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Weyside Church seeks
Wayside people to join the
St Mary’s Parish
Way ahead Outlook 2019
July
TRANSFORMING CHURCH
TRANSFORMING LIVESPARISH DIRECTORY � (01483)
PRIEST IN CHARGE Rev Tony Shutt, The Vicarage, Vicarage Lane GU23 7JN 222193
(Day off Tuesday)
CHURCHWARDEN Helen Sloan, 19 Coltsfoot Drive GU1 1YH 560290
CHURCHWARDEN Rachel Wilkinson, 7, Brittens Close, GU2 9RJ 855110
BELL RINGERS Ivan Saunders, 31 Brittens Close, GU2 9RJ 821062
BIBLE READING FELLOWSHIP Sally Harrison 223725
And Bible Study
ELECTORAL ROLL Bill Pyne, 170 Send Road GU23 7EU 224420
CHURCH ROOM LETTINGS Sally Harrison, 9 Orchard Way, Send, GU23 7HS 223725
HON SEC OF P.C.C. Angela Grimshaw, 78 Potters Lane, GU23 7AL 767350
HON TREASURER Paul Holden, Pipp’s Cottage, Send Marsh Green GU23 6JP 223833
MOTHERS UNION Beth Shutt, The Vicarage, Vicarage Lane GU23 7JN 222193
ORGANIST & CHOIR LEADER Vacancy - Please contact vicar
PASTORAL ASSISTANTS Beth Shutt, The Vicarage, Vicarage Lane GU23 7JN 222193
Kate Pearmain, 8 Walnut Tree Place, GU23 7HL 222176
STEWARDSHIP RECORDER Julie Cameron, 07814 768765
SUNDAY CLUB Sally Harrison 223725
(3 - 12 years) Church Room 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 , second & fourth Sundays
1st SEND (St Mary’s) SCOUT GROUP
Group Scout Leader Neil Freeman 223826
Group Chairman Richard Hemsley 211910
Scout Troop Leader Mark Silcock 223612 Bereavement
(Weds 7 - 9 p.m.)
Cub Scouts Wendy Reed 224570 Have you suffered a bereavement recently or even
(Mon 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.)
years ago? Whether expected or not, the death of
Beaver Scouts Cheryl Locatelli 721175 some one close can affect you in many ways
(Weds 5 - 6:10 p.m.) – emotionally and physically. There is no set time
limit for ‘getting over’ a loss. Grief is a very
RAINBOWS, BROWNIES AND GUIDES
1st Send Guides Jenny Ryan 07940 046282 individual experience and can be a very lonely one.
jenny@bluegirl.co.uk If you feel that it would be helpful to talk
1st Send Brownies Sally Daboo, confidentially to a trained bereavement counsellor
sallydaboo@hotmail.com
then please
1st Send Rainbows Vanessa Goug h 224005 Contact Beth on 222193
ST.MARY’S PARISH - OUTLOOK 2019
Copy Date:- All copy should be given to the editor by the
10th of each month for the next month’s issue.
Editor/Advert: Bill Pyne, 170 Send Road GU23 7EU 224420
e-mail editor@sendparishchurch.co.uk
Distributor Sally Harrison 223725
Website www.sendparishchurch.co.uk� Vicar’s Vibes July 2019
COME FRIENDLY BEES
My attention was recently drawn to an endeavour called ‘The Places of Poetry’. This
is a community arts project which will create a distinctive digital map of England and
Wales, onto which crowd-sourced poems of place, heritage and identity will be
pinned in the course of a public campaign in the late-spring and summer of 2019.
Eager to ensure that Send had at least one entry associated with the developing
map, I blew the dust off some unfinished lines about the continually nesting bees in
the church roof and sent the result to www.placesofpoetry.org.uk
This poem’s take off point has always been a brief parody of John Betjeman’s
‘Slough’, but once begun, I preferred originality to fly more uniquely. Anyway, here
are the lines, now printed with a free bee and church tower illustration.
Send Church Bees
Come friendly bees and hive in Send.
The Virgin’s church your honey blend
is pleased to store.
Warm Horsham slabs enshrine your home;
shelter the fanning, humming swarm
above the door.
Stay Queen, your shady comb enthrone,
lay eggs of pupa, worker, drone,
among us soar.
Pray pollinate Our Lady’s flowers,
the stigmas in the walnut bowers
where squirrels roar.
Recolonise our Weyside prayers,
salve stings of foolish Surrey cares
with apian lore.
Be faithful bees, pray long remain,
be present when we look again,
for less, for more.
Endure dear bees and thrive in Send,
your loyal friendship ever lend
esprit de corps.
© Tony Shutt 31 May 2019
St Mary’s Parish - Outlook 2019 July
Page 1To add a brief scriptural flourish to this bee theme, as far as I can tell, bees are only
mentioned 4 times in the Bible. The most famous reference is in the tale of Samson,
found in the book of Judges 14. After killing a young lion with his bare hands, the
legendary muscle man returns to the carcass a few days later to find it has become
home to a swarm of bees. Samson recovers some honey from the bees and later
composes a riddle for his party-going mates arising from his experience: “Out of the
eater came something to eat. Out of the strong came something sweet.” After this,
Samson’s wilful, violent and vengeful career spirals gradually into a cycle of ‘colony
collapse’ before he finally recovers some faith and dignity in a heroic, self-sacrificial
death.
In Deuteronomy 1.44, the people known as the Amorites are likened to bees in their
chasing and aggressive behaviour. In the prophetic writings of Isaiah 7.18, it is the
land of Assyria that is predicted will become an instrument of God, numerous and
threatening like bees. In Psalm 118.12, the surrounding hazards of nations are again
compared to the swarming of bees.
There seems to have been no understanding during these ancient times that bees
were agents of pollination. Honey though was an obvious product of bees and is
mentioned 61 times in the Bible. Noted especially for its sweetness, honey was also
a symbol of natural abundance. The description of the Promised Land as ‘a land
flowing with milk and honey’ is perhaps still familiar to many.
Editor’s Note
Just to add to Tony’s note about Samson and the lion, have you noticed that a
drawing of the lion and swarm of bees can be seen on cans of Lyle’s Golden Syrup
and Black Treacle, together with part of the biblical quotation? The design dates
back to 1885 and remains largely unchanged.
News from Guildford Diocese
The Safe Car Wash App, launched in June 2018 by the Church of England’s Clewer
Initiative, has surfaced over 900 suspected cases of modern slavery in hand car
washes. Drivers have been using the pioneering app to gather information about the
signs of labour exploitation in hand car washes across the country.
The Safe Car Wash app, which allows drivers to respond to a check list of key factors
that may suggest labour exploitation in hand car washes, has been downloaded
8,225 times since its launch last year.
Between June and December 2018 there were 2,271 completed entries using the
app, with 41%, or 930 cases, where after responding to a number of questions, users
were told there was a likelihood of modern slavery at the hand car wash. They were
then asked to call the Modern Slavery Helpline and their findings were shared in real
time with police and the Gangmasters’ and Labour Abuse Authority.
Continued on page 12
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Page 3everyone welcome!
the 10-12 every third Monday
coffee The Church Room
Send Road
shop
Next time in the Coffee Shop
Proceeds to:
Michael Varah devoted over 35 years to the criminal justice system. When he re-
signed in 2004 as Chief Probation Officer of Surrey, he was the UK’s longest serv-
ing Chief Officer in the National Probation Service.
The charity continues the lifetime passion of Michael Varah to reduce offending
and build a safer society. It also tackles the wider issues that can cause people to
spiral into habitual criminal activity from an early age; disadvantage and social ex-
clusion, homelessness and poverty, ensuring basic human rights.
The MVMF works in partnership to give opportunities that rebuild and transform
lives. Since the charity was founded in 2007 (the same year the Coffee Shop
started up!!) they have raised over £220,000 to fund over 30 projects and posi-
tively impact the lives of 1800 vulnerable people.
NEED HELP WITH TRANSPORT? Then give Send Help a call on 225255 on the
morning of the Coffee Shop. This is a recorded message giving you the telephone
number of the Duty Officer who will be available from 9am. There will be two or
three volunteer drivers on stand-by. Easy!
June’s Coffee Shop raised £187.80 for "Ataxia Telangiectasia"
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Page 4Send Gardening Society notes
July is often one of the hottest months of the year and a great time to sit out and
enjoy your garden, sharing this special space with family, friends and neighbours.
Summer is in full swing and sun tan lotion features on the list of garden essentials.
Many gardens are at their peak, the vegetable plot is full of produce, and the weeds
are growing as quickly as everything else. Most of the time will either be taken up by
watering in dry weather, tying up plants in wet or windy weather, and hoeing to keep
weeds at bay.
As it’s the school summer holidays, this is a perfect time to enrol the help of the
whole family. Children can really benefit from learning about how plants grow, where
vegetables come from and the host of wildlife they’ll come across.
To keep summer plants and bedding at its best and to prolong flowering, it is
essential to dead head. The purpose of regular dead
heading is to direct energy into stronger growth and
encourage more flowering . Once the plant has
flowered and set seed (having done this so it can
reproduce), plants are often reluctant to flower
again. Dead heading, which is cutting off the spent
flower head, forces the plant back into the cycle to
produce flower and seeds again. Feeding bedding
plants with a tomato fertiliser also helps the plant
make new flowers.
Instead of filling your watering can from the kitchen sink,
install a water butt in your garden and start collecting
rainwater from shed, greenhouse or garage guttering,
which can be used to water your plants. Remember to
water regularly, using recycled water where possible.
Remember the birds! If hot weather continues and the
ground hardens, it is more difficult for them to find food, and
keep the bird bath topped up with a fresh supply of water.
So, top gardening jobs this month are essentially, weeding,
watering, feeding, harvesting and deadheading on a
continuous cycle interspersed with appreciation of all the
wonders of nature.
We can be reached by e-mail at
sendgardeningsoc@btinternet.com,
Continued on page 11
St Mary’s Parish - Outlook 2019 July
Page 5Bell Ringing and what it involves – Read on!
For many years we have had 6 beautiful sounding bells at St Mary’s Church which
were cast as a war memorial in 1947 – at a cost of £1050. Last year we had the
bearings replaced, refurbished pulley blocks and rims to the wheels and the frames
painted. The cost of this work was almost £19,000. Thankfully we had received an
extremely generous legacy from Bridget Gordon, a former ringer at Send, the rest of
the money coming from our own bell funds. We now have bells which sound even
more beautiful – but we are short of bell ringers and need to recruit more. It is
planned to hold an Open Day to talk about ringing in general in the hopes of
encouraging people to think about taking up bell ringing.
You don’t need any particular skills to take up bell ringing but you must be at least 11
years of age (with parental consent). There is no upper age limit. When you start
bell ringing you will be taken up into the tower to see the bells and told about how
they work. You will also be able to see how they work – but with the clapper tied so it
doesn’t make a noise! Then it’s your turn to ring a bell. It takes three or four
sessions to learn to handle the bell on your own, then you can come on a practice
night (Wednesdays) and start ringing with others. Once you are comfortable with
handling the bell you will be able to come along on Sunday mornings and ring before
the morning service, which is the main objective of taking up bell ringing. We also
ring at weddings for which we get paid!
What are all the good bits about bell ringing? First of all you meet a lot of other
people doing the same thing, there are training courses you can attend to learn other
skills of ringing, and when you have advanced onto method ringing, ways of how to
learn methods, and if you are interested in what we call conducting there are courses
for this, too. It is a challenging hobby with opportunities to progress to more
advanced method ringing. For some church festivals, birthdays, weddings etc we
ring Quarter Peals (which take about 45 minutes
to ring).
Each tower has a Tower Captain who is in
charge of things on practice nights and who
does most of the conducting. They may have to
raise their voice but this is just to get above the
sound of the bells, and to keep the bells in their
right places and sounding good.
So please look out for notices about Open Days
or Evenings for those who want to take up bell ringing or who would like to know
more about it. At the meeting a lot more detail will be given, covering things like
Safeguarding rules.
Ivan J M Saunders,
sendparishchurch.co.uk
Page 6Get Creative with ecobricks!
As part of Get Creative in Send in May, Send Parish
Council was asked and agreed to donate £50 as a prize for
a competition to design a new object for Send Recreation
Ground.
The brief was for an object to be made of waste contributed
and built by local residents OR a container in a shape relevant to Send for people to
put their waste into.
The winning design, by 14 year old Travis Jones, was for an oak tree made out of
recycled materials to be used to collect mainly bottles and cans for recycling. So it
actually fulfilled both parts of the brief!
One of the materials we want to use is eco bricks* to strengthen the tree’s ‘trunk’; and
we’d be very grateful if you could start to make these. Please keep them until later in
the summer. They will then be collected prior to construction of the recycling bin.
*An eco brick is a plastic bottle that’s been washed out and stuffed full of single use
plastic. We will need a lot of 500ml sized bottles but will find a use for larger bottles
too.
Here are some of the items you can put in your brick, but please
make sure it’s all CLEAN.
Plastic bags
Photo paper
Crisp packets
Food containers
Straws
Plastic cutlery
Cling film
Plastic fruit and vegetable packaging
Polystyrene (or Styrofoam) – this is a petroleum-based product that can’t be
recycled. Lots of products are made out of this including food containers and
packaging.
St Mary’s Parish - Outlook 2019 July
Page 7PARISH REGISTERS
Baptism
16 June Eleanor Maria WHITE, aged 10 months
Funerals
31 May Tom OLIVER, aged 68 years
of Woking, formerly Send
Church and Send Court Farm
6 June Muriel Barbara PRINCE, aged 95 years
of Chobham, formerly Winds Ridge, Send
Church and Send Cemetery
20 June Rita GOLDUP, aged 86 years
of Burnt Common, Send
Guildford Crematorium
28 June Patrick George HOOLEY, aged 93 years
of Barnstaple, formerly Send
Church and Send Cemetery
Christian Aid
Our grand total this year was £1,040 - a great success! Thank
you to everybody who gave and to those who were able to Gift
Aid their donation making the total even better! A huge thank
you, as well, to Kate and Lynda who collected in their roads or nearby - a great help.
Lorna
HMP Send
The prison has a table-top sale all year for the visitors to purchase items which raises
money for resources for the visiting children. It provides money for such things as
drawing paper, pens, colouring pencils, etc.. The items that usually sell are jewellery,
pretty china, toiletries, bric a brac, toys and children's books (not adult's). Give me a
ring if you have any of the above or anything else that you think might sell and I will
gladly collect it. Many thanks, Lorna 222224
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CRAFT AND CHAT
Church Room, Send Road between 2pm and 4pm
on the last Wednesday of every month
Do you have a crafty hobby – knitting, sewing, em-
broidery, card making, drawing, painting, cake deco-
rating etc? Would you like the chance to meet with
other craft enthusiasts for a chat over a cup of tea? Or would you just like to come
and chat over a cup of tea? Why not call in and meet us? There is no charge to
come along, just 50p for a cup of tea and a biscuit. We look forward to seeing
you!
Craft & Chat video now on the internet:
sendparishchurch.co.uk/people/coffee/craft.html
Next meeting 31st July
St Mary’s Parish - Outlook 2019 July
Page 9July Services and Events
All services in church unless otherwise indicated
6 July SATURDAY
2.00pm Marriage of Robert Whall and Sophie Sheppard
7 July THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)
10.30am TOGETHER in the Church Room
(One of our special all-age get-togethers)
10 July WEDNESDAY
2.00pm Send Primary School Year 6 Leavers’ Service
14 July THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
8.00am Holy Communion (CW)
10.30am Holy Communion (CW)
15 July Monday
3.30pm Holy Communion at The Old Hall
21 July THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)
10.30am Baptism at Holy Communion (CW)
Baptism of Francesca Cotton
27 July SATURDAY
12.30pm Marriage of Henry Bottomley and Marina Buraga
28 July THE SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
8.00am Holy Communion (CW)
10.30am Holy Communion (CW)
We welcome enquiries about Baptism, Thanksgiving for
Birth, Confirmation, Weddings, Marriage Blessings,
Anniversaries, Memorials, Commemorations, House
Blessings, and Special Celebrations. We’ll do what we
can to help.
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Send Gardening Society notes concluded
by phone on 01483 223952 (chairman Robert Harding-Payne) or by coming along to
one of our meetings which are held at the Church Rooms. We are not experts, just a
bunch of people who enjoy tending our gardens and trying new ideas. We hold bi-
monthly meetings at 7.30pm on the first Wednesday of alternate months, with
speakers who are experts and teach us something about the art of gardening.
We do not meet in July and our next meeting in August is our Members’ Annual Garden
Picnic. Details and dates for future meetings will follow next month.
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St Mary’s Parish - Outlook 2019 July
Page 11Send Mothers Union
Our next meeting is on Monday 8th July when we will be
visiting Woking Mosque.
On Monday 12th August at 10.30am in Send Church
Room Clive Kirk will be giving a talk - subject to be
announced.
Monday 9th September we will be having a talk about the
work of the Air Ambulance.
All are very welcome to any of our meetings .
If you would like to know more about our meetings or the work of the Mothers Union
then please contact me.
Beth
Email: shutters2532gmail.com
phone : 01483 222193
Modern slavery .. Continued from page 2
Analysis by the University of Nottingham’s Rights Lab of the reports from the Safe
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across the country.
● 48% of reports concluded that workers did not have access to suitable
protective clothing such as gloves or boots
● 80% said that the car wash had a cash only policy
● 8% of reports logged that minors were working on site
● 17% of users identified fearful workers
● 14% of reports suggested that workers were living on the car wash site
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