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The Epsom Group Ministry
St Martin of Tours, Epsom
The parishes of Christ Church, St Barnabas and St Martin
WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
Registered Charity Number: 1134149
Please take this newsletter home with you
Newsletter: 9th November 2014 – Remembrance Sunday
Welcome: A warm welcome to all who are worshipping with us today. We
especially welcome members and friends of both the Epsom & Ewell Branch of
the Royal British Legion and the Epsom Branch of the Burma Star Association
who join us to-day.
We also welcome the Deputy Mayor of Epsom & Ewell, Councillor Christopher
Frost and the Deputy Mayoress, Councillor Liz Frost, together with local
Councillors, representing the Borough community.
We are pleased that the St Martin’s Beavers, Cubs and Scouts and the 8th & 14th
Air Scouts are also here for this Remembrance Day Service.
If you are visiting or attending worship here for the first time this weekend,
please, make yourselves known to one of the Welcome Team, Churchwardens or
Ministers so that we can give you a personal welcome. Refreshments will be
served at the back of the church after the Parish Communion - please join us if
you can.
Today: 6.30pm Choral Evensong for Remembrance Day at St Martin’s. Further
details on page 2.
A ‘Discipleship Explored’ evening group will run for four weeks starting on
Monday 17th November – 8.00pm to 9.00pm. Leaders will include Reverend
Lynn Alsop, Glenys Scadden, John Padwick and Dolapo Odujinrin. Further
details are on display at the back of church. Please, contact one of the leaders
via the Parish Office if you are interested and consider who you could invite to
come with you.
Book the dates:
Next Sunday, 16th November, 6pm at Guildford Cathedral:
Confirmation Service – Please, support our 14 candidates with
your prayers as they prepare for their Confirmation and by
attending the service if you can.
‘Messy Church’ – Christmas ‘Messy Church’ will be on
Saturday 13th December from 2.00pm to 4.00pm in Church
House. Please, let me know if you can help.
Comments for my Curacy Portfolio: Many thanks to all those who have made
comments on my ministry. Your observations are greatly appreciated.
Lynn Alsop
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Choral Evensong Today
The Canticles will be sung to the beautiful setting by Herbert Howells, entitled
Collegium Regale - originally composed for Kings College, Cambridge. The
anthem is an amazing piece by Ralph Vaughan-Williams, Lord, thou hast been
our refuge. It is one of the most ambitious of all the anthems sung by our Choir
with two choirs, a trumpet and an amazing climax! The subject of the sermon is
'Glory'
Contemplative Prayer Group
It makes little sense to believe in a God who is thought of as just majestic and
unreachable - or alternatively is just a human figure like the rest of us. The
genius of the Bible is that it holds these two ideas of God in balance. Hence the
'saying' for November: I am the Almighty ... I will walk to and fro among you - A
combination of Revelation 1.8 and Leviticus 26.12. You will be welcome at St
Martin's on Tuesday, 11th November, at 11 am and Thursday, 27th November,
at 8 pm, if you would like to explore this puzzling balance further.
Quiet Day
There is a Quiet Day in November with the theme of ‘Peace’. It will be held on
Thursday 13th November at Wychcroft, near Bletchingley, and will be led by
Adrian Esdaile and Catherine Older. A couple of days after Remembrance Day
and during the year of the anniversary of the 1st World War and with the troubles
of our world at this time, it seemed right to choose this theme. For further
details see the leaflets at the back of the Church or book a place with Adrian.
Second Thoughts
23rd November at 6.30 pm at St Martin's
Ben Newman ‘The Art of the Stonemason’. Ben will talk about the art and
history of stonemasonry, local stones and Christian symbolism. He’ll discuss
the buildings he’s worked on, including The Palace of Westminster and St
Pancras Station, as well as his involvement in the regeneration of St Martin’s-inthe-Fields. Ben will demonstrate letter cutting and how to work stone with a
variety of tools. He’ll show some samples of his work and explain the stages in
designing and building stone structures. After graduating from the Fine Art
Department at Central St Martin’s, Ben qualified as a stonemason. He received
a bursary from the Venice in Peril Fund to study at the European Centre for the
Conservation of Architectural Heritage in Venice. He has spent the last 22
years working as a stonemason on buildings in London and South East
England. In 2009 he was highly commended for the Duke of Gloucester’s
Award for Project Mason of the Year presented by the Worshipful Company of
Masons. He is currently a member of the Education and Training Advisory
Committee of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (the SPAB).
Adrian Esdaile
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Bell Ringing
The bell ringers will be ringing a half-muffled Quarter Peal at 5.30pm for
Remembrance Sunday. It is also to commemorate Rev Geoff Shrives and to
mark the interment that day of Canon Peter Lloyd’s ashes at St Martin’s.
Mothers Union Event
Tuesday 18th November at 10.30 in the Wisley Room in Church House.
Coffee , Cake and a talk by Stella Davies "A Passion for Stitching". There will
also be a display of some of the wide variety of articles that Stella has
produced. Everyone is welcome to come to this event arranged by the
Mothers Union.
Sue Hyde
Licensing Service
Our new Priest-in-Charge, the Revd. Canon Nick Parish will be Licensed by
the Bishop of Dorking at St Martin’s on Wednesday 26 November at 7.30pm.
We are expecting a large number of visitors and well-wishers who will be
present on the night; however the most important guests are us, the
congregation of St Martin of Tours and St Stephen-on-the-Downs. Nick is
coming here to be our new leader and I do hope that you will all put this date
in your diary and make every effort to be present on the night to welcome him
to this important role. Thank you.
David Eggett
Pilgrimage to the Holy Land 8-17 June 2015
Vicky Burrows and Chris Vallins will be leading a pilgrimage to the Holy Land
next June. If you are interested in attending, please see the information at the
back of church.
St Stephen’s Tea Party
On Saturday November 15th, Langley Vale Village Hall at 3pm, tickets are £5.00
which go towards St. Stephen's and the Woodland Trust Appeal. The theme will
be 1st World War songs.
Request for cakes!
We are providing a savoury buffet for the licensing service for Reverend
Nicholas Parish on the 26th November and would like to request for people to
make some small individual cakes. If you are able to assist please contact
Glenys Scadden or the Parish Office.
PEOPLE of MISSION—PRAYER in ACTION
Please will you join us in Prayer for the people of Mission at Home and
Abroad.
On the Display Board at the back of Church are the people we support and
also focusing on Aid Workers all over the world who voluntarily risk their lives
to help others. Thank you
Jill Chapman (Missions)
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CHRISTMAS FAIR
SATURDAY 22nd NOVEMBER
11.00am to 3.00pm
It is only 2 weeks to go until the St Martin’s Christmas Fair. We need
YOU to start sorting out and bringing in a variety of different goods for
us to sell. There is a box at the back of church where you can leave
your donations in (this will be emptied regularly).
This week we are specifically asking for donations of: gifts, crafts and
preserves and of course, lots of chocolate! Please do not stop bringing
in anything else that you think we can sell!!
The Choir are running the Chocolate Tombola this year at the
Christmas Fair, so please bring lots of chocolate and leave it in the box
at the back of the Church and help to make our stall a great success.
Please turn out all your unwanted jewellery and beads to help fill the
Jewellery Stall
If you have any questions about the Christmas Fair please contact:
Glenys Scadden – 742130 or Maureen Suatt – 723675 or
Mary Holloway-Neville - 7234534
Calling all St Martin’s Bakers
We have 312 hours left from this Sunday to make captivating cakes,
best biscuits, perfect preserves and juicy jams for the Christmas Fair on
the 22nd November. Please help us fill our stall.
Thank you.
Jane Norris 01372 722493
CHRISTMAS CARDS – ON SALE NOW
Christmas is beginning to creep up on us – sorry to scare you!
To help you get on top of your Christmas arrangements please find at the
back of Church a marvellous display of Christmas Cards ready for you to
purchase. Buy now and be ahead of the game! I will have Christmas
cards on sale from now until Christmas, however once I have sold out of a
particular design I may not be able to get more.
I will also be able to supply Advent Calendars and Advent Candles within
the next couple of weeks.
Mary Holloway-Neville
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RECURRING EVENTS
Thursdays
Fridays
st
1 Wednesday of each month
4.30pm
8.00pm
9.45am
7.00pm
2.30pm
3rd Tuesday of each month
Check below for times
Mondays
Senior Choir Practice
Bell ringing practice
Mother and Toddler Group
Choir Practice
Tea and Chat in the Wisley Room
Mothers’ Union Meeting
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
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Sunday 9 November
Remembrance Sunday
Monday 10th November
Tuesday 11th November
Wednesday 12th November
Saturday 15th November
Sunday 16th November
The Second Sunday of Advent
Monday 17th November
Wednesday 19th November
Saturday 22nd November
Sunday 23rd November
Christ the King
Wednesday 26th November
Thursday 27th November
Saturday 29th November
Sunday 30th November
Advent Sunday
8.00am
10.00am
12.30pm
6.30pm
4.30pm
7.30pm
Holy Communion
Remembrance Sunday Service
Canon Peter Lloyd, Burial of Ashes
Choral Evensong
Youngsters Confirmation Group
Adult Confirmation Group
11.00am
10.30am
7.30pm
8.00am
10.00am
11.30am
6.00pm
8.00pm
10.30am
11.00am to 3.00pm
4.30pm
8.00am
10.00am
11.30am
6.30pm
7.30pm
8.00pm
4.30pm
Contemplative Prayer Group
Holy Communion
Epsom Choral Society Concert
Holy Communion
Parish Communion
Toddler Service
Confirmation at Guilford Cathedral
Discipleship Explored
Holy Communion
St Martin’s Christmas Fair
Recital Series – Violin
Holy Communion
‘Sunday @ 10’
Choral Mattins
Second Thoughts
Licensing Service
Contemplative Prayer
Wedding of Carole Madigan and
Sam Krume
8.00am
10.00am
6.30pm
Holy Communion
Parish Communion
Advent Carol Service
ST STEPHEN-ON-THE-DOWNS:
Every Sunday there is a service of Holy Communion at 9.30am. The
children’s group, Happy Club, meets in the Village Hall next to the church at 9.30am except on the third Sunday
of each month when there is Café Worship in Church – designed for all the family. Do come and join us, you
will receive a warm welcome.
The Clergy Team
The Reverend Lynn Alsop, Assistant Curate – 07881745004
Email: [email protected]
The Reverend Canon Adrian Esdaile (Epsom 723770)
Email: [email protected]
Please join us for Morning Prayer at 9.15am and
Evening Prayer at 5.00pm on weekdays.
Wednesday Group EP in November will be at
St Barnabas at 5.00pm.
Weddings & Baptism Applications - Please contact the Parish Office for further information.
Regular Giving: If you would like to know more about our Stewardship Scheme, to give regularly by banker’s standing order or weekly
envelopes, or to discuss other tax efficient ways of giving, please ask for a member of the Stewardship Team. If you are a UK taxpayer and
would like to give by cash or cheque today, please complete a yellow gift aid envelope with your name and address details and place in the
collection. Thank you.
Parish Office: Church House, Church Street, Epsom, KT17 4PX Phone: 01372 722567
E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.stmartinsepsom.org
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