...as they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him out of their sight. Acts
Rector: Rev Chris Bessant 01428 658107 rector@haslemereparish.org
Assc. Minister: Rev Justin Manley-Cooper
07798 932843 revjustin@haslemereparish.org
Verger: St Bartholomew’s
Carol Skeates 01428 642662
Parish Office
The Link, Derby Road
Haslemere GU27 1BS
Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri 9am-3pm office@haslemereparish.org www.haslemereparish.org
01428 644578
Parish Administrator, Electoral Roll Officer and Link Bookings:
Kari Hayden
Contact Parish Office—see above.
Safeguarding Officer
Cathy Moore
Church Wardens
07593 814438
Older Children’s Worker
Verity Sutherland children@haslemereparish.org
Children & Families Worker
Victoria Martin families@haslemereparish.org
First Steps
Mondays in St Christopher’s 0-5 Year Olds
Sophie Bessant & Victoria Martin families@haslemereparish.org
Treasurer
Andrew Culshaw: 07889 855239
Gift Aid Secretary
Geoff Martin 01428 641907
PCC Secretary
Katie Morgan
07794 149111 secretary@haslemereparish.org
Facilities for the disabled;
Both Churches and The Link at St Bartholomew’s have ramped access and space for wheelchairs. Toilets suitable for use by the disabled are available in The Link and at St Christopher’s.
Geoff Martin 01428 641907
Gareth David 01428 643617
Deputy Wardens
David Simmons 01428 644826
LLM (Reader)
Peter Sellars
midsummer4peter@gmail.com
Director of Music & Organist
Clive Osgood 07747 785 940
Facilities for the hard of hearing; Both churches and The Link have Sound amplification and hearing loops.
Facilities for the visually Impaired; Both churches have good interior lighting and large print weekly notice sheets and service sheets.
Please recycle this magazine when you have read it. Either into paper recycling, or better still, pass it on to a friend
Bell-ringers
Paul Bagshaw 01428 656129
Friends of the Parish
Chris Lemar 01428 651435
Flowers
St Bartholomew’s
Sarah Mulliner 01428 643504
St Christopher’s
Frances Reincke 01428 607206
Church Care Group
Roscelin Rees 01428 651561
Churchyards
Philip Hunt 01428 644120
Pastoral Visitors
Church Office 01428 644578
Pastoral Assistants
Ruth Pattenden 01428 653033
Wendy Neate 01428 656320
Bereavement Visitors
Linda Donaldson 01428 644473
Frances Gaiter 01428 648843
Sarah Mulliner 01428 643504
Mothers’Union Treasurer
Sue Davis 01428 661115
BRF Representative
Sarah Mulliner 01428 643504
Magazine Secretary
Jane Slevin 07949 633979 office@haslemereparish.org
Magazine Advertisements Manager: Geoff Martin 01428 641907
Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor is:
Jackie Broadfoot 07918 559387 jackie.broadfoot@cofeguildford.org.uk
Safe Spaces, an independent service supporting survivors of church-related abuse.
Telephone: 0300 303 1056
Email safespaces@victimsupport.org.uk
WebChat via the Safe Spaces website
For all emergencies call 999
The Single Point of Access (SPA) Children and Adult Service social workers. Direct information, advice and guidance about where and how to find appropriate support for children and families:
Surrey 0300 470 9100 (children) cspa@surreycc.gov.uk (adult) acsmash@surreycc.gov.uk
Domestic Abuse
Surrey - YourSanctuary 01483 776822
24hr National Domestic Abuse Helpline 0808 2000 247
DeafHope (BSL) text: 07970 350366
Childline 0800 1111
National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
NSPCC 0808 800 5000 or help@nspcc.org.uk
NSPCC Sign Video link nspcc.org.uk/aboutus/contact-us
Samaritans 116123 or jo@samaritans.org
Modern Day Slavery Helpline 0800 01210700
Mental Health Crisis Helpline
0300 5000 101
Open 5.00pm - 9.00am Monday to Friday 24 hours cover at weekends inc Bank
Holidays
SMS texting facility for people who are deaf or hard of hearing: 07717 989024
Stop it Now! 0808 1000 900
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It’s well known that media organisations have large databases of preformed obituaries. Mind you, you have to be famous to have your obituary written, so that counts me out! When a personality dies, have you ever wondered how it is that news bulletins and newspapers can so quickly respond with summaries of people’s lives and stories? I suppose someone gets the job of writing them in anticipation. If I were sitting one day writing an obituary for David Attenborough (someone for whom I have the greatest respect), I wonder if I might feel I was tempting fate! We can never know the number of our days, and maybe it’s a good thing we don’t.
Yet you would expect me to say, and I believe it with my whole heart, that there is one who does know the full span of our lives. Almighty God is our Heavenly Father. If you are familiar with the Book of Psalms, then you may know the beautiful and reassuring words of Psalm 139. I can’t think of any greater portion of scripture that has been set to comfort us in the difficult times when the boundaries of life may feel uncertain.
“O Lord, you have searched me and known me. Where can I go from your spirit? Or where can I flee from your presence? In your book were written all the days that were formed for me.”
Here in the parish, our ministry of funerals and bereavement is a busy and often unpredictable one. Would you be surprised if I told you than sometimes Justin and I may go several weeks without any funerals booked? It can be the opposite effect too, which is more likely. From November until late March we have had seventeen funerals in the parish, compared to the same period in 2022/23, when we had just three.
As I live out my life (poor old soul I am now at 54), I am aware that I live in God’s Kingdom of both Heaven and Earth. The comfort and safety of such truths, as found in Psalm 139, are there to help us live in the present but knowing that our future place in the heavenly realms is secure. Have a think about that for a
moment. We may move between Earth and Heaven, but we never leave God’s Kingdom. I find that very reassuring.
When I meet with bereaved families, or sometimes for those special few days as someone is dying, I want to be as confident and heartening as I can that faith in Jesus Christ brings a hope beyond all measure. Christ rose from the tomb, that we might also. As I said in a recent sermon ‘never has an empty place provided so much.’ The resurrection is unrivalled in its tumultuous and devastating effects.
There must be countless families who read this wonderful Link magazine, whose loved-one’s funerals I have attended or been privileged to lead. To some extent I am able to stay in caring contact, but alas for many I cannot spend as much time with them as I would like. However, my own great hope is that God has touched people’s lives at these difficult moments, where his comforting Holy Spirit remains with them as the keeper of their hope in Christ’s Kingdom. Once again, Easter will focus our minds towards the empty tomb. When you come to the churches I will be seeking to recharge our hope in the saving work of Jesus Christ. God knows when we shall come to him, literally he does. For all those who have said goodbye to those they love, please take comfort in that good news, which is written for you on God’s own heart. May his Easter resurrection joy be with you all.
God bless you, Rector Chris
PS: Do please see the information on pages 16 and 17 about the newly relaunched Carpenters group, and the all new Women of Worth study and fellowship group.
Yellow is probably the colour most associated with Spring. This is most likely due to the prevalence of daffodils and narcissi which adorn every garden and park and can even be found along road verges throughout March and the first half of April.
Everyone seems able to grow daffodils and they remain one of the most recognisable and popular of all our garden bulbs. There is however another yellow beauty which is equally easy to grow and just as hardy and reliable and guaranteed to produce a wonderful spring display for about four weeks from midMarch.
The humble forsythia, a member of the olive family, is renowned for its vibrant yellow flowers, which appear all along its bare branches, largely before the leaves unfurl. They form large, upright shrubs with arching stems that remain free from frost damage adding further interest in Winter. Perhaps because they are so easy to maintain and relatively inexpensive to purchase, they unfortunately attract more than their fair share of derision. This is best ignored and I currently have two in my garden which flower a week or so apart due to their location as, in common with many spring flowering shrubs, the planting position can be chosen to bring forward or delay their flowering period.
I enjoy the sight of any forsythia in any garden but I recommend Forsythia Intermedia as a dependable and welcome addition to any spring garden.
The cover of the last edition of this magazine showed the beautiful cross which hangs from the ceiling of the nave at St. Christopher It measures approximately 2.5m. by 1.5m. and is made of wood painted in shades of gold, dark coral and dark blue to harmonise with the ceiling of the sanctuary and the altar-piece ‘Human Worship of our Blessed Lord’ (1911/12) by Minnie Dibden -Spooner, wife of the architect of the church Charles Spooner (1903). The painting was exhibited at the Arts and Crafts Exhibition in London (1911), as was one of the chairs in the church.
It was designed and started by Martin Travers until his death and completed by John E. Crawford who had worked with Travers for 20 years.
The Cross is just one of the treasures of the church and was given by the congregation of St. Christopher’s (1950) in memory of their young Priest-inCharge Christopher Champain Tanner who died in 1941 during the Battle of Crete. He was a very popular man, especially with young people of the church, and although his time in Haslemere was cut short he was remembered with great affection by Ron Moorey and Elizabeth Boniface (and I’m sure by others) both of whom spoke of him to me before they died.
Kit Tanner was athletic (he played rugby for England, and was a strong swimmer). When war broke out he volunteered and joined the Royal Naval Reserve as Chaplain of HMS Fiji. In 1941 the ship was involved in The Battle of Crete. It was torpedoed and sank. The rescue ships could not reach the survivors for some time. When they arrived Kit Tanner swam to bring many of them floating in the sea to the rescue ships. In this way he saved the lives of thirty men. When the last man was safe he himself was dragged aboard only to die of exhaustion.
He was later posthumously awarded The Albert Medal, the highest honour for bravery at sea.
As he was so young, I had assumed that he was unmarried, but no he had a young wife and a daughter of two. His daughter and grandchildren were traced and came to St. Christopher’s to celebrate our Centenary Service. His grandson Kit is the image of his grandfather.
The last time his daughter Angela was at St. Christopher’s was in 1950 (aged 11) with her mother (Kit’s widow) and grandmother (Kit’s mother), when the Cross was dedicated by the Bishop of Guildford, Henry Colwell Montgomery Campbell.
An inscription carved on one of the steps below reads ‘The Cross above was given in memory of Christopher C. Tanner R.N.V.R. Priest-in-Charge of this church who gave his life for others in The Battle of Crete May 1941’.
Greater love hath no man than this.
Iain is an art historian, a talented religious artist and an ordained priest. He has published a series of 19 paintings in the book ‘Stations of the Resurrection’ (Church House Publishing, Francis-Dehqani & Guite, 2024), of which the picture below is an example.
It is based on Luke 24.36-43 and set in the context of the disciples in the upper room after the resurrection. ‘Jesus himself stood among them and said “Peace be with you”. They were startled and terrified, and thought that they were seeing a ghost. He said to them “Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? Look at my hands and my feet: see that it is myself”’.
This is the first time most of the disciples are meeting the risen Christ first hand. They had heard the story from both disciples who had returned from the road to Emmaus, but Jesus breaks into the ordinariness of the disciples and ourselves.
In faith, we meet the risen Christ on a Sunday when sharing the peace. It is a feature of British reserve that we may fear that something may be changed in our
everyday lives as a result of the encounter. We might need to leave church and take that very peace to heal our failures and mend broken relationships. Malcolm Guite has written a sonnet to accompany the picture.
Again he brings us all the gift of peace
Again, he meets us in the midst of things
Not on some height where angels spread their wings
But right here in the thick of time and space.
I am no wraith, no shadow and no ghost,
This flesh and blood is more alive than you.
The body of God’s glory is your host
That glory waits to shine afresh in you.
I am still human, let me share your food
For in me you are all one flesh and blood.
You can see another example of Iain’s work, Pentecost, in the Military Chapel of Guildford Cathedral.
Peter Sellars
On Monday 4th March Anne Downing and I, as members of the local fundraising branch, attended the Service of Thanksgiving on the 200th Anniversary of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution at Westminster Abbey. This was a huge honour for us both to be included in the ‘one crew’ of just under two thousand lifeboat crews, lifeguards, and other volunteers from across the British Isles and Ireland.
The service took place at the same time as the organisation’s founding papers were signed in 1824 and was also attended by the Duke of KentPresident of the RNLI. The address was given by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Not surprisingly Eternal Father Strong to Save was sung during the service which included a new verse, written by a RNLI crew member from Anstruther in Fife. Richard MacDonald wrote the verse for the hymn in memory of three members of the French lifeboat service who were lost at sea in storm force conditions. This made an already moving hymn even more poignant.
As lifeboats plough o’er oceans deep.
Lend them your courage, strength and grace.
To those in peril, they must race; Oh hear us Lord, a sailor’s plea, Guide all who save lives out at sea.
The service ended with the organ piece Toccata from the Plymouth Suite by Percy Whitlock which coincidentally Clive Osgood had played at St Bartholomew’s the day before.
Outside three RNLI lifeboats were brought to the abbey and put on display - the historic William Riley, an oar-powered boat built in 1909; a modern Shannon class boat; and a D class lifeboat first introduced into the fleet in 1963.
The Haslemere and Hindhead Branch of the RNLI will be holding a street collection on May 10th and 11th around Haslemere and on June 9th Open Garden at the Manor House, Three Gates Lane in aid of the RNLI - look out for details nearer the time or contact haslemerernli@gmail.com.
For this edition I thought I would share with you some of the amazing cooking opportunities that our pupils get to enjoy during their time with us. Cookery lessons are lead by Mrs Duly who is a passionate cook and one of our HLTA’s (Higher Level Teaching Assistants) who has been working at St Bart’s for over 20 years.
Every Friday morning, Mrs Duly plans and runs class cooking lessons, and with the help of parent volunteers, the children get to prepare, cook, and eat some delicious food. Some of the highlights so far this year have included:
Year 6 created their own flavour ice cream and cookies from scratch.
Year 5 made Persian Tagines and warmly spiced Persian food and had great fun using Egyptian ingredients to make ancient pyramids to gobble!
Year 4 cooked a fantastic US themed two course meal and an Ancient Roman feast.
Year 3 have cooked Stone Age men, loved investigating and cooking rainbow trout and bashing beans to prepare their Tribal Tales feast with pita bread.
Our Year 2 classes have prepared jewels and oily fish to create colourful Pirate Pasta Salad.
Year 1 created a range of food for a theme of ‘A World of Imagination’ filled with bright colours.
Early Years enjoyed their morning of making and decorating Christmas biscuits.
As well as the Friday morning class cookery lessons Mrs Duly also runs an after school cookery club where this year the children have made things like:
Fresh pasta to serve with a real tomato and pancetta sauce with seasonal pumpkin muffins
A range of apple puddings
Individual sticky toffee puddings
A delicious bolognese sauce with pasta
Desserts and biscuits using citrus fruits
Kale turned into Chinese Crispy Kale for Chinese New Year
The aromatic smells that float down the corridors on a Friday morning and Tuesday afternoon are truly mouthwatering and the children very much look forward to their cooking lessons.
Finally, I need to mention that one of the highlights each year is when the whole school gather to celebrate Shrove Tuesday where Mrs Duly holds her ‘Pancake assembly’. Four members of staff are put to the test to see who can make and toss the best pancake which is always a lot of fun. Over the years there have been a lot of pancakes that have landed on the floor with some even hitting the ceiling!
All these wonderful cooking opportunities that our pupils get to experience would not take place without the passion and dedication of Mrs Duly, the staff at St Bart’s who support her and our parent helpers. We are, as always, very grateful to them all.
Simon Avenell Headteacher
‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’ by
Shelby Van Pelt
Most of the time in the bookshop we are the ones doing the recommending, but sometimes it works the other way around and we love getting recommendations from customers. I first heard about ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’ from a good friend and customer of the bookshop. Her mum had just passed away, and she felt she needed something light and distracting to read - it turned out this was just the book! I had started the year with some fairly heavy going books and was also in need of some light relief, so this was a very well-timed recommendation. From the bright, attractive cover to the first chapter told from the perspective of an octopus, everything about this book was a delight. I started it on a Sunday morning and had nearly finished it by the evening - being a quick reader is a useful skill as a bookseller and this was a compelling read that I didn’t want to put down. The story follows Tova Sullivan who, after the death of her husband, starts work as a cleaner at her local aquarium under the watchful eye of Marcellus, the giant Pacific Octopus. The two form an unlikely friendship after Tova rescues Marcellus when one of his late night escapades goes awry! The story expands to include chapters from perspectives of several other characters, and an unsolved mystery from years before begins to reveal itself... I won’t say much more to avoid spoiling the plot but all the different threads of the story pull together for a satisfying ending. ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’ is a heartwarming story and I would definitely recommend it for anyone wanting a well-written, feel good read. My only criticism: I wish there had been more chapters from the perspective of Marcellus the octopus!
‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’ is now available in paperback at £8.99 from The Haslemere Bookshop.
Whilst you are reading this we will be awaiting the outcome of our £1m Your Fund Surrey grant application.
At the time of writing we know that Waverley have granted us £400,000 from the Community Infrastructure Levy, a tax on new housing developments. On the 13th March Debbie and I presented our project and our £1m grant application to the Your Fund Surrey Advisory Board. They told us that they enjoyed hearing about the strong community element of the project as well as its focus on health. They have passed the application to the final decision group and we should hear if we have succeeded on the 23rd April.
One constant throughout the 2 years since the 2022 Annual Parish Meeting when the project received the go ahead has been the prayerful support that has been offered, week in and week out. As Debbie and I prepared and presented our presentation to the Board we were comforted and strengthened in the knowledge of the prayerful support of so many in the Parish. So thank you to all who have supported the project and the team in this way and in anticipation of your continued support.
I hope that next time I have much more to say!
Andrew Culshaw
Last spring my progress looked poor and one of my daughters suggested that as there was some doubt as to whether I would reach 80, I should celebrate my 79th birthday. I decided that was excellent advice and so I invited friends and supporters in the parish, Haslemere Musical Society and Haslemere Bridge Club to a party in the link to help me celebrate. It was my way of thanking all those people who have, and are, supporting me through my cancer journey with
friendship and prayers.
It was a wonderful party and I am so very grateful to Clive
Hawkins for helping George with pouring the wine, immaculately dressed! Also all those kind people who bought food resulting in an amazing spread, what a wonderful community we live in and I feel truly blessed.
I must also mention those who helped in the kitchen—especially after I put the dishwasher plug in the wrong way up—and the many people who gave me cards with wonderfully kind words.
What a happy event, huge thanks to everyone involved.
David Simmons, Richard Reincke and Robert Fox tackle the overgrown hedge, or is it trees?
Photos, before, during and after, by Richard Reincke, Frances Reincke and Robert Fox.
Philip Hunt
I am sure that most people, myself included, will be relieved when we see the end of this long wet winter. Despite all the rain, the main churchyard has fared pretty well and the contractor carried out a first cut of the grass during the first week of March. This has greatly improved the appearance and it should now be cut regularly by the contractor until the end of October. Given the dire financial circumstances befallen on so many local authorities, we should be grateful that Waverley still financially underwrite the maintenance of closed churchyards.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) has now processed our application for the erection of custom commemorative plaques near the entrance to all three churchyards. Perhaps, more importantly, the Archdeacon has given consent for the signs to be installed. This is a necessary step before the CWGC can move forward. The matter is now with the local Area Operations Team who will be responsible for installing the signs. No firm timescale can be given for this, but it should be within 12 months. Although this looks like a long delay, in practice it could be much shorter. Signs are usually erected during war grave maintenance cycles and, therefore, creating a slot for the erection of signs during one of these visits makes perfect sense, by reducing both costs and road miles.
I have previously reported on the table tomb dating back to 1844 which was deemed unsafe due to subsidence. It is close to the path across the churchyard to The Link. It has presented a sorry sight with tape around it. Eagle eyed parishioners will have noticed that the tape has now disappeared and that the tomb cover (table) is now flush on the ground with all the brickwork safely removed (see before and after photos). Thanks must go to Stonecrest Monumental Stonemasons Ltd who carried out the work for 25% of the cost of that quoted by another firm. It is to be hoped that some good news about the restoration of the grave of the Revd Sanders Etheridge will emerge soon.
At the time of writing, members of The Den, supported by the ‘Green Team’, were planning another practical session in and around the main churchyard on 20 March. They will again be planting wildflowers along the verge in Derby Road and in the area within the churchyard set aside for this purpose near to The Link. They are also going to create an Easter Garden which will form a ‘living cross’ (with actual flowers planted within it). In addition, the Green Team are planning to plant two crab apple trees along the Derby Road verge which, in time, should begin to form a hedge in conjunction with previous planting. All these initiatives are to be commended - the work along the verge continues to enhance what was a neglected area, albeit outside the curtilage of the churchyard.
Our Church Opening Times:
St Bartholomew's is open for private prayer each day, from 9:00am until 4:00pm.
St Christopher's Church is open for private prayer on Tuesdays-Fridays from 10:00am until 4:00pm.
The above may be adjusted should there be other events taking place.
Now we have all renewed our memberships for the coming year, the events schedule is filling up fast. We kicked off at the end of February with a social gathering at the Coppa Club which was well attended by both existing and new members. It was followed by a very informative demonstration from Roger Dellar the next day. Roger painted a beautiful Henley Regatta scene which you can see pictured here. March continued with a Life Drawing workshop run by local artist, Jo Shepherd which was open to members and non-members alike. Those who attended had a fabulous evening and learnt some new skills. There are more events coming up including:
4th April: Social Media Workshop with Minnie McBride
7-9pm at Highfield School
18th April: Private Tour of Newlands House Gallery, Petworth Nick Brandt Exhibition
2nd May: Maria Yadegar Demonstration
7-9pm at Highfield School
In addition, the regular groups continue to meet. Our café sketching group meets every 3rd Thursday of the month at the Lions Den café where we enjoy a coffee and creative chat while sketching. The Tuesday group at the Haslemere Museum is an informal group where you bring your own projects to work on in the company of others. Hopefully the weather improving will see the return of our plein air painting group too!
For more information please visit www.haslemereartsociety.co.uk/events
For each picture give the landmark name, city and country.
Answers on Page 51
St Christopher’s has been buzzing, on a Monday morning, this year as we continue to welcome many new families as well as those who have supported us for many years. We have not let the wind and rain dampen our spirits as we turn the church into an indoor play area for all to enjoy. Throughout January we have been thinking about Jesus as a child and into February looking at all things lost as we consider: The Lost Sheep, The Lost Coin and The Lost Son before we find ourselves at Easter.
I would like to thank the wonderful ladies for the most unexpected but exceedingly kind gifts and card that they presented me with on my birthday (which even fell this year on a First Steps morning!).
First Steps is pleased to announce that we will be welcoming back the farm on Monday 15th July! This has proven to be a firm favourite with both families and volunteers alike and is a wonderful way to end the First Steps year. We always end the session with a wonderful lunch together and a small ceremony when we say farewell to our older children who will be embarking on their school journey in the September.
Written by Victoria Martin, photos from Liz Cook
Mark Hedges, Editor-in-Chief of Country Life magazine will give a talk at the Haslemere Museum on Thursday 11th April at 7pm. The talk is one of a series of events being organised by the Museum as part of its fundraising programme. His talk will discuss Country Life and the British love affair with the countryside. Having grown up in the Cotswolds, Mark is an ardent countryman with an innate understanding of Britain's landscape and the people who make it work. He became Editor in Chief of Country Life magazine in 2006.
Country Life was founded in 1897, not long after Haslemere Museum. Over the last 127 years, the magazine has provided coverage of country house architecture, fine art, gardens, gardening, food and drink and dogs, as well as celebrating the people who are integral to our landscape. Country Life is world-famous for advertising the beautiful country houses for sale in Britain and has been guest edited by several senior members of the royal family, including King Charles III. Haslemere Museum Chairman, Melanie Odell said , "I am thrilled that Country Life’s Editor-in-Chief, Mark Hedges, has kindly agreed to speak at the Museum, with what is sure to be a fascinating talk. It will be open to members and nonmembers alike.”
The talk takes place at Haslemere Museum on 11th April, 7 for 7.30pm. Tickets are £18, including a welcome drink, and can be booked via haslemeremuseum.co.uk/whatson.
Roll up, roll up as Haslemere’s much loved, traditional Charter Fair returns to the heart of the town on Bank Holiday Monday 6th May 2024. Haslemere town centre will be once again be transformed into a colourful spectacle when the historic fair with its traditional fairground rides, stalls and amusements for people of all ages, packs into the High Street, West Street and Haslemere Museum. The Fair, which is open to the public from 11am to 5pm, always attracts thousands of visitors to the town and is a truly wonderful day out for all the family with both young and old joining in with the festivities! There will also be a free Courtesy Bus which follows a route from Shottermill (the bus stop outside the Working Man's Club) direct to the Fair. The buses will run from 11:30am to 5:00pm. There are no admission charges for the fair and many local charities and organisations benefit from the tremendous feeling of goodwill and joy that has been the essence of previous years.
For more information visit: www.haslemere.com/charterfair or follow us on facebook @haslemerecharterfair
If you are a stall holder who is interested in attending, please contact visithaslemere@haslemeremuseum.co.uk 01428 645425
June 6th this year, sees the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the greatest Naval, Air and Land Operation in history and like many other towns and villages throughout the Country, Commonwealth and throughout the world, Haslemere is planning to commemorate this occasion.
The main focus of attention during the day, will be on St Christopher’s Green, but the day will start at 8:00 am with Christian Ashdown, the Haslemere Town Crier, reading the proclamation in front of the Town’s War Memorial, where wreaths can be laid. The day will then culminate with the lighting of the beacon on St Christopher’s Green, which will represent the ‘light of peace’ that emerged from the darkness of war, at 9:15 pm.
During the afternoon, the Haslemere D-Day committee, are planning to have a series of talks about D-Day and Remembrance, taking place both on St Christopher’s Green and within St Christopher’s Church, which will primarily be focused on informing children from the local schools on what happened on and around that day. To give the talks life, wartime military vehicles and memorabilia will be on display. Then in the evening there will be live wartime music being played, for people to both listen to and of course dance to and to get into the spirit of the occasion, people will be invited to dress in clothes from that era.
Food and drink will be available but unfortunately not at wartime prices. More information and a timetable of events will become available nearer the time.
Ken Griffiths
At The Den we kicked off the new term with a session celebrating the way God made us. We had a discussion on being ‘fearfully and wonderfully made’ and how we can find our identity through Jesus. We then had an activity where the children had the chance to make their own unique outfit from a pile of clean recycling and they strutted their stuff down our catwalk to celebrate their creativity and uniqueness, not worrying what people think.
The following week we undertook another ‘Random Acts of Kindness’ community project but in a different way this year, working in an element of self-care as well as kindness to others, inspired by the bible verse “Love your neighbour as yourself.” The Den made soap with biodegradable glitter, herbs, flowers, lemon zest and fragrance. Some of the children sewed felt hearts or created woven card hearts they could decorate. We added labels to our gifts and stickers with uplifting bible verses that speak of how much we are loved by God. The group then hand-delivered the gifts to Skylar View Flats across the road which is home to many young families. The children were also encouraged to take one of their love-themed gifts home as a reminder that they are also loved.
On Wednesday 31st January we chased away the dark, cold winter’s evening with a ‘Summer in Winter’ beach party at The Den. We played balloon volleyball, sandpit treasure-finding and beach games. Fruit cocktails, hot chips and ice-cream were served with a large helping of laughter. We also had a visit from special guest, Claire
Gratton, from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. It is the charity’s 200th year anniversary and Claire gave an engaging and interactive talk about this incredible organization and about water safety. She dressed the kids up to act out a rescue at the end which was lots of fun.
After half term The Den had a very exciting ‘Night at the Museum’ session where we explored how Jesus is embedded in our history. The children were given a torch on arrival and had to navigate the museum in the dark in their teams to discover clues and facts about Jesus in history. For example, we had hidden numbers in replicated documents by Roman and Greek ancient historians who spoke of Jesus. There was also ancient Christian graffiti and symbols to find and challenges to discover how Jesus is documented in all the major religions. After some discussion time we watched a video on Jesus’ place in history. This was to show the kids that Jesus isn’t just a made-up character in Christian stories but that He really lived on earth 2000 years ago, did the amazing things we learn about in the Bible, died, and rose again, and is alive today. We are grateful to the team at the Museum for making this special evening possible.
Our most recent Den session was on mindfulness and music, during which we wanted to provide opportunities for the children to experience the Holy Spirit through prayer stations and music. We spoke about what prayer is, the many ways you can pray, and how God answers prayers in different ways. The children then got to explore 14 creative prayer stations, some of which were aimed at helping them let go of worries, anger, hurt, stress, and negative thoughts about themselves or others and putting these into God’s hands. There were stations focused on forgiveness, God’s love and praying for others who are in need.
The second part of the evening was a silent disco where each child wore Bluetooth headphones with Christian music playing, but not necessarily the same music as the person next to them. After a few initial technical difficulties, we got the silent party started!
Coming up: Watch out for our Easter Garden display at St
Bartholomew’s and some more planting in the cemetery’s wild area and Derby Road Garden. For our final session of the term, we will be helping prepare for the church Passover Meal.
For the first session back, Summit went bowling at Guilford Spectrum to celebrate the group’s first birthday. It was also a good opportunity for the young people to bond now that several of The Den have moved up. It was a great evening with fun had by all.
On Wednesday 13th
March we shared some traditional Passover food together as we talked about the meaning behind the various symbolic ingredients, Maundy Thursday, and The Last Supper. We offered to wash their feet before they started eating and discussed why Jesus did this for His disciples and what He teaches us about how to treat one another. We also considered friendships in our own lives - are they healthy or unhealthy ones and how we can be guided by Jesus? The crowns they are wearing are for a ‘Who am I?’ game. A name was stuck onto the crown and they had to guess who they were. This was lots of fun.
Summit will also be involved with the church Passover Meal event which is always an enjoyable and meaningful family evening.
For your diaries: Our youth groups will be looking to raise money for the RNLI with a sponsored car wash in the Link car park and a cake sale inside. This will be after the Family Service on the 7th of July which will also be focused on the RNLI.
Next term promises to be action-packed for both our groups so watch this space!
Sue & Verity
Photos by Shuna & Verity
For more details of The Den and Summit contact:
Verity Sutherland, Children & Families Worker (Older Children)
Email: Children@haslemereparish.org
Are you ever stuck for something quick for lunch? Here is a suggestion for something quick and easy.
Serves 2
Cook for 25 minutes
Ingredients:
400g. pack of cherry vine tomatoes, halved
2 cloves garlic, sliced (optional)
2 ½ tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
A few thyme sprigs
Pinch of brown sugar
4 small slices of sourdough bread
2 tsp. horseradish sauce
1 ½ tbsp. reduced fat crème fraiche
Handful of basil leaves to serve
Method:
Linda Donaldson
Preheat the oven to 200C, gas mark 6. Toss the tomatoes, garlic, oil, thyme and sugar in a medium roasting dish and season well. Roast for 25 minutes, stirring gently halfway, until the tomatoes are collapsed and juicy.
Just before the tomatoes are ready, toast the sourdough and arrange on plates. Remove the tomatoes from the oven and gently stir through the horseradish and crème fraiche, taking care not to break up the tomatoes too much. Pile the tomatoes onto the toasts discarding the thyme sprigs, grind over a little black pepper and scatter with the basil leaves to serve.
Each year in January we decamp to South Africa to avoid the worst months of the British winter leaving our dog and home in the very capable hands of Trusted Housesitters.
For the past five years we have settled in Hermanus having travelled the Garden Route on previous trips. Hermanus is a seaside town about an hour and a half from Cape Town on the Southern coast of the Western Cape province. It is known for the Southern Right whale watching from June to November and is a popular holiday resort for Cape Town residents as well as a good retirement location.
Hermanus has a glorious coastline, stunning scenery, beautiful beaches, majestic mountain ranges and award-winning vineyards. It’s a great golfing destination and many tourists from Britain and Europe spend their winters there and we are known as The Swallows!
So, for us, golfing, beach walking, visiting vineyards, enjoying the delicious cuisine all makes for the perfect winter break. Plants and bird life abound and each year we take a boat trip along the Klein River as the sun rises to watch the birds waking up. Over a hundred variety of bird species live in this area.
Whilst there we attend the United Church. It occupies a large plot in the centre of town and has two services on a Sunday morning with congregations averaging two to three hundred and a full week of activities for both young and the more mature!
We are booked for next year and always enjoy having lots of UK visitors. Several of our congregation here know it well. A highly recommended good value holiday with no jet lag. South Africa is a beautiful country and although it has many political challenges, when in Hermanus we feel very safe and visitors from abroad are given a good welcome.
Over the past few years we have made a regular visit to our son and family in Hua Hin, Thailand. We normally hire a scooter for getting round town, and this year decided to be a bit more adventurous and take it on a couple of mini breaks.
The first was to Phetchaburi, a provincial capital about 90km away, where King Rama IV built a summer palace, now the Phra Nakhon Kiri National Museum. Rama IV was the king featured in the musical ‘The King and I’. He was very interested in all things western and this can be seen at the palace where the furnishings are very European and modern for the mid nineteenth century. The steep climb in the hot sun up to the palace and temple complex was well worth the effort.
Our second trip was 50km south to Sam Roi Yot, one of Thailand’s national parks. A visit to the Phraya Nakhon Cave was much more adventurous and started with a tough walk across the cliff tops to Laem Sala beach. We then went on an 800 metre climb and descent into the huge cave where we saw the most amazing stalactites and stalagmites. Once again this was well worth the effort it took. However rather than subject ourselves to another cliff walk we returned by boat!
Thailand was exceptionally hot this year so we were glad of the breeze on the scooter for these trips!
Sue and Roger Davis
The Activity Day at Kings School was held on 10th February in a grand manner. Kings School teaches various activities like Classical Dance, Western Dance, Roller Skating, Kung Fu, Karate, Music, Art, Handicraft, Swimming, Yoga, etc. to expose the pupils to various skills of life. All the students of Class 1-9 throughout the year learn a particular activity of their choice which they demonstrate on this ‘Activity Day’. All parents witnessed their child’s activity with eagerness and were excited to see them perform.
The day started with Salangai Pooja (an Indian tradition), Classical Dance, Vocal Singing, Yoga, Roller Skating, Kung Fu, Swimming, Music, Chess, Art, Karate, Handicraft, and Western Dance in various places in the school at the scheduled time. The day was a memorable day to all present in Kings Campus. Uncle Colin Wagstaff, Chairman and Founder of Kings Schools, Mr Navamani, Correspondent, Mrs Jeya Agnes, Director, Principals - Mr Anantha Sam and Mrs Sahaya Mary, Vice Principal - Mrs Chandra (Academics) and Mr Joshua (Non- Academics) congratulated all students for their marvellous performance and thanked the staff and the Activity teachers for their good work.
King’s World Trust for Children, 1 Stonehill Cottage, Wilsons Road, Headley Down, Hampshire GU35 8JE Tel: 01428 712365 Email: kwtc@haslemere.com
Creative Wellbeing Workshop: Childhood Revisited
Join artist Diana Burch for a fun evening of making to create not only something to take home but also a feeling of wellbeing. Celebrating our exhibition of toys and childhood, we will be revisiting playful activities with paint, paper and salt dough. Please dress for mess and bring a plastic container and carrier to take your creations home with you!
Tuesday 9th April, 19:00-21:00. £15, Members £10
Fundraising Talk: Country Life
Join Mark Hedges, Editor in Chief of Country Life magazine, to hear about the British love affair with the countryside. Mark has an innate understanding of our landscape and the people who make it work. For over 127 years, Country Life has served as a custodian of British architecture, gardens, culture and the countryside and remains the ultimate arbiter of taste and tradition.
Thursday 11th April, 19:00 for 19:30, £18, includes a welcome drink.
Museum Fundraiser: Plant Sale
Organised by Museum volunteers, all proceeds will go towards the Museum. A wide range
of garden perennials, house plants and vegetables plus and lots, lots more. Café open.
Saturday 11th May 11:00 13:00, no entrance fee.
Dementia Day
Special opening for Dementia Week for people living with dementia to visit the Museum without the general public. Teas & coffees. No need to book in advance.
Monday 13th May, 10:30 12:30, by donation. range of garden perennials, house p Tea & Talk: Homes in the Past
An opportunity to handle, learn about and discuss objects from our handling collection with Lois Proud, Community Engagement Officer. With tea and biscuits.
Tuesday 21st May, 14:30, £3, members free. vegetables plus and lots, lots more. Copen. Fundraising Skittles Evening
Join us for a fun evening of indoor skittles. Make up a team of 6 for the ‘serious’ skittles game and try your hand at bar skittles, bagatelle and shove ha’penny too. Bar for beer, wine and crisp-type snacks. Please book as a team if possible. 0
Friday 31st May, 19:00 for 19:30, £10 per person, Members £8.
Don’t miss this chance to visit a pop-up exhibition of some of the Museum’s historic objects from our behind-the-scenes collection stores relating to childhood, from clothes to toys and games to books.
12 March 20 April, 10:00 17:00, Tuesday Saturday, Donations. D-Day 80th Anniversary
As part of the national D-Day 80th Anniversary, our youth team, HYPE, have researched names from the Haslemere war memorial.
14 May 15 June, 10:00 17:00, Tuesday Saturday, Donations. The Art of Buildings – Herbert Hutchinson
Courtesy of a local collector, the Museum is able to have on display some original artworks by Herbert Hutchinson relating to the buildings designed by him for clients in and around Haslemere, not all of which came to fruition.
1st May 29th June, 10:00 17:00, Tuesday Saturday, Donations.
Books, Books, Books
For International Children’s Book Day, we will be looking at how books are made, how they have changed over the years and making our own Museum book. Haslemere bookshop will be storytelling between 11:00 and 12:30.
Tuesday 2nd April, 10:30—13:00, £4, Members £2, Accompanying Adults £1.
Kathakali Drama & Mask Making
Learn how a Kathakali actor tells a story through gestures, characters and emotions. Then create your own mask based on the ancient traditional designs used to represent Kathakali characters. The masks made will be displayed as part of a major exhibition at The Phoenix Theatre and Arts Centre, Bordon. For ages 7+.
Saturday 6th April 10:30 14:30, £14, Members £10.
Early Birds
Special opening for families with children who have an Autism Spectrum Condition to come along and enjoy the Museum free from the hustle and bustle of the general public. The galleries will be open and there will be an opportunity to handle special objects. Booking essential.
Monday 8th April, 11:00 13:00, By Donation, and Wednesday 29th May, 9:00 10:00, by donation.
Springtime Fun
Join us as we get creative and make spring-themed arts and crafts, including beautiful paper daffodils.
Tuesday 9th April, 1:30 13:00, £4, Members £2, Accompanying adult £1.
Earth Day
Join us as we consider sustainability, the environment and the natural world in advance of this year’s Earth Day. We will have people from a number of organisations and different museums sharing information and providing children’s activities. See the chainsaw sculpted totem pole inspired by last year’s Wild Surrey Project. This year, we will also have a Preloved Clothes Sale of quality clothing until 1pm to promote reusing and preventing landfill. We will be collecting good quality, clean clothing (no shoes or accessories) for the sale from 2 April. Café open.
Saturday 2oth April, 10:30 16:00, Donations Welcome.
Get Creative
A chance to be creative this National Creativity Day. Come along and let your creativity flow! Try out different media, including paint, charcoal, pen and ink and collage.
Thursday 30th May, 10:30—13:00, £4, Members £2, Accompanying Adult £1..
Skittles
Join us to try your hand at our indoor skittle alley. Make up a team of family or friends (max 1 or 2 adults, 4 or 5 children) and try to win a prize. We will also have bar skittles, bagatelle and shove ha’penny games to try out. Please book as a team if possible. Café open
Friday 31st May, 14:00 16:00, £5 per person, Members £3.
Activities for children aged 5-11, based around our displays, or seasonal events and notable anniversaries. Parents do not need to stay. Members £5 | Non-members £7 | Accompanying adults £2.
Marvellous Mummification
Join our Education Officer to find out all about Ancient Egyptians and how they mummified their dead. Buy an optional mummification kit to mummify a toy at home.
Thursday 4th April, 10:30 12:00.
Toys and Games
Today we will be looking at a variety of toys and games and then making some of our own.
Thursday 11th April, 10:30 12:00.
Pond Dipping
Join us to investigate what creatures live below the surface of the Museum’s beautiful pond and then see them up close using the digital microscope.
Tuesday 28th May, 10:30 12:00
Under 5s can listen to a story and get hands-on with a craft activity. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Children £2.50 | Adults £1.50.
Twit Twoo
Meet the owls in our collection as you join us for an owl related session with stories and activities.
Friday 19th April, 13:39—14:30.
Pond Dipping
Join us for a pond-dipping session at the museum and discover what fascinating creatures live in this strange underwater world.
Friday 3rd may, 10:30 11:30.
Animal Safari
Come on a safari of the gallery to spot the different animals and then do some amazing animal activities.
Friday 17th May, 13:30 14:30.
To Book Tickets Visit:
Haslemere-museum.arttickets.org.uk
Or please call 01428 342112 for assistance and further information.
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Saturday27thApril2024 10am–12.30pm (Coffeeavailablefrom9.30am) at Godalming Baptist Church, QueenStreet,Godalming,SurreyGU71BA
When we are hurt or disappointed resentment can be hard to avoid, especially if our instinct is often to seek revenge, but long-term bitterness can cause more harm to ourselves than to the person or situation that caused it in the first place.
What can we do to protect ourselves and to help us let go of the sorrows that threaten to overwhelm us?
The morning’s session will look at all aspects of forgiveness:
What it is and why it’s important
How forgiveness can be achieved
Ways of de-escalating conflict in any relationship
Whether forgiveness can be unconditional
Forgiveness may be a long, difficult and costly process, but learning to speak the truth in love and to let go of our resentment and bitterness can be healing, empowering and liberating.
Join us to find out more, and consider taking the first steps along this sometimes overlooked pathway to a different future.
The session will be free of charge, but a voluntary donation is invited for The Forgiveness Project a UK based charity that uses real stories of victims and perpetrators of crime and violence to help people explore ideas around forgiveness and alternatives to revenge
To help with managing numbers please reserve a place, by contacting Sally Pollard email: pollard3@hotmail.co.uk, tel: 01483 428646 by Friday19thApril
An ecumenical day of refreshment, encouragement and food for thought for women of all ages, in the peace and beautiful surroundings of Ladywell Retreat Centre, Godalming
Saturday 18th May 2024
10 am - 4 pm
Led by Revd Canon Hazel Whitehead
Back by popular demand, Hazel will be focusing on women in scripture for this year’s retreat day.
The day will mine the Bible for the significant and insignificant women and consider their continuing impact on us today. Please bring a Bible, pens and paper, and join us in withdrawing from the usual busy pace of life to take the opportunity to learn and reflect.
To reserve a place (£28 including a cooked lunch & refreshments) by Friday 12th April
please contact Sally Pollard email: pollard3@hotmail.co.uk, tel: 01483 428646
Caption: Phyllis Tuckwell continues to care for patients on its In-Patient Unit and at its Beacon Centre, as well as in patients’ own homes and care homes.
Local charity Phyllis Tuckwell is continuing to provide the same expert, compassionate Hospice Care as it always has, from alternative locations, while building work on its new Hospice progresses.
Its In-Patient Unit (IPU), which offers symptom management and end-of-life care, has been temporarily relocated to Camberley. It is under Phyllis Tuckwell management and the care provided there is given by the same Phyllis Tuckwell staff as in the old Hospice.
Its community team continues to care for patients in their own homes or care homes, providing support for them and their families as they live everyday life with their illness, and offering compassionate end of life care for patients who are spending their last days at home.
Its Living Well services for individual outpatient appointments and groups are based at the Beacon Centre in Guildford, which has recently been refurbished and
now includes new consulting and group session rooms, updated IT infrastructure, energy efficient LED lighting throughout, and flooring materials and colours appropriate for dementia care.
Phyllis Tuckwell provides Hospice Care for people who are living with an advanced or terminal illness, such as cancer, and its new state-of-the-art Hospice will enable its specialist teams to care for more local patients and families in the coming years.
“We are very much open for business throughout the duration of the buildwhether patients come to us and are cared for on our IPU or at our Beacon Centre, or we visit them in their own homes or care homes,” said Sarah Church, chief executive at Phyllis Tuckwell. “There’s nothing more important to us than caring for people who are living with an advanced or terminal illness, supporting them through to the end of their lives. We are delighted to be able to continue providing all our services whilst we build our much-needed new Hospice for our local community.”
To find out more about Phyllis Tuckwell’s new Hospice project, visit www.pth.org.uk/new-hospice.
Phyllis Tuckwell provides supportive and end of life care for adult patients and families living with an advanced or terminal illness (such as cancer, heart, lung or neurological disease) in West Surrey and North-East Hampshire, an area of 550,000 residents.
Every day we support over 250 patients, relatives and carers, through a mix of medical and nursing care, therapies, counselling, social work advice and practical support. We are currently building a new state-of-the-art Hospice on our existing site in Farnham, which will enable us to care for more people who need our support. During the project, we will continue to offer our specialist services, from alternative locations. Our In-Patient Unit will be temporarily relocated to a new 10 -room wing at Kings Lodge care home in Camberley; our community support will be managed by our community teams working from the Beacon Centre in Guildford and a temporary office facility at Headway House in Farnham, where our support staff will also be located for the duration of the build. Outpatient appointments and Living Well sessions will continue to run at the Beacon Centre. Annually, the NHS/Government usually only covers about 20% of our costs, which means we have to raise over £25,000 a day to be able to offer all our services, free of charge, to our patients and their families. We therefore rely heavily on the support and generosity of our local community.
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/sussex/petworth
Spring Festival at Petworth continues, with talks, demonstrations, art and craft workshops, family activities, a community art installation and an enhanced display of radiant daffodils.
The festival runs from 23rd March to 14th April. Normal admission applies. Details of talks and workshops can be found on our website.
Discover games and activities for all ages along the buggy-friendly paths of the Pleasure Garden on our family trail and look out for six sculptures inspired by nature.
23rd March - 14th April. Pick up a free map on arrival, normal admission applies.
Join us in the Battery House any time between 10.30am - 3.30pm for spring-themed craft activities:
Wednesday 3rd - Saturday 6th April: Design your own mini spring wreath.
Sunday 7th - Wednesday 10th April: Design your own Cherry Blossom greeting card or bookmark.
All materials will be provided. £3 per child.
An opportunity to visit Arundel Castle and historic town and river, and Littlehampton seafront and harbour.
We will assemble at the church at 9.45am for departure at 10.00am. We will then have a scenic drive through the Surrey and Sussex countryside via Petworth, to the lovely town of Arundel, arriving at approximately 11.00am.
The coach will drop us off at Lower Lodge Mill Lane. From here we will then be free to partake of the adjoining Waterside café and museum, explore the lovely shops, cafes and pubs of Arundel (less than a five-minute level walk) or visit the Castle with its lovely gardens and Tulip Festival, restaurant and Castle.
For those wishing to visit the Castle, it costs £15.00 to enter the gardens and grounds, Chapel, shop and restaurant. This will include their spectacular Tulip Festival (subject to the vagrancy of our British Seasons). There are passenger buggies to take the less able bodied up the hill to the restaurant and gardens, from where it is then all on the level. We found that there was more than enough to see with the £15.00 admission, but for the more able bodied you can pay extra and visit the Castle Keep, Main Castle Rooms and Castle Bedrooms.
We will assemble back at the coach at 2.30pm for a short drive down to Littlehampton. We will stop for a look at the sea, ice cream or cuppa, fish and chips, or watch the shipping in the Harbour.
We will leave Littlehampton at 5.00pm, and arrive back at the church between 6.00 and 6.30pm.
Cost £25.00 for coach including gratuities for driver.
Extra cost for Arundel Castle (see above). Food extra (not included).
Contact Church Reception for a booking form – 01483 414544
Or Peter and Christine Knottley – 01483 428073 Mobile 07956 502688
Or Sally Pollard 01483 428646 Mobile 07976 276753
A FREE service for people with NHS hearing aids includes:
Basic Maintenance, Battery Supply, Cleaning & Re-Tubing, Trouble-Shooting and Advice
Sessions will be held at The Link (St Bartholomew’s Church) on:
10:00am – 11.30am, every 2nd and 4th Thursday
Our NHS volunteers are trained by the audiology department of the Royal Surrey County Hospital. Visiting the Hear Here clinic may save travelling long distances or the difficulties of access to the hospital.
The Hear Here scheme was launched in March 2013 as a partnership between Guildford Diocese and the NHS. There are now over 200 people trained in hearing aid maintenance. Hear Here was successful in winning the Faith Action & Health Award in 2018 for continuing to provide support for those with hearing loss across Surrey and North-East Hampshire.
Enquiries to:
Hearingchampion@halsemereparish.org
ANSWERS To Quiz on P.23:
1. Bridge of Sighs, Venice, Italy. 2.Georges Pompidou Centre, Paris, France. 3. Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany. 4. St Basil’s Cathedral, Moscow, Russia. 5. Manneken Pis, Brussels, Belgium. 6. Greyfriars Bobby, Edinburgh, Scotland. 7. Reunification Monument, Yaounde, Cameroon. 8. Las Lajas Sanctuary, Ipiales, Columbia. 9. Parliament House, Canberra, Australia. 10. Chrysler Building, New York, USA. 11. Lotus Temple, New Delhi, India. 12. Peter Pan, Kensington Gardens, London, England.
Bluebells is a friendly, sharing group for anyone affected by cancer. We laugh a lot, cry a little, share experiences and support each other. Do come along one Thursday to see for yourself!
We meet on the first and third Thursdays of each month from 11am 1pm ending with a relaxation session.
We like to keep in touch and know how you are at other times too, so please feel free to contact Carolyn Low on 01483 203540 or email
Carolyn.graeme@hotmail.co.uk
Baptisms
Henry William Arnott-Costello - 18th February at St Bartholomew’s
Funerals
Muriel Barker-Wyatt - 6th February at Guildford Crematorium
Charles Roy Pountney - 23rd February at Guildford Crematorium
John Lear - 11th March at St Bartholomew’s
Bernard Coe - 13th March at Guildford Crematorium
Audrey Bayliss– 18th March at Guildford Crematorium
Members of the church are reminded that online copies of approved PCC minutes are available on the parish website.
This magazine is also available online from the parish website, www.haslemereparish.org, Go to the Community tab
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7 April 2nd Sunday of Easter
8.00 Holy Communion | St Christopher’s
10.00 Parish Eucharist | St Bartholomew’s
14 April 3rd Sunday of Easter
8.00 Holy Communion | St Bartholomew’s
10.00 Parish Eucharist | St Christopher’s
18.00 Evensong | St Bartholomew’s
21 April 4th Sunday of Easter
8.00 Holy Communion | St Christopher’s
10.00 Parish Eucharist | St Bartholomew’s
11.30 Praying on Sunday | St Christopher’s
16:00 Families@4 | St Bartholomew’s
28 April 5th Sunday of Easter
8.00 Holy Communion | St Bartholomew’s
10.00 Parish Eucharist | St Christopher’s
18.00 Evensong | St Bartholomew’s
5 May 6th Sunday of Easter
8.00 Holy Communion | St Christopher’s
10.00 Parish Eucharist | St Bartholomew’s Sunday Morning Families
9 May Ascension Day
19.00 Holy Communion | St Bartholomew’s
12 May
7th Sunday of Easter
8.00 Holy Communion | St Bartholomew’s
10.00 Parish Eucharist | St Christopher’s
18.00 Evensong | St Bartholomew’s
19 May
Pentecost
8.00 Holy Communion | St Christopher’s
10.00 Parish Eucharist | St Bartholomew’s
11.30 Praying on Sunday | St Christopher’s
16:00 Families@4 | St Bartholomew’s
26 May
Trinity Sunday
8.00 Holy Communion | St Bartholomew’s
10.00 Parish Eucharist | St Christopher’s
18.00 Evensong | St Bartholomew’s
10am services are livestreamed via the Parish youtube channel.
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