Dear friends,

This Sunday will see the return of the full range of church services at Busbridge&Hambledon Church, at the new times of 9.30am for Busbridge Contemporary, 10am for Hambledon Morning Worship and 11.15am for Busbridge Classic. The Busbridge Evening service takes place as before at 6pm on 2nd and 4th Sundays.

We will be paying tribute to Her Majesty The Queen in all services with a minute’s silence, the national anthem and specially selected hymns and songs. The communion service at Hambledon will be fully dedicated to Queen Elizabeth II.

Sunday is also Proclamation Day and Godalming’s formal proclamation of the new King Charles III by the Mayor will be at 4.30pm and at The Pepperpot.

In the meantime, the Busbridge and Hambledon church bells were tolled at noon today and visitors have come to sign the books of condolence in both churches. For prayers and the online book of condolence, please go to www.churchofengland.org.

Service details are below, followed by the notices and What’s On. Read on for info about the EPCMs on 16 October to vote on the Godalming Minster proposal, the Autumn Spruce next Saturday and the new sermon series: Marks of the Early Church.

Sunday 11 September

Reading: Acts 9:1-19

The sermon series for the next month is called Marks of the Early Church, and we’re looking at Acts to reflect on what we can learn as individuals and as a church from the challenges to the church at that time. The sermons for this Sunday have been adjusted in response to the death of the queen, but here is Andy with a brief intro to the theme.

9.30AM Contemporary Service
Led by: Simon Taylor | Speaker: Andy Spencer
Busbridge Church

Children’s groups restart. Drop off from 9.20am Creche and Explorers in the Old Rectory and the Ark in the Village Hall.

[There will be donuts with coffee between the services, as we suspect the Queen liked them too.]

11.15AM Classic Service
Led by: Peter Shaw | Speaker: Andy Spencer
Busbridge Church

6PM Busbridge Evening Service
Led by: Simon Taylor
Busbridge Church

HAMBLEDON CHURCH
10AM A Service for the Queen [Holy Communion]
Reading: Isaiah 6:1-8
Led by: Simon Willetts | Speaker: David Jenkins

Sunday 18 September

Marks of the Early Church
Week 2: The Church on the move

Reading: Acts 13: 1-5

10AM Morning Worship
Hambledon Church

9.30AM Contemporary
(Replaces the Contemporary service in Church)

11.15AM Classic Service [Holy Communion]
Led by: Patrick Samuels | Speaker: Simon Taylor
Busbridge Church

4PM Messy Church
Hambledon Village Hall

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 ratify the PCCs’ decision to join with Godalming parish and become a Minster. An update following the PCCs vote on 11 July will be emailed to all those on the Electoral Roll, but the slides below are part one of the overview series and show dates for Q&A sessions after services in the coming weeks.

You need to be on the Electoral Roll to vote at the EPCM. 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.

SIGN UP NOW to the Autumn Spruce!

Having missed the Spring Clean and the Summer Blitz, come September the churches will be in much need of a back to church Autumn “Spruce”! Please sign up now. We do need your help, but the getting together is just as important. Click the flyer to sign up.

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).

Busbridge Morning Prayer on Wednesdays will restart the following week on 23 Sep.

Prayer gatherings for Ukraine will take at Hambledon Church at 7.30pm on 1st Tuesdays of the month.

Autumn Alpha Course - an Autumn Alpha course will start on Thursday 15th September at St Mark’s Church and run on Thursdays until 24th November (with a break for half-term). Contact Sheila.Samuels@bhcgodalming.org if you’d like to join the course or find out more. We are looking for a catering team to provide one or more of the meals. Please let Sheila know if you’d like to help with this fundamental and most enjoyable element!

Next Hambledon Coffee Morning and Hearing Aid Clinic is 21st September. All welcome.

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.

Please pray for

• The start up of children’s and youth groups

• Hambledon Road and the Nursery School

• Monteagle and Westdean and its road stewards Jo and Guy Cookes

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!

ELSEWHERE

Read the latest issue (SEPTEMBER) of Churches Together in Godalming and District Link Up.

Godalming Baptist Church Life Sessions. Please see the full brochure here. September’s talk is on Compassion Fatigue

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.

PRAYER MINISTRY TEAM AVAILABLE

To contact the EMERGENCY prayer chain, email prayer@bhcgodalming.org or call 01483 421267.
Listening prayer is available mid-week.