Dear Friends,

Today is Godalming’s Day of Peace, and there’s an exhibition running in Godalming Museum, a poetry reading at 6pm, and one of our church members, Dawn O’Toole, is leading a peace craft workshop in the Pepperpot this afternoon. This is an important sign for our town, particularly as we look ahead to tomorrow and Sunday when Remembrance services will be taking place, and we continue to pray as ever more alarming world events unfold. In fact, let’s double our prayer efforts this weekend.

SUNDAY 12 NOVEMBER

GOD WITH US:  SACRIFICE. John chapter 19 v 16b to 27

10.30AM Hambledon Remembrance Service
Hambledon Church & online
(No children’s group this week.)

10.45AM Busbridge Remembrance Service
Busbridge Church & online
Please note: Children will not be starting in the service this week - parents, please drop off in the Old Rectory from 10.30am onwards. Explorers (age 7-11) will be combining with Ark and Tiny Tigers (age 2-7) as we expect that a number of our children (and leaders) will be attending uniformed parades elsewhere.

6PM Busbridge Evening Service
Busbridge Church

SUNDAY 19 NOVEMBER

GOD WITH US:  HOPE AND RECONCILIATION.
John chapter 21 verses 1 to 19.

9.30AM Contemporary Service
Busbridge Church & online
All gather in church before the children leave for their groups in the Old Rectory.

11.15AM Busbridge Classic Service
Busbridge Church & online

10AM Hambledon Morning Worship
Hambledon Church & online

4PM Messy Church
Hambledon Village Hall

Notices

The monthly Saturday prayer group meets tomorrow 11 Nov, 8am at Busbridge Church for an hour to pray about topical matters and other things close to ourselves and our community.  All welcome to join. Please contact Michaeleashing@aol.com for info, and to submit a prayer requests. 

Prime Time Tea & Talk - Busbridge Commonwealth War Graves, by Simon Taylor
Monday 13 November, 2-4pm at Busbridge Church. Busbridge churchyard has a handful of war graves that are officially recognised and maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Join us for this Tea & Talk when Simon Taylor, our Rector and keen amateur wartime historian, will introduce us to casualties of war at rest in our churchyard. Non-PT members welcome! More details and sign up.

Annual Memorial Service 18 Nov, 3PM at Busbridge Church
Each year we hold a Memorial Service to remember friends and family members who have died, either recently or at any time, however long ago.  This year’s service is on Saturday 18 November at 3.00 p.m.  During the service we read out the names of those we remember and light candles in their memory.  Refreshments are served afterwards and all are welcome to stay.  The service is open to everyone, so please look up the details HERE if you would like to come. 

For those looking ahead further, the dates for Christmas services and events are now available on the calendar, and on A church near you. Some details might get a tweak, but you can at least save the dates. There is now a very simple holding page for www.godalmingminster.org to direct everyone to Christmas events and services, and the existing church web sites. (Development of an exciting new web site for January is getting underway.) If you missed the short presentation at church last Sunday, you can find it HERE.

Christmas Hampers
Godalming Minster is collecting goodies to make up gift hampers for local families, some of whom are supported by the Foodbank at St Mark’s year round, and some who appreciate a little help at this time of year. We hope to make the hampers a real treat and show of love and generosity to those who might not be able to enjoy the nicer things at Christmas. It is especially appreciated if the items are from the luxury range rather than value range. There will be more details and a specific shopping lists available next week, but no gifts will be wasted. You can drop items hamper off at the Yew Tree Café from next week until 3 December.

Busbridge is blessed to have a great team of Road Stewards who deliver The Bridge magazine six times per year.  We are currently looking for a volunteer to deliver in the Monteagle, Westdene and Birchanger area near Summerhouse Road.  This will take less than 30 minutes, so it is a commitment of less than 3 hours per year!  We would also like a Road Steward who could cover for other Road Stewards who are on holiday as required.  Please email David Brockman if you think you can help or want more information at editor.atthebridge@gmail.com.

Coming Up / plan ahead

See the events coming up next and look up dates further ahead in the full calendar.

Can we pray for you?

***Please send prayer requests to prayer@bhcgodalming.org***

Mid-week Prayer Gatherings

Busbridge and Hambledon Churches are open daily for private prayer and reflection.

Monday Morning Reflections on Zoom
If you  would like to start your week in quiet reflection over a passage of scripture do join us at 8.45am on Mondays - you will be very welcome. For any further information please contact: Gertrud Sollars or Shan Hallam.

Wednesdays at 9AM:
Morning Prayer at Hambledon Church
Morning Prayer on Zoom

Groups & Activities

Nexus meets on the 1st Thursday of the month, with talks and activities for church members and the community. The 2023 Nexus programme can be found on Nexus.

Ladies’ Drinks takes place every 1st Friday of the month, 7.30PM at the The Pavilion by Howling Owl.

The Men’s Group meets for breakfast at 8.15am on the first Saturdays of the month. See the calendar event for details.

Hambledon Coffee Morning and Hearing Aid Clinic takes place 3rd Wednesdays of the month at 10.30am.

The 2023 Prime Time programme for Jul-Dec is now available. For all events and details, see Prime Time.

Bereavement Café - The Bereavement Café is for anyone who has been bereaved recently or some time ago and provides a safe and supportive space to come and chat with members of the pastoral care team, and others who have experienced loss. Every last Tuesday of the month in the Old Rectory. More details >>>

get involved / serving

We're passionate about people feeling like they're a part of our church family and one of the best places to do that is as part of a team.

No matter your age or experience, there's a team that you can join, serving alongside others and getting to know people better in the church. You can find out about all our opportunities to serve and offer your time and talents on the Join a Team page.

Don’t forget about…

The MyChurchSuite app. It’s the easiest way to check dates, rotas, church emails, look up church members and sign up to events (without having to enter your details again and again!). Contact the Church Office if you’ve lost your login details or would like to request an account. The instructions which are now on the web site HERE.

Elsewhere

For news from all the other local churches, see:
Churches Together Link Up - NOVEMBER 2023

WANTED: ACCOMMODATION FOR YOUTH WORKER RELOCATING TO GODALMING
Wanted: self-contained flat or annexe for Christian youth worker (Ola from TTT) from early October. Quiet, respectful and tidy tenant prepared to pay rent in return for own private space. If you have, or know of such accommodation in the Godalming area, please contact andy@trinitytrustteam.co.uk.

The Yew Tree Café at Busbridge Church is open 8.30am-4pm weekdays in term time, and 10am-2pm on Saturdays, and 10am-4pm during school holidays.

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.

Busbridge and Hambledon Churches are open daily for private prayer.