This Sunday at Busbridge we celebrate Patrick’s ordination (at Guildford Cathedral 3pm on Saturday), with coffee and cake after the 9.10AM Classic service. You can then wander over to the Old Rectory garden for the last Muddy of term at 10.30AM. This is Anto’s last Sunday with us as youth minister so there will be a Muddy style thank you!

Later in the day at 5PM, Hambledon church is hosting the last of the prayer gatherings for Ukraine and the Minster consultation process before the PCCs vote on if and how to proceed with the recommendations made by the steering group. We are seeking God’s wisdom and guidance at this critical point and would encourage everyone to attend.

The Prime Time Garden party at Priors Field School was back this year and a group of lucky members were treated to a delicious cream tea served by the pupils, then performances from some of the young talent. It’s a real treat, and we are so grateful for the relationship with the school.

Read on for details about:

• What and where this Sunday (the services)

• Vacancies in Youth & Children / Music & Worship

• Update on Ukraine Refugee Project in Godalming and Villages

• Prime time Coffee drop ins at the Yew Tree Cafe – Mondays 10.30-11.30AM starting next week

• Nexus talk on 7 July – local wild flowers and butterflies.

• Hambledon Coffee Morning with Hearing Aid clinics restarting 23rd July

• The latest update from the Minster Steering Group

And in brief:

• MEN’S BREAKFAST CANCELLED THIS SATURDAY (see the calendar)

• The YEW TREE café will be closed this Sat 2nd July for some maintenance and then a wedding.

Sunday 3 July

The Man above the River
Readings: Daniel 10 and Daniel 11:1

What & Where (the services)

HAMBLEDON

9.30AM Heritage Service
Leader: Chris Garner | Speaker: Simon Willetts
Hambledon Church & Online

10.30AM Alpha Course
Hambledon Church

5PM Prayer Gathering for Ukraine and the Minster evaluation process
Hambledon Church

BUSBRIDGE

9.10AM Classic Service [Holy Communion]
Led by: Patrick Samuels | Speaker: Simon Taylor
Busbridge Church & Online

***The service will be followed by tea and cake to celebrate Patrick’s ordination on 2nd July.***

10.30AM MUDDY Church
Led by: Mark Puddephatt and Suzie Lambert
Busbridge Old Rectory Garden
***It’s Anto’s last Sunday as Youth Minister and we’ll be thanking him and Jess for their contribution to the ministry.***

Carparking for Busbridge services: The church has exclusive use of the Busbridge Village Hall carpark on Sunday mornings. Please use it!

Notices

Patrick Samuels will be ordained as Priest at Guildford Cathedral on Saturday 2 July at 3pm. All welcome to attend at the cathedral or watch the live stream via YouTube (www.youtube.com/c/GuildfordCathedralUK) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/GuildfordCathedral).  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 in the Old Rectory Garden. Contact frances.shaw@bhcgodalming.org if you can make and bring cake!

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.

Children Youth and Families Ministry – vacancies update
Good news – the closing date for applications for the Director of Youth & Children and Youth Minister role has past and several candidates have been shortlisted for interview. The search for a Children’s Worker has been less fruitful so far, so the application date is open ended. Please take a look at the 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.

Prime Time drop ins at the Yew Tree Café – Mondays 10.30-11.30am
Starting 4th February, one or two of the Prime Time team will be in the café to chat to members and other visitors every Monday from 10.30-11.30am. Come and enjoy a coffee, tea and something from the lovely range of baked goodies. This is the first weekly Prime Time activity. We hope it will grow organically to build friendships and mutually support the ministry of the café and Prime Time.

Hambledon Coffee Morning & Hearing Aid Clinic restarting Weds 20th July
We are looking forward to the return of the Hambledon coffee morning at 10.30am on 3rd Wednesdays of the month. NHS hearing aid maintenance and replacement batteries will also be available once more. Who might you invite? Contact Jacqui Rook via the church office if you would like a lift to church.

Update on Ukraine Refugee Project in Godalming and Villages
For an update on what’s happening with Ukrainians coming to the area as a result of the war, join us at Busbridge Church at 7pm on Monday 4 July.  The meeting will be led by the Godalming and Villages Support Group which has been a major investor of time in seeking Hosts; bringing them together; creating events including English lessons and supporting with both Hosts and Guests.

As a Church, the BHC4Ukraine project agreed to signpost prospective Hosts to Love Bristol, an organisation which has direct links with Poland and Ukraine.  Our input would be to provide support to those arriving in Godalming.  July 4th will be the key time to find out more about the current picture and see what we can do as individuals and collectively.

Please also put Sunday 21 August in your diary when we plan to hold a Garden Party for Hosts, Guests and our Church family to get to know each other and have some fun.  If you can help in any way- providing food, setting up, clearing away, entertaining (music, magic, games etc), please contact Sarah Black ASAP on sarahblack536@googlemail.com

Prayer for Ukraine continues at Hambledon Church
Every Tuesday evening, a number of us gather for 40 mins at 7.30pm in church, to pray for Ukraine. The Tuesday vigil is an opportunity to ask, amongst other things, that there may yet be a miracle of peace and an end to the fighting.

The Busbridge Prayer Vigil for Ukraine on Tuesday evenings has paused for the summer, and will restart in September. We are still praying for the country and situation privately and at Busbridge Morning Prayer (via Zoom) at 9am on Wednesdays.

Worship & Music Ben Ford will be finishing in his role as interim worship pastor at the end of August. We are extremely grateful to Ben for his contribution in recent months and for extending the initial contract after Easter. The PCC will be advertising the role shortly. Please do pray for worship and music at Busbridge and let us know if you’d like to explore getting involved with music.

PCCs vote on a Minster Proposal
The Busbridge and Hambledon PCCs will hold a joint Q&A on 6th July on the proposals from the Minster Steering Group. All 3 PCCs (Busbridge, Hambledon and St Peter and St Paul’s) will be voting on whether or not to proceed with the Minster project on 11th July. Please do join in the call to prayer individually and at Hambledon Church this Sunday at 5pm.

Coming Up:

The Summer Holidays…24 July – 28 August

From Sunday 24 July, services at Busbridge combine into one 10.30am service which includes elements of both classic and contemporary worship. Children’s groups take a break but the service is family friendly and younger ones are welcome to use the activity bags during the service, or hang out in the Yew Tree Café or Old Rectory garden with their parents/carers.

Hambledon services join in August (Sundays 7, 21 and 28 August) to one service at 10am.

14 August – 10.30am Churches Together Bandstand service (part of Godalming Staycation). No services at Busbridge or Hambledon.

Contemporary Social 17th July: The Contemporary congregation will celebrate the end of term on 17th July, with a social in the Old Rectory Garden after the service. Drinks provided. BYO picnic!

Nexus Talk: Thursday 7 July
Phil Darley, a Butterfly Conservation volunteer, will talk about monitoring and improving the habitat of the White Wood and other rare butterfly species in Oaken Wood, Chiddingfold.  Her other passion is closely linked:  planting and tending wildflowers in the local area; both very important for our environment!

Do join us on Thursday 7th July in Busbridge Old Rectory at 8.00pm. We’ll start with drinks and nibbles, giving us a chance to chat with others before handing over to Phil for her presentation. All are welcome, including men! We  look forward to seeing you. Our annual Membership fee is £18. There will be a visitor fee of £5.00 for non-members.

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).

Concert in Busbridge Church, 30 July: A Renaissance Sequence
On the evening of Saturday July 30th, Busbridge Church will be the venue for a classical music concert by a newly formed choral group consisting of 8 young singers between the ages of 17- 22, all of whom are lovers of choral music.

The group consists of students from King Edward’s School, Witley, prospective and undergraduate students of both the Royal Academy of Music and Cambridge University, as well as some who are members of the world-renowned Rodolfus Choir.

They are gathering together in Busbridge this summer under the direction of former King Edward’s student Richie Zhang; wishing to transport you back to the High Renaissance, through a performance of captivating works by composers from all over the European continent, including Tallis, Byrd, Palestrina, des Prez, Gesualdo and many more. For info and tickets see: A Renaissance Sequence Tickets, Sat 30 Jul 2022 at 19:00 | Eventbrite

Church Family News

A number of church friends will remember Mike and Fran Rawlinson who, amongst many other things, ran BYF, (our youth group) for a time, until they moved away.  We are so sad to let you know that Fran died last Sunday, 19th June, after a very short illness.  Please pray for Mike, from whom she separated some years ago, and for their children, Tom, Joel and Pippa, who have issued the following invitation to anyone who would like to attend Fran’s funeral:

Please join us on Tuesday 5th July, 1:30 pm at St Michael’s Church, Bishop’s Cleeve (GL52 8BA) for the funeral of Fran Rawlinson, where we will celebrate and remember the life of our beautiful Mum who will be so greatly missed.

Please bring your fondest memories of Fran to share with family and friends at the wake following the service. Her personality was so bright – she requested that we all wear something colourful. Tom, Joel and Pippa.

 Please Pray for

• Children Youth and Families Ministry and God’s people to fill the vacancies

• Busbridge PCCs as they prepare to vote on the Minster Evaluation process.

• Church Lane

• Old Rectory Gardens and its road steward Simon Taylor.

ELSEWHERE

Are you currently exploring or considering ordained ministry in the Church of England then join a vocational retreat at St. Columba’s House, Woking  14th – 16th October led by The Revd. Haydon Wilcox

Amid so much stress and mental health issues would you be Interested in attending a course of three evenings on14th, 21st & 28th July to explore Compassion for ourselves and towards others?  It is run by The Revd. Haydon Wilcox at St. Columba’s House, Woking

Contact: admin@stcolumbashouse.org.uk or ring 01483 766498 for more details.

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

Godalming Baptist Church Life Sessions. 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 SAT 2 JULY FOR MAINTENANCE.

***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.

See you on Sunday as we continue the sermon series on Daniel. This week the reading and talk is Jerusalem and the future.

Read on for details about:

• What and where this Sunday (the services)

• The latest update from the Minster Steering Group and the Q&A for the contemporary congregation this Sunday

• BHC clergy, lay minsters and wardens renewing their commitment, being ordained and sworn in. (It’s that time of year and we give thanks).

• Youth & Children / Music & Worship – vacancies and the future.

• Prayer for Ukraine

• Nexus talk on 7 July – local wild flowers and butterflies.

And finally.. go Team Yew Tree! It’s been pretty glorious weather for the most parts this week, and the Yew Tree café has been thronging. There was a bumper number of visitors yesterday (and top takings) so thanks for our brilliant volunteers for providing great hospitality and service. The café will be closed for some maintenance and then a wedding on Sat 2nd July.

Sunday 26 June

Jerusalem and the future
Reading: Daniel 9:1-4 and 9:20-27

9.30AM HAMBLEDON Heritage Service
Leader: Patrick Samuels | Speaker: Margot Spencer
Hambledon Church & Online

10.30AM HAMBLEDON Alpha Course
Hambledon Church

9.10AM BUSBRIDGE Classic Service
Led by: Frances Shaw | Speaker: Chris Payne
Busbridge Church & Online

10.30AM BUSBRIDGE Contemporary Service
Leader: Tom Jones and Andy Spencer | Speaker: Graham Sopp
Busbridge Church & Online
followed by a short 10 min Q&A re. Godalming Minster (details below).

6PM BUSBRIDGE Evening Service
Leader & Speaker: Simon Willetts | Busbridge Church

Carparking for Busbridge services: The church has exclusive use of the Busbridge Village Hall carpark on Sunday mornings. Please use it!

Sunday 3 July

The Man above the River
Readings: Daniel 10 and Daniel 11:1

9.10AM BUSBRIDGE Classic Service [Holy Communion]
Led by: Patrick Samuels | Speaker: Simon Taylor
Busbridge Church & Online
The service will be followed by tea and cake to celebrate Patrick’s ordination on 2nd July.

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

10.30AM MUDDY Church
Leader: Mark Puddephatt and Suzie Lambert
Busbridge Old Rectory Garden
***It’s Anto’s last Sunday as Youth Minister and we’ll be thanking him and Jess for their contribution to the ministry.***

10.30AM HAMBLEDON Alpha Course
Hambledon Church

Some key things to note in the Godalming Minster Evaluation Update
Q&A about the Contemporary Congregation
The contemporary service on the 26 June will be followed by an opportunity to comment on the potential proposal for the contemporary service to move to St Peter and St Paul’s at 10.45am, IF the formation of the Godalming Minster were to go ahead.

PCCs vote on a Minster Proposal
The Busbridge and Hambledon PCCs will hold a joint Q&A on 6th July on the proposals from the Minster Steering Group. All 3 PCCs (Busbridge, Hambledon and St Peter and St Paul’s) will be voting on whether or not to proceed with the Minster project on 11th July.

On Thursday of last week Fran, Dudley and David were sworn in as churchwardens. Sue will be sworn in at another ceremony. Please pray for our churchwardens, consider how you might support them in their Christian ministry, and say  thank you to them over the next couple of days. We are blessed to have a long history of incredible churchwardens here at BHC and our thanks goes to Derek and Keith who stepped down as churchwardens recently, and also to all our former churchwardens of the past few years.

On Saturday there was a service at Knapphill to celebrate Clare Haddad’s LLM renewal of her ministry license for preaching, leading services and church ministry. Clare has recently taken on the leadership of our baptism course. We’re also celebrating 50 years of Peter Shaw’s ministry as an LLM. Congratulations to Clare and Peter. Please pray for them and give thanks for their service and commitment.

Patrick Samuels will be ordained as Priest at Guildford Cathedral on Saturday 2 July at 3pm. All welcome to attend at the cathedral or watch the live stream via YouTube (www.youtube.com/c/GuildfordCathedralUK) and Facebook (www.facebook.com/GuildfordCathedral).  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 in the Old Rectory Garden.

Children Youth and Families Ministry – Now Hiring x 2
As we approach to the end of the school year, and to Anto’s departure, we give thanks and recognition for all our committed and brilliant church members who lead children and youth work week in and week out! The closing date for applications for the Youth Minister role and Children’s Worker post is Sunday 26th June. We’ve had encouraging response to the ad for the Director of Children and Youth (Youth Minister 12-19s), but as yet no interest in the the role of Children’s Worker (4-11s). Please take a look at the 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.

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.

Worship & Music Ben Ford will be finishing in his role as interim worship pastor at the end of August. We are extremely grateful to Ben for his contribution in recent months and for extending the initial contract after Easter. The PCC will be making plans for life after Ben imminently. Please do pray for worship and music at Busbridge and let us know if you’d like to explore getting involved with music.

Prayer for Ukraine continues at Hambledon Church
Every Tuesday evening, a number of us gather for 40 mins at 7.30pm in church, to pray for Ukraine. This simple service takes the form of prayers we all say together, interspersed with reflective music to help us, as we bring our concerns and pleas before God. There is also an opportunity to add extempore prayers of our own, if we wish (not compulsory).

We can so easily get overwhelmed by the horrors we see on our TV screens, night after night. The Tuesday vigil is an opportunity to ask, amongst other things, that there may yet be a miracle of peace and an end to the fighting.

The Busbridge Prayer Vigil for Ukraine on Tuesday evenings has paused for the summer, and will restart in September. We are still praying for the country and situation privately and at Busbridge Morning Prayer (via Zoom) at 9am on Wednesdays.

Coming Up:

Nexus Talk: Thursday 7 July

Phil Darley, a Butterfly Conservation volunteer, will talk about monitoring and improving the habitat of the White Wood and other rare butterfly species in Oaken Wood, Chiddingfold.  Her other passion is closely linked:  planting and tending wildflowers in the local area; both very important for our environment!

Do join us on Thursday 7th July in Busbridge Old Rectory at 8.00pm. We’ll start with drinks and nibbles, giving us a chance to chat with others before handing over to Phil for her presentation. All are welcome, including men! We  look forward to seeing you. Our annual Membership fee is £18. There will be a visitor fee of £5.00 for non-members.

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).

On the evening of Saturday July 30th, Busbridge Church will be the venue for a classical music concert by a newly formed choral group consisting of 8 young singers between the ages of 17- 22, all of whom are lovers of choral music.

The group consists of students from King Edward’s School, Witley, prospective and undergraduate students of both the Royal Academy of Music and Cambridge University, as well as some who are members of the world-renowned Rodolfus Choir.

They are gathering together in Busbridge this summer under the direction of former King Edward’s student Richie Zhang; wishing to transport you back to the High Renaissance, through a performance of captivating works by composers from all over the European continent, including Tallis, Byrd, Palestrina, des Prez, Gesualdo and many more. For info and tickets see: A Renaissance Sequence Tickets, Sat 30 Jul 2022 at 19:00 | Eventbrite

Church Family News

 Please Pray for

• Children Youth and Families Ministry and God’s people to fill the vacancies

• Busbridge PCCs as they prepare to vote on the Minster Evaluation process.

• Clock Barn Lane and the Cheshire Home

• Park Chase and its road steward Linda Alcock.

ELSEWHERE

TUE JUNE 28TH: 7.30-9.30PM RACISM, ETHNICTY & JUSTICE
Please do join us for an evening discussing these huge issues, where John Dunnett along with Rev Esther Prior of St John’s Egham (Rev James Ellin’s training vicar, for those who were here when James was our Youth Director), will be sharing helpful insight and teaching from God’s Word. The evening will be held at St Mary of Bethany, Woking, GU22 7UH.

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

Godalming Baptist Church Life Sessions. 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 SAT 2 JULY FOR MAINTENANCE.

***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.

Sunday 5 June

Pentecost & the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee

***WET WEATHER UPDATE Sunday [5 June 8.10AM] – 10.30AM BANDSTAND SERVICE MOVED TO ST PETER & ST PAUL’S CHURCH. Message from Churches Together in Godalming and District: The 10.30AM Jubilee Songs of Praise Service will now take place in the dry and seated environment of StP&StP Church, Godalming! All welcome.***

***No services at Busbridge***

9.30AM HAMBLEDON Heritage Service
Acts 2:17-21
Leader: Simon Willetts
Speaker: David Jenkins
Hambledon Church & Online

Friday 3rd June marks the beginning of the Hambledon Church Flower Festival which will run from 2-6pm on Friday and 9-6pm on Saturday and Sunday.

For details of the Jubilee events in Hambledon see http://www.hambledonsurrey.co.uk/?p=16513#more-16513

10.30am Queen’s Jubilee “Songs of Praise” service at Godalming Bandstand

5pm Prayer Gathering for the Godalming Minster Evaluation
St Mark’s Church and Community Centre

Sunday 22 May

The writing on the wall
Reading: Daniel 5: 1-6, 17-30

The BHC annual report and accounts for 2021 are now published in advance of the APCMs next Sunday. You can view and download them from the APCM page below, or pick up a copy from church this Sunday. Please come to Busbridge at 10.30AM or Hambledon at 4PM for the annual shower of Quality Street and to hear about the big picture for BHC. We will also be thanking our outgoing wardens Keith Harper and Derek Pearsall and voting in new church officers and PCC members. The Busbridge and Hambledon Electoral Rolls are now closed, and available on request from the church office.

9.10AM BUSBRIDGE Classic Service
Led by: Philippa Baker
Speaker: Patrick Samuels
Busbridge Church & Online

9.30AM HAMBLEDON Heritage Service
Leader & Speaker: Andy Spencer
Hambledon Church & Online

10.30AM BUSBRIDGE APCM & Contemporary Worship
Leader: Simon Taylor & Simon Willetts
APCM Address: Simon Taylor
Busbridge Church & Online

10.30AM HAMBLEDON Alpha Course
Hambledon Church

4PM HAMBLEDON APCM
Leader & APCM Address: Simon Willetts
Hambledon Church

6PM BUSBRIDGE Evening Service
Leader and Speaker: Simon Taylor
Busbridge Church

Sunday 29 May

The Law of the Jungle
Readings: Daniel 6:10-28

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

9.30AM HAMBLEDON Heritage Service
Leader & Speaker: David Jenkins
Hambledon Church & Online

10.30AM BUSBRIDGE Contemporary Service
Leader: Mark Williams & Simon Taylor
Speaker: Peter Shaw
Busbridge Church & Online

10.30AM HAMBLEDON Alpha Course
Why and how should I read the bible?
Leader & Speaker: Liz Cooke
Hambledon Church

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.

Family support meals – “Serving up love on a plate”
The church family is looking forward to a number of new arrivals in the coming weeks and months and one of the ways we show love and support for parents and families with new borns is with home cooked meals. It’s very simple – just cook more of what you might usually be cooking, and deliver some to a family with a new born baby. Please let Ruth know if you can help. No upfront commitment, just join the list and then sign up to do a meal here or there as and when you can. Contact Ruth on ruthroseblade@gmail.com

Diocesan Church Growth Conference with J John – Sat June 10, 2022 (09:30-3:30) at St Paul’s Howell Hill, East Ewell
The topics covered include addressing church growth, creating missional disciples, attracting children & families, reaching the young, sharing best practice etc. Bishop Andrew will open the conference. International evangelist Canon J John will be the keynote speaker.  The conference provides a great opportunity for BHC and the Godalming Minster Evaluation process. David Wilkin who chairs the Steering Group will be attending, and he and the Steering Group are keen to encourage a group from Godalming. Places cost £10 including lunch and need to be booked in advance at https://guildford-conference.eventbrite.co.uk. Please register and let the church office know you are going.

BHC has started a new Hearing Aid Clinic at Godalming Library, running 3rd Mondays of the month from 10.30am to 12.30pm. 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.

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.  Families are welcome and there are always plenty of willing baby holders / toddler entertainers available!!

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

We send our love to Hilary Pettman following the the death of Mike on 24 April. The funeral will take place at Guildford Crematorium on Tuesday 31 May at 2.15PM. All are welcome. Please pray for Hilary and the whole family, for God’s comfort and peace at this time.

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 – BYO chair and picnic – no morning services at Busbridge
6PM Unplugged (special service for youth during the exam period).

2/3 July
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 Messy 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:

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.

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

Please Pray for

• The national development of Fairtrade and B corp.

• Hambledon Park

• Phillips Close and road steward Keith Harper.

ELSEWHERE

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

Connect Ladies Breakfast at Wetherspoons, 9-11 a.m. on Saturday 21st May with Canon Hazel Whitehead as speaker. Please let Sally Pollard know if you would like to attend by Sunday 15th May (phone her on 01483 428646).

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.

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
We welcome members of St Peter and St Paul’s Church and St Mark’s Church, Godalming
Leader: Abigail Hewlett & Mark Williams
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

Sunday 22 May

The writing on the wall
Reading: Daniel 5: 1-6, 17-30

The BHC annual report and accounts for 2021 are now published in advance of the APCMs next Sunday. You can view and download them from the APCM page below, or pick up a copy from church this Sunday. Please come to Busbridge at 10.30AM or Hambledon at 4PM 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.

9.10AM BUSBRIDGE Classic Service
Led by: Philippa Baker
Speaker: Patrick Samuels
Busbridge Church & Online

9.30AM HAMBLEDON Heritage Service
Leader & Speaker: Andy Spencer
Hambledon Church & Online

10.30AM BUSBRIDGE APCM & Contemporary Worship
Leader & APCM Address: Simon Taylor
Busbridge Church & Online

10.30AM HAMBLEDON Alpha Course
Hambledon Church

4PM HAMBLEDON APCM
Leader & APCM Address: Simon Willetts
Hambledon Church

6PM BUSBRIDGE Evening Service
Leader and Speaker: Simon Taylor
Busbridge Church

THIS week is Christian Aid Week 15-20 May
Please GIVE ONLINE
or take a Christian Aid envelope from church and return it next Sunday 22 May.
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.

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.

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.

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.  Families are welcome and there are always plenty of willing baby holders / toddler entertainers available!!

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).

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.

Church Family News

We send our love to Hilary Pettman following the the death of Mike on 24 April. The funeral will take place at Guildford Crematorium on Tuesday 31 May at 2.15PM. All are welcome. Please pray for Hilary and the whole family, for God’s comfort and peace at this time.

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).

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
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

Please Pray for

• ABC Toddler group and parents

• Hambledon Road and Hambledon Nursery School

• Pullman Lane and road stewards Kate Brockman and Kate Kaye.

ELSEWHERE

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

Connect Ladies Breakfast at Wetherspoons, 9-11 a.m. on Saturday 21st May with Canon Hazel Whitehead as speaker. Please let Sally Pollard know if you would like to attend by Sunday 15th May (phone her on 01483 428646).

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.

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.