Sunday 19 June
***No morning services at Busbridge***
10.30AM HAMBLEDON Festival Service on the cricket green
Leader: Simon Taylor
Hambledon Village Cricket Green
BYO chair, rugs, coffee & stay for a picnic for after
6PM Unplugged SPECIAL
Old Rectory Garden
Sunday 26 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 - Now Hiring x 2
Please share! The job ads are out for Director of Children and Youth (Youth Minister 12-19s) and Children’s Worker (4-11s).
Even if you can’t think of any possible candidates, we are asking all church members to 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.
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 (Muddy Church in the OR Garden) 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.
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.
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).
Church Family News
Congratulations to Anne Wainwright on her 90th birthday on 15 June, and – belatedly – to Carole and Roy Keating, married for sixty years (diamonds are for ever!) on 2 June.
There may be some in Busbridge who still remember Robert Ashe, who died in February. There is to be a service for him (details below) and anyone who remembers him is welcome to attend.
Please Pray for
Children Youth and Families Ministry and God’s people to fill the vacancies
Skillway staff and students
Hambledon Village Cricket Green
Parkfield and its road steward Alan Betts.
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.