July 2013 - St Johns Hurst Green

HURST GREEN NEWS
July 2013
Published on 6 July
www.stjohnshurstgreen.org.uk
Neighbours
St John’s Centenary Service
On Sunday 14 July at 10am the whole
year of Centenary celebrations culminates
in a special Centenary Parish Eucharist
when the Bishop of Southwark will preside.
A note, dropped through my letterbox by a
neighbour got me thinking - how well do I know
my neighbours? To my shame, I have to admit,
that I know some of my neighbours but not all.
The popular, Australian TV soap, coincidently
entitled ‘Neighbours’, has the lyrics: Neighbours,
everybody needs good neighbours. With a little
understanding you can find the perfect blend.
Neighbours should be there for one another;
that’s when good neighbours become good
friends.
Our year of celebrations began with the
Flower Festival in July.
Other events
followed: the history of St John’s evening,
with film and slides and supper, an
Edwardian Music Hall, the Candlemas
Dinner, A Hundred Years in Hurst Green
weekend, a Treasure Hunt and Picnic and
a Quiz Night have all kept the party going.
Jesus was once asked the question, ‘who is my
neighbour?’ In reply he told a story which has
commonly become known as the Good Samaritan. Central to all the celebrations of course is the presence of our own church,
A man was travelling
from
Jerusalem
to
Jericho, when a gang of
thieves attacked him,
beat him and stole all his
possessions, leaving him
for dead at the side of
the road.
A priest
walked past the injured
man but although he
saw him didn’t stop
because he didn’t want
to get involved. Likewise a churchgoer walked
past the dying man but didn’t stop. Finally,
someone from another country walked past, saw
the man lying on the pavement and stopped.
helping to maintain the Christian faith in Hurst Green. Its essential
message, that we should love God and love our neighbour as ourselves,
has been preached in the village for well over 1,000 years, when St. Mary’s
was our Parish Church. By 1912 the population of Hurst Green had grown
big enough to need its own church. In those days nearly everyone was a
churchgoer; a hundred years later the number of regular worshippers is far
fewer, but many more people turn to the church in times of crisis, and for
life’s great events. The church is the Parish Church, it is there to serve
everyone who lives in the village, whether or not they go to church. It
remains at the heart of the community.
The foreigner felt sorry for the bleeding man so
he bandaged his wounds and took him to an inn
to be taken care of. The foreigner paid all the
man’s expenses until he was well again. Jesus
finished the story by saying, ‘which of these three
was a neighbour to the man who was attacked?’
The answer of course is the person from a
different country who felt sympathy and
compassion for the man.
100 years later, on 14 July, the Bishop of Southwark will again be coming
to St John’s. It promises to be a wonderful service, so do come and join in
with our crowning celebration. There is no tea on the lawn this time but
there will be refreshments afterwards.
So who are our neighbours? Our neighbour might
be the person we live next door to but she might
equally be the person who shows us an act of
kindness today. He might be the person who
cares enough to genuinely ask how we are and
really want an honest answer; she might be
someone who demonstrates thoughtfulness or
shows us consideration at the checkout in the
supermarket.
The consecration on 12 July 1913 was a very grand occasion on a glorious
summer day, reported in detail by the Surrey Mirror. The Bishop of
Southwark conducted the formal service, when the churchwardens petition
the Bishop to consecrate the new church. Afterwards there was a lavish
tea at Stone Hall, remembered for years to come.
Mary Seller, Assistant Priest, St John’s Church
Saturday, 27 July 2013
4.00 - 7.00 pm
Free event. St John's, Church Way, Hurst Green
Are you 9-14 years old?
Do you like music, art, crafts & cooking?
This event is jammed full of things for you.
Barbecue at 6.00 pm
You might be a neighbour to someone today by
showing these qualities! If we live out these
values everyday how much happier and
friendlier might our community be?
You
never know, as the jingle says, we might even
become good friends! God bless, Revd Karen Bell
DO COME
!
www.stjohnshurstgreen.org.uk
wendyharvey@talktalk.net - Tel. 01959 562340
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HURST GREEN CHURCHES WELCOME YOU
ST JOHN’S, CHURCH WAY
8am
Holy Communion
10am
Parish Eucharist
Crèche and Children’s groups - all ages
12 noon
Holy Communion, David Gresham House
Other services: details in church porch
Wednesday
12 noon Weekday Eucharist
Assistant Priest:
Mary Seller - 715675, 11 Home Park
Assistant Curate:
Wendy Harvey - 01959 562340
Churchwardens:
Frank Hutchings - 713293
Barbara Richards - 715636
Southwark
Monica Fenton - 715769
Pastoral Auxiliaries: Pearl Hobson - 712366
METHODIST CHURCH, HURSTLANDS
10.30am
Morning Worship and Junior Church
6.30pm
Evening Service
Minister:
Karen Bell - 371346 (day off - Friday)
EVANGELICAL CHURCH ON HURST GREEN
10.45am
Family Worship
Pastors:
Steven & Margaret Cox - 717510
ROMAN CATHOLIC PARISH OF OXTED & WARLINGHAM
All Saints’ Church, Chichele Road, Oxted - 627762
St Ambrose Church, Warren Park, Warlingham - 622142
5.30pm Saturday First Mass of Sunday, All Saints’ Oxted
9am Sunday
St Ambrose, Warlingham
11am Sunday
All Saints’ Oxted
Parish Priest:
Fr John Olliver - 713776
OXTED UNITED REFORMED CHURCH
The Church of the Peace of God
21 Bluehouse Lane, Oxted - 730406
ST SILVAN’S, STAFFHURST WOOD
10am Sunday
Service includes story-time for children,
8am
Eucharist
Junior Church, and communion monthly
6.30pm Evensong (2nd and 4th Sundays)
Minister:
David Skitt - 01342 837449
Please telephone any of these numbers for details of weekday worship and activities,
to discuss baptism, marriage, or the arranging of a funeral, or if you want help in times of joy or sorrow.
St Agatha’s Hall Booking Secretary: M Walker, 714492
Memories of Hurst Green
I was eleven years old when my parents, Fay and Terry Butcher, moved
down to Oxted, after six magical years in Tatsfield where we more or less
ran wild: permanent bonfires in the field, sleeping out in makeshift tents and
walking a good mile and a half to catch the bus down to Westerham schools.
When there was snow, we literally had to walk on top of the hedges! And
nobody batted an eyelid.
But as we started to want to be in Guides, Red Cross, dancing and so on,
my parents realised that the time had come for a move down to civilisation.
Oxted seemed to be a good place with schools, churches, buses and station
and we knew of the proposed new houses being built in Oxted and Hurst
Green.
As it turned out we were the first family to move into Woodhurst Lane
houses. The Comforts Farm Avenue houses were also being built at this
time, but there were no shops in Pollards Oak Road and only a wooden hut
just by the bridge. My new school friend, (by now I was at Whyteleafe
School) Valerie Wicks, lived in Pollards Wood Road, next door to Den
Giddens, of Scouting fame. Her parents had been moved down there from
London in 1947 when she was two years old. Her father worked in the new
Kensitas Cigarette Factory (later the site of International Rectifiers) which, as
it was painted all over white, could be seen for miles away, and her mother
worked in the little hut just over the bridge and sometimes gave me and Val
sweets.
We were not without some social life - on Monday evenings we went to St
Agatha’s to learn ballroom dancing, with music supplied by a wind-up
gramophone and our partners chosen for us by the mistress! There was
also a boys’ rock group on a Saturday night.
Hurst Green Gardening Club
The Annual Competition in April
with the Godstone Club nearly
didn’t happen, but some brave
daffodils did make it to the show well done Godstone (again!)
Our own summer evening flower show
was also a challenge, mainly due to the absence
of summer and flowers. A modest competition,
but a glass of Pimms adds to a social occasion.
What to do this month? Don’t believe all the
articles on this subject; we are weeks behind and
you will know your garden conditions. Even the
RHS June magazine article seems more relevant
to July this year, and don’t plant your cuttings the
way they show in the photo - not if you want them
to live.
Problems with your plants? Our August meeting
may have the answers you seek. In September
you can find out how we can help the bees. Don’t
forget to mow the lawn before you go on holiday.
Brian Parrott
BLETCHINGLEY BOWLS CLUB
Bletchingley Bowls Club is hosting
four Open Evenings on the four
Fridays in July - 5, 12, 19 and 26,
from 7pm to 9pm. Everyone from
teenagers to pensioners will be most welcome.
Just come along with a pair of flat soled shoes all other equipment will be provided by the Club.
At one time some of our parents, including mine, helped to paint the outside
windows of the Hall! Then there was the Captain’s Room, near Itchingwood
Common and where we had an occasional Evensong. On Rogation Sunday
Evensong was occasionally held by the Harris’ farm. My brother, Tom, was
friendly with one of the sons. You will have gathered by now that as my
three brothers were in the choir at St John’s, we were very much involved in If you would like to find out more about the Club,
everything Church!
please telephone either Mike Stone on 01883
I look back on a very happy childhood in Hurst Green and Oxted, and hope 714414 or Trevor Pocock on 01293 785028. The
this brings back happy memories to others.
Judith Turner, née Butcher Club's website is www.bletchingleybowls.co.uk.
For many years now Fairtrade has been greatly supported in our area by a local initiative called OTT - Opportunities
Through Trade. OTT is based in Robert Denholm House in Bletchingley. It acts as a purchasing centre, buying from
the main Fairtrade depot and supplying local outlets such as churches and schools with a wide range of Fairtrade
goods on a sale or return basis.
OTT was started by the Revd George and Margaret Young, who have run it with great success for all this time. However George
and Margaret, no longer young in years, have now decided that it is time to hand over to a new volunteer. Running OTT and
leading the team of volunteers would suit someone with business or retail experience, but the most important qualification is a
commitment to Fairtrade. If anyone is interested in this venture please either contact me (contact details at the bottom of page 1)
or George and Margaret direct on 01737 822363 or email theyoungs88@yahoo.com to find out more.
Kath McCarthy
More Dates for your Diary 2013
Children's Church
4 July …and every Thursday, Oxted Country Market, 10-11.30am, Oxted Red Cross Centre
8 July Tandridge Club for the Visually Impaired, Methodist Hall, 2.45-4.15pm: Anne the Storyteller
9 July Carers’ Group, Community Room, Eastlands Close, Oxted, 10.30-12 noon B Harling 723034
9 July Oxted Parish Council, Oxted Community Hall, Church Lane, 7.35pm (pubic welcome)
10 July Oxted & Limpsfield Flower Society, 2pm, St Peter’s Hall, Limpsfield:
Demonstrator - Sophie Beaney ‘Let the Msic Play’, Competition - And all that Jazz!
10 July Hurst Green Gardening Club, Supper/Social at St Agatha’s Hall, 8pm
11 July Pollards Oak WI, 7.45pm, Methodist Church Hall: Food tasting evening - favourite recipe
12-13 Starmakerz Theatre School - Heroes and Villains, Barn Theatre, Oxted, 7pm (also 2.30 Sat)
16 July The Hurst Green Quilters Group, 10.30am-1pm, 72 Chestnut Copse, Hilary Moore, 723207
22 July Tandridge Club for the Visually Impaired - Methodist Hall, 2.45-4.15pm
Westminster with Stella Whitelaw
5 Aug Tandridge Club for the Visually Impaired - Outing to Eastbourne
6 Aug The Hurst Green Quilters Group, 10.30am-1pm, 72 Chestnut Copse, Hilary Moore, 723207
6 Aug Tandridge Access Group AGM, Oxted Council Offices, 2 - 4pm, Barbara Harling, 723034
For toddlers and children who
have just started school
Hurst Green News can also be read on www.stjohnshurstgreen.org.uk
Monday, 22 July
3.30pm at St John's Church
EVERYONE IS WELCOME
Anyone looking after your children
is welcome to bring them.
Further information - 715769
For August date/activity please see
August Hurst Green News
£5,900 Raised at Open Gardens Day
Oxted One World Group raised £5,900 at its annual Open Gardens Day held on
Bank Holiday Monday. The Group would like to thank all its supporters who
attended the event, the garden owners who opened their gardens, those who
helped organise the day and the local businesses and members who sold tickets
in advance. Six gardens in Oxted, Limpsfield and Itchingwood Common were
open to the public with teas on sale at two of the gardens, and plants available at a AT THE BARN THEATRE, OXTED
third one as well as tickets for a raffle. Luckily the weather was good and the
The Barnstormers and the Barn
threatened rain did not arrive until after the Open Gardens Day. The Group’s
Theatre are proud to present the
Committee will now decide which overseas aid projects to support with the money
musical 'Parade' being staged in the
raised.
open-air on the tennis courts of 'The
The Oxted One World Group is a local charity, founded in 1983. Organised by Larks' (next door to the Barn Theatre
volunteers, its small overheads are covered by subscriptions from its 430 in Oxted) on Saturday 27 and Sunday
28 July 2013.
members. It raises around £40,000 a year for overseas aid
projects and is well supported by local churches and schools.
‘Parade’ is the poignant true story of a
Donations may be made online via JustGiving or by sending a
tragic miscarriage of justice that took
text message. Simply type in the code OWG011 followed by
place in the Deep South in 1913. A
the amount you wish to give and send it to 70070. Details of
young couple find love in the worst
the Oxted One World Group are available on
possible circumstances and discover
www.limpsfield.net.
how greed and prejudice can change
their world. This multi-award winning
The Diamond, Hurst Green
Broadway musical features rousing
Under New Partnership
and soaring music together with a
Great selection of Cask Ales, Lagers, Wines & Spirits
gripping and inspiring story that will
Fab Family Garden, Dogs welcome, Regular Live entertainment
stay with you for a long time to come.
Fortnightly Quiz on Thursdays presented by 'The Quizard of Boz'
Delicious locally sourced home cooked food served daily
Very excited about our new Chef and new Menu
Support your Local: 'Use or Lose!'
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For Bookings or inquires call 01883 716040
Tom Jacqui & the Team look forward to seeing you
PARISH REGISTERS
Holy Baptism
We welcome into the family of God’s Church:
2 June
Jack Belton
9 June
Dara Kitchen, Lacey Istead
30 June
Chloe Davis
Marriage
We wish them every happiness in their future
lives together:
22 June
Jonathan Evans & Seanade Smith
Funerals
Our sympathy goes to all their relatives and
friends:
31 May
Connie Eagar
10 June
Muriel Ereaut
18 June
Frances Luck
St John’s Book of Remembrance
To have a name entered, phone 712845.
Tickets are available at
www.barntheatreoxted.co.uk
(credit/debit card) or from 01959
561811. For more information on this
production, please visit
www.thebarnstormers.co.uk.
The War Memorial
I found the article we had in the June Hurst Green News
about the War Memorial very interesting, but I was
surprised how little we know about it. There may well be
local people who can tell us more; if you know about who
built it and how it was paid for, or indeed any other
additional information please let me know. Contact details
are at the foot of page 1. Kath McCarthy
Aggies on the Green Coffee Shop
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Wednesday 4 September
This is to give our helpers a well earned rest
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