.45 p.m. at Cox Green Community Centre For further information please contact the Secretary, Jean Chant, 13 Crescentdale, Shoppenhangers Road, Maidenhead SL6 2PR. Telephone 01628 639583 All the usual Arts & Crafts, Card Games, Scrabble, Walks and Pub Lunches continue throughout the year.
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