SUNDAY 18 OCTOBER
This Sunday
Blessed are those who mourn for they will be comforted
Reading: Matthew 5:4
online
at church
BHC GODALMING CHANNEL (CLICK HERE)
You can join the 10AM service at Busbridge Church from home. The ‘watch on YouTube’ links are listed with the service.
The 10AM Busbridge Contemporary will be filmed and uploaded to YouTube after the service.
On Zoom - BHC Public Room | PMI: 946-391-4833 | PW: 2020
11.30AM Zoom Coffee Morning hosted by 8AM and Busbridge Classic congregations
5PM PrayerFest 0-30 in 60
7PM Zoom Coffee & Chat hosted by the Evening Congregation (formerly 6.30PM)
7.45PM Christmas Planning meeting for helpers - all volunteers welcome.
Go to What’s On and select the event to join the meetings on Zoom
Children & Youth
Children are more than welcome to come to services and be part of our worship as we gather as a church family, but there won't be children's groups running in the morning services. Sunday School for younger age groups is on Zoom, and older youth groups meet later on Sunday as follows:
0-3s (approx) Parents are welcome to use the creche room in Busbridge Junior School as a ‘breakout’ room for wriggly/noisy babies or children.
9AM Ark (3-7s) on Zoom. Details on request from Judith Hawkey.
11.15AM Explorers (7-11s) on Zoom. Details on request from Judith Hawkey.
4PM Pathfinders Youth Club, The Hut (for 11-14s)
7.30PM Ichthus Games Night, The Hut (for 15-18s)
Next Sunday
VIRTUAL APCM - SUNDAY 25 OCTOBER
The Annual Parochial Church Meetings will be held on Sunday 25 October on Zoom at:
4PM for Busbridge Church
5.30PM Hambledon Church
Sadly there will be no Quality Street this year, as these meetings will be held in the BHC Public Zoom room (ID: 946-391-4833 password: 2020). The combined benefice annual report and separate accounts for 2019 are now available. Simon Taylor and Simon Willetts will be recapping on 2020 and sharing the vision for Busbridge&Hambledon Church going forward.
The Electoral Roll which allows you to vote at the APCMs is now closed and is available from the church office.
Would you be interested in becoming a PCC member? Find the application form here:
Would you like to influence churches in the area of Godalming, south to Haslemere and west towards Aldershot? The Deanery Synod and Simon Taylor need your input – it’s a commitment of three meetings a year – please get in touch with Simon Taylor directly to find out more.
The Notices
Keith and Philippa’s LLM licensing this Saturday
Keith Harper and Philippa Baker will be admitted as License Lay Minister (Readers) at a special service at St Thomas-on-the-Bourne this Saturday at 5PM. Because of COVID-19 restrictions, there will be a limited-size congregation, but the service will be live streamed on St Thomas’s YouTube Channel. Do please join in from home and support them as they take this significant step. And please pray for Philippa and Keith – and the other LLMs from across the diocese - as they begin their new ministry.
Help to plan Christmas
Thank you to everyone (nearly 200 people!) who filled in the 1 minute Christmas survey. We now know that 91% of us are here at Christmas; many want to gather on Christmas morning; and even more would join a special child-friendly half hour drive in carols (with nearly lit candles) service.
If you are one of the 50+ people who said you might be able to help with Christmas Eve drive-in carol service(s) in Busbridge, you are welcome to a thirty minute zoom meeting on 946-391-4833 (2020), 7.45pm Sunday 18th October. We need you! Simon T.
SMALL GROUP NEWS
Last Sunday Simon Willetts talked to Mark Puddephatt about what’s so good about Small Groups. You can watch it again here. The next instalment will be shown in services this Sunday.
Who is Missing?
With the threat of increased restrictions, if there is anyone you can think of that you haven’t seen or heard from at church or on Zoom, and may not receive (or read!) the notices, please consider trying to make contact. In April our Small Group leaders led an activity to contact everyone on the church database to check they were OK and invite them to connect with a small group. This is a follow up to that, but we are asking all members of the church family to think about those who may be self isolating, in need of support or a friendly phone call every now and then. If you have any questions or need to pass on a request for further support, please contact Jill Johnston in the Pastoral Care team.
Road Stewards needed for The Bridge magazine for Grayling Close and Windy Wood.
The Bridge magazine is looking for two new road stewards who, 6 times a year, would be willing to deliver magazines to either Grayling Close (46 houses) or Windy Wood (38 houses). 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 is back on 5 November at 8pm, with an online talk by Simon Willetts titled: Never Say Never. All welcome to the talk in the BHC Public Zoom Room. The event can be found in What’s On. (Save the Date for the NEXUS Christmas Quiz on Saturday 7 December, starting at 7.30PM in the BHC Zoom room too.)
This month is Black History Month and the Busbridge&Hambledon PCC group which is looking at the church’s response to racism would like to share the Black History Month 2020 Annual Magazine here: https://issuu.com/sugarmediaandmarketing/docs/blm_2020_4oct
Hambledon church members, in particular, will be saddened to learn of the death of the Reverend Geoffrey Charrett, who was Priest-in-Charge of Hambledon from 1994-1996. We send our love and sympathy to his family.
The funeral service for Betty Towner will be held at Guildford Crematorium on Friday 20th November, 2020 at 12 noon. Because attendance in the chapel is still very limited, the service will be live-streamed, and all are warmly encouraged to watch the service online. Once we have the link for you to do that, we will make it available nearer the time.
Please pray for
The Mill Medical Practice as they prepare for the drive through flu vaccination clinic this Saturday, 17 October. It’s a big community effort, and Linda Smith asks for your prayers for the weather, safety, that there will be a good response, and all will go smoothly!
FEBA - Come and join our small prayer group which meets under socially distanced conditions and will be meeting on Monday 19 October from 10.30 for an hour to pray for Feba, a media organisation with partners in most of the world's trouble spots. Further details can be obtained from Shelagh at jimdogshome@aol.com
Please pray for these roads and their residents, and perhaps include them on a prayer walk this week:
Pullman Lane and road steward Kate Kaye and Kate Brockman
Woodland Lane
Churches Together Link Up - October 2020
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.
This week
Monday & Thursday 9AM Morning Prayer on Zoom, Toddler Sing Along
Next Saturday: 8.30AM Churches Together Prayer Breakfast, Zoom
coming up:
1 Nov All Souls service, 10AM Busbridge Church
A service for the benefice of Busbridge&Hambledon, in place of the annual memorial service, to acknowledge bereavements and remember loved ones.
7PM Busbridge Churchyard service, 1 Nov
Remembrance Services, 8 November
10.30AM at Busbridge Church and Hambledon Church
(The Remembrance services replace 9AM at Hambledon 10AM Busbridge Classic & Contemporary services)
6 week Road Closure on Brighton Road from 26 October
Gas works will begin on 26 October between Crownpits Lane and Latimer Road, and a diversion via the A3100, Broadford Road, A281 and the B2130 will be in place. Please allow extra time if this affects your journey to church, or school.
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.