Hambledon Parish Magazine St Peter’s Church & Village News April 2018 60p www.hambledonsurrey.co.uk Hambledon Parish Magazine, April 2018 Page 1 Hambledon Parish Magazine, April 2018, 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 2 South Hill, Godalming, GU7 1JT [email protected] Churchwarden Mrs Elizabeth Cooke Marepond Farm, Markwick Lane Loxhill, Godalming, GU8 4BD 01483 208637 Churchwarden Alan Harvey 01483 423264 35 Maplehatch Close, Godalming, GU7 1TQ Assistant Churchwarden David Chadwick, Little Beeches, 14 Springhill, Elstead, Godalming, GU8 6EL 01252 702268 Pastoral Assistant Mrs Jacqui Rook 1 Hambledon Park, Hambledon GU8 4ER 01428 684390 Church Treasurer & Gift Aid Dr Alison Martin Tillies, Munstead Heath Road Godalming GU8 4AR 01483 893619 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 Bryan Silletti Tel: 01483 421267 Alpha details and information from 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, contact the Church Wardens Copy deadlines for the The Rector is normally off duty on Fridays May magazine The Associate Vicar is normally off duty on Fridays The nearest Roman Catholic churches are St Teresa of The deadline is Thursday, 19 April Avila, Chiddingfold (Fr Irek Stadler, 01428 643877); St Edmund, Croft Rd, Godalming and St Joseph’s, Please send your copy to Milford (Fr David Parmiter, 01483 416880) John Hindley Whitegates, Gasden Lane Witley GU8 5RJ TO SUBSCRIBE AND HAVE 01428 681423 THE MAGAZINE DELIVERED, £6 per year email: [email protected] 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, April 2018 Page 3 Assistant Vicar’s Vista – April Dear All hey say that the English are good at queuing. Well, I am not so sure. Perhaps it is not a good reflection on my ability to be patient but I always look for the shortest queue at the supermarket T checkout. Then I compare the speed that it goes down with all the others. I don’t know why, the difference can only be a few minutes and what would I have done with those minutes anyway? A few days ago I heard a Russian joke which went back to the days when Leonid Brezhnev was President of the Soviet Union. This was a time of shortages and long queues for even the basic things of life. The story goes that a man had been in a queue for four hours with it hardly moving. Eventually he broke and told the people around him he had had enough. He was going to kill Brezhnev. Everyone around him agreed that this was a good course of action and sent him on his way with their blessing. Two hours later he returned. The queue had hardly moved so he joined it at the same place which he had left. Did you kill Brezhnev, they all asked? No, the man replied with a sigh: the queue to kill him was even longer than this one! The Israelites had been waiting for the Messiah from, well, from the beginning of history. Then He came and, despite all their waiting, most of them failed to recognise Him and they killed Him – so all that waiting was for nothing. At least that’s what the disciples thought that first Easter. So much promise, so much potential, all thrown away by the people and their leaders. How could it happen? Then slowly and reluctantly those who had been closest to Him came to realise that something extraordinary and unique in the whole history of mankind had happened. Jesus had been raised from the dead . Not just that but, as a corollary, they could trust all that He said and taught. They were so certain that they worked for the rest of their lives passing on the good news of reconciliation with God, the forgiveness for sin, the promise of eternal life and the gift of the Holy Spirit for all who followed Him. They did not do this for reward. Not in this life anyway. They lived in poverty and were persecuted for their faith; they were killed and suffered the worst cruelty that the Roman Empire could think of, all because they were sure. Would they have done this for a lie? No! No sane person would. So, if they knew the story and promises of Jesus were absolutely true and were prepared to die for it ,can we afford to sit back in the comfort of our homes and just ignore it? They taught that one day all of us will be called to account. So where do you stand this Easter? Are you standing in the queue waiting to see what will happen? Or do you accept that what the disciples taught is true; if so that there is no queue but that you will get the bargain of an eternal lifetime. This Easter, may God bless every household in Hambledon, and all the readers of this letter David Jenkins, Assistant Vicar Hambledon and Busbridge Hambledon Parish Magazine, April 2018, Page 4 CHURCH CALENDAR April 2018 1st April 6.45 am Churches Together Minster Field & refreshments after Easter Sunday 9.00 am Holy Communion (BCP) at Ladywell Convent 10.30am All Age Family Communion ____________________________________________________ Thursday 5th April 9.00 am Morning Prayer ____________________________________________________ 8th April 9.00 am Morning Prayer (BCP) 2nd Sunday of Easter 10.30 am Holy Communion (CW) ____________________________________________________ Thursday 12th April 9.00 am Morning Prayer ____________________________________________________ 15th April 9.00 am Holy Communion (BCP) 3rd Sunday of Easter 10.30 am MW & Children's Groups ____________________________________________________ Thursday 19th April 9.00 am Morning Prayer ____________________________________________________ Saturday 21st April 8.30 to 10 am Prayer Breakfast A time to meet together for prayer. All are welcome. ____________________________________________________ 22rd April 9.00 am Morning Prayer 4th Sunday of Easter 10.30am MW & Children's Groups ____________________________________________________ Thursday 26th April 9.00 am Morning Prayer ` ____________________________________________________ 29th April 10.00 am Short service of Morning Prayer (CW) 5th Sunday of Easter 10.30am Annual Parochial Church Meeting ____________________________________________________ And in May Thursday 3rd May 9.00 am Morning Prayer ____________________________________________________ 6th May 9.00 am Morning Prayer (BCP) 6th Sunday of Easter 10.30 am Messy Church ____________________________________________________ Services at St. John’s, Busbridge All Sundays except 1 April 8.00 am 1 April Easter Sunday: Minster Field 6.45 Churches Together Sunrise Service & refreshments after at 9.00 am Holy Communion with hymns 10.30 All Age [Ladywell Convent 8 April 10.00 am Combined All Age Morning Worship [MW] in Church 15 April 10.00 am Classic: Morning Worship in Church Contemporary in School: MW + Baptisms 22 April 10.00 am Classic: Holy Communion Contemporary service in School: Morning Worship 29 April 10.00 am Classic: Morning Worship in Church Contemporary: MW 6.30 service 7pm APCM All Sundays except 29 April 6.30 pm Benefice Evening Worship Hambledon Parish Magazine, April 2018 Page 5 PARISH & PEOPLE here is an encouraging sign in the village in that treatment on a shoulder that had been troubling him Tim Coleman is returning to work. How much for some considerable time. But that is all behind him T we have missed his cheery smile and friendly and a look-forward attitude is now the name of the wave as he goes about his work. game. This sadly had to take a backward look whilst he A welcome sign of spring. Tim – it’s good to negotiated six weeks of rest and exercise, following have you back! s many people will know, almost the first response to the news that people had been injured and had lost possessions in the fire at Hambledon House was “what can we do to help ?” After only a few days, A individual donations were rolling in and collection boxes were filling; and the latter have realised enough to enable Mariola and Audrey to be given around £1,400 each. Yet again, Hambledon at its very best. The following is the letter that has been received from Mariola to People of The Hambledon Village: I would like to say a few words in response to the overwhelming interest and help that I received from the Hambledon Village Parishioners. "Only a true human being is attentive to the needs of another". "Only a true human being will reach out to another with a helping hand". With all my heart I would like to say a big thank you to all the parishioners who supported me and showed me their selfless help, kindness and generosity. I am extremely grateful to all of you for the "reflex of the heart": you reached out to me and supported me financially. It means a lot to me and I will treat it as a gesture of good will on your behalf. My physical health is far from perfect but week by week I am getting better and stronger. Unfortunately I get breathless easily and also get tired very quickly. With regards to the nearest future I am intending on staying in the UK for the time being.