The Autumn Spruce last Saturday: Busbridge and Hambledon Churches are a home from home for many of us, so keeping them up to welcoming and cared for condition is a matter of pride and joy. Thanks to everyone who rolled up their sleeves and had fun doing it. A full morning at Busbridge was rewarded with a BBQ, then we did it all again at Hambledon! As usual we were blessed with sunshine. See you again in May when it will all need doing again!
Dear friends,
It’s time to look ahead at the things coming up in October. Harvest, the Annual Memorial service, and of course the EPCMs on 16 October.
This Sunday looks relatively “normal” (phew) with space to come and savour worship, prayer and teaching, and for our young people to enjoy their children’s and youth groups. The sermons will be relevant and topical, and there is a chance to join a Minster Q&A session between morning services at Busbridge.
See you on Sunday or watch on demand: https://www.youtube.com/bhcgodalmingonline !
Sunday 25 September
Marks of the Early Church
Week 3: The call to leave the known for the unknown.
Reading: Acts 16: 6-10
When one door closes another one opens – is that your experience?
9.30AM Busbridge Contemporary Service
Led by: Patrick Samuels | Speaker: Simon Willetts
Busbridge Church
10.45AM Minster Q&A session + coffee in the Yew Tree Café - all welcome
11.15AM Busbridge Classic Service
Led by: Maggie Jagger | Speaker: Simon Willetts
Busbridge Church
6PM Busbridge Evening Service [Holy Communion]
Led by: Simon Willetts
Busbridge Church
10AM Hambledon Morning Worship
Reading: Isaiah 6:1-8
Led by: Dudley Hilton | Speaker: David Jenkins
Hambledon Church
Sunday 2 October
Marks of the Early Church
Week 2: Are you a vital part of God’s harvest?
Reading: Acts 16: 11-15 & 40
In this passage we see the opening of heart and home. Paul’s mission strategy seems to seek out those who appear receptive. In Philippi it was with a group praying by the riverside. We’ll consider the role of women, and the importance of work.
It’s the same reading at Muddy Church, looked at from a slightly different perspective.
9.30AM MUDDY CHURCH
Led by: Mark Puddephatt, Suzie Lambert and the Fuse Team
11.15AM Busbridge Classic Service [Holy Communion]
Led by: Patrick Samuels | Speaker: Simon Taylor
Busbridge Church
10AM Hambledon Morning Worship
Led by Simon Willetts | Speaker: Philippa Baker
Hambledon Church
11AM Minster Q&A session + coffee - all welcome
Hambledon Church
Notices
GODALMING MINSTER: EPCMs (Extraordinary Parochial Church Meetings) will take place on Sunday 16 October: 1.30pm at Hambledon and 3pm at Busbridge. Archdeacon Paul Davies will chair the meetings at which members on the electoral rolls of each church are called to vote on whether to unite the parishes of Busbridge, Hambledon and Godalming to become a Minster.
The Godalming Minster section of the web site now includes a high level summery and FAQs about what the vote involves, and this will be added to over the coming weeks.
Q&A sessions continue this Sunday:
25 September Busbridge 10.45 between services
2 October Hambledon 11am
Monday 3 Oct Hambledon 8pm
9 October Busbridge 10.45 and 12.15
You need to be on the Electoral Roll to vote at the EPCM. An email has been sent to all those on the electoral rolls, and some will have received a reminder that they are not. If you have not received either message and would like to join, you have 24 hours to get an application form in…The closing date for new applications is 23 Sep (21 days before the meeting). Forms are available at the back of the churches, or to download here.
Coming Up:
Harvest Festival
9th October
£ Harvest Appeal in aid of Five Talents
There will be a short interview with Five Talents advocates at all services.
Please bring your harvest gifts to church services.
NEXUS TALK - Thurs 6 Oct: ‘Habitat for Humanity’’ – Jess Ficatier
We’re pleased to welcome Jess Ficatier to talk about ‘Habitat for Humanity’. Jess works for an organisation aiming to provide sustainable homes for people living in climate risk locations. This summer we’ve had a small taste of the impact of climate change. The effect on communities in ‘at risk’ countries is far more extreme and devastating. Do come along and listen to Jess’s insight into this crucially important topic which we all need to try to understand.
We meet in Busbridge Old Rectory (or maybe the Yew Tree Café!) at 8.00pm. There’ll be a welcoming glass of wine, or soft drinks, and nibbles and the chance to catch up with each other before Jess starts her presentation.
All are welcome, including men if they wish to join us.
We’re on the route!
Sign up for Walk the Wey – and help the vulnerable and disadvantaged in our diocese
Sponsored walk 8 October 2022
Following the successful Walk the (North Downs) Way sponsored walk last year, Bishop Andrew and Bishop Jo are inviting you to join them once again, but this time to Walk the Wey to Guildford. Last year's walk was an enjoyable day’s walk in the autumn sunshine which raised £4,300 for the Bishop of Guildford's Communities Fund, which provides funds for parish projects that help the disadvantaged and vulnerable across the Diocese of Guildford. They would love your help this year so that the Fund can support more community projects.
This year they will be walking the Wey Navigation tow path on Saturday 8th October with walk options of 6 or 12 miles starting either in Godalming, West Byfleet or Send.
During the past year the Fund, which supports parish outreach projects, has provided funds to help, among others, St Martin’s, Old Dean, Camberley launch a community breakfast scheme in an area of high deprivation, keep Andy’s Café at St Andrew’s, Goldworth Park serving the community while it recovered from lockdown and set up a support group for new mothers at St Mark’s, Great Tattenhams.
To find out more about the walk and how to donate to the Fund please click on this link.
To register an interest in taking part contact claire.isherwood@cofeguildford.org.uk giving your name, parish, mobile number and likely starting point.
Memorial Service
Annual Memorial Service, 3pm on 15 October
Please contact Margot Spencer if you have been bereaved in recent months and would like to come and have someone remembered in the service.
See the events coming up next below or look up dates further ahead in the full calendar. Select the event for details and the location (online or on site).
Hambledon Morning Prayer takes place on Wednesdays at 9am. All welcome.
Busbridge Morning Prayer is ONLINE on Wednesdays at 9am.
Prayer gatherings for Ukraine are now at Hambledon Church at 7.30pm on 1st Tuesdays of the month.
Next Hambledon Coffee Morning and Hearing Aid Clinic is 19th October. All welcome.
Church Family News
Congratulations to Tessa and Will (Contemporary Congregation) on the birth of their baby boy this week. We look forward to hearing more details, and to welcoming baby Halford to the church family.
Vacancies
The search for a new FULL TIME 4-11s Children’s Worker continues. Please take a look at the revised job, pray and share it. Simon would be happy to talk to anyone about it, even if the specification and terms are not a perfect match.
Please continue to pray for these vacancies and that God’s people are called to the roles.
OUTWARD GIVING - NEWS from our MISSION PARTNERS
TTT – Mission on our doorstep
For over 20 years TTT has been taking the love of Christ to local young people, meeting them at their point of need, whether in church, schools or community settings.
We ask you to uphold us in your prayers as we seek to support young people in finding a purpose and direction in their lives as we point to Jesus as the way, the truth and the life.
Why not check out our website for more on what we do www.trinitytrustteam.co.uk and to sign up for a termly newsletter? You could also support us by attending the concert at
St John’s Church, Farncombe, on 30th September kindly staged by Julian Lewry Music (https://www.wegottickets.com/event/522968)
New Service times at both churches from September
Pick up a list of the new service times for September from church this Sunday or over the summer. It includes the special Sunday dates for Autumn too, so please watch out for the deviations!
please pray for
Alldens Lane
Admiral Way and its road steward Derek Pearsall
Students leaving home for college and university, and their families.
ELSEWHERE
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 from 5 Sep and 10am-2pm Saturday!
Busbridge and Hambledon Churches are open daily for private prayer.
PASTORAL CARE & PRAYER MINISTRY TEAM AVAILABLE
If you, or someone you know at church, are in need of support and care, please contact Sandra Wilkin via the church office, or e: pastoral@bhcgodalming.org.
To contact the EMERGENCY prayer chain, email prayer@bhcgodalming.org or call 01483 421267.