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Sharing the Love of Christ, the Light of the World, with the people of Ewell

The monthly newspaper of St Mary the Virgin Ewell

EWELLPARISH

NEWSNo.488 60pSeptember 2013

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CONTENTSThe Vicar Writes................ 2 & 3Living with the Mystics...............3How a Community Flowers........4

Suggested prayers................... 5

Ten Hands on Three Pianos..... 6Church Collections & Draughts. 6God is Love. Ho! Ho!.................7A Re-union.................................7

From the Parish Records...........7The Parish Day..........................8Children’s Pages...............9 & 10Calendar for September..........12

EWELL HAVE FUN ATST MARY'S!

Saturday 28 SeptemberFrom 10.30am to 6.30pm

Workshops, Activities& Café

Everyone welcome - of any age!All your choice! Dip in and dip out!

Café-style refreshments all day !Soup lunch !

At 5.30pm enjoy a Fish & Chip Supperor vegetarian option

See page 8 for more information

September 2013 Ewell Parish News

The Vicar writes

Website: www.stmarysewell.com

CLERGYVicar: The Reverend Russell Dewhurst MPhys BTh LLM 020 8393 1297; Email: [email protected] Priest: The Reverend Sue Ayling 020 8337 6347; Email: [email protected] Assistant Priest: The Reverend Dr Patrick MillerMA PhD

READERMrs Wendy Varney 020 8393 5212

CHURCHWARDENSMr Malcolm Lawther 020 8224 6693Mrs Margaret Humphries 020 8393 6067Visiting Co-ordinatorMrs Wendy Paxman 0208 224 2851

SUNDAY AT ST MARY'S0800 HOLY COMMUNION

0930 SUNG EUCHARISTThe Wayfarers and the Sunday School meet in conjunction with thisservice.There is coffee in the church hall between the 9.30 and 11 o’clock serviceson Sunday mornings, to which all are welcome, and especially newcomersand visitors.

1100 SERVICE varies by Sunday in the month

The usual pattern is our all-age Praise@11 on the first Sunday; ChoralMattins on the second Sunday; Toddle Up, a short and very informalservice for toddlers and their families on the third Sunday; and MorningPrayer with Holy Baptism on the fourth Sunday. The pattern changes onspecial occasions: see the calendar on the back page for details of thismonth.

1730 Once a month CHORAL EVENSONG

Just like a cathedral Evensong in our own parish church. See the calendaron the back page for details.

Occasionally there are variations from this pattern; details are given in thispaper, on the Notice Board or on the Weekly Notes available on Sundays.

ON WEEKDAYSMorning prayer is usually said at 9 am Mondays-Thursdays, in church.See the Weekly notes or phone ahead to make sure. The Eucharist iscelebrated on Tuesdays at 10 am, in the Parish Room (entry through thedoor on the Church Street side of the Church).

THE PARISH OFFICEAdministrator:Mrs Lynne Yuille 020 8393 2643 (Office)Office email: [email protected]

St Mary’s Church is in London Road, Ewell, and the Parish Office is inthe Sacristy on the south side of the church.

The Office hours are normally 9.30-12.00 Mon, Tues, Wed and Fri, butplease check before visiting as appointments are usually needed.

The postal address is:

St Mary’s Ewell Parish Church, London Rd, Ewell, Surrey, KT17 2AY.

Fame at last! A book has been dedicated to me. AndrewDavison has written a book entitled "Why Sacraments?",published by SPCK, and has dedicated it to the members ofhis cell group, of whom I am one. Underneath the dedicationhe has written, "cella tua docebit te universa", that is, "yourcell will teach you everything."

We formed our cell group when the seven of us werestudying theology and preparing for priestly ministry atWestcott House in Cambridge. Our college principal wasvery keen on the idea of cell groups which would (it washoped) last throughout our ministry. The seven of us meettwice a year to give one another support, to discuss ourministry, to share ideas, to study together, and to eat somevery good dinners. It is very helpful indeed to meet year inyear out, as we know each other so well and can give a widerperspective on one another's ministry.

The tag line in Fr Andrew's dedication, "cella tua docebitte universa", is in fact something of a pun. What St Moses theBlack, the fourth century Ethiopian desert father, originallymeant by those words was that a brother's monastic cellwould 'teach him everything'– that is, his room. Abba Moseswas suggesting that a monk who wanted to advance on hispath should spend more time, not in the business of theworld, but in the quietness of his cell. For those of us who arenot monks, we can perhaps take his advice as encouragementto find moments of peace and quiet (however long or short!)that we can dedicate to prayer, bible study, and reflection.

Both these types of 'cell', it seems to me, are essential forthe Christian life. None of us can well do without the honestyof critical friends or the chance to encounter God in silenceand in prayer. And if I were to add a third essential strand, Iwould add the topic of Andrew's book itself, the sacraments.For while we can encounter God in one another and inprayer, our Lord has given the church seven particular giftswhereby we can meet him. The sacraments (baptism, theEucharist, confirmation, ordination, marriage, anointing, andconfession) are the bedrock of my own Christian discipleshipand my own ministry. I am eagerly awaiting the chance toread the book, not just because my name appears on page v,but because I know I will gain a great deal from it.

There will be an adult confirmation group at St Mary’s inthe autumn: a chance to consider confirmation and to learnmore about the Christian faith in a short series of small,relaxed weekly discussion groups. The confirmation servicewill be at Guildford Cathedral on Sunday 3 November at6pm. Please get in touch as soon as possible if you'd like tofind out more– I'm very happy to answer any questions.

Every Sunday in September, our Sunday worship beginswith the quiet and reflective service of Holy Communion at8am. The 9:30am Sung Eucharist is basically the same serv-ice, but enriched with music and followed by coffee in thechurch hall.

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September, our all-age service "Praise@11", returns after the summer break, and we will bethinking about "Talking to God", that is to say, prayer. This service is enjoyed by adults andchildren alike, with activities, songs, and a talk suitable for all ages.

Sunday 8 September is the date of our patronal festival, the Birth of the Blessed VirginMary to whom our church is dedicated. At 11am, we are holding an extra service of MorningPrayer with Holy Baptism, sung by the parish choir. We usually stick to one big baptismservice a month, but as numbers requesting baptism are booming, this month we needed tofind a slot for a one-off bonus baptism. Our patronal festival week concludes on 14 Septemberwith our annual Patronal Festival Organ Recital, with our Director of Music Jonathan Holmesplaying our great Father Willis organ.

On Sunday 15 September, the new term begins for "Toddle Up!" This service especiallyfor toddlers and their families is proving very popular, lasts around twenty minutes of veryinformal songs and stories, and is followed by refreshments in church. On Sunday 22September the 11am service is our regular Morning Prayer with Holy Baptism sung by StMary's Singers.

We are trying a new venture on Saturday 28 September– our parish day, called "Ewell havefun in St Mary's". Full details are included elsewhere in these pages, but everyone is sure tofind something of interest on the day so I urge everyone to drop in and take part.

Sunday 29 September is Michaelmas Day, so we will be singing some of the great 'angelic'hymns in church. All three services, 8am, 9:30am, and 11am will be services of HolyCommunion, and during the sermon slots I will be updating the whole congregation on theprogress of our church's Vision.

We hope to return to a regular monthly 5.30pm Choral Evensong during September, butthe dates have not been finalised at the time of going to press. Keep an eye on our websitewww.stmarysewell.com or the noticeboards outside church, or contact the Parish Office forthe latest information.Your friend and Parish PriestRussell Dewhurst

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A series of meetings to be held at

St Nicolas' Church, Guildford.� A quarterly day focussing on a differ-

ent mystic each time� Open to all - study of the mystic be-

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We start with Daniel O'Leary as our chosenmystic for this first meeting on 21 September2013.

Daniel's current project is about the recoveryof the 'sacramental imagination' in all ourspiritual endeavours. This understanding ofGod springs from a theology of nature andgrace which transforms our understanding ofthe Incarnation. Our 'hidden self' emerges andwe begin to experience in the here and now,the promised 'abundant life'.More can be discovered on his web site:www.djoleary.comFor more information on the meeting see ourwebsite:www.stnicolasguildford.org.uk/DiscussionandPrayerGroups.htmlor call Ray or Vicky Lamb on 01483 571469


Planning for the Epsom Mayday Flower Club 55th Anni-versary Charity Flower Festival began back in the autumn of2011. It would be a marvellous way to combine the club'scelebrations, raise money for the Chairman's chosen charity(Parkinson's UK, Kingston, Sutton & Epsom Branch) andinvolve the club in the local community. We were delightedthat Russell was also very keen on the idea of opening up thechurch to the local community. For the next 12 months ourmain objective was to fundraise on order to cover the cost ofthe flowers, the publicity material, the venue, the programmesand committee expenses. We were thrilled when this waskick-started by our local Councillor, David Wood, who donat-ed £500. Club members held various activities to raise money- film afternoons, bridge drives, Ritz style teas and quiz nightsetc. Local businesses were also approached. Mayday mem-bers were also encouraged to make donations or to sponsortheir arrangements in memory of a loved one. All profit madeby the festival would be split between St. Mary's Church andParkinson's UK.

The design Team, led by club chairman, Hazel McGregor,made several visits to the church to decide where would be theappropriate locations for all the arrangements. It was hopedthat as many of Mayday's 130+ members as possible whowould like to be involved with arranging could do so. Foronce their work was not going to be 'judged' as is usual in ourmonthly competitions, but would be admired by the manyvisitors to St. Mary's, so there were fewer restrictions on whatthey could do. They would be able to unleash their imagina-tion! Of course Russell was consulted in the siting of theplacements and his wishes respectfully observed.

Emerald Glory! was chosen as the title of the festival. Thedesign team decided on a selection of titles for arrangementsaround the church, groupings such as 'Emerald Glory!' for theentrance, 'Minerals' for the Side Chapel area, 'Light & Air' forthe High Altar and 'Earthly Riches' for the South side. Arrang-ers were allocated individual titles and positions according totheir expertise and experience ranging from beginners toadvanced. There were to be 42 different areas of designsinvolving 55 arrangers! Following an initial visit to the churchin January 2013, arrangers were given 2 months to submittheir suggested designs for approval so that the huge task ofcollating the flower order could begin. The flowers were to beprovided by Simon Smith, a local wholesaler on the Kiln Laneestate at a competitive price and time was needed to checkwhether all the flowers that our ladies wished to use wereavailable at this time of year, bearing in mind the late springand possible cost implications.

With two weeks to go, flyers & posters had been put up anddistributed, programmes printed, the Thanksgiving Servicehad been planned and VIP's had been invited and the anniver-sary cake had been made! Mayday members had offered tohelp with stewarding in the church and serving refreshmentsin the church hall over the weekend.

On the morning of Thursday 2nd May the flowers weredelivered to the church. A team of a dozen ladies workedthroughout the day conditioning the flowers and splittingthem into different buckets to be labelled for each arranger.A wonderful aroma began to spread through the Parish Room

and the air of anticipation amongst the helpers escalated as thescale of the event became apparent. Donations of greeneryfrom members' gardens were also positioned in the church forall the arrangers to help themselves.

The staging took place on the Friday with staggered arrivaltimes to reduce congestion outside on the road but also insidethe church. The jovial and friendly atmosphere continued allday, helped by a fair amount of adrenaline too! At about 7pmthere was the most wonderful early evening light streamingthrough the west door and nearby windows that gave the mostwarm and ethereal effect - some of us just had to be still andadmire the serenity of the scene. By 8pm the work wasfinished, the arrangements numbered, the sweeping up doneand the exhibits that were to be put outside in the morningwere ready by the door.

The next morning the committee and a few husbands ar-rived early to put the finishing touches to the entrance of thechurch. The lych gate arrangement was fixed up, the welcomepots and spirals lined the path and our home-made buntingwas put along the wall and the entrance to the church hall.Some plain chanting music was playing, the coffee was onand the cakes were flooding in!

Stewards wearing green pashminas took it in turns through-out the weekend to welcome visitors to the church and werebusy explaining the names of flowers, the interpretations ofsome of the designs and the purpose of the Flower Festivalitself. The Memory Tree in aid of Parkinson's attracted muchattention as did all the exhibits. The combination of bothtraditional and contemporary styles of flower arranging onview meant that there was something for everyone to admire,whatever their taste. Whilst the theme of the festival wasbased on green and white, arrangers were allowed to intro-duce at least one other colour to their designs which producedan overall effect of splendid colour, with a diversity of flow-ers of both garden and tropical appearance. Excellent refresh-ments were served over the road in the Church Hall andpeople came and went throughout the weekend, some return-ing twice with different friends or family members to sharethis wonderful occasion. We estimate at least 650 attendedover the three days!

We were delighted to welcome the Mayor of Epsom &Ewell, Wendy Davis- the National Chairman of NAFAS andrepresentatives from Parkinson's UK to the festival on theSaturday who all joined us for an uplifting ThanksgivingService early that evening, followed by a Reception in theChurch Hall when we toasted the club and cut the anniversarycake.

Visitors were still coming through the doors at 2pm on theMonday afternoon when we started to break down some ofthe arrangements. Due to the even temperature in the churchthroughout the weekend and the diligent watering of ourmembers, most of the arrangements remained in very goodcondition and we were pleased to be able to leave many ofthem in situ for the church and congregation to enjoy foranother whole week. Others were donated to local homes forthe elderly or The Children's Trust in Tadworth.

We were sad to finally leave St. Mary's. The whole eventhad exceeded our expectations in many ways - the beauty and

HOW A COMMUNITY FLOWERS

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Help us with the grace of courage, that we benone of us cast down when we sit lamenting amidthe ruins of our happiness or our integrity: touchus with fire from the altar, that we may be upand doing to rebuild our city.

O God, who givest wisdom and courage to thosewho dare, bless us in our life in this world.Whether we grow stale or tired, whether we growfaint or weary, do Thou refresh us with Thypresence, sending us on with the light of Thyhope in our eyes, and the power of Thy love inour hearts.

Give me my scallop shell of quiet,My staff of faith to walk upon,My scrip of joy, immortal diet,My bottle of salvation,My gown of glory, hope's true gage,And then I'll make my pilgrimage.

O most merciful Redeemer, Friend andBrother,May I see thee more clearly,Love thee more dearly,And follow thee more nearlyDay by day.

O Lord, who, when thine hour was near, didst gowithout fear among those who sought thy life;give us such boldness to confess thee before men,and such readiness to bear thy cross, that hereaf-ter thou mayest confess us before thy Fatherwhich is in heaven.

May the strength of God pilot us.May the power of God preserve us.May the wisdom of God instruct us.May the hand of God protect us.May the way of God direct us.May the shield of God defend us.

O God who hast prepared for them that loveThee such good things as pass man's understand-ing: Pour into our hearts such love toward Thee,that we loving Thee above all things, may obtainthy promises which exceed all that we can desire;through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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TEN HANDS ONTHREE PIANOS

Saturday 29 June, 2013This pleasant evening, 51 people attended another success-

ful concert in the on-going series at St. Mary's church. Thetitle is an inflationary reference to a similar concert held lastyear which was billed as Eight Hands on Three Pianos.

It was well said at the outset by one of the pianists, SimonGregory, that a certain amount of choreography is involvedwhen five individuals attempt to share three pianos. Thatthere was no visible disagreement among them was a sign ofthe relaxed atmosphere redolent of summer. As well asSimon, Jonathan and Sarah Holmes and Richard Harker arefamiliar to audiences at St. Mary's; the quintet was completedby Nick House, a new member of the musical staff at Eman-uel School.

Once again, we had Arthur Mathews to thank for lendingus his projector and large screen; the screen could be quar-tered or adjusted to single-view at will. Once again, too,Arthur provided superb refreshments at the interval.

After some warm words of welcome by Russell, music byJ.S. Bach began the concert. First, the opening Allegro of theThird Brandenburg Concerto played on two pianos. As canreadily be imagined, they produced an impressively full,quasi-orchestral sound which alternated with a more cham-ber-like quality in the concertante sections. Then came moreBach: a gentle Sicilienne originally for flute now transcribedfor three pianos. A little-known fact is that Gustav Holstwrote The Planets Suite for piano duet and only later onarranged it for orchestra. The three movements selectedsounded very vivid indeed: Mars, then Venus, much moregentle, and finally Jupiter with its well-known tunes. Muchindeed is known about The Planets; by contrast, nothing isknown about the next piece in the programme other than thatit is a Sonatina in C major for piano duet and was composedby Carl Maria von Weber. Very different is Maurice Ravel'sMother Goose Suite which he originally wrote for piano duet.Two movements, Tom Thumb and The Little Ugly Girl,ended the first half.

The imperative Fate motif in Beethoven's Fifth Symphonysummoned the audience back to its seats after interval re-freshments; unusually we heard this music arranged for sixhands. The death last Christmas of Richard Rodney Bennettwas a sad loss to British musical life. He was a popularcomposer of immense talent, who wrote film scores as wellas jazz. His Four Piece Suite for two pianos is in jazz style:Samba triste, Country Blues, Ragtime Waltz and Finale.Percy Grainger was represented by three pieces: Handel inthe Strand (itself recently heard at St. Mary's in organ ar-rangement), Molly on the Shore and Country Gardens. Muchbetter known as an orchestral tour-de-force, yet equally vividwhen played by four pianists, is Saint-Saens' Danse Macabre.Finally, all five plus percussion joined together for the Mam-bo theme from Bernstein's West Side Story.

The evening proved a success financially too, with ticketsales totalling some £440.

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CHURCH COLLECTIONSAND DRAUGHTS

At one time collections were taken at the door of thechurch, rather than by passing round a bag, and this led to thefollowing entry in the Parish Newsletter on 9 January 1870:

'The Churchwardens and other Gentlemen who have kind-ly aided in collecting of Alms at the doors of our Church havefound the cold from the current of air so very trying to health,that it is deemed advisable to have the Collections taken fromPew to Pew inside the Church.

This is not a new way, but has existed as a custom in manyparishes for years back, and is now being very generallyresumed in this neighbourhood. Should, however, the Con-gregation generally disapprove of the change after a trial, thepresent plan can be returned to at the end of the winterseason. It is hoped that the Congregation, and the Poorespecially, will not feel any more pressure put upon them togive, unless freely disposed thereto, by the change. At thesame time it is gratifying to state that, after some years'experience of Congregational gatherings, enough is nowobtained by the liberality of the worshippers to supply fourlocal charities, the funds of which were formerly gathered bythe collector and his book, and necessarily confined to alimited circle.This opportunity is taken of impressing upon the Poor gen-erally that a penny from them is as acceptable to Him, who'sat over against the treasury and beheld how the peoplecast money into it.' as the pound from their richer brethren.Further, that in coming to the Lord's Supper not even thispenny is required, but all may approach with penitent andbelieving hearts, without money and without price.'

Charles Abdy

diversity of the displays and arrange-ments, the help and welcome of the

Vicar and the church community, the support and interestshown by the Ewell Village and flower arranging communi-ties, the wonderful sum raised for both St. Mary's and Parkin-son's UK and our pride in the fabulous members of MaydayFlower Club to pull together and put on a great show.

Lucy Morrell

Continued from p.4

The next recital is on Saturday 14 September


GOD IS LOVE - HO! HO!God is love. Which immediately means that we can never

understand love. And that's not a position we like to be in,though it earns a good living for writers of romantic novels.

Imagine a library from which every book with "a loveinterest" has been removed. A pretty bare place.

Life without love is a pretty bare place.Of course love doesn't pay the bills, even if it lights up

everything else. It is in that way the only currency we have inwhich to pay for our sojourn on earth.

And how do we do that?We do it for others. Live for others. Light up others. Love

is always outgoing, always putting others before ourselves. Ithas its own vitality. Like God.

It is bigger than us and takes us along with it. Often weresist it so frightened are we of its overwhelming power,frightened of giving away our very selves.

Which is exactly what God has done for us. Given Himselfaway. (No words can encompass Crucifixion, Redemption,Resurrection, so let's not try.)

It is in this giving away of ourselves that we experience lifeat its fullest. An existence that has beenpretty bare (however neatly organised)bursts out in bubbles of joy. Ho! Ho!And thus we pay our bill.

A RE-UNION

Unexpectedly the Coffee Morning coach to Poole or-ganised by Joan Boulden brought back a very happy "re-union".

In 1937 I had the privilege to attend the fifth WorldJamboree of Scouts in Holland. There were thousands andthousands of Scouts from every country except Germany andRussia.

An extract from Ron Johnson's "log book" reads"In the centre of the camp site was a large arena and after

3 hours while Scouts of every nation were marching past, itwas our turn. We marched in sixteens. I was second in myline and so had a good view of the Chief Scout, Lord Baden-Powell and Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands."

On the seafront at Poole, there is a life size statue ofBaden-Powell in bronze, looking seaward to Brownsea Is-land where he had his camp for a mixture of boys to teachthem woodcrafts and self confidence. This in 1907 is regard-ed to be the beginning of "Scouting".

Now I was able once more to be near him and renew our"acquaintance".

Ron Johnson

HOLY BAPTISMWe welcome you into the Lord's family

28 July Sienna Rose Palmer-Brown Oscar Robert Parsons Jacob Ronald Victor Porter Oscar Terry Stephens Harrison James Tilt

HOLY MATRIMONYAn honourable estate, instituted of God

(BCP Marriage rite)

2 August Christian Louis Tonna and Michelle Lesley Cooke 3 August Daniel John Barber and Jessica Margaret Brown Nicholas Mark Jablonowski and Monica-Jane Lombardelli

FUNERALSI will come again and take you to myself

(St. John 14:3)

23 July Brian Ernest Cowley, aged 76 25 July Audrey Joan Scanlon, aged 89 29 July Margaret Elaine Fawcett, aged 91 30 July Jean Noreen Henton, aged 82 2 August Marjorie Elsie Godfrey, aged 91

FROM THE PARISHREGISTERS


Have you ever wondered about the interest-ing Headstones in St Mary's Churchyard andhow they reflect the history of Ewell? Orthought that you would like to hear Russell,the Vicar, talk about history of art? Or wantedto experience sacred dance? Or might yourchoice be to have some fun cooking, or towatch videos, or to listen to a story? Or simplyto come and enjoy a coffee or a bread andsoup lunch with a friend?

If so, you will have the opportunity to do soat St Mary’s on 28 September between10.30am and 5.30pm, when all these activi-ties, and others will be available free ofcharge. It's all your own choice. You can dip

in and dip out. Parents will need to registertheir children, which can be done on the day.

The day will end with a fish and chip supperat 5.30pm at a cost of £4.75 (for a small codand chips). If you'd like to order the fish andchips, or a vegetarian alternative, please ringor e-mail the Parish Office (020 8393 2643 [email protected]) or sign thelist at the back of church or on the churchwebsite (www.stmarysewell.com)

Payment will be required a week before-hand, either to the Parish Office or in church(to Wendy Varney or Sue Ayling) or via thewebsite. We very much look forward to seeingyou sometime during the day.

EWELL HAVE FUN AT ST MARY'S!Saturday 28 September 10.30am to 6.30pm

Workshops, Activities & Café

Choose what you want to do and when

10.30-11.00am Storytime (Parish Room)10.30-11.00am Headstones of interest (Churchyard)11.00-12.00am Cooking fun (Hall)11.15-12.15pm Video stuff (Parish Room)11.30-12.30pm Sacred dance (Church)1:30-2.15pm History of art (Parish Room)2:00-3.00pm Cooking fun (Hall)2.30-4.30pm Video stuff (Parish Room)2.30-3.00pm Headstones of interest (Churchyard)5.00-5.30pm Celebration! (Church)5.30-6.30pm Fish and chip supper (Hall)

All through the day

· Café-style refreshments

(Hall)

· Prayer Tent

(Outside the front of church)

· Pray with icons or light a candle(Church)

· Enjoy creation (Prayer walk)

Lunch available 12.30-1.30pm s

A fish and chip supper will be served at 5.30pm


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S 1 TRINITY 14 0800 Holy Communion 0930 Sung Eucharist 1100 Praise@11

M 2 2000 Meeting of Social CommitteeT 3 1000 Holy Communion (said) in the Parish RoomS 8 BIRTH OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 0800 Holy Communion 0930 Procession and Sung Eucharist 1100 Morning Prayer and Holy Baptism

M 9 0930-1230 Holy Communion to the housebound and to The Elders 1430 Meeting of Outreach CommitteeT 10 1000 Holy Communion (said) in the Parish Room 2000 Meeting of the Finance CommitteeS 14 1930 Patronal Festival Recital by Jonathan HolmesS 15 TRINITY 16 0800 Holy Communion 0930 Sung Eucharist 1100 Toddle Up! 1200-1600 Church Open as part of Heritage weekendT 17 1000 Holy Communion (said) in the Parish Room

S 22 TRINITY 17 0800 Holy Communion 0930 Sung Eucharist 1100 Morning Prayer and Holy Baptism

T 24 1000 Holy Communion (said) in the Parish Room 1930 Meeting of the Estates CommitteeS 28 1030-1830 Parish DayS 29 MICHAELMAS DAY 0800 Holy Communion 0930 Sung Eucharist 1100 Holy Communion 1115 Holy Communion to Priory CourtM 30 2000 Meeting of Children's Support Group

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