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Friends of Hascombe 50th Anniversary Celebrations

2008-08-30T13:29:00.000-07:00

Sunday, 14th FRIENDS OF HASCOMBE 50th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS. All-day buffet in Hascombe Village Hall between 12.30 p.m and 6.00 p.m. with an exhibition of Friends’ memorabilia.

A Late Summer Night's Dream

2008-08-30T13:17:00.000-07:00

MILLPOND MEDIA LTD
PRESENTS
A LATESUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
William Shakespeare
Directed by Sophie Larsmon
Music composed by Tom Kelly
Tuesday 2nd September to Saturday 6th September
To be staged in the beautiful Jekyll-designed gardens of Westbrook, Westbrook Road Godalming
With kind permission from Mr & Mrs Michael Voisin

Tickets:
Tuesday-Saturday matinee: £25; £15 concessions; £10 under-12s.
Gala Night-Sat 6th Sept: £60 to celebrate the end of the run, and to raise more funds and awareness for the charities. Ticket price includes complimentary pre-show drinks and canapés, the show, and access to the after-show party [jazz band, raffle, pay-bar and more…] Dress code: Black tie
Bring a picnic for the interval

To book tickets, call the box office on 01483 208 421 or email your ticket request to boxoffice@millpondmedia.co.uk

Performance Times:
Tuesday-Friday: Grounds open at 6.30pm; Show starts at 7.15pm
Saturday matinee: Grounds open at 1pm; Show starts at 2pm
Gala Night: Grounds open at 6.30pm; Show starts at 8pm; Carriages at 11.30pm
Proceeds from the production are being split between MIND – the UK’s leading mental health charity – and Meath Home – a specialist centre in Godalming, dedicated to those suffering from epilepsy.
For more information on the show and the charities, please visit www.millpondmedia.co.uk

SONGS OF PRAISE - 6th JULY

2008-06-15T14:57:00.000-07:00

SONGS OF PRAISE
AROUND THE POND
AT
St. PETER’S CHURCH, HASCOMBE
ON
SUNDAY, 6th JULY at 6.00 p.m.
MUSIC PROVIDED BY THE GODALMING TOWN BAND
CONDUCTED BY DAVID WRIGHT
BRING GARDEN CHAIRS TO SIT ON AND
A PICNIC TO HAVE AFTER THE SERVICE
PLEASE PARK ON THE GRASS VERGE
OPPOSITE THE WHITE HORSE
OR IN THE WHITE HORSE CAR PARK
IF WET
THE SERVICE WILL BE HELD IN THE CHURCH

Ninth Hascombe Charity Concert

2008-05-14T02:59:00.000-07:00

JOIN US FOR THE NINTH HASCOMBE CHARITY CONCERT

This is to be played once again by Tapestry, led by the brilliant musician Levine Andrade (one of Yehudi Menuhin’s original 12 proteges), who is well known to each of the previous years’ Hascombe Concert goers. Once again, Levine has attracted leading international players to play for us in Hascombe, providing a concert which will compete with the very best at concert-halls in London.

A CHARITY CONCERT

In aid of
ST PETERS CHURCH GENERAL FUNDS

SATURDAY 26TH JULY 2008 at 7.30pm

at ST PETERS CHURCH, HASCOMBE

Programme:
Haydn – “Quinz und Quartz” Quartet
Mozart – Quartet in D minor KV 421
~Interval~
Schubert – “Death and the Maiden” Quartet

Played by Tapestry:
Alexandra Wood - violin
Fran Andrade - violin
Levine Andrade - viola
Robin Michael - cello

Bring your own PICNIC SUPPER
In the exquisite gardens of Olivers, Church Road, Hascombe
from 6.00pm onwards (weather permitting)
(with kind permission of Susie and Charles Watson)

Dinner can be arranged at The White Horse,
Church Road, Hascombe by pre-arrangement
(Tel: 01483 208258)

Tickets at £25 each (incl General Funds donation of £12.50) from:
Roger and Tammy Wood (Tel: 01483 208559)
Cheques payable to St. Peter’s Church Hascombe
(restricted to 130 tickets)

Festival of Water Weekend

2008-05-14T02:56:00.000-07:00

A traditional floral ‘Well Dressing’ weekend Hascombe

Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 May
The fountain will be florally decorated to celebrate the
free gift of natural water.

Sunday 18 May - Trinity Sunday
10.00am St Peter’s Church Parish Communion and Address about God’s gift of Water

11.15am Procession from the Church & the Blessing of the Waters

2.00pm to 4.00pm Refreshments on the forecourt opposite
the fountain

6.30pm Sung Evensong

Hascombe Fete - Update

2008-04-18T06:44:00.000-07:00

HASCOMBE VILLAGE FETE
Hascombe Fete will be held on Saturday 2nd August.

This year we are pleased to announce that we have decided to adopt Hascombe Children’s Ward at the Royal Surrey as our main benefactor for the fete. We will also be donating money to DisCASS (Disabled Citizens’ Advice & Support Services) as before.
The remainder of the money raised from the 2006 fete (£2000) has been donated to Hascombe Ward to purchase two monitors that allow nursing staff to remotely monitor a child’s condition.

Hascombe Ward has 32 beds or cots covering all specialities. It is a busy general paediatric Ward, offering family-centred care for children from 0-16 years. Hascombe Ward also cares for children with cancer, their care being shared with The Royal Marsden and Great Ormond Street Hospitals. The Ward is always in need of additional funds and I am sure you will agree is a cause well worth supporting.

We are now starting to collect good quality items for the Brick-a-Brack stall, contact Ted Dwyer (01483 208593). We are also recruiting teams for the Tug of War competition. Nearer the date we will be asking villagers for donations for prizes and stalls.
If you would like to become involved, take part in the tug of war or help out on any of the stalls please contact Roy Kelsey on Hascombe 01483 208557

Hascombe Fete - Saturday 2nd August 2008

2008-02-10T13:38:00.000-08:00

HASCOMBE FETE

Please make a note in your diaries! This year’s village fete will be on Saturday 2nd August on the Hascombe village recreation ground. More details will follow in the month’s to come.

Images of Hascombe

2008-02-10T13:29:00.000-08:00

FRIENDS OF HASCOMBE – IMAGES OF HASCOMBE

After the AGM on 12th January the Friends were entertained by Hugh Turrall-Clarke who gave an extremely fascinating and interesting presentation on Images of Hascombe. Hugh included many old photographs of people and places including the a map of Hascombe constructed from the tithe maps of Hascombe, Hambledon and Godalming dating from 1819 to the mid 19th century.

The map showed what we now know as the Street, which was in fact the toll road from ‘Godalming, through Hascombe, to Pains Hill in the County of Surrey’. The bill to build the road was sponsored by local landowners and received the Royal Assent in 1826. Until then there was no road between Godalming and Hascombe, just windswept heath and a steep hill (Winkworth Hill) between the two. The old road ran from the White Horse, along Church Road, past Matthews Place, Upper House Farm and then onto Bramley. The new turnpike road effectively split Hascombe village in two, the old and the new - the little cluster of Bargate houses around St.Peter’s and the new houses of brick built alongside the turnpike. (Ref Mrs. Winifred Ashton’s book, A History of Hascombe – A Surrey Village.)

Miss Frances Musgrave

2008-02-10T13:18:00.000-08:00

MISS FRANCES MUSGRAVE

Miss Frances Musgrave, the daughter of Canon Musgrave, who lived at Oliver’s, reached the age of 100 and a half and received her 100th birthday telegram from the Queen. A memorial garden was created for her next to Oliver’s, before the pond was made, that is why, two seats face the church and not the view of the pond.
She kept a record book of the ‘Names of those buried in Hascombe Church Yard’ that goes back to 1670. There are names from past history; Coverts, Rowcliffe, Godman, Stilwell, Oliver and information as to trades;
Gardener, shepherd, keeper, butler, blacksmith, mole catcher, chauffeur. How some died is recorded ‘accidentally shot in harvest field’, ‘drowned’, ‘kicked by horse’, fell off hay wagon’, ‘fell down belfry steps’.
In 1893 new ground was added to the churchyard on the west. There’s mention of a memorial stone being smashed by a falling elm tree during a gale in January 1930.
In 1941 the body of Erich Schlect, a German airman, was buried in the new churchyard, but removed after the War. Phyllis Reed still recalls the frightening moment of discovering the body on her postal round to the Nore.
This book is now part of the Hascombe Archives, it stops in 1964 but family names of those still living in the Village bring back memories: Briggs, Stenning, Hawkins, Porter and Pearl.
May all Rest in Peace. T.H.B.

Roger ter Haar's first Eucharist

2008-01-27T04:07:00.001-08:00

Pew Slip for December 2,2007

ADVENT
The theme of readings and teachings during advent is often to prepare for the Second Coming while commemorating the First Coming of Christ at Christmas. With the view of directing the thoughts of Christians to the first coming of Jesus Christ as Saviour, and to his second coming as Judge, special lessons are prescribed for each of the four Sundays in Advent.

Advent in the Christian sense refers to the four weeks before Christmas. The four Sundays of Advent are often traditionally celebrated with four candles with one to be lit each Sunday. Each candle has a specific meaning associated with different aspects of the Advent story. The first one almost always symbolizes expectant hope and is sometimes associated with prophecy. The others are organized around characters or themes as a way to unfold the story and direct attention to the celebrations and worship in the season, such as Peace, Love or Joy. The third (and sometimes fourth) is generally symbolic of Joy at the imminence of the coming of Christ. A fifth, white or gold, candle -- called a "Christ Candle" -- is often lit in the centre on Christmas Eve and/or Christmas Day to signify Christ's birth.
For Catholics and Protestants alike, the colour of the first, second and fourth candles are purple (or blue), but the third is often rose-coloured, to joyfully represent Gaudete Sunday with a less sombre liturgy. A few non-liturgical Christians, for whom different coloured candles are unavailable, use red candles for all four Sundays.
EVELYN VASS’S KASHMIR CHUTNEY
Trish is again making Kashmir Chutney,. Get your order in soon so that it will be ready in time for Christmas, either to eat with the cold turkey, or to give as extra presents to friends. The cost is £1.50 for a standard sized jar with the proceeds going to the Church. Call her on 208396. And, there is also a limited supply of quince jelly, also at £1.50 a jar. Delicious with game and also on hot buttered scones!

Welcome to St. Peter’s. We hope you will come again.
The Priest-in-Charge isCanon Paul Jenkins01483 200207
The Assistant Priest isReverend Roger ter Haar07771 608456
The Reader is Sue Evans01483 208405
The Churchwardens are:
Trish Fleetwood — 01483 208396
Anne Eve — 01483 208497
The PCC Secretary is:
Sandy Crowther — 01483 208329
The Parish Administrator is:
Beverley Weddell — 01483 201019

Giving to the Work of the Church
By using (and completing) one of our gift envelopes, the value of your contribution is increased by 28p for every £1 given (if you are a standard rate tax payer). The parish is dependent, solely on the offerings of the congregation for its day-to-day running. If you would like to know details of how to give regularly, please speak to the Treasurer, Charles Orange (208303).
Pew Slip – we like to keep the Pew Slip as up to date and informative as possible. Please let Colin Swait (01483 425380) know by the middle of the week (or in his absence, Trish Fleetwood) if there are any items you would like to be included.
News? Views? Problems?
Support your Parish Magazine.
Give your contributions to Ted or Dinah,at 1 Mare Lane, by the 15th of the month.
Subscriptions to Roe Orange — 208303.

Please take this home with you
ST. PETER’S, HASCOMBE
Sunday, 2nd December, 2007
The First Sunday in Advent
10.00 a.m. Parish Communion
Reverend Roger ter Haar officiating
5.00 p.m. Christingle Service at Dunsfold
The Collect
Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness and to put on the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great humility; that on the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal;through him who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,one God, now and for ever. Amen

Readings
Old Testament: Jeremiah 23:1-6
Gospel: Luke 23: 33-43
Hymns

182 Hark a herald voice is calling454 Soldiers of Christ arise296 Lo he comes with clouds descending28 And now o Father, mindful of the love 325 Mine eyes have seen the glory

We pray for those who are ill and those who care for them
Malcolm Airey, Lawrie Austin, Sandra Davis Nic Fiddian-Green, Pru and John Greig, Pat Hislop, Robert, Jake Smith, Gladys Turner, Wendy, Sarah & Harry, Richard Beacham and any others known to us.
We remember those whose anniversaries of their death occurduring this coming week.
Albert Berry, Kate Hopkins, Charles Giles, Annie Goddard, Arthur Brumham, Marcus Girling, Edward Hyde, Herbert Sqe, Arthur Theodosis, Edith Wallis, Arthur Coote, William Dyer & Geraldine Snowden-Smith.

May all those who still miss them be comforted and strengthened by the Peace of God.
Services for December

9th December The Second Sunday of Advent
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion
10.00 a.m. Family Service
16th December The Third Sunday of Advent
10.00 a.m. Parish Communion
6.00 p.m. Carol Service
23rd December The Fourth Sunday of Advent
10.00 a.m. Crib Service
24th December Christmas Eve
11.30 p.m. Midnight Mass
25th December Christmas Day
10.00 p.m. Parish Communion
30th December The First Sunday of Christmas
10.00 p.m. Joint Parish Communion
Evening Prayer is said on Mondays to Saturdays at 4.30 p.m.
FISHERFOLK
St. Peter’s Sunday Clubat 9.45 a.m.
9th December “Travelling to Bethlehem with the Shepherds and the Wise Men”
A Christingle is a symbolic object used in advent services in churches of many Christian denominations. It has its origins in the Moravian Church , with the first recorded use, in Germany, in 1747.
This is the story of the first Christingle:
One Christmas time back in 1747 at a town in Germany, Pastor John sat at home in front of his fire. He was thinking how he could explain the love of Jesus, and what Christmas really meant to the children in the church. He decided to prepare a simple symbol to help make the message of Christmas fresh and lively for them. Pastor John gave each child a lighted candle wrapped in a red ribbon, with a prayer that said "Lord Jesus, kindle a flame in these dear children's hearts". This was the first ever Christingle service.
Many years later, in 1968, Christingle services were introduced to the Anglican Church in Britain by John Pensom of The Children's Society, and the custom spread quickly; each year there are more and more Christingle services in England and Wales, although today's Christingles are a little different.
The Christingle consists of:
an orange representing the world with
a red ribbon around it representing the blood of Jesus
fruits and sweets (usually dolly mixtures) are skewered on 4 cocktail sticks which are pushed into the orange representing the fruits of the earth and the four seasons
and a lighted candle is pushed into the centre of the orange representing Christ, the light of the world
THE ONSLOW SINGERS
CONCERT
in
St. PETER’S CHURCH
on
WEDNESDAY, 5th DECEMBER
at
7.30 p.m.
WINE AND NIBBLES
Retiring Collection for a Guildford Charity for the Homeless
Do come and support the Onslow Singers Conductor: David Jopson

Miss Daisey Coote 1892-1978

2008-01-27T04:05:00.001-08:00

The overgrown Memorial Garden, next to Oliver’s by the pond, has now been cleared and three ornamental trees have been planted as a significant feature. The birdbath, with its plaque dedicated to Miss Daisy Coote, remains in place and is now clearly visible.
The birdbath is a very fitting Memorial to Miss Coote, a much-loved village schoolteacher and dedicated animal lover. She lived almost opposite the school at Nuthurst, the first of three cottages, once Almshouses but now one house, Church Cottage.
A 1968 newspaper cutting tells how an RSPCA official brought two young house martins, which had fallen from their nest, to her knowing she had successfully reared young thrushes. After a month’s care they were on the verge of flying. Other animals in her household were a pet goose, two common ducks, a muscovy duck, four hens, three guinea pigs, a tortoise, three dogs and three cats.
Miss Coote taught at the School from 1917-1957 and was churchwarden and PCC secretary. Many friends and old pupils subscribed to her memorial. The clearance has made it possible for the garden to be regularly maintained at the same time as the Pond's and its surroundings is being attended to.
Our thanks to the Friends of Hascombe who paid for the restoration work.

Pond Service at Hascombe - 8 July 2007 - 6.00 pm

2007-06-24T07:47:00.000-07:00

PRESS RELEASE

It must be approaching 25 years since we held our first “Pond Service” at Hascombe, says Colin Swait who came up with the idea originally and invited Godalming Town Band to play. We always say “if wet, the service will be in Church” but I can only think of two or three times when that has happened. This year the service starts at 6.00 pm on Sunday the 8th July and we hope it will be packed out. Godalming Band will be playing as usual and lots of people bring picnics or pop in to the White Horse for supper afterwards. We look forward to seeing you all and whilst there do visit the outstanding highly decorated Church of St Peter.