Weekly Notices for Sunday 9 May
Come to church or watch at home
Services are back in church and broadcast live on YouTube!
or Click below to watch on YouTube
Sunday 9 May
Anywhere
Reading: Mark 1: 21-34
9am Heritage Service - Hambledon
Leader: Margot Spencer | Speaker Andy Spencer
9am Classic Service - Busbridge
Leader: Peter Shaw | Speaker: Andy Spencer
10.30AM Contemporary: Conversations from the Couch
On the couch: Tom Jones, Patrick Samuels and Simon Taylor
At Busbridge, sound will be on in the churchyard for those wishing to remain outside and listen to the service (no need to sign up, but you may wish to bring a chair!).
NEW at 10.30AM Children’s Worship IN THE OLD RECTORY GARDEN
For families with children aged 0-11. At least one parent or guardian will need to stay with their children and take part in the fun.
Enter Password: 2021 when prompted
With the easing of restrictions, the better weather and more people back at church, the after church online coffee and catch-ups have moved to once a month:
6.30PM on 2nd Sundays (This Sunday, 9 May) and 11.30AM on 3rd Sundays (next on 16 May).
We are still not allowed to offer refreshments at church, but hope to be able to restart the lovely habit of coffee at the end of services after 21 June!
Children & Youth
In person CYF groups are back!
NEW at 10.30AM Children’s Worship
For families with children aged 0-11 (Tiny Tigers, Ark and Explorers). A parent or guardian needs to stay too.
4.30PM Pathfinders - The Hut, Old Rectory
7.30PM Ichthus - The Hut, Old Rectory
Contact the CYF team for details:
Juliet (0-3s), Judith (4-11s), Anto (11-18s)
Next Sunday 16 May
MESS
Reading: Mark 1: 40-45
Services
9AM Hambledon Heritage Service
Speaker: Simon Willetts
9AM Busbridge Classic Service
Speaker: Hilary Pettman
10:30AM Contemporary Service: Conversations from the couch
On the couch: Patrick Samuels, Mark Williams and Simon Taylor
10:30AM Children’s Worship - Old Rectory Gardens
7PM Worship & Prayer Nights - Busbridge and Hambledon Churchyards
Sunday 16 May at 7PM - Busbridge Churchyard
Sunday 16 May at 7PM - Hambledon Churchyard
Reconnect in worship and prayer - 16 May at 7PM
You are called to reconnect in worship and prayer in Busbridge and Hambledon churchyards, when we will be able to enjoy sung worship and prayer ministry together. The theme for Busbridge will be REVIVAL, and at Hambledon DISCERNMENT!
Select the events above to sign up to the Worship and Prayer evenings. Please wear a face covering, and bring a chair if you'd like to sit rather than stand.
The Notices
Next Thursday is Ascension Day (13 May)
We will join Godalming Churches Together for a service to be held at at St John’s, Farncombe at 5.30PM. There’s plenty of space available. No need to sign up.
APCMs on 23 May: ‘Quality – God’s future for us’ ON ZOOM & AT CHURCH
The prayer evenings will prepare us for the APCMs the following Sunday which will follow the abridged morning services:
9AM Heritage followed by the APCM at 9.30AM
10.30AM Busbridge Combined Morning Worship with the APCM starting at 10.45AM (The Family Garden service will take place at 10.30AM for those with children aged 0-11, so if 2 parents are coming to church it’s possible for one to attend the APCM either on Zoom or in church).
Please do come along to the appropriate APCM and find out about the year gone, and what’s to come. The Annual Report and Accounts for 2020 will be available next week.
Click for details and to sign up
Click for details and to sign up
Fancy a break from working from home? Please contact Patrick Samuels if you would be interested in sharing a workspace in the Old Rectory during school hours on Mondays or Thursdays once restrictions permit. Power, Wi-Fi and tea/coffee making facilities available. This might offer the chance for a change of scenery, some interaction with others and an optional prayer and reflection time at 12 noon. patrick.samuels@bhcgodalming.org.
We send much love and huge congratulations to our lovely June Higgins, who celebrates a significant birthday this coming week. 11 May 1931 must have been a very special day, and we wish June a blessed and joyful day of celebration with her family.
Go to the Outward Giving page to find out about the 3 things to support this month:
Christian Aid week 10-16 May. In the absence of door to door collections again this year, it’s even more important that we support by donating online, joining the local quiz or the sponsored challenge to make 300,000 steps during May! More details.
Friends International UK - one of our mission partners which is featured in the latest Outward Giving Update. Friends international is a Christian charity seeking to grow friendship and faith with international students in the UK & Ireland. Over 450,000 international students study at UK universities and some 550,000 come to study English in language schools. FI wants to give students a great time in the UK, chances to experience real local culture, and opportunities to hear the Christian message. Our activities are open to those of all faiths and none.
An update on the work of the Nazareth Way in HMP Send. David Jenkins talks to Lesley Mason in an interview about the needs of those in prisons such as Send, and the work of chaplains.
Can you help?
The Bridge
We are still seeking a new road steward for Shackstead Lane (numbers 2-26 only) and Busbridge Lane (numbers 106-146, 111-125)
We're looking for someone who might be able to deliver magazines to 14 houses (the Godalming College end of Shackstead Lane). And we're also looking for a new road steward who, 6 times a year, would be willing to deliver magazines to 32 houses in Busbridge Lane (numbers 106-146 & 111-125).
If you live in, or close to these stretches, (or maybe know someone who does and might be willing to take on the role) please contact the editor, Cathy, at editor.atthebridge@gmail.com. We'd be delighted and most appreciative to hear from you.
Sundays
To restart, sustain and keep step with easing restrictions, we now need to recall the army of volunteers that served on Sundays and in all ministries pre 2020!
The most pressing need in the coming weeks is for WELCOMERS at all 3 services (Busbridge and Hambledon). We can’t meet our COVID safety procedures (setting up the hygiene station, signing people in, encouraging hands, face and space) without a committed team of Welcomers. Contact the church office if you’d like to help.
CHILDREN, YOUTH & FAMILIES
Tiny Tigers, Ark and Pathfinders await helpers to come forward to run their sessions. A need for helpers coupled with the short term challenge of restricted numbers in our modestly sized church buildings, have inspired plans to run a service for families with 0-11s in the OR gardens at 10.30AM (alongside the Contemporary service) starting next Sunday 9 May. At least one parent or guardian will need to stay with their children and take part in the fun.
SOUND & VISION. We still need more people on the tech and production team to ensure amazing (i.e. worship enhancing but unobtrusive) sound and vision in the churches as well as via YouTube. Good training will be provided and the skill is highly transferable! Watch the promo below, and contact Jacob if you would like to find out more.
BHC seeks an online digital producer and technician!
The advert for this 6 month part-time contract can be found on the job vacancies page. Please take and look and share with anyone who might be interested. Closing date 9 May 2021.
More Digi-disciples needed!
If you are wondering how we put out 3 online services each week, and who is behind the camera, here’s a great video to show what it’s like, and inspire you! Please contact Jacob if you’d like to be involved or find out more. e: jacob.taylor@bhcgodalming.org
Coming Up NEXT:
See the list below or look up dates further ahead in the full calendar. Select the event to join the meetings on Zoom, or sign up.
BHC Public Zoom Room
946-391-4833 | PW 2021
CLICK HERE to get together on Zoom after each service for a virtual coffee, and mid-week Morning Prayer.
Please Pray for
Greenhill Close and its road steward Carole Keating
Upper Vann Lane
Councillors and all who serve in local politics
Services at Busbridge Church and Hambledon Church from 25 April
Services are back in both churches AND broadcast live on YouTube. The Contemporary Conversations service has moved into Busbridge Church, and starts at the slightly later time of 10.30AM. Communion (bread only) will take place on 1st Sundays of the month in the 9AM Busbridge Classic service, and on 3rd Sundays in the 9AM Hambledon Heritage service. Those attending are asked to SIGN UP and wear a FACE COVERING. Singing is not permitted in church, but is allowed outdoors (with face coverings).
Busbridge Church and Hambledon Church are both open daily for private prayer.
The Old Rectory is reopening gradually, and clergy and staff are still mainly working from home. The answerphone is checked regularly, but the best way to reach people is by email.
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.
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