Please join the BHC Prayer Ministry Team this this Saturday, 14 Nov, and pray for those in need due to the coronavirus pandemic. Click HERE to sign up for an hour’s slot between 8am and 8pm, or join others in the BHC Public Zoom Room from 8-9AM, 12-1PM and 5-6PM. It’s part of the National Call to Prayer in November. More details
Winter Lockdown
From 5 November to 2 December churches will be closed except for broadcasting acts of worship and individual prayer. Attendance at services is sadly not permitted. Please join us every Sunday online, on YouTube or Zoom. (See below for details).
This Sunday
this sunday online
Blessed are the merciful for they will be shown mercy
Reading: Matthew 5:7
11.30AM-12.15 Join the Classic Congregation in the BHC Public Zoom Room for a virtual coffee after the services this morning!
Find the services on Zoom and YouTube:
Zoom - BHC Public Room | PMI: 946-391-4833 | PW: 2020
BHC Godalming YouTube: www.youtube.com/bhcgodalmingonline
Blessed are the merciful for they will be shown mercy
Reading: Matthew 5:7
In the Online Heritage service at 9AM, David Hodson asks: What happened to that kinder, considerate, gentler, caring and more merciful society that we said we would have during the first lockdown in the spring? Why for some life is now decidedly far less kind and merciful?’ Why it is that we have become both a far more tolerant society and yet in some ways far less willing to be merciful? Where these western values differ from the Christian church, and what Christ teaches us in how to be merciful and why to be merciful?
Anto Ficatier will give the talk in the Classic service at 9AM from Busbridge and Peter Shaw will chat to Dave Preece during Conversations from the Couch at 10.15AM.
Children & Youth
There’s a new video for Creche and Tiny Tigers on Sunday (Noah’s Ark), The Ark will be learning about Daniel in the Lion’s Den on Zoom, and Explorers, Pathfinders and Ichthus all continue to meet on Zoom too. See the calendar and contact CYF for details.
Next Sunday
Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called children of God
Readings: Matthew 5:8
9AM Online Heritage Service (BCP) on YouTube (pre-recorded)
9AM Busbridge Classic on Zoom and YouTube (broadcast live)
10.15AM Busbridge Contemporary: Conversations from the Couch on Zoom and YouTube
Tip for Sunday: TRY ZOOM, BUT HAVE YOUTUBE AS A BACKUP!
The Classic and Contemporary services from Busbridge Church will be available live on both Zoom and YouTube. Zoom will provide the more interactive experience (you will be able to see other members of the congregation) but it requires more internet bandwidth, so the sound and picture might not be so good. We recommend you have the BHC Godalming YouTube channel ready or bookmarked, in case we need to switch the broadcasts to YouTube only.
Go to What’s On and select the event to join the meetings on Zoom.
The Notices
The Bridge Magazine - Nov-Dec edition out now
You can read this, and past editions online HERE. The Bridge team would like to pass on their sincere thanks to four long-standing road stewards who are stepping down from the role. Our very grateful appreciation goes to Ruth Bennett, Jean Hawden, Linda Smith and Debbie Scott; all of whom have been loyal deliverers of the magazines for many years. And a warm welcome to Katharine & Chris Rothwell and Gemma Taylor who have kindly stepped forward as new volunteers. It's wonderful that with our volunteers help and support we're able to connect with over 1900 homes in the locality. Thank you everyone
***Christmas***
Comfort & Joy!
Thanks once again to Andy Brownstone for producing the film, and all those on screen. Please do share it with others in Busbridge and Hambledon and encourage our local community to be involved. Email Lisa Olsworth-Peter if you have any questions, and would like to take part.
If, having watched the video, been to the Drive In on 6 Sep, you are keen to book your parking space - please do it now! We really need to know how many cars we need to accommodate, and whether to run the service more than once.
Thanks to those that have volunteered to help on Christmas Eve. There will be a planning meeting on Zoom on Monday 16 November at 7PM. If you can help on Christmas Eve, please contact Patrick Samuels who is leading the team of organisers, ASAP. We need people to help on the evening but also those who can help plan and organise now. Sound and vision is covered, but we need people to take responsibility for or help with lighting, staging, stewarding, costumes and nativity characters…
Outward Giving & Outreach
The BESOM Christmas Hamper project
We will again be supporting BESOM this Christmas. Through the home and church groups, we are busily co-ordinating 'Besom' hampers for needy people in the community. With the COVID crisis still in full swing, the needs now are greater than ever. If you would like to make a hamper individually, here is what to do:
Collect a flat 'banana' box from Sainsbury's and wrap it with Christmas paper
Start collecting goods from the list of suitable items
Contact Shelagh Godwin on jimdogshome@aol.com to be allocated a suitable recipient
Fill box according to specifications
Contact the recipient by phone or e-mail to arrange a delivery time
Deliver hamper to recipient: leave outside the front door or in porch, Besom requests that you do not ring the bell
Meaningful Chocolate Advent Calendars
Wow! Following Nicky Hemery’s appeal for donations to buy Meaningful Chocolate Real Advent Calendars to bless customers at the Godalming Community Store and the Food Bank, the BHC ladies group raised at great total of £370. The Community Store are thrilled about the offer, and join us in wishing to send a message of Christmas hope into the homes of the most needy in our area. Hambledon also ordered calendars for the people we know are on their own in the village. Having found the Meaningful Chocolate calendars were “SOLD OUT” last week (much to Nicky’s dismay!), the company director managed to find exactly the right number - not a calendar more or less - to meet the order, and added to it with donations of chocolate angels given by other sources for food banks. That’s 108 calendars and 90 chocolate angels which will be shared among the 50 families and 70 children using the Community Store, and 50 calendars for those on their own in Hambledon village. Thank you Nicky for organising this great community initiative!
Churches Together in Godalming will not be able to run their usual Christmas lunch this year, but we are hoping to put together a list of volunteers who would visit anyone on their own on Christmas Day, with a small gift and card. We would go in pairs and not enter people’s houses. If anyone would like to volunteer to join us, please contact Gillian Martin (martin2ls@btinternet.com) or if you or anyone else would like a visit, please contact Gwen Wheatman (gwenwheatman@hotmail.co.uk).
Busbridge Church Christmas cards for sale
Pack of ten of 2 designs with envelopes for £4. The cards say Happy Christmas inside! Contact the church office to place an order.
BUsbridge Junior School applications
If you are thinking of submitting a church application to Busbridge Junior School for September 2021, here are some instructions:
1) Visit the Busbridge Junior School website and familiarise yourself with their admission criteria (‘About Us’, ‘Admissions’)
2) Email catherine.garner@bhcgodalming.org for an information sheet
3) Bring the Supplementary Information Form to the church office by 10th December at the latest (please ensure that you are eligible – the criteria are on the form)
4) A member of the clergy will meet with you to discuss your application and if approved, you need to take your signed Benefice Church verification form to the school by the application closing date (15/01/2021)
What’s On
Click Here for What’s on this week and beyond. It’s all in the calendar and more details for each event can be found when you select it.
PRAYER MINISTRY TEAM AVAILABLE
To contact the EMERGENCY prayer chain, email prayer@bhcgodalming.org or call Lisa Olsworth-Peter on 01483 421267.
Listening prayer is available mid-week.