NEW YEAR SERMON SERIES:

PHILIPPIANS - Fulfilled lives

Readings:
Online Heritage Service - 1 Philippians 1:1-14 - Andy Spencer preaches on Finding Joy in Lockdown

Online Classic & Contemporary - 1 Philippians 1:12-18 - Simon Taylor speaks on The Significance of Satisfaction

Online Services this Sunday

Find our services on YouTube.
Pre-recorded services will be available anytime (on demand) after they premiere. Live broadcasts will available to watch at the time, and uploaded at a later date.

Also this Sunday

Get together on Zoom after each service for a virtual coffee:

10AM Heritage Coffee
(Rev Simon Willetts looks forward to seeing the Heritage congregation to chat about the plans for broadcasting live from Hambledon, and prayers and ideas for services in 2021.)
10.45AM Contemporary Coffee
11.30AM Classic Coffee

ALL WELCOME to drop in on Zoom at any of the times above.

Next Sunday 17 January

Power of Trust
Reading: Philippians 2:12-18

Online services

9AM Heritage (BCP)
Speaker: Simon Willetts

9AM Classic from Busbridge Church

10.15AM Contemporary: Conversations from the Couch
Speaker: Dave Preece

Services all on YouTube, followed by virtual coffees on Zoom.

Coming Up NEXT this Week:

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.

the notices

Worship during Lockdown 3
As we head through January we’re offering a number of ways to worship on Sundays. We also meet for prayer most mornings (zoom) and in midweek small groups (online). In the light of the national situation announced on 4/1/2021, there are no face-to-face gatherings or worship.

We’re confident of the future in Christ as we head into 2021. This means we’re present, active, worshipping and caring in the community and we do this because we know Christ. As 2 Corinthians 5:17-18 says

“THEREFORE, IF ANYONE IS IN CHRIST, THE NEW CREATION HAS COME: THE OLD HAS GONE, THE NEW IS HERE! ALL THIS IS FROM GOD, WHO RECONCILED US TO HIMSELF THROUGH CHRIST AND GAVE US THE MINISTRY OF RECONCILIATION:”

We’re worshipping, praying and growing in faith online through January. We’re encouraging everyone to do this. If you are alone, isolated or know someone not online and who needs to worship in person then please get in touch with the church office.

To read more about the theology and the practical reasons for this please see the latest Rector’s Reflection on worship, here: reflections on worship in COVID.

From the 2nd Sunday of January we are offering:

• Hambledon Heritage BCP pre-recorded online continues to be at 9am.

• The Classic is livestreamed at 9am.

• Conversations on the Couch worship is livestreamed at 10.15am.

• Zoom “coffee” after each service.

• Children’s and Youth groups online: 9AM Ark (3-7s), 11.15AM Explorers (7-11s), 4PM Pathfinders (11-14s), Ichthus (15-18s).

Simon Taylor

this week

Busbridge Church closed until 18 January
We are sorry but the church is closed as we set up and install technology for broadcasting online services. Busbridge Church will be open again daily for private prayer from 18 January 2021. 

Hambledon Church is open daily from approximately 9.30pm-4pm.

Thank you to the team of volunteers who open and close the churches, and check the Covid 19 safety processes and instructions are in place for visitors.

The Old Rectory is closed for the time being and clergy and staff are working from home. The answerphone is checked regularly, but the best way to reach people is by email.

The JAN/FEB ediition of the Bridge is available online … click here

Road Stewards needed for The Bridge magazine for College Hill and Brighton Road.
The Bridge magazine would like to thank Sue Keen for her long standing service as a road steward in Busbridge Lane. The team are very appreciative of all the help Sue has given over many years. Thank you. 

The Bridge magazine is looking for two or more new road stewards who, 6 times a year, would be willing to deliver magazines to either College Hill and High Ridge (59 houses) or the lower part of Brighton Road, Underhill Close and part of Latimer Road (89 houses). We'd be more than happy to split or share these larger bundles between two road stewards if needed. If you live in, or close to, either of these roads, (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.  

Nexus Online Talk - Walking the Camino Way with Ceri Apark
All welcome to the New Year Nexus talk next Thursday (14 Jan) at 8PM, in the BHC Public Zoom room. Church member Ceri Apark will tell us of the challenges and highpoints of her five weeks walking along the pilgrimage route, the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, in Spain. Our Zoom meeting will start at 8.00pm, but you’ll be able to join from 7.45pm and have a chat with others. You’ll need to supply your own drinks and nibbles! See event info HERE.

Starting Soon

Junior Lockdown Choir - starting Thursdays from 21 January
To support children in our local community, particularly while they are not attending school physically, Lisa Olsworth-Peter is starting a Junior Lockdown Choir. Singing encourages a child to express their emotions and sharpens their ability to communicate while exercising lip and tongue movement. But one of the biggest benefits of singing is the repeated use of the 'memory muscle'. (We have all sung nursery rhymes with our children but as children get older the power of singing in their lives can still be extremely beneficial.) The choir will sing a range of Disney and pop songs suitable for each age group, and do different vocal exercises that will stimulate facial muscles, the body and the brain. The choir is being promoted through Busbridge Infant and Junior schools and St Mark’s Primary, and sessions will be scheduled to fit in and around the remote school day. If you know any primary age children who would be interested, please pass the message on to email Lisa.Olsworth-Peter@bhcgodalming.org.

Hope in Depression Course
Clare Haddad is leading the next 6 week Hope in Depression Course on Tuesday evenings, starting 26 January. Find all the details, and register in confidence on the Hope in Depression page, and please do share the details with anyone suffering with mental health problems, and those supporting them.

Church Member news

Over the holiday period, we have been saddened by the death of two of our oldest church members:  Mary Rodway (102) died on 22 December and John Winder (99) on 30 December.  Both have remained much-loved members of our church family, despite being housebound for some time.  Please hold their respective families in your prayers, as they make funeral arrangements at this difficult time.  We give thanks for the lives of these two faithful pilgrims, and pray for God’s peace and comfort to be with all who mourn.

We send our love and virtual hugs to Jane Tomes, whose mother, June, died on the morning of 7 January.  Please hold Jane, Ian and the whole family in your prayers, and pray especially for Jane and her sister as they make funeral arrangements in the current difficult circumstances.

Please Pray for

• Admiral Way and road steward Derek Pearsall

• Church Lane, Hambledon

• The Emergency Services

• BHC Mission Partner: Elam Ministries. Join the Iran 30 prayer initiative: https://www.elam.com/iran30

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.