Hambledon Parish Magazine St Peter’s Church and Village News September 2019 60p www.hambledonsurrey.co.uk Hambledon Parish Magazine, September 2019 Page 1 Hambledon Parish Magazine, September 2019, Page 2 PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER, HAMBLEDON Rector The Rev Simon Taylor 01483 421267 [email protected] Associate Vicar The Rev Simon Willetts (from mid September) 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 Godalming, GU8 6EL Pastoral Assistant Mrs Jacqui Rook 01428 684390 1 Hambledon Park Hambledon, GU8 4ER Pastoral Assistant Alan Harvey 01483 423264 (in training) 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 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) Where there is sickness or where a visit would be valued, Copy deadline for the please contact the Church Wardens The Rector is normally off duty on Fridays October magazine The nearest Roman Catholic churches are St Teresa of Avila, Chiddingfold (Fr Irek Stadler, 01428 643877); The deadline is Thursday, 19 September St Edmund, Croft Rd, Godalming and St Joseph’s, Milford (Fr David Parmiter, 01483 416880) Please send your copy to John Hindley TO SUBSCRIBE AND HAVE Whitegates, Gasden Lane THE MAGAZINE DELIVERED, £6 per year Witley GU8 5RJ 01428 681423 PLEASE CONTACT: MARY PARKER email: [email protected] Telephone: 01428 682545 Advertisers, please contact Emma Dunn, The Cottage, Lane End Hambledon, GU8 4HD 01428 482113 email: [email protected] Cover Design by John Whittall Hambledon Parish Magazine, September 2019 Page 3 Assistant Vicar’s Vista – September ear All or a time, last month, I only seemed to hear about the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong walking on the moon. Each time I switched on the TV or radio there was an interview, comments or F reruns of the great event, not to mention the contribution made by Britain via Jodrell Bank. We are rightly proud of the achievements the human race can make when it concentrates its efforts on a single project; but how do we measure great achievements? It seems to me that greatness is measured relative to what has gone before. For example, the first non-stop flight over the Atlantic was by Alcock and Brown in 1919. It was such an achievement that it won them £10,000 given by the Daily Mail – a prize in today’s money worth many millions. Yet we now fly the Atlantic without giving a second thought – to it, or to Alcock and Brown. Perhaps flying to the moon will become so mundane in years to come that Neil Armstrong will just be a name we can look up on Google. We are now told that the next great boundary to be conquered is the challenge of a return flight to Mars. Where will this stop? Perhaps at the edge of our solar system? Its diameter is said to be 7,440,000,000 miles so I think I can safely say that that is a long way off! Let us come down to earth, because I am convinced that one of the wonders and beauties of this life is living here in our little corner of Surrey. Hambledon is a very special place: not only has God given us the beauty of the countryside but we have a wonderful sense of community. This has been demonstrated yet again by the wonderful generosity of people which has made it possible for us to call a new minister to be resident at the heart of the village. He will be inducted on 15 September at 6 o’clock at St Peter’s – all are welcome but be prepared for a squash! Afterwards there will be an opportunity to meet both Simon and Naomi at Clock Barn Hall – again all are welcome, so please do come. All this makes me think of how big God is, and yet, how He is interested in our lives here in Hambledon. Sounds incredible? Well, it is. He tells us that He knew us even in our mother’s womb (Psalm 139 v13). If you have a moment you might like to read the whole Psalm. Anyway, do come along on the 15th and let us celebrate together. With my thanks to all, and the Warmest welcome to Simon and Naomi David Jenkins, Assistant Vicar Hambledon and Busbridge We look forward to welcoming The Rev Simon Willetts He will be licensed on Sunday 15 September at 6 pm at St Peter’s Church, Hambledon, by The Venerable Paul Davies, Archdeacon of Surrey All are welcome to this very special service, and to join Simon and Naomi at Clock Barn Hall afterwards for refreshments . There will be a screen in the church room, as space in church will be limited. But there will be plenty of room for everyone at the reception. Hambledon Parish Magazine, September 2019, Page 4 CHURCH CALENDAR September 2019 Sunday 1st September 9.00 am Holy Communion (BCP) 11th Sunday after Trinity 10.30 am Morning Worship ____________________________________________________ Thursday 5th September 9.00 am Morning Prayer ____________________________________________________ Sunday 8th September 8.30 am Morning Prayer (BCP) 12th Sunday after Trinity 10.00 am Busbridge Church Re-opening Celebration 10.30 am No service ‡ & Lunch – all warmly invited ____________________________________________________ Thursday 12th September 9.00 am Morning Prayer ____________________________________________________ Sunday 15th September 9.00 am Holy Communion (BCP) 13th Sunday after Trinity 10.30 am No service 6.00 pm Licensing of The Rev Simon Willetts followed by reception – all warmly invited ____________________________________________________ Thursday 19th September 9.00 am Morning Prayer ____________________________________________________ Saturday 21st September 8.30-10 am Prayer Breakfast A time to meet together to pray. All are welcome ____________________________________________________ Sunday 22rd September 9.00 am Morning Prayer (BCP) (Surrey Hills Challenge Race 14th Sunday after Trinity 10.30 am Messy Church outside church) ____________________________________________________ Thursday 26th September 9.00 am Morning Prayer ____________________________________________________ Sunday 29th September 9.00 am Morning Prayer (BCP) 15th Sunday after Trinity 10.30 am Morning Worship and Baptism ____________________________________________________ Thursday 3rd October 9.00 am Morning Prayer ____________________________________________________ Sunday 6th October 9.00 am Holy Communion (BCP) 16th Sunday after Trinity 10.30 am Morning Worship __________________________________________________________ Services at St. John’s, Busbridge in September 8.00 am Holy Communion (said) 1st Sunday: (in Old Rectory), and 3rd, 4th and 5th Sundays 10.00 am 1st Sunday Busbridge Combined Summer Service – All Age but not FUSE 10.00 am 2nd Sunday Busbridge Combined Re-opening Celebration & Lunch – all warmly invited 10.00 am Classic service in Church: Contemporary service in School: 3rd Sunday: Morning Worship 3rd Sunday: Holy Communion 4th Sunday: Holy Communion: 4th and 5th Sundays: Morning Worship 5th Sunday: Morning Worship & Baptism – Groups for children of all ages in various locations: turn up and ask! 6.30 pm Benefice Evening Worship: in Old Rectory Holy Communion: 1st Sunday; 4th Sunday: Evening Worship; 5th Sunday: Unplugged Hambledon Parish Magazine, September 2019 Page 5 PARISH & PEOPLE ne of Hambledon’s best-loved residents, John In 2002 he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Stoneham, died on 31 July. To Valerie and the Golden Jubilee Medal for these services. He was also O many members of his three-generational one of the instructors for the courses run by Advanced family we send our condolences: all of us are missing Trauma Life Support, chairing its sub-committee at the him hugely so what it must be like for them is hard to Royal College of Surgeons from 1997-99; and he comprehend. never ceased to be involved in training programmes. There aren’t many people that automatically The paramedic qualifications of ambulance crews bring a smile to your face when you come across them would not be what they are to-day without John. – but it always happened with John when we met him But John was a man of parts. In the 1980s he around the village. And nearly all of us were meet- spent time in Peshawar, anaesthetising members of the ing him only as a friend and neighbour, rather than as Mujahideen who had been injured as a result of the one of those who owed their lives to him because of Russian invasion of Aftghanistan. During that time he his pioneering work that enhanced the skills of our was also involved with a local repatriation service, ambulance service crews – how much larger would giving advice to and retrieving sick overseas patients. have the smile been in that case. John and Valerie and their children moved to John’s official title was that of consultant Roundals in 1999. During the ensuing 20 years they anaesthetists at the Royal Surrey hospital, a role which became an integral part of village life but few of us he fulfilled for 49 years; but that tells only part of the probably realised what lay beneath John’s unassuming story.