We are praying for all our young people taking exams in the coming weeks. All Ichthus Youth will receive a prayer package for them to write down their prayer requests and send them to the Ichthus leaders who will lift them to God. (You can request a pack from Anto!) As well as supporting our youth in prayer, the Ichthus pizza night and puppy therapy session at the farm this week was a wonderful stress buster for those that came for a cuddle. Thanks to our very kind hosts for sharing some puppy love!

Sunday 8 May

10AM JOINT SERVICE AT ST PETER AND ST PAUL’S GODALMING

There will be no morning services at Busbridge and Hambledon on 8 May as we are invited to the 10am traditional choral Eucharist service at St Peter and St Paul. There will be provision for all children at St Peter and St Paul support by the Busbridge&Hambledon Church CYF team.

On Sunday 15th May the Godalming parish church will come to BHC to worship at the contemporary service at 10:30am.

These changes on the two Sundays are part of the Minister exploration process, where the Bishop has invited us to explore the possibility of establishing a single Godalming parish (for more detail please click on this link https://www.bhcgodalming.org/godalming-minster-evaluation).

The idea of the combined services is for all parishes to come together to experience a different styles and traditions of worship as well as to get to know each other. We would encourage you to attend both these service as the parishes come together in prayer and worship as the process of evaluation and exploration is progressed. After each of these services Simon, John and David will be available to answer any questions about the status of the Minster evaluation.

10.30AM HAMBLEDON Alpha Course
Hambledon Church

5PM Minster Prayer gathering in the Old Rectory
We would request your prayers for this whole evaluation process as we seek God’s heart and His will the Godalming. If you would like to join us for the next prayer session, please come the Old Rectory at BHC on Sunday 8th May at 5:00 – 5:45 pm where a Prayer Gathering has been organised for members of all the parishes to come and pray together.

6PM BUSBRIDGE Evening Service [Holy Communion]
When the State becomes God
Readings: Daniel 3:8-15 and Daniel 3:16-28
Leader: Clare Haddad
Speaker: Simon Taylor
Busbridge Church

Next Sunday 15 May

The Testimony of Nebuchadnezzar
Readings: Daniel 4:19-28

9.10AM BUSBRIDGE Classic Service
Led by: Peter Shaw
Speaker: Simon Taylor
Busbridge Church & Online

9.30AM HAMBLEDON Heritage Service
Leader & Speaker: Simon Willetts
Hambledon Church & Online

10.30AM BUSBRIDGE Contemporary Service
welcomes members of St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Godalming
Leader: Abigail Hewlett & Ruth Roseblade
Speaker: Simon Taylor
Busbridge Church & Online

10.30AM HAMBLEDON Alpha Course
Leader & Speaker: Simon Willetts
Hambledon Church

4PM HAMBLEDON Messy Church
Lost and Found
Led by Simon Willetts and the Messy Team
Hambledon Village Hall

2022 APCMs on 22 May: 10.30am Busbridge & 4pm Hambledon. Please join us for the annual shower of Quality Street and to hear about the big picture for BHC. We will also be thanking our outgoing wardens and voting in new church officers and PCC members. The Busbridge and Hambledon Electoral Rolls are now closed, 14 days in advance of the APCM, and available on request from the church office. The Annual Report and accounts for 2021 will be published next week.

Nexus Talk, Thursday 5 May: ‘Rest and Relaxation at the Cellar Camino Café’
It has been more than 10 years since Chris Jagger spoke to Nexus about The Cellar and Skillway, both part of the Christian Warehouse Trust and one of BHC’s outward giving mission partners.  The Cellar relocated from it’s home of 40 years to a new venue in the Bury’s and was renamed The Cellar Camino Café in October 2020.  The Café welcomes everyone, with the principal objective of providing a caring and friendly meeting place for disadvantaged and vulnerable people in our local community.  Come along to Busbridge Old Rectory at 8.00pm to find out from Chris about this transformation and what services and activities are on offer at the new café.  You may even find you’d like to volunteer there; any offers would be warmly welcomed!

We’ll meet in the Busbridge Old Rectory at 8.00pm. You’ll be welcomed with a glass of wine or a soft drink and have a chance to catch up with each other before Chris begins his presentation.  We look forward to seeing you.

Prom Praise at the Albert Hall, 14 May - Bishop Michael Baughen would like to recommend a marvellous annual event in the Royal Albert Hall started by Noel Tredinnick and Bishop Michael 50 years ago! With great music and singing, Bishop Michael would love a group from BHC to go this year. It is so inspiring to worship with 5000 others and a great musical uplift. It is on Saturday 14 May at 7.30pm.. a huge choir and orchestra...   plus Keith and Kristyn Getty,  Graham Kendrick and of course Noel Tredinnick and his fine successor Michael Andrews. Seats are bookable: RoyalAlbertHall.com/booking/production/74163

Manna Ministries will be staging it’s production of Miracles in Busbridge Church on Sat 14 May at 7PM.
Manna Theatre Company is the heartbeat of Manna’s mission. The Crick family, write musicals, outreach pieces, dramas, and original songs and monologues. We are a collective group of lovers of Jesus of all ages that come together to pray, perform and play as one big family. From foster mums to teachers, Bible college students, GCSE takers, ministers of the gospel, and graphic designers, we love presenting the Gospel to those we reach, in imaginative and creative ways. The Crick family writes and composes all the music and scripts, and this music is then arranged by DWB music.

Christian Aid Week 15-20 May - Please take a gift aid envelope from church
There will be a street collection for Christian Aid (focussing this year on Zimbabwe) in Godalming High Street on Friday 20 May between 10am and 4pm. Please contact Muriel Clark at muand0n@gmail.com if you wish to help with this. Christian Aid needs the money to continue working with the many projects it is involved in which may be overlooked at this critical time.

For those anxious to collect for Christian Aid in their own streets, this is now possible as COVID restrictions have been lifted. Muriel has a supply of 'deliver only' envelopes, which means that those doing this need only visit each house once, to deliver the envelopes. Would those keen to take up this opportunity please contact Muriel at the above address and arrange to collect a supply of envelopes, and let Shelagh know at shelagh.godwin@bhcgodalming.org so that she can advise on where to leave the filled envelopes. 

The Churches Together Ascension Day Service of Evening Prayer takes place at St John’s Farncombe at 6.00 pm on Thursday 26 May. It will be followed by bring-and-share supper in the church.  Please stay on for this if you can, to share a meal with friends in Churches Together. Thanks to Rev James Rattue for hosting.

Yew Tree Café Opening Hours
8.30am-4pm [takeaway to 4.30pm] Weekdays
10am-2pm Saturday
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.

The latest edition of the Bridge magazine is now available for road stewards to collect and deliver, and copies can be found at the back of Busbridge Church. The Bridge magazine is still in need of a treasurer - please speak to David Brockman to find out more.

The weekly prayer vigils for Ukraine will continue on TUESDAYS: 7.30pm at Hambledon Church, and 8pm at Busbridge Church.

Please fill out the Ukraine host / supporter form if you would like to join the network: https://bhcgodalming.churchsuite.com/forms/jyj7s8c8

The recently established BHC4Ukraine group aims to:
1. Link with council, community and hosts                        
2. Support host families with practical help
3. Organise fundraising and supplies

Updates will be posted on the new BHC4Ukraine page and Sarah Black is the POC for general enquiries, and Will Godwin is the link for prospective hosts.

NEW WINE CONFERENCE week 1 | 23-28th July: A group from BHC are booked to attend the Christian family conference, United (New Wine) along with the youth event, Luminosity this Summer at Peterborough Showground.  This event is huge fun and a great way to recharge your spiritual batteries.  We would love to take more of our church with us to experience what many of us have been loving and blessed at for many years.  More information can be found here https://www.new-wine.org/events/ or please do ask Karen Hart or Nicky Hemery any questions you may have.  We all camp together in our own 'village' area and can help with finding tents to borrow etc.  Discounted rates are available for group bookings of 10 or more before 5th May so please do let us know if you are interested before booking in case we can take advantage of the discount for you.  Families are welcome and there are always plenty of willing baby holders / toddler entertainers available!!

BHC is starting a new Hearing Aid Clinic at Godalming Library, running 3rd Mondays of the month from 10.30am to 12.30pm. The first clinic will be Monday 16 May. Go to the Hearing Aid Clinic page for the 2022 dates at the Old Rectory and Godalming Library, and please pray for Penny and the team as they foster new links in town.

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).

SERVICES FROM 24 April 

PLEASE NOTE THE recent CHANGES TO SUNDAYS.

A printed list with the new service times is on the May Notices and can be picked up at either church.

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:

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
5PM Sunday 8 May at Busbridge Old Rectory (before 6PM Busbridge Evening service)

Looking ahead

5 June PENTECOST - 10.30am Queen’s Jubilee “Songs of Praise” service at Godalming Bandstand - no services at Busbridge

19 June - 10.30am Hambledon Festival service on the cricket green - no morning services at Busbridge - 6PM Unplugged (special service for youth during the exam period).

Please Pray for

• Councillors and all who serve in local politics

• Lane End

• Quartermile road and road steward Jan Pinto & Denise Brunning

ELSEWHERE

Please see the May issue of Churches Together Link Up and info on other local church events:

Autism Talk

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.

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.