Sunday 5 June
Pentecost & the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee
***WET WEATHER UPDATE Sunday [5 June 8.10AM] - 10.30AM BANDSTAND SERVICE MOVED TO ST PETER & ST PAUL’S CHURCH. Message from Churches Together in Godalming and District: The 10.30AM Jubilee Songs of Praise Service will now take place in the dry and seated environment of StP&StP Church, Godalming! All welcome.***
10.30 Jubilee Songs of Praise
Godalming Bandstand with Godalming Churches Together
BYO chair/rug
***No services at Busbridge***
9.30AM HAMBLEDON Heritage Service
Acts 2:17-21
Leader: Simon Willetts
Speaker: David Jenkins
Hambledon Church & Online
Friday 3rd June marks the beginning of the Hambledon Church Flower Festival which will run from 2-6pm on Friday and 9-6pm on Saturday and Sunday.
For details of the Jubilee events in Hambledon see http://www.hambledonsurrey.co.uk/?p=16513#more-16513
10.30am Queen’s Jubilee “Songs of Praise” service at Godalming Bandstand
5pm Prayer Gathering for the Godalming Minster Evaluation
St Mark’s Church and Community Centre
Watch the week’s headlines
Sunday 12 June
The Four Beasts and the Son of Man
Readings: Daniel 7: 1-14
9.10AM BUSBRIDGE Classic Service
Led by: Peter Shaw
Speaker: Margot Spencer
Busbridge Church & Online
9.30AM HAMBLEDON Heritage Service
Leader: Andy Spencer
Speaker: Dudley Hilton
Hambledon Church & Online
10.30AM BUSBRIDGE Contemporary Service
Leader: Simon Taylor
Speaker: Margot Spencer
Busbridge Church & Online
10.30AM HAMBLEDON Alpha Course
How does God guide us?
Leader & Speaker: Dudley Hilton
Hambledon Church
6PM BUSBRIDGE Evening Service
Leader: Simon Taylor
Speaker: David Brockman
Busbridge Church
Children Youth and Families Ministry
We’re delighted that the PCC has authorised us to advertise two important ministry positions. One is for youth ministry (full time) and the other is for children’s ministry (part time). Please pray that people will be called to apply, that church members will step forward to get involved in children and youth ministry and especially now in the short term, and give thanks for the committed and brilliant volunteers who lead children and youth work week in and week out. If you are interested in one of the posts, please see the ads on the vacancies page and get in touch.
Our love and prayers go with Anto and Jess as they embark on parenthood and Anto starts his new role for YPulse, a leading global insights and intelligence platform for Gen Z and Millennial consumers. Anto will be officially leaving us on 3rd July but will be leading youth groups on Tuesdays and Sundays until the end of term. If you would like to contribute to a leaving gift please see the giving instructions (BACS is best) and donate by Monday 27 June.
Men’s Breakfast ALFRESCO SPECIAL - Fry up with Simon Willetts 4th June
If you haven’t been to one of the men’s breakfast before this is an ideal event to see if you might like to join the monthly group. For info contact mensgroup@bhcgodalming.org.
Family support meals - "Serving up love on a plate"
The church family is looking forward to a number of new arrivals in the coming weeks and months and one of the ways we show love and support for parents and families with new borns is with home cooked meals. It's very simple - just cook more of what you might usually be cooking, and deliver some to a family with a new born baby. Please let Ruth know if you can help. No upfront commitment, just join the list and then sign up to do a meal here or there as and when you can. Contact Ruth on ruthroseblade@gmail.com
Thank you to Alan Bott’s for the latest volume in his series of histories of Surrey churches. A History of Hambledon, Busbridge, Farncombe, Milford and Haslemere churches is now available to buy for a suggestion donation of £10. Mr Bott is a local historian and member of St Peter and St Paul’s church Godalming. He has written a history of the majority of churches in Surrey and donates his books to the churches in the hope they can sell them and use the funds wisely.
Bishop Andrew writes: As ever, Alan’s research is extensive with an eye for detail and a thorough exploration of both the buildings themselves and the communities that brought them into being…. I commend this guide, and its churches, to you.
Copies are available to buy in both churches. Please ask a Welcomer. Cashless payment is preferred via BACS or the card reader in Busbridge church.
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).
Looking ahead
19 June
10.30am Hambledon Festival service on the cricket green - BYO chair and picnic - no morning services at Busbridge
6PM Unplugged (special service for youth during the exam period).
2/3 July
Patrick Samuels will be ordained as Priest at Guildford Cathedral on Saturday 2 July (time tbc). All welcome to attend at the cathedral. We will mark the occasion in the Busbridge Classic service on Sunday 3 July when Patrick will officiate his first communion. Please stay for tea and cake after the service, or join us before Muddy Church at 10.30am.
Church Family News
Guildford Diocese is delighted to announce that Revd Dr John Valentine will be the new Local Ministry Programme Dean (the new title for the Principal role). John brings broad and relevant experience with degrees from Oxford and Cambridge and a Doctor of Ministry. He started training to become an LLM, which led to ordination and leading a church for seventeen years in Holborn. Over the years, he has been active in theological education and has recently been teaching on a Doctor of Ministry course from Asbury Theological seminary for the Gregory Centre and training through CPAS. Busbridge&Hambledon Church is blessed to have John and Katherine as part of our congregation and we wish John God’s blessing in his new role.
Please Pray for
Students facing exams
Feathercombe Lane
Park Road and road stewards Frances Morris and Anthony Field.
ELSEWHERE
Read the latest issue (June) of Churches Together in Godalming and District Link Up.
Pamela Dalton Williams is leading the new Guildford Conquest Art fortnightly group for adults with disabilities (see flyer below) and am looking for one or two arty caring volunteers to join our team. We started in Sept ‘21. As a member of BHC, I am sure there must be some artistic fellow church attendees who would love to come and help out. Would you be willing to make a request in the weekly notices? We meet at St Catherine’s Village Hall on Chestnut Avenue which is close to Guildford Law College.
Do feel free to include the flyer / mention I am group leader and provide my name and mobile number for people to contact if interested - 07790 893 622
Please see the May issue of Churches Together Link Up and info on other local church events.
Godalming Baptist Church Life Sessions are back in 2022. Topics covered: Decision Making and the Will of God; Autism; Compassion Fatigue; Growing Old Disgracefully - holding onto what matters with increasing age; Bereavement; Come and Be Colourful. Please see the full brochure here.
Don’t forget about…
Things in the following areas may not make the notices, but the latest info can be found on the web pages:
Yew Tree Café Opening Hours
8.30am-4pm [takeaway to 4.30pm] Weekdays
10am-2pm Saturday
CLOSED JUBILEE BANK HOLIDAY 2-3 June / OPEN SAT 4 June 10-2/2.30pm
***SPECIAL OFFER FOR BRIDGE MAGAZINE READERS***: Buy a coffee and get one for a friend for free! (Offer applies between 10am and 2pm only) Look out for the voucher in the May edition of the Bridge magazine.
Work continues apace on the Minster evaluation with the Steering Group and Working Groups continuing to meet regularly. The 2nd update is available on Minster Evaluation page above. Please continue to ask or send your questions or concerns to Simon Taylor, John Harkin or David Wilkin (Steering Group Chair).
CALL TO PRAYER for the Minster Evaluation Process:
9AM Wednesdays on Zoom
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.