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This Sunday

FREEDOM FROM HOPELESSNESS | Galatians 5: 1-12

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9AM Heritage Service (BCP) With traditional liturgy from the Book of Common Prayer and hymns recorded at Busbridge and Hambledon.

10AM BHC Main Online ServiceThe main act of worship for Busbridge&Hambledon Church with contemporary band-led worship music.

Both servicesWelcome: Dave Preece
Speaker: Simon Taylor
Reading: Faith Guildford
Prayers: Margot Spencer
Music: Becky Whiteman

5PM Prayerfest 0-30 Praying for young people and young  adults.

This week’s ‘A Word from’ Simon Willetts: What we might learn from the Hambledon Buzzard

Recent articles you might have missed:  Rector’s Reflection: GOD’S NORMAL: HOW ARE WE TO BE AS A CHURCH FAMILY?; A Word from Andy Spencer: A thought for Father’s Day; and Hello from Prime Time.  These can be found under News on the Home page of the web site.

What happens on the 4 July?We welcomed the announcement earlier this week that, with the further easing of COVID 19 restrictions, churches will be able to open for worship from 4 July.  A limit on numbers, and social distancing will still be in place, and we are awaiting full details of the guidelines from the CofE next week.  -  There will be an update on plans on the web site, and in the notices next week.  

Our online worship and events will continue and we recognise that it will be a long time before we can fully return to worshipping together, and things are likely to be  different when we do.  If you have not seen the thinking so far on church in the future, please take a look at the documents by Simon Taylor on the web site under Rescue, Recovery, Renew.

Busbridge Church and Hambledon Church are open daily from 9.30am to 4.30pm for private prayer and we encourage everyone to pop in. There are notices and images displayed to guide prayer if people wish, and at Busbridge, an invitation to take part in the prayer walk in the church yard and add a pebble to the Chain of Hope. (Have you decorated your link in the chain yet?) We hope this will encourage you to drop in while we cannot gather physically to worship.

Thanks to those that have volunteered for the rota to open and close the churches. This involves a government stipulated cleaning and checking process to keep visitors safe.

Prayerfest 0-30 this SundayYoung people and the affects of the current crisis on their future plans, development and emotional health are very much on our hearts and minds at the moment.  All are invited to join Shan Hallam and those involved with CYF ministry to pray specifically for all ages from 0-30 from 5pm on Sunday.

Listening Prayer—8am on Mondays
The Prayer Ministry team invite everyone to an early Monday session to simply listen for God.  Join us for 50 minutes (or as much as you can manage) of listening prayer.  A chance to listen to what God might be saying to you, or our Church community. An opportunity to be still before God with music, a piece of scripture followed by a short reflection and then a time of silence.  At the end there is an invitation to share what God may have said to you if you would like too.  Such a great start to the week. 

COMING UP

Alpha OnlineThe course got off to a great start last week, and more participants are due to join from next Wednesday.  Please pray for participants and leaders.  The course is open to late joiners too—email: david.preece@bhcgodalming.org and find all the details on the web site under Courses.

For others elsewhere on their journey, the next Helpful Habits course has been moved to Tuesdays, and will start on 30 June, 8-9pm.  The course involves 3 or 4 stand-alone sessions on different ways of praying.   The first one, will be ‘Praying with my pen’.  To discuss or to register, please contact Gertrud Sollars, e: Gertrud.sollars@btinternet.com.

Hope in Depression—course starts 6 JulyThis 6 week course was developed by the Hope in Depression charity for delivery by churches, and we are grateful that Simon Willetts has previous experience leading the course and is able to offer the online version to anyone in the local community.  The course is free, and can help those suffering with depression and those supporting them.  The details and the registration form are on the web site, under courses here.  Do please pass this onto anyone who might benefit.

In the community
Hello from Prime Time—the next PT event will a quiz and catch up on Zoom on 6 July.  Penny’s weekly mailings to Prime Time members can now be found on the web site under news. 

#CreativeKindness. You can find information about how our young folk are spreading light and hope to those who aren’t using the internet and see some of the lovely creations on the web site. Do keep them coming.

PLEASE PRAY FOR

This item has been absent in the notices for a while, so to cover the parishes in prayer, road by road, and picking up where we left off...this week please pray for these roads and their residents, and perhaps include them on a prayer walk this week:

· LATIMER ROAD AND ROAD STEWARD LINDA SMITH

· HAMBLEDON CRICKET GREEN AND VOLUNTEERS AT THE VILLAGE SHOP.

 

DON’T FORGET

If you are not connected in some way and would like to be, please let us know  (e: catherine.garner@bhcgodalming.org).

The Coronavirus Response team is ready to help those self-isolating— e: coronaresponse@bhcgodalming.org.

The CFSF is receiving donations AND applications for financial gifts.  Details on https://www.bhcgodalming.org/c19-givingandsupport.  

If you have anything to post, thoughts, prayers, musings—remember the BHC Together facebook group is yours to do so!

Prayer Ministry team available

To contact the EMERGENCY prayer chain, email prayer@bhcgodalming.org  or call 01483 421267.

Listening prayer is available mid-week.

For more information contact Jeannie Postill t 01428 687968