Sunday 16 August
THIS SUNDAY
Theme: Stilling the storm | Reading: Mark 4:35-41
online
9AM HERITAGE ONLINE Service on YouTube Click here
Leaders: Andy and Margot Spencer
Speaker: Gertrud Sollars
Musical zoom (LIVE) for Creche, Tiny Tigers & Ark led by Lisa Olsworth-Peter (contact lisa.olsworth-peter@bhcgodalming.org for details)
10AM Main ONLINE Service on YouTube Click here
Welcome: Andy Spencer
Speaker: Jackie Farrow
Prayers: Judith Hawkey
Explorers and Pathfinders Zoom in on Sunday (contact vic.hicks@bhcgodalming.org for details)
At Church
10AM MORNING WORSHIP with Communion (in one kind) at Busbridge Church
Face coverings are now compulsory in church. We are currently working to fix the sound outside the church so that people can sit in the churchyard and listen to the service. If this isn’t possible, numbers are limited by the number of locations for bubbles in church. Please keep an eye on the event via What’s On to check the status.
Leader: Margot Spencer
Speaker: Gertrud Sollars
Music: Rob and Abigail Hewlett
The Notices
This week
Monday
8AM Listening Prayer
Tuesday
9AM Morning Prayer
Wednesday
7.30PM Alpha Course
Thursday
9AM Morning Prayer
Saturday
9.30AM Hambledon Prayer Breakfast
See What’s On for event details and links to zoom.
NEXT Sunday
Topic: Two Lives Restored | Reading: Mark 5: 21-42
9AM Heritage ONLINE
9AM & 10AM PRAYER BREAKS OUT! event at Busbridge Church
Come and join in this creative way of praying and worshipping with something for all.
On the hour at 9am and 10am there will be a brief service in Busbridge Church.
From this service you are invited to follow the markers (labyrinth-style) to prayer stations around the churchyard, in the Old Rectory garden and inside church. There will be activities for children, an area for prayer ministry and other stations for both reflective and active prayer. Prayer for healing, the community and the nation.
We hope many of you from both Busbridge & Hambledon will come over the course of the 2 sessions. Numbers in church will be restricted, so it would be helpful to know if you are coming and which service in church you intend to attend. Please sign up for either time.
The Plan for September
Circumstances permitting, the plan for Sunday Services from mid September is:
9AM at Hambledon
10AM at Busbridge
4PM Outdoor Family service in the Old Rectory Garden
during September. A more weather proof venue is being sought for when the weather turns more Autumnal!
Work is underway at both Busbridge and Hambledon Churches to enable livestreaming of these services so that those who continue to shield, or have benefited from anytime, anywhere online worship, can still participate.
We are planning for the Church Office in the Old Rectory to be open from 7 September, though staff will be in on a rota basis.
Rae Williams: Longstanding church members will remember, with great affection, Harvey and Rae Williams, who used to live at Merryoak and were part of our church family for many years, before they returned to Rae’s native Australia fifteen years ago. We have been deeply saddened to learn that Rae died last Friday, shortly after being diagnosed with leukaemia. Harvey has also been in hospital, but he is recovering well from heart surgery. Please pray for them all - for Harvey, Cassie, Chris and the wider family - that they may know God’s love, comfort and peace at this very difficult time.
Ben’s Bank Holiday walk (108 miles!) Many of you may remember that we have been, though it seems like a very long time ago, raising funds to redevelop the Church Centre to make it more community focused. As we look to a future where the structure of worship and mission will be evolving, we believe that a coffee drop in could be even more key, and plans are progressing. To 'do his bit' and Ben Rogers is undertaking the challenge of doing a sponsored walk to raise funds for the Church Centre redevelopment. The route he’s chosen is the Greensands Way, taking him from Haslemere to a place called Hamstreet, Kent. It is a 108 mile route which he plans to complete 31st August - 2nd September.
Ben is asking for sponsorship for this huge commitment, ideally via GoFundMe here
Any prayers you have to offer would also be a powerful encouragement. If God does speak to in way (word, picture, song) please do forward them to myself at benspets87@outlook.com.'
But an expedition such as this also needs a support crew, refreshment stops, cheering crowds, chalk slogans on the roads, flags waving etc. If you want to be part of this over the bank holiday weekend, please email: church.office@bhcgodalming.org.
Churches Together Link-Up - August Edition Click here for news from all the churches around Godalming.
Please pray for Please pray for these roads and their residents, and perhaps include them on a prayer walk this week:
· North Munstead Lane and road stewards Mark and Katrina Williams
· New Road
Elsewhere
Please see info about the Surrey Churches Ride & Stride with a Difference on 12 September. (Busbridge and Hambledon Churches are on the route.)
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.