Dear friends,

The Capel Show is over and was very successful. The church burger stall made a good amount of money so congratulations to all the volunteers for preparing and selling on the day!
The overall show was very busy. It’s early days but we are on track to make more than £20,000.00 a large part of which will go to the Friends of Capel church.
The picture is of a left-over of the roadworks that closed the Horsham Road up until the day before the show but the 93 bus was running again on show day.

It was lovely to have some wonderful weather in the last few weeks and we are set to have some more later this week so the summer did not disappoint after all.

God bless,

Dineke van den Bogerd

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Dear friends,

Yesterday was our busiest Capel Show ever. I’m sure you will understand that it will take a while for the final figures to be available but the committee is very pleased indeed. The church burger stall did very well so some badly necessary funds coming to the parish and the friends of St John plus all the charities and local clubs that help out and profit.
The committee is very grateful for you support and prayers.

God bless,

Dineke van den Bogerd

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Dear friends,

The annual Capel Show will be upon us coming Saturday. The forecast looks good and we hope to welcome many people to this festive event. Please come and support the local community by visiting or volunteering. All funds raised benefit St John, our parochial parish and many local clubs and charities.

The picture today is of a berry shrub in our garden, which looks a bit like a cross between a bramble and a raspberry bush. I hope there will be some berries left by the end of the week to enter in the Capel horticultural show.

God bless,

Dineke

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Dear friends,

It was a good thing that the window was not open at the time or she would have come in!

Only two weeks to the Capel show and the committee is working hard to finalise all preparations to get us ready for the last push to set everything up in the week leading up to the show on 17 August. It’s great that the church is fundraising on the day and it requires a lot of volunteers to make the burger stall into a success so please sign up for a couple of hours if you can.

God bless,

Dineke

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A packed summer issue with all the regular features plus information about The Okewood, Ockley & Forest Green Summer Fair and Flower show and The Capel Show, both in August.

A Breton fisherman’s prayer

Protect me, dear Lord;
My boat is so small,
And Your sea is so big.

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Dear friends,

We haven’t seen many butterflies this season as it has been so wet and windy. This ragged beauty visited our garden last week and I hope we will see a few more in the next few days with the forecast being quite good.

Let’s not forget to support the local food bank this summer. Many young families are struggling in holiday periods when the children don’t have access to school meals.

Dorking Area Foodbank | Helping Local People in Crisis<dorkingarea.foodbank.org.uk/>

If you follow the link and look closely you will recognise one of their volunteers in action!

God bless,

Dineke van den Bogerd

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Dear friends,

In the high season of strawberries I share with you the picture of a present my brother received for his birthday last week. He doesn’t like strawberries. Can you believe it?

Dik and I have both come down with Covid and just like previously I feel awful with a high temperature and he has a light cough. Ah well, we will get through this.

God bless,

Dineke van den Bogerd

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Dear friends,

The last week has been very busy for me, culminating in helping at scrutinising the counting of votes for the constituency of Dorking and Horley. It felt like a great privilege to be involved in this but I got home from that 5am on Friday and had to get ready for the wedding on the same day of good friends, which took place near Windsor. Tiring but I would not have missed it for the world.

Today’s photo does not do the new window in St Margaret’s in Ockley justice. If you haven’t already you really must go and see this beautiful stained glass window. When you are there, have a look at the progress of the toilets too.

God Bless,

Dineke van den Bogerd

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Welcome to the August issue.  This month sees the start of the 2024 Olympics.  Canon Paul Hardingham reflects on the writer of Hebrews 12:1-2 who when describing the Christian life as a ‘marathon race’ challenges us to finish well.  We also have articles celebrating the athlete Eric Liddell who the film ‘Chariots of Fire’ was based upon and celebrate ‘Sea Sunday’ on 14th July where we remember seafarers everywhere and give thanks for all they do.

It is also holiday season!

“Sand between your toes …
ocean breeze … blue sky …

Glorious gifts from a generous God”

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