EWELL
PARISH
NEWS
The monthly newspaper of St Mary the Virgin Ewell
No.494
March 2014
60p
Sharing the Love of Christ, the Light of the World, with the people of Ewell
CONTENTS
Quiet Morning: Saturday 8 March
"Prayer and the Scriptures"
10am-1pm with a Contemplative Eucharist at noon.
Short addresses at 10am, 11am, and during the 12noon service
Please feel free to come along for all or part of the time.
Tea and coffee will be available in the Parish Room
Lent course "Exploring the Scriptures"
Wednesdays in Lent, 7 for 7:30pm lasting an hour.
In the Church Hall (except 2 April which is in church)
12 March - The Apocrypha (Russell Dewhurst)
19 March - St John's Gospel (Sue Ayling)
26 March - The Seven Churches of Revelation (John Baxter)
2 April - The Psalms (Wendy Varney)
9 April - The turning point: The eighth century Prophets
(Patrick Miller)
The Vicar Writes......... 2 & 3
Anyone for bishop?.............4
Pilgrimage to the Holy
Land...................................4
2014 Recitals......................4
Suggested prayers............ 5
Man, woman and child........6
From the Parish Records....6
Past, present and future.....6
Women’s World Day of
Prayer.................................6
Obituary for Charles Abdy..7
Good Friday (18 April)
12noon Preaching of the Passion
"The Cross in Scripture" (Russell Dewhurst)
The Good Friday Liturgy follows on at 2pm
Spring Market.....................8
Is there colour in church?...8
Children’s pages..........9&10
Rustle of Spring................11
Calendar for March...........12
Backpage Boy?................12
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Ewell Parish News
The Vicar writes
At first glance there seems to be a contradiction in
some of Jesus' teaching about following him. On the
one hand he says, "The gate is narrow and the road is
hard that leads to life". Yet just a few verses later in St
Matthew's gospel, Jesus continues, "My yoke is easy,
and my burden is light." So which is it? A hard road or
an easy yoke?
Jesus expects his followers to live for others. "Do to
others as you would have them do to you," he tells us,
in what has justly been called the Golden Rule. We
could sum up the secular morality of our day, by contrast, as "So long as you harm no-one, do as you please."
This is the morality that, more or less, seems to guide
law-making today. The secular law should prevent people from harming one another, by force if necessary, but
otherwise leave people free to follow their lights.
Yet Jesus calls us beyond this. He doesn't twist our
arm or compel us. He invites us to choose freely to
follow him and live for others. But if we do so choose,
Jesus' message to us is definitely not "carry on as we
are," or even "do as you please". Following Jesus does
not mean adopting some religious practices but otherwise staying unchanged. Following Jesus means opening up every part of our lives, our whole selves, to him.
Being a Christian affects how we speak and act, how we
use our time, and what we do with our money and
possessions. Walking with Christ is not something we
can "slot in" around all our other commitments. It is our
first commitment, and transforms how we relate to all
our other commitments.
This explains the metaphor of the "narrow gate" and
the "hard road". But the gate only seems narrow, and the
road only seems hard if we follow Christ half-heartedly.
If we try to fit Christ in to the gaps in our otherwise
unchanged life, yes, that road is very hard: impossible,
in fact. If we only worship "when we have the time",
only give away what we can easily spare when we know
we won't really miss it, and only love our neighbour
when it suits us- yes, that gate seems narrower than the
eye of a needle.
But if we step forward in faith, if we give ourselves
whole-heartedly to Christ, if we seek to serve not two
masters but one, then we will find that the yoke is
indeed easy, just as he promised. If we give ourselves to
Christ, he will carry us. If we surrender ourselves to
God, his Holy Spirit will work within us. Then we find
that to be in Christ is no burden at all, rather it is life,
and joy, and peace.
Ultimately, the message is simple. Live for others.
Live for Christ. Don't hold back!
Website: www.stmarysewell.com
CLERGY
Vicar: The Reverend Russell Dewhurst MPhys BTh LLM
020 8393 1297; Email: [email protected]
Assistant Priest: The Reverend Sue Ayling
020 8337 6347; Email: [email protected]
Honorary Assistant Priest: The Reverend Dr Patrick Miller
MA PhD
READER
Mrs Wendy Varney 020 8393 5212
CHURCHWARDENS
Mr Malcolm Lawther 020 8224 6693
Mrs Margaret Humphries 020 8393 6067
Visiting Co-ordinator
Mrs Wendy Paxman 0208 224 2851
SUNDAY AT ST MARY'S
0800 HOLY COMMUNION
0930 SUNG EUCHARIST
The Wayfarers and the Sunday School meet in conjunction with this
service.
There is coffee in the church hall between the 9.30 and 11 o’clock services
on Sunday mornings, to which all are welcome, and especially newcomers
and visitors.
1100 SERVICE varies by Sunday in the month
The usual pattern is our all-age Praise@11 on the first Sunday; Choral
Mattins on the second Sunday; Toddle Up, a short and very informal
service for toddlers and their families on the third Sunday; and Morning
Prayer with Holy Baptism on the fourth Sunday. The pattern changes on
special occasions: see the calendar on the back page for details of this
month.
1730 Once a month CHORAL EVENSONG
Just like a cathedral Evensong in our own parish church. See the calendar
on the back page for details.
Occasionally there are variations from this pattern; details are given in this
paper, on the Notice Board or on the Weekly Notes available on Sundays.
ON WEEKDAYS
Morning prayer is usually said at 9 am Mondays-Thursdays, in church.
See the Weekly notes or phone ahead to make sure. The Eucharist is
celebrated on Tuesdays at 10 am, in the Parish Room (entry through the
door on the Church Street side of the Church).
THE PARISH OFFICE
Administrator:
Mrs Lynne Yuille 020 8393 2643 (Office)
Office email: [email protected]
St Mary’s Church is in London Road, Ewell, and the Parish Office is in
the Sacristy on the south side of the church.
The Office hours are normally 9.30-12.00 Mon, Tues, Wed and Fri, but
please check before visiting as appointments are usually needed.
The postal address is:
St Mary’s Ewell Parish Church, London Rd, Ewell, Surrey, KT17 2AY.
Ewell Parish News
March 2014 Page 3
IN CHURCH IN MARCH
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Sessions are held on:
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Thursday and Friday
mornings during term
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For more information:
Tel. 020 8393 4804
AN ANNUAL
ST MARY’S
LECTURE
The first is to be on
Sunday 16 June 2014
at 6.00pm in the
Church hall given by
Andrew Davison
Starbridge Lecturer in
Science & Technology
Cambridge University
March brings the season of Lent, a time of reflection, fasting, study, and penitence
as we prepare for Holy Week and Easter. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, 5 March,
and there will be a simple said Eucharist at noon and a sung Eucharist at 8pm. At
both services, those who wish will be able to receive a mark of ash on the forehead
as a sign of the Lenten season.
Our regular Sunday services continue as normal, with the weekly 8am and 9:30
services taking on a more penitential tone in Lent.
We have a wide range of 11am services. As we're still preparing for Lent on 2
March, pancakes are our theme at Praise@11. Choral Mattins is sung by the choir
on 9 March, and toddlers are welcome to "Toddle Up!" on 16 March. 23 March sees
Morning Prayer with Baptisms at 11am. Then on 30 March, it's Praise@11 again,
and this time, it's our very popular Mothering Sunday service.
This month, Choral Evensong is on 16 March at 5:30pm. This service is one of my
great favourites, and is growing in popularity. Cathedral standard worship right on
your own back door- why not come along for the traditional 1662 Prayers and the
wonderful Anglican choral music?
At 7:30pm, 8 March, at our first organ recital of the year, we welcome back
Jeremy Cole, our former organ scholar.
Finally, we have organized for Lent a Quiet Morning (8 March, 10-1pm) and a
Lent course (Wednesdays, 7 for 7:30pm). Full details are on the front page . The
quiet morning, Lent course, and the preaching on Good Friday will all be centred on
the Scriptures as our theme for Lent and Passiontide this year.
SOUND SYSTEM UPDATE
On Monday 27 January 2014, St Mary's parochial church council was presented
with our team's favoured plans for the new sound system. We have done a great deal
of research and experimentation and believe we now have the best design proposed.
The PCC agreed that the scheme should now be sent to the Guildford Diocese's
relevant committees so that, we hope, permission to proceed can be granted.
If all goes smoothly, we hope that work will begin on phase 1- the sound side of
the project- soon after Easter. We are also applying at the same time for permissions
for phase 2- the projection and multimedia components- though this phase will
depend on further fundraising before it can begin.
Very many thanks to all who have given so generously to this project. Small (or
large) donations are still very welcome, as the fund needs to build up a small
'contingency' allowance by the time the installation begins. See
www.stmarysewell.com/sound for more details.
Your friend and Parish Priest
Russell Dewhurst
To hire the
Church Hall
please contact
020 8394 0453
for full details of
cost and availability
Reliable friendly service
for all exterior and interior
household maintenance
and improvements
Free estimates given
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Ewell Parish News
ANYONE FOR BISHOP?
Would you like a say in the selection of the
next Bishop of Guildford?
Following the retirement of the
Bishop of Guildford, the Rt Revd
Christopher Hill, in November, the
search has begun for a new bishop to
lead the diocese.
Six diocesan representatives have
been elected to sit on the Crown Nominations Commission (CNC) which
will meet twice this summer to discuss and propose potential
candidates for the role.
As part of its deliberations the CNC - also made up of the
two Archbishops and six members of General Synod - will
consider views from the diocese.
If you have a candidate in mind or a view you would like
to express you are invited to write to these diocesan representatives whose addresses can be found via the link below.
Please note they will not be able to enter into correspondence
with you.
Members of the public are also invited to take part in a
public meeting on Wednesday 12 March at Holy Trinity
Church, Guildford, at 7pm where everyone is welcome to
express their thoughts on the needs of the diocese. The
meeting will be attended by the Archbishops' and the Prime
Minister's appointment secretaries as part of a two-day factfinding visit to the diocese.
Their views on the requirements of the diocese and on the
desired profile of the new bishop will also feed into the
Crown Nominations Commission which will meet in June
and July. Interviews will be held in July after which two
names are typically nominated to the Prime Minister, one of
whom will be a preferred candidate.
The Prime Minister invites the candidate to accept the
nomination and then advises The Queen, who formally nominates the successful candidate to the See. An announcement
is expected early in 2015.
For more information, contact details of diocesan representatives or to view the diocese's Statement of Needs drawn
up by the diocese's Vacancy in See Committee to provide a
description of the diocese and set out a desired profile for the
new bishop, visit
www.cofeguildford.org.uk/diocesanlife/vacancy-in-see/
10 DAY PILGRIMAGE TO
THE HOLY LAND
8-17 September 2014
with Revd John Baxter
The time for our pilgrimage to the Holy Land is rapidly
approaching. We still have places available and it would be
good to see more people from St Mary's join our band of
pilgrims. Brief details of our pilgrimage are shown below
and I would like to encourage you to have faith, take the
plunge and speak to me about the possibility of going. I do
believe that God is calling people from our church to bring
their faith more to life by walking in the footsteps of Jesus,
seeing and experiencing his journey to Jerusalem, to the
cross, the grave and beyond.
We will start off in Galilee for three nights, visiting Capernaum, Nazareth and Cana before we travel to Jerusalem
via Jericho and the Judean desert for a six night stay. The
time in Jerusalem will include a full day trip to Masada and
the Dead Sea and Qumran (where the Dead Sea scrolls were
discovered). There will also be trips to Bethlehem and
Bethany and we will make our pilgrimage through Jerusalem ending at the Via Dolorosa, the Holy Sepulchre and the
Garden Tomb. Our final day in Israel will see us coming
home via Abu Guosh (Emmaus).
If you have not been to the Holy Land before this is a real
opportunity to bring your faith and the bible to life. If you
have been before you will know only too well that you need
to go again!!
The cost of the trip, which will include full board and all
excursions, will be £1725. If you would like a brochure
and/or booking form please email, write, or telephone me,
details below. I would also be very happy to discuss with
you in person or meet up with a group who are interested in
going but would like more information. Please also pass on
the information to family, friends and anyone you know in
your church or any other local churches as the pilgrimage
will be, as always, truly ecumenical.
Looking forward to hearing from some of you!!
Revd John Baxter,
11 Arundel Avenue, Ewell, KT17 2RF
Tel: 0208 224 5035
email :[email protected]
2014 RECITAL PROGRAMME
8 March Organ Recital
Jeremy Cole, Former Organ Scholar at St
Mary's and at Trinity College, Cambridge
5 April Organ Recital
Jonathan Holmes, Director of Music Jonathan
is taking requests - see Arthur
17 May Organ Recital
Jonathan Holmes will play favourite light classics, Botany Bay, 76 Trombones, Emperor
Waltz and many more
7 June Recital on multiple Pianos
5 July Organ Recital
Maks Adach, former Organ Scholar at St
Mary's. Now Organ Scholar Oriel College Oxford
15 Sept Patronal Festival Concert
Jonathan Holmes
15 Nov The Armed Man from scratch
Tickets will be available after
services or from the Church Office
Ewell Parish News
March 2014 Page 5
Dear Lord,
Fill every part of me with praise….
So shall each fear, each fret, each care
Be turned into a song
And every winding in the way
The echo shall prolong.
Horatius Bonar
May we learn to see yourselves
With the same delight
Pride and expectation
With which God sees us in every moment.
John O'Donohue
Blessed are they who understand
My faltering step and palsied hand;
Blessed are they who know my ears today
Must strain to catch the things they say;
Blessed are they who seem to know
My eyes are dim and my wits are slow;
Blessed are they who looked away
When coffee was spilt on the table today;
Blessed are they with cheery smile
Who stop to chat for a little while;
Blessed are they who never say
"You've told me that story twice today";
Blessed are they who know the ways
To bring back memories of yesterdays.
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CAFE NESCOT
On Tuesdays in term time, students from NESCOT
are serving simple lunches in our church hall (London
Rd, opposite the church) between 12 and 2pm.
Soup, sandwiches, salad, and cakes, with tea,
coffee, and soft drinks. Everyone welcome!
O Lord who in every age dost reveal Thyself to the
childlike and lowly in heart, and from every race
dost write names in thy book of life: Give us the
faith and simplicity of Thy saints that loving Thee
above all things, we may be what Thou wouldest
have us be, and do what Thou wouldest have us do.
So may we be numbered with Thy saints in glory
everlasting; through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
O Christ, my way
to the God of all salvation,
men of other faith
believe that they have their own salvation
faith.
Be with them, dear Lord,
to encourage them on their way
to their own Jerusalem
so that we all find ourselves
with the spirits of just men made perfect
with the saints of every age
in the presence of the eternal God,
the God of many names,
Creator, Lover, Saviour of all.
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Ewell Parish News
MAN WOMAN AND CHILD
A little girl woke up in the dark. It was her first time to
do it. She was frightened and called for her Mummy.
Mummy came, cuddled her and settled her down, then
said,
"And remember, Daddy and I are just in the next room,
and will always come."
That little girl showed great comfort at that.
"And remember," went on her mother, "that God is
always with you." "Oh yes, I know that", said the little girl,
"but I would prefer somebody with skin." The interesting
thing here is that somehow the little child knew what her
mother meant but also knew that neither God nor the dark
have skin in the sense of her mother's warm love. This is
very elemental - as elemental as the earth was without
form and void - "and the spirit of God moved." It wasn't
God who moved. It was the spirit of God. So, at the very
beginning of the Biblical account of how we came to be,
there is a sort of acknowledgement that it really would be
a tad more pleasant if God himself appeared (in skin)!
Then Jesus did appear - much much later, and it is to this
"Son of God" many people relate for the kind of comfort
the little girl sought. But Jesus' reaction to this was (with
his followers), and is with us today, to seek to deflect us
from Himself to his Father - with a Holy Spirit intermediary at times. And here another thing. At the beginning God
is suggested as masculine. Different from the mother who
came running to save her daughter in the dark, somehow
very feminine. The truth is that Jesus might not have been
so easy to live alongside, whereas God and the Holy Spirit
(both without skin) are generally presented as milder, no
matter how much theology may tell us otherwise.
All of which faces parents, teachers and others who
"bring up" children with the great challenge of preparing
them for the world, not as we know it, but as we can see it
is likely to be when they grow up.
Any wonder we need to have all three Father, Son and Holy Spirit, in our lives, and
also that deep sense of feminine gentleness, which our harsh cruel world is
doing so much to obliterate.
FROM THE PARISH
REGISTERS
FUNERALS
And now, Lord, what is my hope?
Truly my hope is even in thee
(Psalm 39, used in the BCP Burial rite)
17 January
24 January
28 January
5 February
William Charles Dudley, aged 78
Marguerite Ramsay, aged 89
Charles Albert Abdy, aged 88
Carolyn Mary Enfield, aged 72
PAST, PRESENT AND
FUTURE
Charles Abdy’s death is a reminder of one other great
contributor to our parish magazine - Joyce Saunders who
died in 2008 and whose literary style was as recognisable
as Charles’ historical accuracy.
Such people fill empty spaces in our lives.
It is unlikely that we shall be blessed with someone as
direct as Charles about the past.
We now need someone to keep us up-to-date with the
present.
So many young people pass through our lives here in
church, and then are gone - to university, employment or
just change of address. We hear no more.
Those young people probably don’t realise how much
they have to offer. Any reader able to help them has only
to refer them to the bottom of the front cover of EPN.
There they will see where to send their latest news.
We need people like Joyce and Charles who had their
distinctive ways of adding to our lives.
And maybe there is some older person sufficiently
close to our young people to collect their offerings.
Whatever way, we shall all benefit.
WOMEN'S WORLD DAY
OF PRAYER
Just in case you missed the article in last month’s
EPN about the Women’s World Day of Prayer, it
will be held at Ruxley Church, Ruxley Lane on
Friday, 7 March at 2pm. Refreshments will be served
afterwards. This year the service is being arranged by
the Christian women of Egypt. The WWDoP services are always informative as well as being supportive
of Christians around the world. Do come and join us.
All are welcome.
Dorothy Baxter 020 8224 5035
[email protected]
Wendy Varney 020 8393 5212
[email protected]
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March 2014 Page 7
CHARLES ABDY
Historian, Chronicler of Ewell
Worshipper at St. Mary’s
As mentioned in the Stop Press last month, Charles Charles also made notices to be placed beside the main
Abdy died on 11 January; he was at home in Holman features explaining their history and purpose.
Court, opposite the site of Old St. Mary's Church, in the
He also wrote many articles for the Ewell Parish
care of his devoted wife and partner, Barbara.
News about the church and its churchyards, the special
Charles and Barbara retired to Ewell some thirty trees there and interesting tombstones. Of especial valyears ago. After a distinguished professional career as ue to us was an Occasional Paper he produced for
an electrical engineer, Charles decided to turn his atten- EEHAS about the Old Church of St. Mary's; although
tion to archaeology, history and topography, and espe- its tower is still to be seen, it is difficult to imagine what
cially local history, centred on
the whole edifice was like, what kind
Ewell. From then on he applied his
of community it served, and to exwell-honed scientific skills to proplain why it was demolished rather
duce an ever-widening series of
than restored in 1848. Charles's
books, pamphlets, contributions to
monograph brings the old church in
learned journals, popular articles,
its setting to life; it was typical that he
photographs, slides, and talks to lobrought to light the best unbiased
cal groups. In all this he has been
description of the dilapidated buildquietly but staunchly supported by
ing by no less than Gladstone's brothBarbara (herself a local historian
er-in-law, Sir Stephen Glynne, who
with several pamphlets to her name).
made manuscript notes of visits to
innumerable mediaeval churches.
As a result he has left us in Ewell
and the surrounding area with a twofold legacy. The first is the original
research into the past, and its implications for today, as in his history of
the Glyn family in Ewell, and his
many Occasional Papers for the Epsom and Ewell History and Archaeology Society, (EEHAS) of which
he was Secretary for many years.
Two examples of his Occasional Papers are 'The Lost
Farms of Ewell' and 'The Pre-Raphaelites in Ewell'. His
second legacy to us are his popular books 'A History of
Ewell', and 'Ewell Past', and his contributions to the
local magazine Connections. Charles has also given
many talks about local history, to EEHAS, to Ewell
Probus (of which he was also a member) and other local
societies. In these ways he helped many of us, with his
fluent delivery, his dry humour, and his excellent photographs and maps, to understand more about our own
locality and its place in national history.
At St. Mary's, we have particular reason to remember
Charles with affection and gratitude. He and Barbara
were regular worshippers at the 9.30 Eucharist, even
when discomfort from his final illness made it difficult
for him to attend the whole service. He also served a
term on the Parochial Church Council where his quiet
insight was much appreciated. He took a great interest
in the church building and its history; when the church
was open for visitors, Charles and Barbara were at the
West End ready to provide help and answer questions
about St. Mary's, its furnishings and its memorials.
Charles was also very interested in
the much earlier history of the St.
Mary's site and advised on and took
part in the various archaeological
"digs" in the church field adjoining
Churchyard No. 4, in order to discover the exact route of the Roman road,
Stane Street, and the Roman settlements alongside it when Ewell was a
Roman 'station' on the Chichester road out of London.
(He had already co-authored in 1997 an academic study
"Gazetteer of Romano-British Archaeological Sites in
Ewell".)
Finally, an especial interest of Charles, outside the
Ewell ambit, was the music and life of Mozart. He
wrote several articles for the EPN on these topics and it
was therefore fitting that the music played at his Memorial Service in St. Mary's on 28 January included Mozart's "Ave Verum Corpus". Barbara, his son and
daughter, his warm-hearted relatives from Devon and
many friends linked to Charles were also able to hear
tributes from Jeremy Harte, the Curator of the Bourne
Hall Museum, (where Charles had done much research
work) and the Vicar who recounted Charles's many
links with Ewell and particularly with St. Mary's.
Charles's ashes will be laid in the churchyard of the
church he loved, in the Ewell he taught us all so much
about. His earthly legacy of his writings and photographs remain with us to treasure and to use. May he
rest in peace.
N.M.H.
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Ewell Parish News
IS THERE COLOUR IN CHURCH?
One of my favourite 'little' books is called "What Happened When the Earth Laughed and other Angel Stories."
The first story begins "Waking from her winter dream sleep, Earth stretched,
yawned, looked around and then laughed with delight.
Mountains caught her laughter and tossed it from peak
to peak before rolling it down into the valleys. Rivers and
forests took hold of it, turning it into music. And such
music! A whole orchestra, unrehearsed but in complete
harmony, came to life, praising their beloved Creator for
renewal and replenishment."
The earth was celebrating because of the promise of
spring! One of the things I love about our country is the
changing seasons. The bright, green growth of spring, and
the blue skies and warm haze of summer; the wonderful
yellows and oranges of autumn, and the crisp, bright days
of winter. At least when it's not raining! The changing
seasons give us variety, and colour, and add extra richness
to our lives.
In St. Mary's we use colour to help us focus on the
different seasons of the church's year. But do you know
what the different colours signify?
Purple is for penitence, prayer, and preparation - so it's
used in Advent and Lent. Gold and white are for celebration. We enjoy celebration at St Mary's and use gold
whenever there is the opportunity! So we use gold on
Christmas Day, Epiphany Sunday, Candlemas, Holy Saturday, Easter Day, Ascension Day, Trinity Sunday, our
Dedication Festival, our Patronal Festival, and Christ the
King. White is used to decorate the church during the
festive periods associated with Christmas and Easter.
White is also used for All Saints Day, as well as for other
feast days, except when red has a claim. Red can represent
either blood or fire. So red is normally the colour of Holy
Week, except on Maundy Thursday, when white is used.
Red is also the colour for martyrs and for the period after
All Saints' Day, including Remembrance Sunday. But red
is also for tongues of flame, and so it's for any festival that
celebrates the gift of the Holy Spirit, particularly Pentecost.
At St Mary's, the colour rose is used a couple of times
during the year, but the colour we see most often is green the colour for growth - because we use that at all other
times.
So far in 2014, the gold and white altar frontal and
hangings, and clergy vestments, have been used during the
festive period of Epiphany, and when that period came to
an end with Candlemas on 2 February, we switched to
green. During Lent, which begins with Ash Wednesday on
5th March, the church will be decorated with purple. On
Mothering Sunday the colour is rose, just for the day, and
on Palm Sunday on 13 April, we change to red. We shall
have white on Maundy Thursday, again just for the day,
and then celebrate the glorious days of Holy Saturday and
Easter Day with the splendour of gold!
The changing seasons of the church's year and colours
will matter more to some people than to others, because
each of us will find that different things help us to connect
with God. I believe we should not leave outside the church
the beauty and the variety of colours we see in creation, but
rather use them to give honour and glory to God, and to
help us appreciate the truths and mysteries of our faith.
Sue Ayling
SPRING MARKET
Plans are progressing for our Spring Market which will be
held on Saturday 17 May between 10.00am and noon, in the
Church Hall. Admission is free and all are welcome. Tea,
coffee, cold drinks and cake will be available for elevenses
and there will be an extensive selection of plants, cakes, books
and bric-a-brac on sale, as well as a raffle. Please encourage
your family, friends and neighbours to visit.
Donations for any of the stalls will be most welcome.
Home-made cakes, and home-grown plants are particularly
popular and the other stallholders will be pleased to receive
unwanted gifts, and any other good quality saleable items
such as books, jewellery, household goods and toys. Some
attractive raffle prizes will also be welcome and it would be
helpful if these can be made known to Gill in advance.
Non-perishable contributions for the stalls can be left in
church from Sunday 11 May, and any items for sale can be
brought to the hall between 7.30 and 8.30pm on Friday 16, or
from 8.00am on the day. Alternatively a list of stall holders is
shown below to enable specific arrangements to be made.
We do hope that you will be able to support this year's
Spring Market both by offering items for sale and visiting on
the day with your family, friends and neighbours. Last year
the fair raised over £1000; can we repeat this in 2014?
Nigel and Maria Bird 020 8393 5794
[email protected]
Kathie and Ian Burgess 020 8786 8475
[email protected]
Plants
Evelyn Jarrett
020 8393 4502
Cakes
Sue Davis
020 8393 8533
Bric-a-brac Valerie Smither
0208 393-2468
Books
Malcolm Lawther
0208 224 6693
Refreshments Kathie Burgess
020 8786 8475
Raffle
Gill Bird
01372 277436
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Calendar for
March
S 1
1830 for 1900 'Rustle of Spring' Supper
S 2
SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE LENT
0800 Holy Communion
0930 Sung Eucharist
1100 Praise@11
1000 Holy Communion (said) in the Parish
Room
Ash Wednesday
1200 Holy Communion with imposition of
ashes
2000 Sung Eucharist with imposition of ashes
1000-1300 Quiet Morning in Church
1200 Holy Communion
1930 Organ Recital by Jeremy Cole
T 4
W 5
S 8
FFEE MORNINGS
WE MEET EVERY WEDNESDAY
FROM 10.30 am – 12 noon
IN THE CHURCH HALL
S 9
FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT
0800 Holy Communion
0930 Sung Eucharist
1100 Choral Mattins
M 10 1930 Meeting of Fair Committee
T 11 1000 Holy Communion (said) in the Parish
Room
W 12 1930-2030 Lent Group
S 16 SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT
0800 Holy Communion with prayers for healing
0930 Sung Eucharist with prayers for healing
1100 Toddle Up!
1730 Choral Evensong
T 18 1000 Holy Communion (said) in the Parish
Room
2000 Meeting of Finance Committee
W 19 1930-2030 Lent Group
S 23 THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT
0800 Holy Communion
0930 Sung Eucharist
1100 Mattins and Holy Baptism
M 24 0930-1230 Holy Communion to the housebound
and to The Elders
T 25 1000 Holy Communion (said) in the Parish
Room
1930 Meeting of Estates Committee
W 27 1930-2030 Lent Group
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S 30 FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT
Mothering Sunday
0800 Holy Communion
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