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OTHER VILLAGE CONTACTS
David Sayce
Mandy Creasey Iain Laurenson
Ian Caldwell
Pam Patch
Derek Holgate Jane Siegle
Vanessa Sadler
Ianthe Cox Sheena Boyce
Janine Lindsey-Jones
Margaret Miller
Catriona Martin Jane Stewart
Jane Douglass
Dr Jim Docking
Ken Caldwell John Maud 843455
Liz Vahey
Doreen Dart
Julian Steed Sheila Dyer
Rhona Hill
242776
843610 248909
01306 882178
844138
842654 844496
843259/842175
844059
843105 448023
845999
842098
07710 498591 842302
843211
843260
843893
221444
842670
842220 842046
101
843044
Bell Ringers (practice Friday evenings)
Betchworth & Buckland Children’s Nursery Betchworth & Buckland Society (secretary)
Betchworth Decorative & Fine Arts Society
Betchworth Operatic & Dramatic Society
British Legion Brockham Green Horticultural Society
Brockham Surgery/Chemist
Buckland & Betchworth Choral Soc. (secretary)
Buckland Parochial Charity (clerk) Buckland Parish Council (clerk)
Buckland Village Shop
Children’s Society
Family Activities for Betchworth & Buckland Girl Guides contact
North Downs Primary School
One World Group
Reading Room - Chairman - Treasurer
- Secretary
- Bookings
Reigate Pilgrims Cricket Club St. Catherine’s Hospice
Surrey Police - non-urgent
Women’s Institute
Websites: Church: www.stmarythevirginbuckland.net; Village: www.bucklandsurrey.net
Printed by Vincent Press Ltd. 01306 880177 [email protected]
BUCKLAND READING ROOM ACTIVITIES
01372 802602
842302 842302
248909
07831 919788
842082 842082
07939 560125
842082
843297 844267
Monday 1 - 4pm Art Group David Burrells
4.15 - 5.15pm Rainbows Jane Stewart 5.30 - 7pm Brownies Jane Stewart
1st/3rd Mons 10am - 12 noon U3A Singing Meike Laurenson
Tuesday 10am - 12 noon Tiny Tots Hazel Davies
2 - 5.15pm Tues. Bridge Club Richard Wheen Wednesday 10am - 12.30pm Bridge Class Richard Wheen
7 - 9pm Mindfulness Mark Whale
Thursday 2 - 5.45pm Thur. Bridge Club Richard Wheen
7 - 8.30pm Yoga Tilly Mitchell 2nd Saturday 1.30 - 5.30pm Sugar Guild Karen Hoad
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SAINT MARY THE VIRGIN, BUCKLAND
Rector The Revd. Carol Coslett (842102). E-mail: [email protected]
Priest in
Retirement
The Revd. Canon David Eaton, Two Way House, Wheelers Lane,
Brockham RH3 7LA (843915). Email: [email protected]
Reader His Honour Peter Slot, The Red House, Old Reigate Road,
Betchworth RH3 7DR (842010). Email: [email protected]
Ordinand
in training
Helen Burnett, 24 Flanchford Road, Reigate RH2 8AB (243606).
Email: [email protected]
Church-
wardens
David Sayce, 48 Park Lane East, Reigate RH2 8HR (242776)
(+ Bell Captain). Email: [email protected] Mrs Elizabeth Vahey, 126 Sandcross Lane, Reigate RH2 8HG
(221444) (+ electoral register). Email: [email protected]
Parish
Admin.
Mrs Melanie Marsh. Parish Office in Reading Room (845935).
Email: [email protected]
Hon.
Treasurer
Trevor Cooke, Clifton Cottage, Cliftons Lane, Reigate RH2 9RA
(245161). Email: [email protected]
Hon.
Secretary
Mrs Rosey Davy. Email: [email protected]
Organist Melvin Hughes, Ashcroft, 10 Ridgegate Close, Reigate RH2 0HT
(241355). Email: [email protected]
Safeguarding
Officer
Ms Hannah Wilson, 56 Churchfield Road, Reigate RH2 9RH
(248984). Email: [email protected]
Magazine
- Editor
Richard Wheen, The Grange, Rectory Lane, Buckland RH3 7BH
(842082). Email: [email protected]
- Finance Bernard Hawkins, 57 Middle Street, Brockham RH3 7JT (843153).
Email: [email protected]
- Advertising Karen Munroe, Broome Perrow, Old Road, Buckland RH3 7DY
(845298). Email: [email protected]
Church
Rotas
Brasses: Sue Haynes (842613). Flowers: Jean Cooke (245161).
Other: Philip Haynes (842613)
Churchyard
Rose Beds
Carol Leeds, Flat 1, 4 Hardwicke Road, Reigate RH2 9AG (247399).
Email: [email protected]
Friends of St
Mary’s
Roger Daniell, Chairman. Richard Wheen, secretary; details as
above
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HISTORICAL NOTES Buckland (then Bochelant) was mentioned in the Domesday Book as a village of 35 households, a church and a watermill. These days it is a picturesque village covering
1362 acres, with a total population of around 580 in 240 households. It straddles the
A25 and the Guildford to Redhill Railway. The parish registers date back to 1560,
and the first recorded vicar to 1308. The present church is thought to have been built in 1380, and was extensively refurbished in 1860. The church has six bells, still
regularly rung, and an unusual wooden spire. Some of the windows date from the
14th and 15th centuries. The window nearest the font suffered heavy damage from
an enemy bomb in 1941. The glass was then removed and lost, until the 600 separate pieces were rediscovered in the Rectory cellar 52 years later, wrapped in
newspaper. The window was restored in 1994, though part of it now forms the light-
box at the West end of the church.
Buckland is in the Diocese of Southwark (Bishop: The Rt. Revd. Christopher
Chessun) and the Area of Croydon (Area Bishop: The Rt. Revd. Jonathan Clark).
June 2016: Issue No. 1083
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BRIDGE
South leads a low ♥ for a finesse of ♥10, and North then cashes ♥A. He
now (and this is the key play) leads his small ♦. If East plays ♦J or a
lower ♦ on this, West will win the trick and have to lead a ♥ into South’s tenace. South thus wins two more ♥ tricks and ♦A at the end.
So on North’s lead of a small ♦ East may decide to go up with his ♦K (a so -called
crocodile coup). Now, however, he is the one who must lead into a tenace, this time North’s ♦A 10. North takes these two ♦ tricks and South’s ♥K wins the last trick.
SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS ON PREVIOUS PAGES
This month’s easier SUDOKU
CROSSWORD
ACROSS: 1, Ambush. 4, School. 8, Tired. 9, Famines. 10, Citadel.
11, Endor. 12, Atonement. 17, Avert. 19, Oracles. 21, Married. 22,
Lance. 23, Rhythm. 24, Hyssop.
DOWN: 1, Attach. 2, Biretta. 3, Sided. 5, Compete. 6, Owned. 7, Lustre. 9, Falsehood. 13, Ostrich. 14, Talents. 15, Farmer.
16, Asleep. 18, Early. 20, Alley.
W
C R O S S
R
D
4 2 5 1 6 7 9 8 3
3 7 9 4 8 5 6 2 1
6 1 8 2 3 9 7 5 4
2 8 6 9 4 1 5 3 7
5 3 7 8 2 6 1 4 9
1 9 4 7 5 3 8 6 2
9 4 2 6 7 8 3 1 5
7 6 3 5 1 2 4 9 8
8 5 1 3 9 4 2 7 6
Last month’s harder SUDOKU
6 8 7 1 3 5 2 9 4
3 2 5 4 8 9 6 7 1
1 4 9 2 7 6 8 3 5
8 9 6 3 5 2 1 4 7
5 3 2 7 4 1 9 8 6
7 1 4 9 6 8 3 5 2
2 5 8 6 9 7 4 1 3
4 7 1 8 2 3 5 6 9
9 6 3 5 1 4 7 2 8
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‘O God our help in ages past’- is a well-known hymn and one I’m rather fond of
and the second line ‘Our hope for years to come’ speaks to me at the moment as I prepare for a new phase in my life! However I do take issue with this verse:
Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
bears all its sons away;
They fly forgotten, as a dream dies at the opening day.
Isaac Watts based his hymn on Psalm 90, in which the psalmist writes of the eternity
of God and the brevity of human time. Apart from taking issue with the absence of daughters in his stream, my experience is that we do not ‘fly forgotten as a dream’,
our remembrances both individual and collective are hugely powerful and can work
for good and for ill. For example, our two villages carry their own stories, characters
and memories which are well nurtured by the current residents as witnessed in the Goulburn exhibition last month and the frequent articles in these magazines.
As I prepare to move on to pastures new, and embark on the next
phase of my training for ministry, I find myself at a junction, caught during June looking both forward and backwards as if stranded on a
rock in the middle of the ‘ever- rolling stream’. I am poised and ready
to jump but there is nothing quite like saying goodbye for stirring up
memories, and I have many to treasure……
I first plonked myself down in a pew in St Michael’s in 1991. I was
bereft, my father, who should have baptised my first born son, had died, and I knew
that I needed to be in church. Maurice Keen, who was churchwarden at the time, quietly approached me, carefully placed some board books next to me and stepped
back. It was just the right level of hospitality, enough to let me know I had been
noticed and cared for, but not intrusive. In 1997 the ‘ever rolling stream’ suddenly
bore Maurice away but he did not ‘fly forgotten as a dream’: his many kindnesses live on in the memory of those who knew him, his life like so many others is part of
the fabric of the church, they each add another layer to the strata that make up the
community. Like it or not we are affected by our experiences of community, those
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experiences make us and make the church.
Next month I will start to learn about two new parishes, St Peter and St Paul’s
Chaldon and St Luke’s Whyteleafe. Chaldon Church features in the Domesday Book
so its substrata run deep, whereas Whyteleafe has no ancient roots and finding a
narrative around which people can coalesce challenges them to identify their story. I am beginning to hear about the people and events who have moulded and impacted
these churches and I shall grow to know and love them; but for me June will be about
celebrating and remembering St Michael’s and St Mary’s and the hospitality offered
to me and my family over the past 25 years. I will carry those 25 years with me into the future; they have formed and moulded me, just as the ‘ever-rolling stream’ the
‘Mole’ has formed, moulded and flooded its banks over the years.
In 2004 I organised a parish retreat which was led by the poet Ann Lewin. It was one of many formative experiences for the current congregation inhabiting and bringing
to life our ancient churches. Ann’s poem, reproduced below, expresses perfectly why
I don’t believe we ‘fly forgotten as a dream’ but instead are formed by the ‘ever-
rolling stream’ of experiences, relationships, disagreements and kindnesses that we encounter on our journey through life.
Celtic knot
The tangled roots from which I spring
Nourish my depths and
Send out shoots for growth;
Separate yet entwined Friends, relatives, strangers
And people I don’t like,
We grow together in
Intricate relationship.
Weaver God, pick up the
Threads of my experience,
Craft the pattern, and In your time
Reveal significance.
by Ann Lewin
May the memory threads that run through our communities help us to continue to
craft our patterns, and the shared love and hospitality be ‘our hope for years to
come’. Helen Burnett
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Date Flowers Reader/Lesson Sidesman/Procession
5th June
Liz Caldwell
Pat Evans
Galatians 1. 11-end
8
9.30 Liz Vahey
Pat Evans Keith Billington, David &
Sally Sayce
12th June Jean Cooke
Galatians 2. 15-end
9.30 Trevor Cooke
Jane England, Rosey Davy & Simon Thomas
19th June Richard Wheen
Galatians 3. 23-end
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10.30 David or Sally Sayce
Carol Leeds
Jean Cooke 26th June Caroline Gale
Galatians 6.1, 13-25
9.30 Caroline Gale
Simon Thomas, Rosey Davy & Liz Vahey
If you have not yet joined THE FRIENDS OF ST. MARY’S and would
like to do so, or would like more information, see the literature in the church or
contact one of the officers (eg Richard Wheen, Secretary,
842082, [email protected]). The annual subscription is £15 for one person, £30 for a household. The object of the Friends is to
help maintain the fabric and structure of St. Mary’s, an important
focal point at the centre of Buckland with 1,000 years of history.
WINE TASTING BY CARPE VINUM
Discover and enjoy the delights of the wines of New Zealand and Australia
in aid of THE FRIENDS OF ST MARY’S
at 7.30 PM ON FRIDAY 10TH JUNE at Glebe House, Rectory Lane,
Buckland, followed by a light supper.
Entrance: £15 for Friends; £20 for guests; supper £7.
For reservations contact [email protected]
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SUDOKUS First a mild one. Solution on page 34
And now a trickier one. Solution next month
Solution
on p.34
BRIDGE
South to lead in a NT contract.
How can N/S make
5 tricks against any defence?
NORTH
♠ - ♥ A 10 2
WEST ♦ A 10 2 EAST
♠ - ♣ - ♠ -
♥ Q 9 8 7 6 ♥ 5
♦ Q SOUTH ♦ K J 8 7 6 ♣ - ♠ - ♣ -
♥ K J 4 3
♦ 4 3
♣ -
2 6 4
7 1
4 8 5
7 5 9
9
9 8 4
8 7 2
4 3 2 9
8
6 9 3
7 5 2 1
1 8 4
8 1 3 7
2 6 4
4 8 6
1 5
3 2
5 9 2 Those who say they will forgive but can’t forget,
simply bury the hatchet but
leave the handle out for immediate use.
D.L. Moody
Swallowing of pride seldom
leads to indigestion.
When we take least notice
of our good deeds ourselves, God takes most
notice of them.
Matthew Henry
The hurrier I go, the
behinder I get!
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June diary
Page
Wed 1st St Justin Martyr 17
Thur 2nd 12.30pm Midsummer lunch in RR 12
Thur 9th 7.45pm Women’s Institute meeting 26
Fri 10th 7.30pm Wine tasting 33
Sat 11th 2.30-4.30pm Broome Park Garden Party 27
Sun 12th 4.30pm Big Buckland Picnic 12, 24
Sat
8th 10am-1pm Yard Sale at White House, Old Road 26
2-6pm Brockham Open Gardens 22
Sun 19th Fathers’ Day (see Leith Hill article) 23
Wed 22nd 2-4pm Hamilton Room drop-in 13
And Music at Leith Hill Place on 4th June, 11th June and 22nd June (Page 23)
Date St Mary’s,
Buckland
St Michael’s,
Betchworth
5th June 8
9.30
HC (BCP)
Parish Communion
11
Parish Communion
12th June 8
9.30
HC (BCP)
Iona Parish Communion
11 Queen’s 90th Birthday Matins
Service
19th June 8
10.30
HC (BCP)
Joint All-age Family Service
5pm Choral Evensong
26th June 9.30 Parish Communion 8
11 5pm
HC (BCP)
Parish Communion Contemplative Prayer
3rd July 8
9.30
HC (BCP)
Parish Communion
11
Parish Communion
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FROM THE REGISTERS
BAPTISM 1st May 2016 Elliot Patrick Vaughan, St Michael’s
MARRIAGE 15th April 2016 Samantha Pearce & Adrian Maddocks, St
Michael’s
We send our condolences to those who are bereaved at this time:
FUNERALS 19th April 2016 Mrs Catherine (Kitty) Marjorie Beer who died
AND on 25th March 2016 aged 98, latterly of
MEMORIALS Furzefield Lodge, Kingswood
26th April 2016 Mr Alan Preston Lee who died on 5th April,
2016 aged 78, latterly of Maumbury Care
Home, Dorchester
27th April 2016 Mr Michael Henry Zeal who died on 27th March 2016 aged 85, latterly of Broome Park
Nursing Home, Betchworth
5th May 2016 Mrs Janine Pamela Davy who died on 15th
April 2016, latterly of Sheridan Drive, Reigate
13th May 2016 Mr Peter Harold Hobden who died on 15th
April 2016, latterly of Beechcroft, The Street,
Betchworth
BURIAL 4th May 2016 Jane Elizabeth Gilchrist Lindsay (daughter of
OF Margaret F.H. Stephenson) who died on 20th
ASHES September 2016, aged 59, formerly of Dundas, Ontario, Canada. Burial of ashes at
St Michael’s
May they rest in peace and rise in glory
Be amazed!
It is a sign that our love is far from perfect when our doubts, fears and apprehensions of God are many. Let Heaven and Earth stand amazed at his love. He sent his Word
to invite sinners to partake of this great salvation. Let them take the comfort of the
happy change wrought in them, while they give him the glory. Matthew Henry
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PRAYER OF THE MONTH
Give me, good Lord, a humble, lowly,
quiet, peaceable, patient,
charitable, kind, tender and pitiful mind; with all my
works and all my words
and all my thoughts to
have a taste of the holy blessed spirit.
Sir Thomas More
GRACE OF THE MONTH
Go of goodness, bless our food.
Keep us in a pleasant mood.
Bless the cook and all who serve us.
From indigestion, Lord, preserve us.
Amen
POEM OF THE MONTH
... Turn your love to Him, who in his love
Upon a cross, our souls to save today,
First died, then rose, and sits in heaven above;
And now will fail no-one, I dare to say,
That will his holy heart upon Him lay!
And since he best to love is, and most meek,
Why should we feigned love go to seek?
Geoffrey Chaucer (1343 – 1400)
THOUGHT OF THE MONTH
God made the moon as well as
the sun; and when he does not
see fit to grant us the sunlight,
he means us to guide our steps by moonlight.
Richard Whately
Small boy: “Please, sir, my Dad says you are a Doctor of Music.”
Famous pianist: “That is quite right, my little man.”
Small boy: “Then I wonder if you’d be so good as to mend my trumpet?”
“Well, well,” said the old gentleman to some boys who were playing cricket. “I wish
I could join your game, but I’m too old.”
“Not at all,” replied one of the boys politely. “In fact, we need you. Our ball has just
gone through that window. You can go and ask for it back.”
Adam and Eve had an ideal marriage. He didn’t have to hear about all the men she
could have married, and she didn’t have to hear about the way his mother cooked.
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CROSSWORD Solution on page 34
ACROSS 1 Military tactic used by
Joshua to attack and destroy the city of Ai (Joshua 8:2) (6) 4 Place of learning (6)
8 ‘When Moses’ hands grew — , they took a stone and put it under him and he
sat on it’ (Exodus 17:12) (5) 9 Unpleasant auguries of the end of the age, as
forecast by Jesus (Matthew 24:7) (7) 10 Stronghold to which girls
in King Xerxes’ harem (including Esther) were taken (Esther 2:8) (7)
11 Where Saul went to consult a medium before fighting the Philistines (1 Samuel 28:7) (5)
12 Propitiation (Hebrews 2:17) (9) 17 Turn away (Jeremiah
11:15) (5) 19 So clear (anag.) (7) 21 ‘I have just got — , so I
can’t come’: one excuse to be absent from the great banquet (Luke 14:20) (7)
22 Long weapon with a pointed head used by horsemen (Job 39:23) (5) 23 Musical beat (6)
24 What the Israelites were told to use to daub blood on their door-frames at the first
Passover (Exodus 12:22) (6)
DOWN 1 Fasten (Exodus 28:37) (6) 2 Art bite (anag.) (7)
3 ‘The people of the city were divided; some — with the Jews, others with the
apostles’ (Acts 14:4) (5) 5 Contend (Jeremiah 12:5) (7) 6 Possessed (Job 1:3) (5)
7 Sheen (Lamentations 4:1) (6) 9 ‘You love evil rather than
good, — rather than speaking the truth’ (Psalm 52:3) (9)
13 Large flightless bird (Job
39:13) (7) 14 They were worth several hundred pounds each
(Matthew 25:15) (7) 15 ‘A — went out to sow his seed’ (Matthew 13:3) (6)
16 How Jesus described Jairus’s daughter when he went into the room where
she lay (Mark 5:39) (6) 18 The part of the day when the women went to the tomb on the first Easter morning
(John 20:1) (5) 20 Narrow passageway between buildings (Luke
14:21) (5)
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ITEMS FROM LATEST SURREY FAITH LINKS NEWSLETTER
Carers’ Week (6th-12th June) is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring,
highlight the challenges that carers face and recognise the contribution they make to
families and communities throughout the UK. Faith and community groups can be huge sources of support for carers. You can get involved by pledging your support,
helping us to build Carer Friendly Communities and running activities and events.
More info: http://www.carersweek.org/
Men’s Health Week (13th-19th June)
The theme of Men’s Health Week this year is “beat stress”. We know that men don’t
always recognise or act on warning signs that their physical or mental health is at
risk. Why not join in the campaign to help men talk about their health and wellbeing? More info: https://www.menshealthforum.org.uk/mhw
The latest Surrey Faith Links newsletter can be found at http://
surreyfaithlinks.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/SFL-Newsletter-May-2016.pdf
TITLE POST AND ORDINATION
Helen Burnett, who has worshipped in Buckland and Betchworth for the past 25
years, will do so for the last time on 19th June when she will be at the Family Service
in St Mary’s and at Evensong in St Michael’s.
Her Ordination will take place at Southwark Cathedral on Saturday
25th June and is by ticket only. Her Curacy begins on 26th June and
will be with The Rev’d Timothy Goode in the United Benefice of St Luke’s Whyteleafe and St Peter and St Paul’s Chaldon which are
part of the Caterham Team Ministry.
Helen asks for your prayers at this time of change for herself and for her family.
ORGAN RECITAL
On Saturday 1st October at 4.00 pm, Andrew Cantrill will give the next Organ
Recital on our Kenneth Tickell organ. Andrew has held cathedral positions in New
Zealand at Wellington and the United States at Buffalo, and is now Organist of The Royal Hospital School, Holbrook, Suffolk. He played the old Betchworth organ as a
teenager when he was still a pupil at Reigate Grammar School. Admission: £12
(Under 14s: £8) (includes glass of wine/soft drink). Contact details: 843498 or
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BISHOP’S CERTIFICATE IN DISCIPLESHIP 2016/17
Growing in Faith and Life is the new Bishop’s Certificate course in Discipleship to
support the ministry of the whole people of God across the Diocese. The course will
give people confidence in speaking about faith, deepening a life of prayer, reading the Bible with more understanding and reflecting on their calling and mission. It is
most suitable for those who have a grounding in faith that they want to enrich and
actively pursue. Those involved in leadership roles within church and parish life will
also benefit from the learning and development of skills that the course provides.
There are six modules, covering: exploring our identity and the church; the people of
God and the Old Testament; following Jesus through the New Testament; believing
the teachings of the Church: questions of faith and doctrine; challenging the world and ourselves; ethics and mission in the modern world; and responding in the power
of the Holy Spirit: in prayer, worship and understanding our vocation. Each module
consists of 10 hours teaching, study activities and optional assignments including a
variety of practical activities, reflective journals and essays. Participants are allocated a mentor who will help them to identify their learning goals and choose assignments.
The course begins in the week commencing 19th September 2016. Each module
runs for five weeks with a short break before the next. The Saturday group meets twice per module. The course concludes with a residential weekend at Wychcroft in
July. Venues for 2016/17 are:
Tuesday 6.30 to 8.30 pm Trinity House, London Bridge SE1 1HW
Wednesday 7.30 to 9.30 pm St Mary’s Church Centre, Reigate RH2 7RN
Wednesday 7.30 to 9.30 pm St Anne’s Church Hall, Bermondsey SE1 5QH
Wednesday 7.30 to 9.30 pm, Kingston Area (venue tbc)
Thursday 7.00 to 9.00 pm St Matthew’s House, Croydon CR0 1PJ
Saturday 10.00 am to 3.00 pm Trinity House, London Bridge SE1 1HW
The charge to participants for the course is £200, which includes the sessions, course
materials and residential weekend. There is also an option to attend individual
modules for £20. Many parishes financially support participants on the course. The overall costs of the course are subsidised by the Diocese. Please do pass these details
on to those you might think would be interested or would benefit from this course.
To apply complete the application form at http://www.southwark.anglican.org/ministry/Growing-in-life-and-faith and return to Caroline Wakelam-Jones by post at
Trinity House, 4 Chapel Court, Borough High Street, London SE1 1HW or by email
Revd Carol Coslett
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MUSIC IN DORKING
4th at 12.00, lunchtime recital at St Martin’s, free, 01306 884229
4th at 7.30, Brockham choral society at St Martin’s, £12/15, 01306 882728
4th at 7.30, La Scala opera house at Dorking Halls, £15.50, 01306 881717 7th 14th 21st 28th at 8.30, Watermill Jazz at Betchworth Park golf club, £19-21,
07415 815784
10th 11th at 7.30, Surrey Opera at Dorking Halls, £18-20, 01306 881717
11th at 6.30, concert at Leith Hill Place, £18, 0844 249 1895 11th at 7.30, Dorking Philharmonia at St Martin’s, £12, 01306 730640
16th at 7.30, Royal Marines Band at Dorking Halls, £16.50-18.50, 01306 881717
18th at 3.00, Ladybirds choir at United Reformed Church hall, £7.50, 843662
21st at 6.30, opera screening at Dorking Halls, £18.50, 01306 881717 22nd at 2.30, concert at Leith Hill Place, £18, 0844 249 1895
24th 25th at 7.30, Youth Theatre at Dorking Halls, £12.50, 01306 881717
25th at 7.30, Dorking Choral Society at St Mary’s, South Holmwood, £12
27th at 7.00, opera screening at Dorking Halls, £17.50, 01306 881717
The Ladybirds choir, directed by Helena Twentyman, will perform A Royal Summer
Celebration in honour of the Queen’s 90th birthday. The programme will include
various items relating to kings and queens, and will also celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death and the summer Olympics in Rio. The concert is
supporting PSDS, a charity for Down’s syndrome. Tea and cake will be served
afterwards.
The Dorking Philharmonia has a programme of music from the classical period.
They will be playing Mozart’s overture to his opera Cosi fan tutte, an early Haydn
symphony plus his trumpet concerto with soloist Richard
Knights, and Beethoven’s eighth symphony - a work which the composer referred to as his ‘little symphony’ although in fact
it is full of energy.
Opera lovers can see Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream performed by Surrey Opera at the Dorking Halls. Also at the Halls are two opera screenings: Rossini’s
The Barber of Seville live from Glyndebourne, and Massenet’s Werther live from the
Royal Opera.
There are two recitals at Leith Hill Place, the home of Ralph Vaughan
Williams, arranged in association with the Royal College of Music.
Details of performers and programmes are on the website. There will be
further recitals in July and a special Vaughan Williams birthday concert in October.
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DORKING MUSEUM IN JUNE
Our War Memorials Project has been building a record of local
men who fell in the Great War and our team is pleased to have
had the support of local groups and researchers. Research on
1916 casualties is progressing well, including the centenary of the Somme. Among those killed in action on the first day of the
Somme was 2nd Lieutenant Edward Bovill, 29, of Buckland,
whose younger brother, Eric, 21, was killed 6 months before.
Our volunteer team would welcome more help going on to 1917-18. Experience of genealogy research is welcome but training
can be provided, and work can be done from home. If you are
interested, please contact [email protected].
Our current exhibition is “Dorking High Street: Chaos and Commerce”, open
Thursday to Saturday, 10am-4pm, at The Museum, 62 West Street.
Family Activity, Saturday 18th June: ‘Take Part Art’ – help create a unique artwork
of embossed metal foil tiles based on patterns found in the Museum or around
Dorking, to be displayed in the Museum during August and September. Drop in any
time between 2pm and 3.30pm.
The Museum is taking group bookings for the South Street Caves tours and Guided
Walks of Dorking and individual bookings for the Caves Open Day on 25th
June. For details, visit www.dorkingmuseum.org.uk or e-mail
2nd Lieutenant
Edward Bovill
Newspaper headlines where you know what they meant, but….!
Couple Slain; Police Suspect Homicide
Red Tape Holds Up New Bridges
Man Struck By Lightning: Faces Battery Charge
New Study of Obesity Looks for Larger Test Group
Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft
Kids Make Nutritious Snacks
Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half
Hospitals are Sued by Seven Foot Doctors
Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
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SAFEGUARDING TRAINING
Jean Cooper will be leading a Safeguarding Training Session at St Bartholomew’s,
Church Road, Horley, on Saturday 16th July, 10 am until 1 pm. This is available and
required training for all in our churches involved with leading services or children’s events, offering pastoral care, home visits, home communion, our Churchwardens,
members of PCC and DCC. If you have attended a previous training session more
than three years ago it is recommended you attend this as a refresher and update.
To book a place please contact Sue Middleton in the Horley Parish office ([email protected]) clearly stating your parish, as this will be
required for your certificate.
Penny Lochead,
P.A. to The Bishop of Southwark, Trinity House, 4 Chapel Court, Borough High Street, London SE1 1HW
DIOCESAN WEEKEND RETREAT AT WYCHCROFT
Friday 23rd September to Sunday 25th September
This weekend retreat at Wychcroft, led by Louise Ellis and Chris Chapman, will focus on the theme of calling and discernment. Through a mixture of short talks, led
reflections, creative prayer, and plenty of space for silent prayer and reflection, this
retreat offers participants the opportunity to explore their own journey of faith and to
reflect on the ways in which God is calling them.
This retreat is for anyone who would value the opportunity to set some time aside to
prayerfully consider the call of God on their lives. This course is provided by the
Southwark Diocesan Vocations Department at a significantly reduced cost (just £50). Places are limited and participants will be asked to complete a registration form
giving brief information on why they wish to take part.
Louise Ellis is the Diocesan Discipleship and Vocations Missioner and works across the Diocese to encourage, nurture and resource the Vocation of the whole people of
God. Previously Louise was a vicar in the Diocese. She has led a number of quiet
days and retreats and is passionate about providing space and opportunity for people
to explore, discover and grow in prayer.
Chris Chapman is Spiritual Formation Adviser in the Diocese of Southwark and an
experienced retreat leader and spiritual director.
For more information, contact Louise Ellis: [email protected]
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DIARY OF AN ORDINAND (6)
It is hard to believe that as you read this I will be completing the final essay of my
three year course and that by the time the next magazine is published I shall be two
weeks into my curacy!
The last two terms have seen us focusing on Ethics, New Testament and Sacramental
Theology but it hasn’t been all work and no play…Each spring the final years
students are invited to visit the Roman Catholic Seminary in Bovendonk in the Netherlands, which is how I found myself getting out of bed at 3.30 am to walk 6
miles to see the Blessed Virgin Mary in Zegge! My training has found me up at 3.30
am in the past, burning the midnight oil, but never before for a walk in the dark with
25 strange men!
The link between the two institutions is based upon a shared model of worker
ministry in which students complete their studies alongside their normal working
lives. To share in the life of the seminarians over one of their weekends and to experience first-hand the pain of not being able to break bread together at Eucharist
was a real privilege. The trip also exposed us to the rich artistic heritage of the
Netherlands with a lecture on the use of devotional folk art and a visit to see the Van
Eyck altarpiece in Ghent Cathedral.
I have made some wonderful friends over my three years at the South East Institute
for Theological Education and I shall miss the camaraderie and support of the college
– albeit a very middle aged version of student life! Luckily a small group of us have arranged to continue to meet twice a year to provide mutual support and share the
inevitable pitfalls of our first year of ministry.
Our final study weekend includes an evening of sketches full of ‘in jokes’ and a lot of silliness and then we return to our four dioceses for our pre-ordination retreats and
the serious business of serving the church as deacons in our title posts across the
South East.
Training for ordained ministry is supposed to challenge and stretch us all: it has
certainly done that! Watching the transformation in others, I realise that the process
works at many levels, but what is special about the changes wrought, is that, that
which is distinctive about each of us remains. So we approach ordination, hopefully better informed and firmer in our relationship with God but with our own particular
and sometimes peculiar gifts to offer. For me that is what makes the body of Christ
on earth, embodied in each of us whether lay or ordained, such a rich resource.
Helen Burnett
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SAVE THE DATE!
Yard Sale, Saturday 18th June 10 am till 1pm, at The White House, Old Road.
Selling bric-a-brac, antiques, books, toys, DVDs, furniture, jewellery, clothes,
pictures, plants, sports equipment etc. Free to anyone selling unwanted items. If you can't make the date, drop items off, clearly marked with your details and price sought
and we will do our best to sell on your behalf.
Harry will be selling refreshments for St John’s Community Holiday; the school hosts a week-long sleepover for disabled children who buddy up with students on fun
day trips (Chessington, London etc) whilst parents enjoy some down-time. They are
short of funds this year so please come and enjoy the garden and buy an ice-cream or
cup of tea if you are passing!
All enquires please to [email protected] 844286
Legal matters, both whimsical and
serious, dominated our April and May meetings. An insight into proceedings at
court was given by Peter
Thompson who spent 27
years as a barrister at the Old Bailey Central Criminal
Court. We learned how a
jury is chosen and theoretical
cases were put as a challenge to our reaction. Humorous
and historical anecdotes, including the
fact that barristers have worn black since
the death of Charles II rounded off a very interesting talk.
May elections mean that our usual
Betchworth venue is taken over, so we decamped to St. Michael's Church where
a local solicitor braved the chilly
conditions to talk on the advisability of
making wills, setting up powers of attorney, and all related matters. This
was a most informative and helpful talk
with many queries answered. May
means discussion of the annual NFWI resolutions which this year cover
appropriate care in hospitals
for people with dementia,
enabling carers to stay with patients, and secondly the
avoidance of food waste,
calling on supermarkets to
sign up to a voluntary agreement to avoid food
waste, thereby passing surplus food to
charities thus helping to address the issue
of increasing food poverty in the U.K. Both resolutions were clearly explained
voted on for onward transmission to the
NFWI AGM in June.
Pets as Therapy will be the subject of a
talk by Maggie Stoker at our next
meeting, 2nd June, 7.45 pm at the
Hamilton Room Betchworth. Visitors are always welcome.
Pam Patch
WOMEN’S INSTITUTE
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THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
In April the Archbishop of Canterbury discovered that his father was not Gavin
Welby, as he had always believed. Instead, DNA testing confirmed that his real
father was the late Sir Anthony Montague Browne, an aide to Winston Churchill.
In a personal statement Justin Welby spoke of his complete surprise at the news
(confirmed by a DNA test following a Telegraph investigation) and said his mother
has been a wonderful part of his life and continues to be so, praising her determination for overcoming alcohol addiction.
“My own experience is typical of many people. To find that one's father is other than
imagined is not unusual. To be the child of families with great difficulties in relationships, with substance abuse or other matters, is far too normal.”
But, the Archbishop went on: “I know that I find who I am in Jesus Christ, not in
genetics, and my identity in Him never changes. Even more importantly my role as Archbishop makes me constantly aware of the real and genuine pain and suffering of
many around the world, which should be the main focus of our prayers. “Although
there are elements of sadness, and even tragedy in my father's [Gavin Welby’s] case,
this is a story of redemption and hope from a place of tumultuous difficulty and near despair in several lives. It is a testimony to the grace and power of Christ to liberate
and redeem us, grace and power which is offered to every human being.
“At the very outset of my inauguration service three years ago, Evangeline Kanagasooriam, a young member of the Canterbury Cathedral congregation, said:
‘We greet you in the name of Christ. Who are you, and why do you request entry?’
“To which I responded: ‘I am Justin, a servant of Jesus Christ, and I come as one
seeking the grace of God to travel with you in His service together.’ What has changed? Nothing!
Full statement at: http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/articles.php/5704/a-
personal-statement-from-the-archbishop-of-canterbury
EXTRA BELL-RINGING
The church bells will be rung from 3.30 to welcome people to the picnic on the
Green on 12th June. The belfry will be open from 4.00 for a short period for anyone
who wishes to see the bells and understand more about them.
There will also be extra bell-ringing at St Mary’s on 6th June at 11.15 and 11th June
at 10.30, each for about 45 minutes.
D.S.
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SUMMER LUNCH
At our last lunch it was mentioned that our Midsummer lunch would be on Thursday
23rd June. Well, apparently there is an important vote going on that
day and the Reading Room will be used as a Polling Station. Can you please put in your diaries that the summer lunch will now be on
Thursday 2nd June at 12.30pm. We look forward to seeing our old
friends and also maybe some new faces on that day. For more
information please phone Liz Vahey on 221444 or Carol Leeds on 247399. We promise we will not talk politics, do we stay or do we leave!!
C.L.
NB PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE
THE BIG BUCKLAND PICNIC
To celebrate the Queen’s 90th Birthday
on BUCKLAND GREEN
Sunday, 12th June, 4.30 pm onwards
Bring your own food and refreshments to join in this informal community event
Queries or ideas for making the event go with a swing? Contact one of the
organisers:
Fiona Brindley: 841005, Debbie Jones: 845514, Wendy Lane: 843998
EVERETT LEEDS
Everett would like to thank all his friends in Buckland and surrounding areas for
their kind wishes, cards and phone calls following his recent set-back in health.
Hopefully we are now on the mend and look forward to pruning the roses etc again in a few months’ time.
C.L.
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BROCKHAM GREEN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
After a cold and wet Spring our gardens are now producing the growth and colour we
had all hoped for. The weather improves in June so there is lots to keep on top of.
Plants start to flourish and so do the weeds. Lawns won’t be growing so fast now as the weather starts to get warmer and drier. This is the time to plant your patio
containers with half hardy annuals and tender perennials. Plant them now as the
danger of frost has passed. Regular watering and feeding will give you a wonderful
display throughout the summer.
HISTORY COMES ALIVE AS A WORKING WW2 VICTORY GARDEN REPLACES CHICKEN COOP ON RECTORY LANE
Victory gardens, also called war gardens or food gardens for defence, were planted at private residences and public parks in the United Kingdom during World War
II. They were used along with Rationing Stamps and Cards to reduce pressure on
the public food supply. Not only would war gardens provide essential crops for
families and neighbourhoods, they would help the war effort by freeing up valuable space on merchant shipping convoys. By 1943, over a million tons of vegetables
were being grown in gardens, flowerbeds, parklands, golf clubs and allotments.
The Victory Garden on Rectory Lane aims to re-create an authentic and working wartime garden using heritage crops and gardening techniques prescribed in Mr.
Middleton’s 1942 book entitled ‘Digging for Victory’. The garden will feature
wartime memorabilia, complete with an Anderson air raid shelter (created from a
corrugated steel pig sty). The garden will be open for educational school visits and as well as the public in next year’s National Garden Scheme.
Veteran gardeners who remember working in Victory Gardens have already provided
fascinating knowledge. Whilst wooden raised beds were the preserve of affluent householders, it was more common to collect bricks from bombed out buildings to
build raised beds with angled brick edging. Bonfires on plots were common but had
to be snuffed out using old carpet at night time. Anecdotes like these will go towards
making the Victory Garden as authentic as possible.
If you’d like to contribute wartime gardening advice, heritage vegetable seed or
1940’s memorabilia for display, please contact wartime gardeners Ali ( 07584
222886) or Jeremy ( 0780 858 4929).
Keep Calm and Grow On.
Jeremy Martin
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ST MICHAEL’S AFTERNOON DROP-IN
The Drop-In has been running for almost four years, providing
a meeting place for villagers and visitors. It takes place from
2pm – 4pm on the 4th Wednesday of each month at The Hamilton Room, Church Street, Betchworth.
Thanks to donations we have been able to support various charities, including
WaterAid – with an Aquabox – Alzheimers Society, Redhill Night Shelter and Day Centre, and Sebastian’s Trust who support the families of terminally sick children.
I should also thank those who enable this to take place, including Anne, June, Linda,
Carol, Liz, Brenda and Barbara, our prime cake baker for the past three years.
Our next two dates are 22nd June and 28th July. All are welcome at any time in the
afternoon. If you would like transport, please contact Margaret Miller on 842098.
Margaret Miller
BROCKWOOD SURGERY NEWS
Your GP The practice is required by the Government to allocate all patients to a
named accountable GP. If you wish to know who your named GP is, please contact
reception ( 843259) and they will be able to assist you.
NHS health checks If you are aged 40-74, and have not been diagnosed with heart
disease, kidney disease, type 2 diabetes, or had a stroke, you are eligible for a free
health check at the surgery. Think of it as a midlife MOT. Even if you feel well at the moment it is still important to have a check. As you get older, your risk of
developing these problems increases, but an NHS Health Check will spot early signs.
This means you can take action to prevent them happening to you, so you can enjoy
your life for longer.
The check will only take 20-30 minutes and you will be asked a few questions about
your family history and lifestyle choices, which may put your health at risk. Your
health professional will make a note of your weight, age, sex and ethnicity before taking your blood pressure. You will also have a simple blood test to check your
cholesterol level.
After that, you will discuss your results and be given advice and support to help you reduce your risk of developing any illnesses and improve your health.
Please contact the surgery ( 843259) to make an appointment.
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NORTH DOWNS PRIMARY SCHOOL
We are now well under way with our
busiest term of the year. Year 6 SATs tests are over and our year 6 are getting ready to transfer to their
secondary schools and we are looking forward to welcoming 60 new reception
pupils at our Betchworth and Brockham sites.
Year 6 have also been on their residential trip, spending five adventure
filled days at a PGL centre at Windmill Hill, near Hailsham in Sussex. On their
way they visited Battle Abbey. Once at Windmill Hill they took part in a host of different activities, including abseiling,
climbing, zip-wire, trapeze and archery. The evenings were filled with quizzes, discos and sporting challenges - not a
moment to spare and a fitting end to their time at primary school.
We finish this month with our two Sports Days, one for the Infant children and one for the Juniors. We
try to have a mixture of sporting activities that appeal to all children whether they are sporty or not. There
are a variety of fun races and
traditional races as well as team activities. This way we hope to instil in children a love of taking part as well as
teaching them how to win with good grace as well as how to lose with good
grace. We believe these are all important lessons in life.
This is also a busy time for our hardworking team of
parent volunteers who belong to FONDS (Friends of North Downs).
They work tirelessly throughout the year to raise funds to provide the children with those special ‘extras’ that
can’t be funded from our delegated budget.
Please don’t forget that our heated and covered school pool is available for hire every morning, after school, at the
weekends and during the school holiday. Simply contact the school office at Brockham for further details.
Jane Douglass, Headteacher
North Downs Primary School
Teacher: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are
no longer interested? Harold: A teacher.
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LEITH HILL PLACE
Our season of music started with a wonderful, sell-out performance by Trio Martinů,
from Prague, and continues with three more concerts in June.
On Saturday 4th June from 5.30 to 6.45 Chamberhouse Wind Quintet
will give us a family friendly performance of Roald Dahl’s Revolting
Rhymes. With the addition of a pianist and narrator they bring Dahl’s verse to life with their imaginative musical arrangement. The
performance takes place around the terrace outside, so bring a rug and
a picnic and enjoy the view as you listen. Booking essential. Adults
£10, Child £8, Family (2A2C/1A3C) £32.
Saturday 11th June from 6.30 to 8.00 sees the first in our series of recitals in
association with the Royal College of Music with pieces by Coleridge-Taylor,
Howell and Stanford. Booking essential. Tickets £18, interval drink included.
On Wednesday 22nd June from 2.30 to 4.00 we present a concert with the Elysian
Piano Trio, all alumni of the RCM, performing Piano Trios by Beethoven, Ravel,
Bridge and Haydn. Booking essential. Tickets £18, interval refreshments included.
All three concerts can be booked by calling 0844 249 1895 or by choosing the
online booking service at www.nationaltrust.org.uk/leith-hill-place/whats-on .
Pat Newberry gives another of his engaging historical talks about Leith Hill Place
and the Tower on 18th June from 1.45 to 2.45 and 3.15 to 4.15. Admission free,
though a £2 donation would be welcome. Booking is advised. Normal admission
charges for non-members apply.
Fathers’ Day on 19th June from 11 to 5 LHP offers a fun family day with ‘Garden
Games with Jaques’, playing games such as Croquet, Boules, Jenga and Connect 4. Dads and granddads go free if accompanied by their children. (Up to 2 free entries
per family group. Normal admission charges for other non-members apply.)
SOUTHWARK DIOCESAN GOLF
Once again Bishop Christopher will present the prizes at the annual Diocesan Golf
Day.
All golfers welcome on Tuesday 27th September at Bletchingley Golf Club. Play
will begin around noon. Further information and entry forms from David
Weightman. E-mail: [email protected]
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♠ ♥ BUCKLAND BRIDGE CLUB ♦ ♣
Recent winners are as follows:
21st Apr: N/S: Maggie Richardson & Lesley Brown
E/W: John Mitchell & Pat Davey
28th Apr: N/S: Douglas & Roberta Rounthwaite
E/W: Ruzena Cates & John Mitchell 5th May: N/S: Gloria Whitwell & Richard Wheen
E/W: Pat Davey & John Mitchell
12th May: N/S: Hetty Fisher & Savas Oratis
E/W: Richard Pocock & Geoff Woodcock 19th May: N/S: Richard Pocock & Geoff Woodcock
E/W: Gloria Whitwell & Richard Wheen
Congratulations to all concerned. We play duplicate bridge in the Reading Room each Thursday and start at 2.15, but please arrive and sit down no later than 2.05pm.
For the Club website (with recent results), visit bridgewebs.com/Buckland.
Please do not park in front of the village shop or block access to Dungates Lane or to houses in Old Road.
Richard Wheen
BROCKHAM OPEN GARDENS SATURDAY 18TH JUNE 2016 – 2PM to 6PM
Once again another opportunity to visit some beautiful gardens in Brockham, thanks to the generous support of the garden owners.
Coffee, tea and cakes will be served in the Church
Hall. Please come and join us and help us make it a fourth successful year.
Programmes are available before the day at Nisa
(Spar) and The Hair Studio on Brockham Green, and on the day from the Gazebo outside the Church
on Brockham Green. £6 per adult. Under 12’s free.
Organised by Christ Church, Brockham.
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ORGAN WORKSHOP AT BETCHWORTH CHURCH On Thursday 28th April a ‘Play the Organ!’ Workshop was held in Betchworth Church giving pupils from local schools an opportunity to play our new pipe organ.
Five schools accepted the invitation, which we sent to 25 local schools, and about 60 pupils attended the three hour long workshops held during the day. The workshops were promoted and financed by the Church and the East Surrey
Organists’ Association and led by Simon Williams, Director of the RCO Academy at the Royal College of Organists.
The Workshop took the form of a lively talk about the history, workings and music of the pipe organ. All children, whether or not they
already played an instrument, were encouraged to ‘have a go’ and discover for themselves just why Mozart nicknamed the organ ‘The King of
Instruments’. Their proficiencies varied from Grade 6 pianists to total beginners. They also
learnt about the science of sound, the materials used in making pipes and the use of wind under pressure.
We very much hope to repeat this very successful event next year in the hope that it would be convenient then for some of the other local schools to attend
and for further pupils from the schools that did attend. Inevitably there are costs attached both for the church (in securing capable persons to lead these events) and the schools (e.g. the cost of transport). If anyone has any ideas of
sources for funding, please tell me. Melvin Hughes
How to be thankful
If you wish to establish the habit of doing a certain thing, you take pains to do that thing, upon every possible occasion, and to avoid everything inconsistent
therewith. Now, then, if you wish to form the habit of thankfulness, just begin by being thankful – not next year; not for some great event or experience, but for whatever has just occurred, whatever has been pleasant, yes, and (also) for
whatever has been painful. John Broadus, 1891-1938
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Children’s page THE SAINT & THE MONSTER
St Columba, whose feast day is 9th June, was born in Ireland and came to
Scotland to be a ‘pilgrim for Christ’. He founded a monastery on the island of Iona in 563. The monastery at Iona
became a centre of learning and many missionaries were trained there. Columba carried the message of God’s
love throughout Scotland and monks from his monastery carried the message into England. St Columba
wrote a number of hymns and is said to have transcribed, or written out by hand, some 300 books in his lifetime.
And what has he got to do with a monster? Well, it wasn’t the Loch Ness
monster but a monster that was living in the River Ness. St Columba is said to have driven away this monster who was
attacking a swimmer, with the sign of the cross and the words "Thou shalt go no further, nor touch the man; go back
with all speed."
MONSTER MUNCHIES 75 g (3 oz) margarine 3 normal size Mars Bars
(thinly sliced) 3 large tea cups Rice Crispies 100 g (4 oz) chocolate cake covering
(melted) Grease and line a swiss roll tin. In a
heavy based saucepan, gently melt the margarine. Add the Mars Bar pieces and stir until no lumps are left.
Take the pan off the heat and stir in the Rice Crispies – adding more if the
mixture will take it. Spread the mixture in the tin and press it down evenly with
the back of a spoon. Cover with the melted chocolate and
leave to set. Cut into 24 bars when cold – or cut into less bars if you are feeding a very greedy monster!
How does a monster count to 17?
On its fingers.
A very old man lay dying in his bed. It was near the end and he suddenly smelt
the aroma of his favourite Belgian fudge cake wafting up the stairs. He gathered his remaining strength and staggered to the stairs, managed to descend slowly and almost collapsed when he saw the goodies on the kitchen
table. What a sight! He thought for a moment he was in heaven already. As he reached out to take one his wife smacked him with a spatula. “Hands off those,” she said sharply, “they’re for the funeral.”
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ON THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE IN A RECTORY
The Rectory, St. James the Least
My dear Nephew Darren
Ah, the joys of June! At last I can return to the Rectory without putting on my
overcoat before going inside. For the next four months, all windows and doors are
left open in order to let the heat in. If anyone else tells me how lucky I am to live in a 12-bedroom Queen Anne house, I shall have them excommunicated.
You will soon stop complaining about your one bedroom flat should you ever have to
live in a rural rectory; the days of wandering about the house in shirtsleeves will become a distant memory. In my first winter here, I had the central heating on full
blast 24 hours a day. The house was almost warm, even if the boilers sounded like
the Queen Mary coming into port. But that quarter’s gas bill needed a substantial
grant from the International Monetary Fund to cover it, so ever since, for six months of the year, I live in the kitchen. Parishioners find it either touching or sad that I sleep
with my Labrador. It never occurs to them that I need her for extra heat.
It does mean that evening meetings at the rectory on winter evenings can be un-Christianly satisfying. Watching committee members fighting – with infinite
politeness - to get nearest to the one-bar electric fire is highly entertaining. They
hold on to their coffee cups less for refreshment, more for a little extra warmth. At
least it means that meetings are short.
My predecessor was a model railway enthusiast and so several bedrooms were taken
up with a system of such complexity that it made Crewe Junction seem trivial. He
also found it helpful to put his teenage son in the turret bedroom, where he could play his drums without anyone else in the house being able to hear a thing.
Nowadays, all these extra rooms are filled with cribs and nativity play costumes,
Easter gardens and spare choir cassocks. It is remarkable how all these things used to be stored quite satisfactorily in the church vestry until the parish acquired a single
priest; now the empty rooms in the rectory have become vital storage space. I so
hope my successor has a plethora of children, so that parishioners have to find
alternative accommodation for all the detritus vital to church life.
No, dear boy, cherish your centrally heated, dry, draught-proof, mice-free, bat-less,
modern-plumbed accommodation. It will not be ever thus.
Your loving uncle,
Eustace
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ST MARY’S CHURCH WINDOWS, CONTINUED
In the December 2016 magazine (page 23) Pattie Vigers gave us an explanation and
description of the fragment of the Virgin and Child above the pulpit in St Mary’s.
Her article gave some background information on why churches have stained glass windows, and a bit on the symbolism in the windows. This article was to have been
the start of a series explaining something about each of the stained glass windows in
St Mary’s. We now aim to carry this on and over the next year offer to you
descriptions of the windows. This month we offer you the story behind the restored fragment that is illuminated in the light-box at the West end (back) of the church.
This was presented to the church by Dr Mitchell of Penn
Cottage, Buckland and restored by Mrs Philippa Martin of Redhill. Stored in the cellar of the Old Rectory in
Buckland, over 600 fragments of glass were wrapped in
newspapers from September 1941 and rediscovered in
1993. On 5th May 1941 a bomb dropped in Buckland, and several church windows were damaged, this
obviously being one of them. After research, the glass
proved to date from about 1850 and was the work of
Hardman of Birmingham, like many of the other windows. The restoration was completed in June 1994
(see the Parish Magazine for September 1994).
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Justin Martyr (c. 100 –165) - first Christian philosopher
Justin Martyr (1st June) is regarded as the first ever Christian philosopher.
He was born at Nablus, Samaria, of parents of Greek origin, and was well
educated in rhetoric, poetry and history before he turned to philosophy. He
studied at Ephesus and Alexandria and tried the schools of the Stoics, the Pythagoreans, and the Platonists. Then in c.130 Justin became a Christian,
and never looked back. His long search for truth was satisfied by the
Bible, and above all by Christ, the Word of God.
This apologist and martyr is known as the most important early ‘apologist’. He went
on to offer a reasoned defence for Christianity, explaining that it was the fulfilment
of the Old Testament prophecies. Justin’s aim was evangelism: he thought that
pagans would turn to Christianity if they were made aware of Christian doctrine and practice.
Justin’s martyrdom took place in the reign of Marcus Aurelius, along with six other
believers. At his trial, whose authentic record survives, he clearly confessed his Christian beliefs, refused to sacrifice to the gods, and accepted suffering and death.
As he had previously said to the emperor: “You can kill us, but not hurt us.”
THE MAGAZINE 50 YEARS AGO
There is a really long letter from the Rector this month, on the subject of Our Lord’s
ministry of healing and the Church’s ministry, which seems to have been designed for theological students. Whether this has any direct connection with The Rector’s
forthcoming time in hospital is not entirely clear.
From the Weekday Page for women in the attached Diocesan leaflet: “Even in summer, after a shower of rain, brass fittings on doors and knockers become dull.
Try smearing them with a little white Vaseline after cleaning and they will not
tarnish as quickly.” “Hiccoughs can be very distressing. Holding your breath or
being given a fright is rarely effective. Instead, try sipping a small teaspoonful of vinegar to which has been added a little sugar.”
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Some key reasons for leaving the EU
We could control our immigration policy. More passports are checked at
Britain’s borders than at those of the
other 27 EU states put together. The
former Secretary General of Interpol, Ronald Noble, describes the Schengen
Zone as ‘an international passport-
free zone for terrorists to execute
attacks on the Continent and make their escape’.
We are the fifth-largest economy in
the world, with the fourth largest military budget. We are leading
members of NATO, the Council of
Europe, the Commonwealth and the
G7 and G20. How much bigger do we have to be before we can live
under our own laws?
We could restore our legal system and
its customs and traditions; and allow decision-making to take place closer
to voters
We could deregulate the EU’s costly mass of laws, to improve the British
economy and generate more jobs.
Quite simply, leaving the EU puts
Britain’s future into Britain’s hands.
There is a lack of accountability in
Europe. The Commissioners are
appointed, not elected, and the
European Parliament (which is elected) has very little influence. This
lack of accountability leads to
corruption. For many years the
accounts of the EU have not been approved by its auditors, and nobody
seems to care. Do we want to be
controlled by an institution which embraces lies, corruption, suppression
of democracy (Greece) and lack of
accountability as its core principles?
Britain will thrive without EU membership. Trade will be largely
unaffected, apart from the fact that we
will derive more benefit from having
full control. Do we really want an “ever closer union” and a “United
States of Europe”? The UK would no
longer have to contribute to the EU
Budget (we currently pay in billions more than we take out).
What about the European Court of
Human Rights (ECHR)? Could the UK deport terror suspects
without being overruled by the ECHR in
Strasbourg? The ECHR is not a EU
institution. It was set up by the Council of Europe, which has 47 members
including Russia and Ukraine. So
leaving the EU would not of itself exempt
the UK from the effect of decisions of the ECHR.
The UK government is, however,
committed to repealing the Human Rights Act which requires UK courts to treat the
ECHR as setting legal precedents for the
UK, in favour of a British Bill of Rights. As part of that, David Cameron is
expected to announce measures that will
boost the powers of courts in England
and Wales to overrule judgments handed down by the ECHR.
THE CASE FOR BREXIT
Last month’s magazine put some arguments in favour of staying in the European
Union. This month we look at some of the opposing arguments
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JUNE GARDEN NOTES
Alpines are often overlooked as a very versatile addition to almost any garden.
Although large shrubs and perennials often have a greater visual impact, alpines are
mostly low-growing and need closer inspection to appreciate their delicate miniature flowers.
As they are naturally found in hilly and mountainous regions, alpines prefer gritty
soil and will happily crawl over rocks and fill nooks and crevices amongst old paving slabs and stones. If you have enough space, a rockery can provide year-round colour
interest for very little effort once established. Early in the year, miniature viola and
saxifrage will provide plenty of colour, followed by pulsatilla and primroses.
Although it can crowd out others, aubretia is unbeatable for trailing over walls – it will find a way of spreading by growing in the smallest amount of soil.
Later in the spring and summer, colour is more plentiful. Carpets of star-shaped
flowers of campanula in shades of blue and white, sky-blue lithodora and multi-coloured phlox will mix well with scented dianthus (pinks). Succulents such as
sempervivum and sedum need little care and will thrive on neglect. They are also
mostly evergreen so can provide winter interest.
Alpines can do well in pots – this is especially useful if you have a damp garden as
they will prefer the better drainage of a container. An old sink or a shallow stone
trough would be ideal. It’s best to finish off with a top layer of grit after planting.
This helps both to provide ideal growing conditions and also to give an ideal visual setting for this interesting group of plants.
David Hogg, Buckland Nurseries
RECIPE OF THE MONTH - COOKED CHICKEN BREASTS
1 chicken breast per person, diced into the size you would like.
Elizabeth sauce 1 pint of mayonnaise
2 teaspoons of curry powder
Cook the curry powder, tomato purée and red currant jelly together for 2-3 minutes. Cool and beat in mayonnaise. Place chicken into a bowl. Mix in with the
mayonnaise. Serve with a green salad and watercress.
Almond flakes and chopped apricots can be included in the sauce.
Pauline Covey
2 teaspoons of tomato purée
2 teaspoons of red currant jelly Watercress for garnish
