An Invitation
On Monday 27 September, the Bishop of Guildford attended special PCC meetings at Busbridge&Hambledon and St Peter and St Paul with St Mark’s, Godalming.  Bishop Andrew presented a vision for Godalming and made an invitation to both benefices to consider a unification.  The diocese’s pamphlet outlining the proposal, and a letter from Simon Taylor to Busbridge&Hambledon Church members is available at both churches this Sunday, and here.  There will be a prayer and Q&A meeting on Sunday 10 October at 6PM in Busbridge Church.  (This replaces the 6PM Zoom social for the Evening Service this month).

We are seeking a 4-10s Children’s Worker Assistant  Could God be calling you to work with children and families? We’d love to hear from you if this could be for you. The position is temporary, 12 hours per week, and can be arranged to fit in with your other commitments. The role and person specification is available from the Church Office. If you are interested, Anto would like to hear from you: anto.ficatier@bhcgodalming.org.

Nexus is looking forward to a cookery demonstration by Elizabeth Silver, on Thursday 7th October. Elizabeth will demonstrate how to prepare ‘Autumnal Treats’.  Come along to the Old Rectory at 8.00pm to watch and learn. Visitor fee of £5.00 for non-members and possibly a small fee for members to cover the cost of ingredients.  All are welcome, and we look forward to seeing you! Please let Kate Kaye (katekaye2@btinternet.com) know if you’d like to come along.

HEARING AID CLINICS RESTARTING

We are delighted that Penny Naylor and the team restarting Hearing Aid Clinics in the Old Rectory. The first Hearing Aid Clinic for nearly 2 years will be on Friday 8 October from 2-4PM, and thereafter every month on 2nd Fridays.  Penny is also lending the diocese a hand to run refresher training so that 20 other churches can restart their clinics.  This is a blessing. Please pray for the team and everyone they serve in the coming months.  We hope to offer tea and cake as part of the service again in the new year.

Alpha
Alpha online starts this week on 5 October, part of the “Invite a Nation” campaign, and following the Archbishop’s visit to the Diocese of Guildford on 24-26 September. e: Keith via  alpha@bhcgodalming.org and see the Alpha info under What’s On on the web site.

Confirmation
The pandemic has caused many people to rethink their lives. If you would like to take a personal step of confirming your faith in a way which is meaningful and public then please email  Simon Taylor. There is a confirmation service on November 14th and Simon would be delighted to meet with anyone who would like to spend some time reflecting on their faith and then confirming it in this special service. The service is local at Chiddingfold and will be taken by the Bishop of Guildford.

Feba prayer meetings will continue to be held at 42 Minster Road, Godalming, on occasional Mondays at 10.30  a.m. The next one will be on 11th October. There is also an opportunity to pray for the work of this exciting international Christian media organisation on the first Wednesday of each month at 7pm. Please contact jimdogshome@aol.com for the Zoom link to this open meeting.