THIS SUNDAY
Transforming communities: bearing fruit, generous sharing
Galatians 6
9.15AM BUSBRIDGE Classic Service
Leader: Philippa Baker
Speaker: Patrick Samuels
Busbridge Church & Online
(Coffee will be served in the chancel after Classic and before and after Contemporary for those that would like it. As coffee is optional, face coverings can be removed for this time in church. Please exit via the vestry to avoid congestion if people are setting up and arriving for the next service).
9.30AM HAMBLEDON Heritage Service
Leader: Margot Spencer
Speaker: Dudley Hilton
Hambledon Church & Online
10.30AM BUSBRIDGE Contemporary Service
Leaders: Andy Spencer and Simon Willetts
Speaker: Patrick Samuels
Busbridge Church & Online
NB New locations for Sunday morning children’s groups: The Ark meets in the Village Hall, Explorers in The Hut (youth space in the Old Rectory), and the crèche and Tiny Tigers remain in the Old Rectory too. Please drop off children off from 10.20am.
10.30AM HAMBLEDON Contemporary Service
Leader: Margot Spencer
Speaker: Dudley Hilton
Hambledon Church
COVID UPDATE 27 Jan 2022
Following the latest changes to the Covid-19 rules in the UK, all legal restrictions are lifted for churches and places of worship. This means that face coverings are no longer a legal requirement in services. However, The Church of England and the Bishop of Guildford suggest that churches consider maintaining some precautions for the care and consideration of all members, and that these are at the discretion of the incumbent.
Busbridge&Hambledon church continues to welcome the use of face coverings in services, and a supply of masks and hand sanitiser is available in both churches and the Old Rectory. Neither church is large enough to guarantee social distancing, but we hope that those to wish to keep a little more space between themselves and others can do so. Communion will be celebrated in one kind until the end of February, when the decision to share the common cup (or invest in individual glasses) will be reviewed again. Thank you for your ongoing co-operation, and respect for each other.
Next Sunday 6 Feb
9.15AM BUSBRIDGE Classic Service
Busbridge Church & Online
9.30AM HAMBLEDON Heritage Service
Hambledon Church & Online
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10.30AM MUDDY Church
Meet at Hydon’s Ball carpark with hot drinks and instruments.
10.30AM HAMBLEDON Contemporary Service
Hambledon Church
6PM Busbridge Evening Service
Busbridge Church
The Yew Tree Café
Volunteer! See the vacancies page.
Sponsor an item
The café is looking great, with new windows and a new kitchen and terracing underway! New café manager Lizzie Soar started this week, and will spend the next month preparing for the café opening, now in early March. We are hoping to appoint an Assistant manager or 2 soon, the advert is on the vacancies page if this interests you, or you know someone who you could pass it to. (Please note that the closing date has been extended to 28 Jan, and the hourly rate is increased since the role was first advertised).
Response to the initial call for café volunteers last week has be been great, but we’d like 6-10 more people to make the team up to approx 20. If you would like to find out more, please contact us on: Yewtreecafe@BHCGodalming.org or talk to Lizzie, Karen Hart, Carol Jones, Chris Garner or Sarah Black at the end of services, or pop you details in the form below:
You can now sponsor an item! You can sponsor everything from a mop and bucket to a coffee cup to a sofa! We want the café to be owned by the whole congregation and this is one very practical way of demonstrating this. View the YEW TREE items sponsorship list and go to Donate and either donate by BACS transfer or the donate function and use ref: YT[item].
Nexus. On Thursday 3rd February, we’ll welcome two members of the community fundraising team from Oakleaf Enterprise, our Charity for 2022. Jen Clay and Jane Felton will come and talk to us on ‘Oakleaf and mental health in the Surrey community’. The pandemic has had a devastating impact on the mental health and wellbeing of many. Oakleaf transforms lives and builds new futures for adults; developing the skills and confidence they desperately need and by reducing their feelings of social isolation. In this way, Oakleaf empowers individuals to participate again as active members of the community. The charity also works hard to promote awareness and reduce the stigma of mental health.
Do join us to learn more about the work of this increasingly important charity, which we are pleased to support this year. Mental ill-health can happen to anyone! We’ll meet in the Old Rectory at 8.00pm. All welcome, including men! We will be collecting Membership fees for 2022, which remain at £18, and there will be a visitor fee of £5.00 for non-members. These fees cover refreshments, gifts or fees for speakers and charity donations. For more information, please contact Janetmharvey@btinternet.com or katekaye2@btinternet.com
Coming Up:
See the list below or look up dates further ahead in the full calendar. Select the event for details and the location (online or on site).
Church Family News
We send our love to Catherine Pearsall, whose mother, Louise, died last weekend, in South Africa. Please hold Catherine and Derek in your prayers, and also the wider family in SA. Pray for God’s love and comfort to surround them all, as they mourn Louise and as they have to make arrangements at such a distance.
Please Pray for
The Yew Tree Café - new staff, recruitment of volunteers, Mark Pateman’s team and the building works.
Local health centres and surgeries
Underhill Close and its road steward vacancy to be filled.
Woodlands Road
ELSEWHERE
There is a Spring ‘Naturally Supernatural Conference 2022’ being put on this year because of the volume of demand. It is on Wednesday 11th to Saturday 14th May at Soul Survivor Watford. The conference is all about spending time in God’s presence, with extended times of worship and ministry. We’ll be studying God’s word and hearing from some great teachers as we explore what it means to live biblical, naturally supernatural lives today. It’s only £76 as well. If you are interested in going, either book directly at https://naturallysupernatural.co.uk/ or chat with Julia Stubbs eashingstubbs@aol.com. if you want to know a bit more.
Bereavement Day at Godalming Baptist Church - 5 Feb 2022. Please download the information:
Bereavement Day flyer
Booking & additional info re. Covid regulations
Busbridge and Hambledon Churches are open daily for private prayer.
PRAYER MINISTRY TEAM AVAILABLE
To contact the EMERGENCY prayer chain, email prayer@bhcgodalming.org or call 01483 421267.
Listening prayer is available mid-week.