Haslemere Parish Magazine Dec 24/ Jan 25

Dec 24 / Jan 25

HASLEMERE P A R I S H

M A G A Z I N E

ST BARTHOLOMEW’S AND ST CHRISTOPHER’S

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Haslemere Parish Contacts Rector: Rev Chris Bessant 01428 658107

Older Children’s Worker

rector@haslemereparish.org

Verity Sutherland children@haslemereparish.org

Assc. Minister: Rev Justin Manley-Cooper

Children & Families Worker

07798 932843 revjustin@haslemereparish.org

Victoria Martin families@haslemereparish.org

Verger: St Bartholomew’s Carol Skeates

First Steps

01428 642662

Mondays in St Christopher’s 0-5 Year Olds Sophie Bessant & Victoria Martin families@haslemereparish.org

Parish Office The Link, Derby Road Haslemere GU27 1BS Mon/Tue/Thu/Fri 9am-3pm office@haslemereparish.org www.haslemereparish.org

Treasurer Andrew Culshaw:

07889 855239

Gift Aid Secretary

01428 644578

Geoff Martin

01428 641907

Parish Administrator, Electoral Roll Officer PCC Secretary Katie Morgan 07794 149111 and Link Bookings: secretary@haslemereparish.org Kari Hayden Contact Parish Office—see above.

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.

Safeguarding Officer Kari Hayden

07762 737309

safeguarding@haslemereparish.org.uk Church Wardens Howard Body Gareth David

07900 914155 01428 643617

Facilities for the hard of hearing;

01428 644826

Facilities for the visually Impaired;

Both churches and The Link have Sound amplification and hearing loops.

Deputy Warden David Simmons

LLM (Reader)

Both churches have good interior lighting and large print weekly notice sheets and service

Peter Sellars midsummer4peter@gmail.com

Please recycle this magazine when you have read it. Either into paper recycling, or better still, pass it on to a friend

Director of Music & Organist Clive Osgood

07747 785 940

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Bell-ringers Paul Bagshaw

Pastoral Assistants 01428 656129

Ruth Pattenden Wendy Neate

01428 651435

Bereavement Visitors

Friends of the Parish Chris Lemar

Linda Donaldson Sarah Mulliner Wendy Neate

Flowers St Bartholomew’s Sarah Mulliner St Christopher’s Frances Reincke

01428 643504

Sue Davis

01428 607206

Sarah Mulliner

01428 651561

01428 643504

Magazine Secretary 01428 644120

Jane Slevin 07949 633979 slevinjanemrs@googlemail.com

01428 644578

Magazine Advertisements Manager:

Pastoral Visitors Church Office

01428 661115

BRF Representative

Churchyards Philip Hunt

01428 644473 01428 643504

Mothers’Union Treasurer

Church Care Group Roscelin Rees

01428 653033 01428 656320

Geoff Martin

01428 641907

Safeguarding Contacts: Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor is:

DeafHope (BSL) text: 07970 350366

Jackie Broadfoot 07918 559387 jackie.broadfoot@cofeguildford.org.uk

Childline 0800 1111

National Society for the Prevention of supporting survivors of church-related abuse. Cruelty to Children

Safe Spaces, an independent service

Telephone: 0300 303 1056 Email safespaces@victimsupport.org.uk WebChat via the Safe Spaces website

NSPCC 0808 800 5000 or help@nspcc.org.uk NSPCC Sign Video link nspcc.org.uk/aboutus/contact-us

For all emergencies call 999

Samaritans 116123 or jo@samaritans.org

The Single Point of Access (SPA)

Modern Day Slavery Helpline 0800 01210700

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

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

Domestic Abuse Surrey - YourSanctuary 01483 776822 24hr National Domestic Abuse Helpline 0808 2000 247

Stop it Now! 0808 1000 900 www.stopitnow.org.uk 3

Dear Friends In my lifetime there have been several conspiracy theories which claim that those who are dead (definitely or probably) have been spotted walking around. I can think of three: Adolf Hitler, Lord Lucan and Elvis Presley. Of course there is also the Yeti, but that is a bit different. Have you seen any of these characters? Some declare they have!

From 2001 until 2012 Sophie and I had our first Boston Terrier - Pepper was her name, and she had the sweetest nature. When Gracie arrived (also a Boston Terrier, I’m sure you know), then it became apparent that she was just like Pepper in every way. As far as I’m concerned, it’s a case of reincarnation. Pepper has come home!

Just in case you think I or anyone else who has recently seen Elvis are nutcases, you should consider your faith. OK, I jest but consider how Christians believe that at Christmas time Almighty God makes good on his promise to come and be with his people for all time. Across scripture, those promises, vows and covenants, have been touching upon the lives of ordinary people across the world, and still do so two millennia later. The Season of Advent is a great herald of that present truth, and the Season of Christmas tells of how that lived reality is still seen and heard.

We do not need to be 100% sure that the historical events of the nativity happened on 25th December 2,024 years ago. The calendar was somewhat different back then anyway, yet the telling of the Christmas Story is much more than just recounting the details of history. When people come to faith, finding Christ in their lives, they find it something active and alive. Biblical history is all very interesting, and maybe you like the old-old story, but the evidence of all I’ve seen is that Advent and Christmas are shapes that can happen at any time and for anyone.

When you come to the church in these next weeks you will hear myself and Justin speak of Jesus’s arrival as if it was in the present, like he is booked in for arrival in 4

a few weeks’ time. I suggest to you that it’s a perfectly rational and realistic thing to expect. It’s no conspiracy theory. Come to St Bartholomew’s and St Christopher’s for the truth - God’s honest…….

You will find a layout of the Christmas services in this copy of the magazine, and on the parish website (www.haslemereparish.org). Tradition rules the day at Christmas time, and you will see that everything proceeds as you might expect.

Do please take the opportunity to visit our High Street Christmas Market stall on Sunday 1st December, and to vote for your favourite local Christmas window.

Our churches are places of deep welcome to all, throughout the year and most especially at Christmas time. Do join us, and surround yourself once again with the beautiful good news that Jesus Christ has come to be with us ordinary folk again. It’s my hope and prayer that all who love Christmas will have a splendid festive season, whether you are home and resting, working, or travelling to friends and family.

Finally, I must be truthful with you. Sorry to disappoint, I didn’t actually see Elvis down Haslemere High Street. But I’m still insisting that Christ is coming again!

May God bless you all, Rector Chris.

A Service of Darkness to Light On Advent Sunday at the beginning of the season, once again we shall host the traditional choral service of Darkness to Light.

This is a lovely atmospheric Advent service of the ‘O Antiphons’, sometimes known as the ‘Great Os of Advent’. The antiphons are of ancient monastic origins, which recite the names and attributes of Christ.

It’s a beautiful and spiritual way to begin the season of Advent.

Darkness to Light will be on Sunday 1st December at

St Bartholomew’s Church from 6:00pm.

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Christmas Windows Competition For the past five years St Bartholomew’s, St Christopher’s, All Saints & St Stephen’s churches have sponsored the ‘Haslemere Christmas Windows Competition’. The purpose of this initiative has been to demonstrate support for our retailers by encouraging people to come into the town and shop locally for Christmas (and beyond) - as well as to have some fun, draw the community together and celebrate the creativity of our shopkeepers and their wonderful Christmas windows!

Two years ago we had the idea of asking some of the local primary schools if they would like to take part and decorate one of the town's windows. The objective was school involvement with a great autumnal term project and helping those retailers who found decorating their windows a challenge for whatever reason. In that first year nine schools took part in window displays.

Last year’s Christmas Windows competition was our biggest yet! 107 shops and 14 schools took part as well as our Church Youth Group. Four of the school windows won awards - Camelsdale Primary School and Henry Adams won the ‘Most Complementary’ category and Undershaw School was the runner up in the same category for their wonderful display of gingerbread men in The Bakehouse window.

Shottermill Junior and Beacon Hill Primary Schools were both ‘Highly Commended’. The whole community was uplifted by the schools’ participation.

Their unique styles of window dressing brought character and charm to the event and helped to make Haslemere a community destination over the Christmas period.

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This year we hope to keep the momentum going and have opened the competition out to the Beavers, Cubs, Rainbows and Brownies. We have intentionally kept it as simple as possible, there are no restrictions on theme or approach - you can do whatever you like!

It is important to state that the ‘school windows’ are part of the judged competition, but not part of the ‘community vote’ which is for the shopkeepers, chosen by the public via the church website. The community vote is for the best ‘shop’ dressed window and we feel should remain a competition amongst the retailers. For the judged part of the competition, there are three main prizes up for grabs: Most Festive, Most Stylish and Most Complementary (i.e. the one which best reflects what the shop sells) for which the churches arrange the judging panel and prizes.

We hope that for the schools and youth groups that participate this is a really fun autumn term project, that enhances the High Street and Wey Hill and draws everyone together in a festive way. And for the retailers, we hope to bring more people into town to support them during this critical sales period.

Rev Justin Manley-Cooper

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Haslemere Signal Box Ken Griffiths As many of you will already know, when it becomes redundant to Network Rail (NR), a group of local residents are planning to take over the Haslemere Signal Box and operate it as a working museum. Unfortunately, earlier this year, NR delayed their re-signalling project and we now expect the signal box to become available to us in Autumn 2025. However, the good news is that we have an agreed Heads of Terms with NR and the signal box will be offered to us at a peppercorn rent for 15 years.

Now we have the agreed Heads of Terms, we are in the process of registering the Haslemere Signal Box Trust (HSBT) as a charity. In addition, the Railway Heritage Trust have agreed to support us with grants, which will enable us to turn the Haslemere Signal Box into a visitor attraction as a working signal box. The Information Hub at Haslemere station has also had its lease extended by South Western Railway and it is from here that we will run the HSBT and where you can already see some displays and artefacts connected to the project.

To enhance and extend the project we are also in advanced negotiations to turn the area surrounding the signal box into a memorial garden dedicated to the railway staff who lost their lives during the two world wars. The land around the signal box including the two containers on site will be cleared and developed as an overall part of the project.

In addition, we are also looking at the possibility of taking over the unused offices above the booking hall and turning them into an exhibition area for railway memorabilia together with a working model railway, which would represent the station in the 1930's with its associated goods yard. We have already had some very generous donations and loans of artefacts and memorabilia.

We have put a video of the plans for HSBT on YouTube which we hope you will agree reflects the potential and ambition of the project and what it will bring to Haslemere https://youtu.be/Pd7jwTtQlNo 9

A Picture for December Giotto: Massacre of the Innocents (1306)

The picture illustrates Matthew 2:16-18. It is located at Scrovegni Chapel, Padua, Italy and is about events occurring in Bethlehem. A dramatic and harrowing scene reflects a moment of profound grief and violence. Soldiers carry out King Herod’s decree to slaughter the male infants of Bethlehem, aiming to kill the newborn King of the Jews, as prophesied. The cruel act unfolds under the watch 10

of an indifferent ruler, ensconced high on a balcony, detached from the suffering below.

The foreground is strewn with the bodies of the slain infants, their lifeless forms rendered in a pale hue which contrasts starkly with the surrounding colour. The chaotic middle ground is filled with anguished mothers and distraught figures attempting to protect their children from the soldiers’ brutal advance. There is a palpable sense of movement and despair conveyed by the artist, as the clashing of figures creates a sense of conflict and outrage. We celebrate the Holy Innocents on 28th December at a time at odds with our Christmas celebrations.

Paula Gooder says (in her book ‘Journey to the Manger’) that Herod’s character is consistent with mass slaughter. At the time of Jesus, the population of Bethlehem was only about 1000, a small town. The slaughter is only reported in Matthew’s gospel, but a total of 20 children slaughtered may limit the scale of news worthiness. Against the background of Herod’s political atrocities, this may not have stood out. The incident reminds me of Jeremiah 31:15: ‘A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children: she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more’.

Of course, our TV screens remind us of the slaughter of children in Gaza, Lebanon, Ukraine and sundry wars involving innocents, and we pray for peace and humanity that love can prevail as opposed to weapons. Amen.

Peter Sellars

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.

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Spotlight on Simon Avenell The Head Teacher at St. Bartholomew’s C of E Primary School overcame a chequered start to his teaching career, and is passionate about creating model citizens of his 400+ pupils

By Gareth David Early years “I was born in Guildford in 1983 and grew up in Onslow Village, where I attended the village infant school, and then went on to Guildford County School. I have two older brothers and one younger brother, but none of them has gone into teaching! Growing up, my father always wanted to be an author and although his career didn’t take him in that direction, since he has retired he has had a book published [‘The Brits are coming! A history of British Football Clubs in Europe’ by Paul Avenell, Tricorn Books, 2022] “Once I had finished at Guildford County School I had a year out, where I worked as a teaching assistant. I had met my now wife, Gemma at the age of 16 and her mother worked at Guildford County School, and got me the chance to get a teaching assistant role. It was slightly strange going back the year after doing my A levels there.

“The school seemed keen to give me the opportunity. This was my first experience of working with children and I also coached the under 9s football team. From there I went to Chichester University to study Sports Coaching Science, having picked up my father’s interest in sport and played a lot of football while I was growing up. I did not really know where I wanted to go with my career - I was interested in a career in sport, but things did not turn out that way.

A career setback

“I took the PGCE and then had a bit of a career setback when I applied to teach 12

in a secondary school to become a PE teacher, but the interview process did not suit me, with seven people being interviewed at the same time. At that time I was quite shy and being interviewed in that environment did not enable me to show who I really was.

“So I took a year out and worked in the motor claims department at Allianz Insurance in Woking for a year, which gave me time to re-evaluate things and at the end of that year I realised that I really wanted to be a teacher, so reapplied to do the PGCE at Roehampton University, but this time for primary education. I did a couple of placements during that year, one in Woking and then at a school called Dundonald in Wimbledon, where I learned a lot and had an excellent mentor.

Arriving at St. Bart’s “Having qualified as a teacher in 2007, I applied to Loseley Fields Primary School in Farncombe and got a job there as a Year 6 teacher. This school had an inspirational head teacher and another great teacher who I worked alongside, so I taught at Loseley for six years until I came to St. Bart’s in 2013.

“When I came to St. Bart’s I was initially a Year 5 teacher, then taught in Year 6 under the previous head teacher, Charles Beckerson. He inspired me, and I became a Key Stage Leader, then I got the job of Deputy Head and in 2022 I had the chance to become Head Teacher. A lot of that progress is down to the faith which Charles had in me. Having people around you and encouraging you is great for self-belief.

“My now wife Gemma and I were born a day apart in St. Luke’s Hospital in Guildford. We didn’t really speak to each other until the age of 16, but once she had finished her education we moved in together in Wormley, then moved to Witley and finally we moved on to Chiddingfold. Our daughter, Lois, is in Year 3 here at St. Bart’s, where she is very happy, while Gemma is head of biology at George Abbot School in Guildford.

Relationships between church and school “I have a very strong relationship here with the Rector, Chris Bessant, who has always been very supportive of me and has helped me as I moved from deputy to the Head Teacher role. We plan collective worship together and any special events we are doing with the church. I came from a secular school to St. Bart’s 13

and one of the reasons for that was that I knew there were such strong values at the school.

“That is one of the things that shone through, the shared values and ambitions for the children and staff at the school. This is an important part of being in a Church School as it is more than just the children’s progress it is about their lives and growing for the future. Here I believe everyone is invested in both children and adults flourishing and I believe my career has flourished because of the values in the school.

“We have a rolling programme of collective worship. On Mondays I lead collective worship in the school hall, on Tuesday we normally have class worship, on Wednesday we have a rolling programme where we often go to the church, sometimes it will be the whole school and other times it will be individual year groups. On Thursday we have Key Stage Worship and then on Friday we having singing worship in the hall.

Ambitions for the future “Becoming Head Teacher is one of the greatest work achievements in my life and I never thought that when I joined as a class teacher I would one day become Head. Since becoming Head, we have become an eco-school, re -cycling everything from glue sticks to white board pens, which I am incredibly proud of. I have also developed sport at the school, giving opportunities for children to be competitive when they want to be.

“My job as Head Teacher is to ensure that children leave this school with the necessary skills to go on and be citizens of the community. I want them to have the academic knowledge to do well at secondary school, but also to flourish and have an active role in the community. Our mission statement is about fulfilling lives and making positive contributions to our world, and that is what I want for our children.”

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St Bartholomew’s C of E Primary School For this edition we are writing about some of the wonderful sporting events and activities that our children have the opportunity to take part in during their time at St Bart’s In June we hold our annual sports day. Even though this year was one of the hottest days of the year, all the children performed brilliantly and contributed to a competitive sporting day. The children compete in their houses (Canterbury, Durham, Winchester or York) on Sports day and this year York were the eventual winners clinching the title by just 68 points from Canterbury.

St Bart’s host the annual Key Stage 1 Confederation Sports for years 1 and 2.

Local primary schools from Grayswood, St Mary's, Beacon Hill and Shottermill Infants all attend the event and the children have a wonderful morning with lots of fantastic athletic ability on show as well as good sporting spirit. Although St Bart’s performed brilliantly and we won lots of the events Grayswood were the eventual overall winners this year.

Our Key Stage 2 children in years 3, 4, 5 and 6 have the opportunity to attend District Sports. This year we took a strong team of young athletes to the Spectrum to represent the school at district sports against other local primary 15

schools. In a hugely competitive event, the children from St Bart’s all did the school proud finishing 4th overall.

In the last year our PE Lead, Mr Leung has taken various boys and girls football teams across different year groups to football tournaments and festivals to compete against other schools. The children have shown great sportsmanship in some very closely contested matches and often come home with a win for St Bart’s. This year our Year 6 team won the tournament.

We also played in a rounders match against St Ives School in the beautiful sunshine last term. The St Bart’s team fought bravely with some great batting and fielding. Despite a comeback in the second innings, we were unable to beat the St Ives team.

We are very fortunate to have had local cricket clubs come into school to teach cricket which is always enjoyed by the children. As a result of this coaching when our Year 6 girls went to Grayshott Cricket Club for a girl’s cricket festival, we were the overall winners.

Our netball team has had a very successful year winning lots of games at both home and away matches with other local schools. Our teams have shown some super marking and defending throughout the games and scored some amazing goals.

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Our school also organise Inter House competitions where last time Years 3-6 competed in end-ball and Years 1-2 competed in dodgeball. The competition was fierce with Winchester House crowned the overall winners!

To encourage enjoyment of lots of games, we have had some additional new line markings on our playgrounds (see below). This was designed to give all our children opportunities for fun and not just competition.

Finally, a special mention about our marathon fundraiser. Mr Leung, Mr Orphanoudakis and myself took part in the Copenhagen Marathon in May of this year where we raised over £2000 for Macmillan Cancer Support . Although it was a gruelling event we were all very proud to have finished and been able to raise money for such a worthy cause.

All these wonderful opportunities for the children would not take place without a dedicated team of staff who are involved in organising these events. We are, as always, very grateful to them all for the work that they do.

Simon Avenell Headteacher

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Parish Legacies The PCC recently approved and published their legacy policy which is to use gifts to help fund significant development projects and projects supporting our mission, mostly concerning buildings and equipment.

We encourage every adult member of the congregation to make a Will and to review it regularly. We’ve provided a booklet ‘Preparing your Will’ giving information on how to do so.

We welcome gifts in Wills, however large or small, and we’ve provided a leaflet summarising ‘How you can make a Lasting Gift to our Parish’, with examples of how such gifts have been used in the past. The leaflets were provided to those attending recent 10am services at the two churches.

We’ve also provided examples of the inheritance tax benefits of bequests to charities, such as our Parish.

We strongly advise that a solicitor be consulted when writing a Will or amending one with a codicil. Your attention is drawn to Farewill, a free online Willwriting service for uncomplicated Wills provided by Guildford Diocese: https://farewill.com/cofe.

A selection of these documents will be available at the back of the two churches and from the Parish Office. If you would like more information, Kari can put you in touch with the appropriate person.

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Boiled Fruit Cake For many years there has been a difference of opinion between those who bake their Christmas Cake and others who swear by boiling their fruit cake. I have always baked mine, but here is a recipe for a boiled one for those who have never tried one!

Linda Donaldson Ingredients: Glace cherries, 5oz. roughly chopped Walnuts, 2oz. roughly chopped Mixed dried fruit ¾lb.

Mixed peel 2oz.

Brown sugar 6oz.

Butter 4oz.

Mixed spice 1 tsp.

Bicarbonate of soda ½ tsp.

Milk ½ pint Self-raising flour ¾lb. sifted Eggs 2 beaten

Method: Preheat the oven to 160°C, 140°fan/Gas 3 Grease a 20cm. (8in.) round, deep-sided tin and line with non-stick baking paper and grease again.

Reserve a few chopped cherries and walnuts. Put the dried fruit, cherries, peel, walnuts, sugar, butter, spice, bicarbonate of soda and the milk in a saucepan. Bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Cool to blood heat.

Stir in the flour and eggs. Turn the cake mixture into the prepared tin and decorate with reserved walnuts and cherries.

Wrap the outside of the tin with baking paper.

Bake for 40 minutes then reduce the oven temperature to 150°C/130° fan/Gas 2 and bake for a further hour or until a skewer comes out clean. Cover with foil halfway through cooking if the top is browning too much.

Leave to cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack, remove the paper and cool until completely cold before serving.

Serves 12, Decorate as you wish.

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Great South Run Cancelled but I ran 10 miles in Haslemere instead!

Richard Reincke It’s always a good thing to be prepared! As the time for the Great South Run approached I started doing curious things like cleaning my trainers, much to Frances’ surprise - as far as she is concerned I have never cleaned anything apart from the outside of my car. I kept asking myself if I could run ten miles. The answer was to have faith in the facts. I had run about three lots of just under ten miles around Hindhead Common, Grayshott, Waggoner’s Wells and Bramshott Common. I had run a total of about 80 miles in preparation.

The Friday night before the scheduled start arrived and there were dire warnings of gales and storms, the tail end of some hurricane or other which had raced across the Altantic to spice up our equinox.

And then the email arrived from the run organisers that a decision as to whether the Great South Run would be on would be taken at midday on the Saturday.

Friday night went by, the flag on St Christopher’s was straining at the halyard and the windows were rattling. Then the ping of an email came in that Saturday morning and the run was cancelled.

After a long discussion with Community Ken, my running mate, and a short exchange with Robert, the greyhound, Fox, we decided that we could not let down all those who had so generously donated to the Link project and we would run a course through Haslemere to the full distance.

And so with my two noble running mates we set off from St Christopher’s into the soggy gloom of Haslemere on the Sunday morning, Ken and Robert skipping along up ahead and chattering away and me panting along behind. After more than two hours with aching sinews, creaking bones and soaking clothes we headed back to St Christopher’s Church from whence we started.

We burst into the church to a wonderful welcome, timed to perfection as the Praying on Sunday service had just finished and the fizz and sherry was flowing and there were canapes aplenty, and it all tasted so good.

So a particular massive thank you to Ken and Robert for giving me all the encouragement I needed to complete the course.

Also a huge thank you to all those who so generously donated to my efforts. The total stands at £1,700 including gift aid.

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An Award for our Parish Magazine On Saturday 28th September, ACE (Association for Church Editors) held its annual meeting and awards ceremony in the chapel of Central Hall, Westminster. Editor Jane was unable to attend (she was somewhat tied up preparing for the delicious lunch we were to enjoy on the Sunday!), so we went in her stead.

We were proud to put copies of our own magazine alongside samples which other attendees had brought in. They were all very impressive with some being produced once a month and, in some cases, by just one person. Some are available online as well as in hard copy, as is ours.

There were special awards for Layout and Design, Cover Design, Use of Graphics, Clarity of the Christian Message and general awards, including the Achievement Award that we collected on behalf of Haslemere Parish Magazine’s editorial team (Jane, Kari, Debbie, Geoff, Sue and Frances).

As it was the 25th anniversary of ACE the afternoon concluded with us being treated to a splendid tea when we were able to chat to fellow editors and magazine team members.

Sue and Roger Davis

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Our Editorial team is made up of: Sue Davis, Kari Hayden, Geoff Martin, Debbie Peet, Frances Reincke and Jane Slevin.

We have a key group of regular contributors, who provide us with a wonderful variety of articles.

Many thanks to everyone for making our magazine worthy of an award.

If you are interested in being involved please contact Jane Slevin 07949633979/ slevinjanemrs@googlemail.com.

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In My Garden Philip Duly

Whether we wish to admit it or not, most of us have at least one Christmas tradition that, more often than not, originated in childhood, and which we are keen to honour throughout our lives. It may consist of an annual attendance at church or a ritual such as hanging out Christmas stockings or the joy of opening an advent calendar throughout the magical month of December.

My Christmas tradition concerns this month’s star plant - the humble but very beautiful Christmas tree. One of my earliest childhood memories is being allowed to help choose and then decorate our tree. At the age of 62, despite the effort involved, I have never been tempted to depart from my time-honoured annual rite of choosing and purchasing a Norway Spruce, that is usually as high as our ceiling will allow, this being the traditional Victorian Christmas tree that has its unique pine fragrance, shape and dense foliage.

I have never missed a year and have never chosen any of the more popular varieties, despite the Nordmann Fir being of the ‘non-drop’ variety. From the moment I have chosen the tree, I am excited and keen to bring it indoors. My lights are at least 65 years old as they belonged to my grandfather who donated them to my mother when he emigrated to Australia in the 1950s. Once the tree is fully decorated, I sit and gaze at it, which stirs many happy memories from Christmas times past. I think of those now departed who have shared their time with me at Christmas and especially those who have admired my many Norway Spruce trees.

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Test Your Knowledge Name each architectural style shown below.

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The Mission to Seafarers Dorothea Nattrass Several Christian inspired charities keep me in touch with their activities. I am in awe of the dedication of the people involved, particularly at grass roots level, to improve lives of people of all faiths in the here and now. We thought it would be interesting to hear about Christian charities you support, so I am kicking off with the Mission to Seafarers (formerly Seamen). I became interested in them when I found out that my grandfather, who I never met, had served as a chaplain in Durban, South Africa about 1930.

At this time of year we need to remember the men and women who serve on the ships which bring us much of what appears in our shops, and the fuel we all need.

The work is hard, dangerous and they are away from home for months, with inadequate internet facilities, all taking a toll on wellbeing.

Shore leave is shorter than ever with the need for a quick turnaround of container ships.

The Mission to Seafarers have centres with comfortable facilities, and chaplains and ship visitors in ports around the world. They are there for routine care such as providing Sim cards or other means for keeping in touch with their families, as well as listening ears . Some ports are able to provide Christmas cheer to these often forgotten people who serve us. If an injured or sick crew member is sent to a local hospital the Mission steps in to support him/her after the ship moves on.

One chaplain writes: I’ve been struck by how everyone around the world has the same needs: family, a sense of belonging, and not feeling alone. Many seafarers are sacrificing these needs to provide for their families. I feel that being able to support them in their hardships has changed me as much as it has helped them.

The Mission also provides legal services when crews have been unjustly treated or whole ships abandoned.

Check out the website for more information and how to donate www missiontoseafarers.org Editor’s Note: Dorothea suggested that as a church community we might find it a good idea to try and raise awareness and support for all those missions and charities that ask Christians across the world to help them in their aims. We discussed this in the editorial team and all agreed. Here is the first article written by Dorothea, we are hoping others will send us their thoughts and information on the Christian charities they support.

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Churchyard Jottings

Philip Hunt As a footnote to this column in the last edition of the Parish Magazine, I was able to report our success in the South and South East in Bloom Competition 2024, in which we had entered the main churchyard at St Bartholomew’s for the first time. It is fair to say that we did not enter with high expectations. We were simply hoping for a constructive visit by the judge and perhaps a few tips from him as to how we might better manage the churchyard.

In the event, we were awarded a Silver Gilt certificate at a ceremony held at Wisley RHS Garden on Friday 20 September. A copy of the Silver Gilt certificate (see photo) is in the glass fronted noticeboard in the church porch. The ceremony itself turned out to be a great gathering of all the entries across a whole host of categories including parks, formal gardens, country parks and churchyards. On arrival at Wisley, we were directed to the side gate near to the iconic main building, rather than through the main entrance, to be greeted by a familiar figure. Our own judge had been commandeered to help undo the lock on the gate that had decided to misbehave! In the event, this turned out to be a good omen.

The ceremony lasted for over two hours, such were the number of entries. Clearly many of the competitors were regular entrants, often applying each year to try and improve their score. As to the scoring, this was laid out and each judge had to award marks on a sheet covering such aspects as general layout and overall appearance, entrances and noticeboards, horticultural practice, nature conservation, recycling and condition of memorials. The total number of points at 26

play is 200. To achieve Silver, 109 to 138 points are required, for Silver Gilt it is 139 to 169 points and for Gold it is 170 to 200. St Bartholomew’s scored a very creditable 163. Of course, none of this would have been possible without the efforts of volunteers who have joined the various working parties and to the work of The Den, so ably assisted by Verity Sutherland and Peter Clarke. Being able to meet some of the children was clearly the highlight of the judge’s visit on 1 July.

Following on from this success, I am pleased to report that there was a near record turnout of people to help at the last churchyard working party on Saturday 26 October, despite less than ideal weather conditions. My thanks goes out to all who helped on the day. It seems likely that we will wish to enter South and South East in Bloom 2025, so perhaps we should consider having three or four volunteer working parties a year. As it happens, we did have three this year as an extra one was inserted prior to the judging.

There is further good news. After a very considerable delay, I can now report that real progress has been made by the stonemason charged with restoring the grave of the Revd Sanders Etheridge in the main churchyard. As explained previously, he was Rector here from 1868 to 1897, and presided over the rebuilding of St Bartholomew’s in 1870/71. I recently visited the stonemason’s yard in Ewshot and have seen the Celtic cross which has been cut entirely by hand.

The attached photo, only taken on my phone, shows the cross before the inscription is added. It is hoped that we can look forward to seeing it resplendent in the churchyard before too long.

We are moving forward, albeit slowly, on the question of the future management of Derby Road churchyard. As reported previously, it has been agreed that some outside help is required and the next step will be to seek expressions of interest from contractors. Quite clearly, any prospective contractor will need to visit the site before submitting a quotation for the necessary clearance work.

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Church Youth Groups As promised in our last article, we would like to tell you about what we have been doing during the last few weeks at The Den and Summit.

At The Den the new term started with a forest school-inspired ‘Muddy Church’, focussing on gratitude to God for the world around us as part of the Harvest season. We had apple bobbing and two nature-inspired crafts. Peter Clarke spoke to the group about the wildflower areas they planted in Spring, the flowers that came up, and how cutting these areas now can help to spread the seeds left behind so they will germinate next year. The kids helped with this process by raking the cut wildflower trimmings and even running around over the area, which helps to disperse the seeds. This was followed by a fun leaf bucket game before heading off around the churchyard to find something in nature that reminded them of God or that they found beautiful. Lastly there was marshmallow toasting over the fire-pit and a chat about how amazing God’s creation is, and about gratitude. The Parable of the Lost Son was used as an illustration of this as he only appreciated all he had after he lost it. We discussed how we don’t want to get to the point where we are in danger of losing our Godgiven natural wonders in order to appreciate them, and how we need to spend time in nature. Lara got the kids to make a ‘living web’ to show them how the loss of one element or species impacts others.

Continuing our Harvest theme, the following week we headed to Imbhams Farm to gather up some natural things to make harvest wreaths, many of which were used for decoration for the Harvest Lunch at St Bartholomew’s Church the following Sunday. We cooked some garlic bread over the fire 28

and discussed how Harvest is a time of change and an opportunity to think about what changes we can make in our own lives so we can grow in ourselves and in our faith. We thought about how what we take in by reading, hearing and seeing, affects how we act, think and speak. Having God in our lives, and His Spirit within us, can make all the difference. We looked at some bible passages and discussed parts of Mark 7:1423, then handed out crocus bulbs to be planted, comparing ourselves to the bulb and what we need to grow in faith.

We ended with some games in the field and toasted marshmallows.

For our Harvest community project, we headed back to Tesco in Haslemere for our annual Food Bank Challenge. Once again, the previous year’s record was broken with three over-flowing trollies full of donations. The children took turns handing out food bank lists by the entrance and encouraging shoppers to add an item (or more) to their shopping, for the foodbank. One kind gentleman asked us to get every item on the list and he paid for it! The kids also split into teams to see how much they could buy off the list for £12 (made up of funds they brought along with them). They all enjoyed running their items through the till thanks to the help of a Tesco staff member. Lastly, we spoke about what Fairtrade means, and the Fairtrade Foundation and they had to dash off and find three Fairtrade items. Overall, it was a very successful evening, and the Food Bank was delighted.

At our next get together we had a games night. As it was also National Prayer Week, each child was asked to make two handprints to which we added their first names. One handprint went to someone from the wider church congregation to pray for them for a year, and each child received one handprint back with the name of an individual in need that they could also pray for. We had some outdoor and indoor games and ended with a competition to see who could build the highest tower using mini marshmallows 29

and spaghetti - there were some impressive constructions!

For our final session before half-term we had our own Light Party, as instead of Halloween we focus on the light, not the darkness, as Jesus is the light of the world. There were a number of craft activities, including woolly pumpkin making, positive pumpkin carving, doughnut or muffin decorating, face paints and glitter tattoos, glittery slime making, clay candle holder craft, glow-inthe-dark stone painting, a reflection tent and much more.

Our chat and video were about how Jesus is the light of the world and how we can be a light in other people’s lives as well. All Hallows Day/All Saints Day on the 1st November was originally a celebration of light, as it was about honouring saints. An interesting discussion about the true meaning of saints followed and how they use the power of God to do their amazing work. Chris has a book where you can look up any date and it tells you what Saint is celebrated on that day. He asked some of the children to share their birth dates so he could look them up. We asked the children to write a name on a piece of paper of someone that needed Jesus’s light in their lives and Chris said a prayer as they threw the names into the light of the fire outside to give them to God. A glow-in-the-dark sweetie treasure hunt and sparklers ended the evening.

Sebastian won the prize for best costume and Oscar for the best positive pumpkin.

Thanks to the bellringing evening Summit had with Paul Bagshaw and his team and a following taster session, we now have six keen Summit members wishing to be part of a Young Bell-ringers group.

The theme of the following session was ‘God as our Guide’, and the evening began with 'nightline' challenges around the churchyard and inside the church. In pairs, each person took turns to be blindfolded before following a string around an obstacle course, guided only verbally by their partner. It was very amusing to do and watch!

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A discussion followed on how it felt trusting another person and how the Holy Spirit can guide us when we are feeling lost and can't see the path ahead. We chatted about how we can be guided by the Holy Spirit in a number of ways and we read Proverbs 3:5-6 illustrating that if we put our trust in God he will make our paths straight. We can get confused by the many voices in our lives which tell us to do different things and possibly lead us down the wrong paths. A fun drawing activity demonstrated this. The Bible can be our guidebook on our life's journey, but there are many translations and versions, and we need to learn how to navigate it. Some scenarios followed to see if the young people could find good advice and wisdom from the Bible to help someone who may be experiencing difficult things. It was an interesting session with some great questions and debates.

At other events Lucy, Polly, Anna, Felix and Skylar helped at the Harvest meal on the 29 th September, doing whatever was needed - serving food and drinks, taking payments, clearing plates and helping in the kitchen. Ariyel and Lucy also helped the team with the preparation the day before and did a fantastic job with the décor.

Thanks also go to Felix, Maclaren, Maison and Skylar who did a wonderful job coming up with some questions for the youth round at the Parish Quiz.

As always, a massive thank you to everyone who helps with these groups.

Sue & Verity Photos by Shuna & Verity For more details of The Den and Summit contact: Verity Sutherland, Children & Families Worker (Older Children)

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Link Community Hub Update

At the time of writing this article your project team is trawling through 200+ pages of detailed drawings and specifications as we prepare to invite contractors to tender for the work to transform the Link.

We have been encouraged in our work by the following things: •

Your continued support and most recently Richard Reincke’s and Ken Griffiths’ sponsored run and the Women of Worth’s pop-up shop.

Together these have added over £2,000 to our funds

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The events already being planned for next year including the flower festival

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An updated and encouraging detailed costing from our Quantity Surveyors - our last one was prepared before the disruption and inflation following the invasion of Ukraine

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Your continued prayers

We expect to hear back from contractors by late January/early February and still hope to start work around Easter time. The team is hoping for a quiet few weeks over Christmas!

There will also be some more fund raising opportunities in 2025 - for fittings and furnishings, so please keep those ideas coming. The Thursday Coffee mornings have already raised over £800 towards new crockery and cutlery!

Most importantly thank you also to those who have redeemed their pledges - the expectation is that we will need all pledges paid in by February before we sign the building contract.

Andrew, Cathy and Debbie

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PUBLIC TALK: Rebuilding Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris Relearning the Art and Science of the Great Mediaeval Anglo-Franco Cathedrals 7pm 23 JANUARY 2025, Guildford Ticket only event; advance booking essential The Surrey Churches Preservation Trust is delighted to host an engaging public lecture titled ‘Rebuilding Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris - Relearning the Art and Science of the Great Mediaeval Anglo-Franco Cathedrals’ on Thursday, January 23, 2025, at 7pm. This ticketed event will be held at St. Cecilia’s Hall, St. Peter’s Catholic School, Guildford.

The evening features expert speakers Jonathan Deeming, RIBA SCA AABC, Surveyor to the Fabric of Canterbury Cathedral, and Lian Harter, Senior Project Lead at Purcell. They will discuss the challenges and architectural considerations involved in reconstructing Notre Dame after the 2019 fire, reflecting on lessons from recent projects at Canterbury Cathedral. Discover how the ingenuity of medieval masons and the limitations of their materials shaped these awe inspiring structures and learn about the conservation and restoration of such monumental buildings.

Tickets are priced at £12 per person, with discounts available: £10 for SCPT members, £5 for under 25s, and a £30 group rate for three attendees. Proceeds will support the SCPT’s work preserving Surrey’s historic churches. Advance booking is essential at www.ticketsource.co.uk (search ‘Notre Dame Cathedral’).

Doors open at 6:30pm, with free parking on site. Join us for an evening celebrating historic architectural mastery and preservation.

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Parish Quiz Night with Fish & Chip Supper

A brilliant evening of fun, challenging rounds, and pudding auctions. A total of £893 was raised for local charities. Yet another great community event. Many thanks to all those who worked so hard to make the evening a success.

Photos by Kari Hayden.

Women of Worth Pop Up Shop

Well done to our Women of Worth group for organising a great and well attended Pop Up Shop. Raising a total of £450 for our Community Hub project. A big thank you to everyone involved.

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On 29th September, we had a wonderful carvery lunch after our united Benefice Service in the Link next to St Bartholomew's Church. Jane and Dom had help from the youth group and some friends to produce a delicious meal for 90 people, set the tables, serve the food and clear up afterwards. They must have been exhausted but kept smiling throughout.

All the guests smiled throughout too from the youngest to the oldest. The wine and drinks stall helped and the big water jugs were always on hand.

An orderly queue formed for the carvery serving beef or turkey with some people being served by members of the youth group.

It was so well organised and there was plenty of gravy all kept warm

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A huge thank you to Jane and Dom for organising such a wonderful, happy and successful event raising £1426 for the Link Community Hub project.

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All Saints, Grayswood are looking forward to welcoming you at their Christmas Fayre in Grayswood Village Hall on Saturday 7th December between 11am and 1pm.

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Postcard to the Parish

Greetings from New York We had a memorable week in the Big Apple, thanks largely to some amazing October weather.

Walking and using the subway we took in many of the tourist sights. Central Park was close to our hotel.

We basked in warm sunshine and enjoyed incredible views sixty-seven floors up the Rockefeller Tower. We took the River Hudson boat trip to Ellis Island, passing alongside the Statue of Liberty and walked the High Line, a wonderful, elevated park built on the site of a former NY freight line.

Ground Zero was very busy but peaceful with everyone paying their respects. We walked across the Brooklyn Bridge and also saw a Broadway show. The Frick and Guggenheim museums were closed, but we were able to take in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (how much can you see during a half day visit?) and the Museum of the American Indian.

One of the highlights of our week was attending Choral Evensong at St John the Divine, arguably the world’s largest Anglican cathedral. The same order of service was used as at St Bart’s, so we felt very much at home!

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What’s on at Haslemere Museum Geologist Sir Archibald Geikie Until 1 March, Tue-Sat 10am-4.30pm As part of the Centennial Celebration of the life and works of Geikie, a major exhibition has been created, showcasing objects from the significant Geikie archive in the care of Haslemere Museum, as well as items from the Geikie family’s collection.

Cards for Good Causes and Museum gift shop Until 24 December, Tue-Sat 10am-4.30pm Buy Christmas cards, calendars and more in the Cards for Good Causes sale until 13 December, and also browse the gifts in the Museum shop which is open daily till midday on Christmas Eve. We’re Going on a Bear Hunt!

Friday 6 December, 10.30-11.30am An expedition to find a bear in the Museum and act out the popular story. £2.50 per child + £1.50 per accompanying adult. Book in advance via haslemeremuseum.co.uk/whatson Visit Santa in his Victorian Parlour 19-24 December, various bookable slots

Visit Santa as he takes time out before Christmas to relax in his Victorian Parlour. Children receive a gift. £6. Book in advance via haslemeremuseum.co.uk/whatson Christmas story and decoration making Friday 20 December, 10.30-11.30am Listen to a festive story and make a Christmas decoration to take home. £2.50 per child + £1.50 per accompanying adult. Book in advance via haslemeremuseum.co.uk/whatson

First Steps is the place to be on a Monday morning!

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Early Birds Visit Santa in his Victorian Parlour

Monday 23 December, 9-10.30am Specially for families with a child who has additional needs such as an Autistic Spectrum Condition. Visit Santa as he takes time out before Christmas to relax in his Victorian Parlour. Children receive a gift. £6. Book in advance via haslemeremuseum.co.uk/whatson Terrific Toys Friday 10 January, 10.30-11.30am Have a look at toys from the past and play with replicas of Victorian toys. Listen to a story and make your own simple toy. £2.50 per child + £1.50 per accompanying adult. Book in advance via haslemeremuseum.co.uk/whatson Early years activity (under 5s) The Gingerbread Man Friday 24 January, 1.30-2.30pm Enjoy this timeless story, make a finger puppet and decorate a mini gingerbread man to take home with you. £2.50 per child + £1.50 per accompanying adult.

Book in advance via haslemeremuseum.co.uk/whatson Big Garden Bird Watch Saturday 25 January, 10.30am-1pm A chance for children and adults to have fun together making bird cakes, doing craft activities and discovering the birds in both the Museum grounds and galleries. Free of charge. No need to book in advance.

Winter Trees Tuesday 28 January, 2.30pm

Join Dr June Chatfield to learn how to identify winter twigs, enjoying the scenic beauty of bare trees in winter and how they survive their winter resting period. £3. Book in advance via haslemeremuseum.co.uk/whatson

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Christmas Table

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Godalming Baptist Church Saturday 14th December 10.00am

Traditional Wreath Making Workshop

Come and learn from an experienced Floristry tutor how to make your very own Christmas table arrangement.

3, 7 & 8 December (10.30am & 2pm), booking essential

All materials will be supplied and full instruction will be given in a friendly informal atmosphere. Refreshments will be supplied. You will learn how to make bows, wire cones and attach all manner of materials to your design.

This is sure to be very popular so please book early as for Health & Safety reasons numbers are restricted. Cost £20

The perfect way to add some festive cheer to your home. Start by making your own wreath base from willow, which can be used year after year. Then learn how to finish your wreath using foliage collected from the grounds of Petworth.

Suitable for all skill levels. Includes a hot drink and mince pie. Cost £50

Please telephone/text/ whatsapp Clarissa on 07957569732 or email clarissaharris27@gmail.com to book your place or for more info.

£50 per person. Book through our website or call 0344 249 1895. https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/petworth

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Haslemere’s Cards for Good Causes shop will be popping up again at Haslemere Museum from Thursday October 17th until December 24th. We will be selling Christmas cards, many with a religious theme, on behalf of a very wide range of well over 40 Charities including Cancer Research UK, Mind, The Alzheimer’s Society, Marie Curie, GUTS and SSAFA along with some new charities such as RSPCA and WaterAid. We will also have a range of gift wrap, tags and an extensive selection of gifts.

For further info: https://www.cardsforcharity.co.uk or call Haslemere Museum on 01428 642112.

Grayswood Open Gardens 2025 Save the Date Sunday 1st June 2025 from 10.30 - 5.30 Around one dozen beautiful gardens, from very large to very small, delicious teas in the Village Hall, Classic Car display, and environmental activities for children in All Saints' churchyard.

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BULLYING – IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE

Led by Revd Peter Jackson Saturday 25th January 2025 10 am – 12.30 pm (Coffee available from 9.30 am)

at Godalming Baptist Church, Queen Street, Godalming, Surrey GU7 1BA

What is bullying?

What is the difference between bullying and harassment?

We often associate bullying with children but many adults are bullied.

In what situations does bullying happen?

What are the signs that bullying might be taking place?

What does it feel like to be bullied?

How do we deal with bullying?

Come and join us to look at some of these issues together, and find out ways of combatting bullying whether for our own preservation, or in coming alongside others who are experiencing this intimidating behaviour.

The session will be free of charge, but voluntary donations are invited for The National Bullying Helpline To help with managing numbers please reserve a place, by contacting Sally Pollard email: pollard3@hotmail.co.uk, tel: 01483 428646

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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@haslemereparish.org

If you would like to advertise with us please contact Geoff Martin On 01428 641907 or email: martin_g6@sky.com

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Needs volunteers to staff the office or drive clients to medical and dental appointments.

Mileage allowance paid.

Please call 01428 652505 www.careinhaslemere.org.uk

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Bluebells Cancer Support Centre at Harry Edwards Healing Sanctuary Burrows Lea, Hook Lane, Shere, GU5 9AL 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

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From the Registers Baptisms Ambrose Edward Buzzoni-Webb - 6th October at St Bartholomew’s Orson Thomas Buzzoni-Webb - 6th October at St Bartholomew’s Elspeth Amalia Orihashi-Goulter - 12th October at St Bartholomew’s Funerals Joan Stannard - 14th October at St Bartholomew’s Interments Jamie Crick - 7th October at St Bartholomew’s Frank Hefford - 14th October at St Bartholomew’s Parthenope Ward - 25th October at St Bartholomew’s Weddings Elliot Woodman & Fiona Meynell - 19th October at St Bartholomew’s

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,

COPY DATE For the Feb/Mar issue of the magazine

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Sunday Services 1 Dec

First Sunday of Advent

8.00 Holy Communion | St Christopher’s 10.00 Holy Communion | St Bartholomew’s Sunday Morning Families 6.00 Darkness to Light | St Bartholomew’s

8 Dec Second Sunday of Advent 8.00 Holy Communion | St Bartholomew’s 10.00 Holy Communion | St Christopher’s

15 Dec

5 Jan

Epiphany Sunday

8.00 Holy Communion | St Christopher’s 10.00 Holy Communion | St Bartholomew’s Sunday Morning Families

8.00 Holy Communion | St Bartholomew’s 10.00 Holy Communion |St Christopher’s 6.00 Evensong | St Bartholomew’s

Third Sunday of Epiphany

8.00 Holy Communion | St Christopher’s 10.00 Holy Communion | St Bartholomew’s 11.30 Praying on Sunday | St Christopher’s

Christmas Eve

15.00 & 16.30 Nativity Christingle | St Bartholomew’s 23.30 Midnight Mass| St Bartholomew’s

25 Dec

10.00 Holy Communion | St Bartholomew’s

Fourth Sunday of Advent 19 Jan

8.00 Holy Communion | St Bartholomew’s 10.00 Holy Communion | St Christopher’s

24 Dec

First Sunday of Christmas

Third Sunday of Advent 12 Jan Second Sunday of Epiphany

8.00 Holy Communion | St Christopher’s 10.00 Holy Communion | St Bartholomew’s 16.00 Carol Service| St Christopher’s 18.00 Carol Service | St Bartholomew’s

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29 Dec

Christmas Day

26 Jan

Fourth Sunday of Epiphany

8.00 Holy Communion | St Bartholomew’s 10.00 Holy Communion| St Christopher’s 6.00 Evensong | St Bartholomew’s

9.30 Family Communion |St Bartholomew’s 11.00 Family Communion | St Christopher’s

10am services are live streamed via the Parish Youtube channel.

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