Dreams and Revelations
Reading: Daniel 2:24-45

9.10AM BUSBRIDGE Classic Service [Holy Communion]
Leader: Andy Spencer
Speaker: Keith Harper
Busbridge Church & Online
The option of Home Communion is available again on 1st Sundays of the month, following communion in the Classic service. To request home communion, please email margot.spencer@bhcgodalming.org or call the church office on 01483 421267.

10.30AM MUDDY Church
Leader: Mark Puddephatt and the FUSE Muddy team
Busbridge Lakes – meet at the car park. Please leave dogs at home!

10.30AM ALPHA @ Hambledon Church
Session 2: Who is Jesus?

4PM HAMBLEDON Choral Evensong
Leader & Speaker: Simon Willetts
Hambledon Church & Online

Next 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.

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
Leader: Clare Haddad
Speaker: Simon Taylor
Busbridge Church

Join the Electoral Roll / 2022 APCMs on 22 May: 10.30am Busbridge & 4pm Hambledon. To vote in the elections of church officers (church wardens) and other matters you must be on the electoral roll. If you have not already enrolled, please submit you application form ASAP – see Electoral Roll.

Nexus Talk, Thursday 8 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

Christian Aid Week 15-20 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.

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. 

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!!

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.

9.10AM BUSBRIDGE Classic SERVICE (Change of time)
At Church and on YouTube every Sunday. Communion 1st Sundays.
Trial for 6 weeks: Service starting at the earlier time of 9.10am, with chairs laid out in the Contemporary setting (sideways on), and coffee in the Yew Tree Café after.
Thank you for vacating the church promptly after the service to help the team setting up for the Contemporary service.

9.30AM Hambledon Heritage
At church and on YouTube every Sunday. Communion 2nd & 5th Sundays.

10.30AM Busbridge CONTEMPORARY
At church and on YouTube 2nd-5th Sundays.  Communion 3rd Sundays.
The Ark for ages 4-7 meets in Busbridge Village Hall.  Crèche and Tiny Tigers for 0-4s in the Old Rectory. Drop off from 10.20am.

10.30AM ALPHA COURSE @ Hambledon (NEW)
All welcome. Please share the invitation.  The Alpha course is 11 weeks and will run on Sundays during the summer term.

6PM Busbridge Evening Service (change of DATES)
At Church 2nd & 4th Sundays.  Communion 4th Sundays.

Monthly Services & Special DATES:

1st Sundays of the month: 1 may, (Not 5 June – Queen’s Jubilee), 3 July
MUDDY CHURCH
Locations tbc.  No 10.30AM Contemporary service at Busbridge.

3rd Sundays of the month: 15 May, (Not 19 June – Service on Hambledon Village Green), 17 July
Messy Church
4PM at Hambledon Village Hall, with sandwich tea & refreshments!

Unplugged Youth Service (CHANGE OF DATES)
6PM at Busbridge Church on 19 June, and monthly on 3rd Sundays from September.
Recent meetings with the Unplugged Youth Team about the impending exam season has led to the conclusion that Unplugged is due a fresh new start. The next three months will be dedicated to pray, and work on a new format for Unplugged. The relaunch will happen in September. We have new leaders coming along, which is exciting! Anto writes: Join me in celebrating the fact that the youth have an increase interest in organizing a worship time for their peers and are not satisfied with something organized by the adults. There is a greater sense of ownership, and the feeling that Unplugged has lot of potential for the future of Youth Ministry at BHC. Please could you also pray for the restart of Unplugged in the autumn, and also for all the youth in the Unplugged team who are preparing for the tenuous exam season!”

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).

Church Family News

We send our love to Hilary Pettman following the death of husband Michael last Sunday.  Please pray for Hilary and the whole family, for God’s comfort and peace at this time.

Please Pray for

• Commuters in the congregation

• Malthouse Lane, St Dominic’s school

• Ramsden Road and road steward Ruth Roseblade

   

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.

£ donations to St Mark’s Foodbank
From time to time the foodbank needs to buy specific items for customers that they don’t have in stock. Unfortunately cash reserves are low and the foodbank is appealing for financial donations as well as goods. To give money, please donate by BACS to St Marks Community Centre, sort code 402212, a/c 91277766, or send cheques to St Marks, Franklyn Road, Godalming GU7 2LD.

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.

Reflect, Connect & Celebrate

The Easter page has the list of all events and services between now and Easter Day. All have an important place in preparing for and celebrating the death and resurrection of Jesus, and connecting with others in the church family and local community. We are asking people to sign up to the Good Friday Hot Cross Bun adventure, and the Busbridge Easter Garden Service and Egg Hunt to help those providing hospitality. But if this isn’t possible to sign up, please do come along – all are welcome to all events.

It’s not too late. We are happy to receive cash, cheque, card and online donations, but for efficiency and the lowest fees, BACS IS BEST! Use the donate button for details.

Help needed for Lent & Easter Events: Cakes & bakes for the Easter Garden Service on Saturday 15 April. Please let us know if you can make something for the delicious cake table during the egg hunt in the Old Rectory garden by filling in the cake form.

SERVICES FROM 24 April 

PLEASE NOTE ThE CHANGES TO Sunday’s AFTER EASTER

9.10AM BUSBRIDGE Classic SERVICE (Change of time)
At Church and on YouTube every Sunday. Communion 1st Sundays.
Trial for 6 weeks: Service starting at the earlier time of 9.10am, with chairs laid out in the Contemporary setting (sideways on), and coffee in the Yew Tree Café after.
Thank you for vacating the church promptly after the service to help the team setting up for the Contemporary service.

9.30AM Hambledon Heritage
At church and on YouTube every Sunday. Communion 2nd & 5th Sundays.

10.30AM Busbridge CONTEMPORARY
At church and on YouTube 2nd-5th Sundays.  Communion 3rd Sundays.
The Ark for ages 4-7 meets in Busbridge Village Hall.  Crèche and Tiny Tigers for 0-4s in the Old Rectory. Drop off from 10.20am.

10.30AM ALPHA COURSE @ Hambledon (NEW)
All welcome. Please share the invitation.  The Alpha course is 11 weeks and will run on Sundays during the summer term.

6PM Busbridge Evening Service (change of DATES)
At Church 2nd & 4th Sundays.  Communion 4th Sundays.

Monthly Services & Special DATES:

1st Sundays of the month: 1 may, (Not 5 June – Queen’s Jubilee), 3 July
MUDDY CHURCH
Locations tbc.  No 10.30AM Contemporary service at Busbridge.

3rd Sundays of the month: 15 May, (Not 19 June – Service on Hambledon Village Green), 17 July
Messy Church
4PM at Hambledon Village Hall, with sandwich tea & refreshments!

Unplugged Youth Service (CHANGE OF DATES)
6PM at Busbridge Church on 3rd Sundays.

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

The Big Spring Clean – POSTPONED to 17 September
Thanks so much to those who signed up to this year’s Big Spring Clean.  We are so grateful for your willingness to roll up your sleeves, don the rubber gloves and pitch in! However, we’ve taken the decision to postpone the event on 23rd April until September.  The weather should still be warm and a collective effort to help with the restart of church life after the summer will be much needed. The annual cleaning day plays such an important part in the upkeep of the churches and churchyards, and also seems to be one of the best ways to get to know people from different congregations, ministries and groups within Busbridge&Hambledon Church. Please pencil the new date in your diaries now.

24th April: Social for 6PM service folks
This will be an opportunity  to get to know each other better and have time to chat whilst enjoying  ‘pudding and drinks”. Please come along and either bring a pudding/cake or a bottle of something to share.  Tea and coffee provided. If you have any queries please contact Janet Harvey email : janetmharvey@btinternet.com. or sign up here: https://bhcgodalming.churchsuite.com/events/ymn7aimy

Look forward to seeing you there, Shan, and the 6pm service team.

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.

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

NEW WINE CONFERENCE 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!!

Verger needed urgently for

4 weddings and a funeral!

We have a vacancy to fill urgently for a funeral next week, and the weddings in Busbridge church this year. Ad-hoc verger duties are paid per service, and more details are available on request. If you are interested, please see the job ad linked below, and get in touch catherine.garner@bhcgodalming.org. More details >

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).

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 Easter Opening Hours
Closed Good Friday-Easter Day
Open Easter Bank Holiday Monday 10am-2pm

From 19 April:
8.30am-4pm [takeaway to 4.30pm] Weekdays
10am-2pm Saturday

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).

There will two joint services in May for congregations to get to know one another better and to experience a style of worship which they may not be normally accustomed. On 8 May there will be a traditional eucharist service at St Peter &St Paul and on May 15 Busbridge will host a Contemporary service. After each of these services Simon, John and David will be available to answer questions about the status of the Minster evaluation. In addition, there will also be an Easter Vigil at St Peter & St Paul on Saturday 16 April at 8pm.

CALL TO PRAYER for the Minster Evaluation Process:
9AM Wednesdays on Zoom
5PM Sunday 10 April at St Peter and St Paul’s Church
5PM Sunday 8 May at Busbridge Old Rectory (before Unplugged)

Members of BHC, St Mark’s and St Peter & St Paul are called to pray together to underpin the discussions regarding the Bishop’s suggestion that we become one parish with St. Peter and St. Paul and St. Mark’s Churches and form a Minster.  The first prayer meeting on 13 March was wonderfully led and attended. Please join the next special meeting at St Peter and St Paul’s 10 April.

Looking ahead

Alpha @ Hambledon Contemporary. The next Alpha course will take place on Sundays at 10.30am in Hambledon Church, starting on 24 April. Anyone wishing to explore the Christian faith is invited. Watch this space for more details, and get in touch with Simon.Willetts@bhcgodalming.org if this is something you’d like to try.

Join the Electoral Roll / 2022 APCMs on 22 May: 10.30am Busbridge & 4pm Hambledon. To vote in the elections of church officers (church wardens) and other matters you must be on the electoral roll. If you have not already enrolled, please submit you application form ASAP – see Electoral Roll.

New Church Directory

The address book function in My ChurchSuite is now available.  This means that if you have a MyChurchSuite account for the phone app, or web site, you will be able to share your details and look up other people in the Church Address book.  Please note that the app is password protected, and only available to church members. It means that the church can improve data protection and security, while communicating with each other more effectively. You can find out more here: https://support.churchsuite.com/article/106-what-is-my-churchsuite-overview

Everyone who received the notices by email has received an email request from ChurchSuite titled [BHC Godalming] Consent Request.

1 minute job! Please use the link in the email to review and grant consent (or not) for your details to be used and shared in MyChurchSuite.  You can choose to share all contact details, or just your email, or phone number for example.  If you do not review and update your details and consent by Monday, the information we currently hold for you will be used.  i.e. if you have previously granted consent for your details to be shared, they will be visible in the My ChurchSuite Directory.  If you haven’t previously granted consent, they won’t be.  But please do check!

If you already have a user ID for MyChurchSuite, you will be able to use the Address book to look up the contact details of other church members who have agreed to share their details.  If you have not ever logged onto MyChurchSuite, have never had an account, or have lost the password, we will send out a new email to create an account.  If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Church Office.

Church Family News

We have been deeply saddened to hear that Anthony Wieler died last Friday (8 April) in the RSCH.  He was a much-loved and lifelong member of the Hambledon church family and village, as well as having a continuing interest in Nepal and support for the Ghurkhas.  He will be much missed.  Funeral details are not yet known, but please pray for his wider family and many friends, as they mourn their loss.

We send our love to Judith Rolfe whose mother died this week.  Please pray for Judith, Mark, Stephanie, Amy and the whole family, for God’s comfort and peace, this Eastertide.

Please Pray for

• Commuters in the congregation

• Malthouse Lane, St Dominic’s school

• Ramsden Road and road steward Ruth Roseblade

   

ELSEWHERE

Please see the April issue of Link Up HERE and info on other local church events:

Good Friday in Godalming

St Mark’s Fundraising afternoon – 24 April

The Diocese of Arundel & Brighton Ecumenical Walking Pilgrimage is walking from Arundel Cathedral to Guildford Cathedral over the early May Bank Holiday weekend Friday April 29th – Monday May 2nd 2022. For further information for those who wish to join the walk, see website www.thepilgrims.org.uk. On Monday 2nd May, we will be walking from Chiddingfold to Guildford and will stop for 20 minutes prayers in St Peter’s, Hambledon: 9.50-10.10am.

£ donations to St Mark’s Foodbank
From time to time the foodbank needs to buy specific items for customers that they don’t have in stock. Unfortunately cash reserves are low and the foodbank is appealing for financial donations as well as goods. To give money, please donate by BACS to St Marks Community Centre, sort code 402212, a/c 91277766, or send cheques to St Marks, Franklyn Road, Godalming GU7 2LD.

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.

Thanks to all those who came to the opening of the Yew Tree Café last Sunday, to Bishop Michael who cut the ribbon and to Wendy W for the fabulous cake!

THIS SUNDAY

9.15AM BUSBRIDGE Classic Service
Led by: Frances Shaw
Speaker: Simon Taylor
Busbridge Church & Online

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

10.30AM BUSBRIDGE Contemporary Service
Leaders: Margot Spencer and Mark Williams
Speaker: Simon Taylor
Busbridge Church & Online

4PM HAMBLEDON Messy Church
Hambledon Village Hall

6PM BUSBRIDGE Evening Service [Holy Communion]
Leader & Speaker: Simon Taylor
Busbridge Church

Next Sunday 27 Mar – Mothering Sunday

Carefree
1 Peter 5: 6-14

Part 6 of Living Holiness

9.15AM BUSBRIDGE Classic Service
Led by: Maggie Jagger
Speaker: Ruth Roseblade
Busbridge Church & Online

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

10.30AM BUSBRIDGE Contemporary Service [Holy Communion]
with Mothering Sunday craft for those in children’s groups
Leaders: Andy Spencer
Speaker: Ruth Roseblade
Busbridge Church & Online

10.30AM HAMBLEDON Contemporary Service
Leader & Speaker: Simon Willetts
Hambledon Church

6PM UNPLUGGED Youth Service
Led by Anto Ficatier and the Unplugged team
Busbridge Church

During Lent, the weekly prayer vigils for Ukraine will continue on TUESDAYS: 7.30pm at Hambledon Church, and 8pm at Busbridge Church. On Tuesday 22 March, the Busbridge Vigil will finish with a time of prayer and blessing for the Yew Tree Café, the evening before it’s opening on Wednesday 23 March.

The Churches are open for private prayer daily, and there will be community friendly guidance for your prayers, and tea lights to take away.

Busbridge&Hambledon Church has registered with the The Sanctuary Foundation which is working with the government to provide a network, advice and signposting to those who wish to host a family from Ukraine. More than 8,000 people joined the The Sanctuary Foundation’s webinar on Weds 16 March, which included interviews with groups who have experience settling refugees in the UK. You can watch the 90 min webinar again here.

JOIN THE “BHC 4 UKRAINE” TEAM
While await the launch of the government’s programme, the Outward Giving group is gathering a team to coordinate “community sponsorship” opportunities, and ways to welcome individuals and families into the parish as they are settled with hosts. If you would like to join those who have already stepped in, please contact Shelagh Godwin e: church.office@bhcgodalming.org.

GIVE £
We continue to encourage financial giving directly to the DEC Ukraine Appeal.  Alternatively, Hambledon is collecting for the DEC via the Hambledon Ukraine Appeal which instigated by members of the village and church. There are cash and electronic collection points in the church, pub, Hambledon Nursery and the village shop which will go to the Just Giving campaign: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/hambledonukraineappeal

The Yew Tree Café opening Wednesday 23 March. After much anticipation, prayer and elbow grease, the Yew Tree Café is looking forward to welcoming it’s first customers next Wednesday – 8.30am to 4.30pm. Come along for a barista coffee, tea, hot chocolate, handmade cake and a light lunch. The staff and volunteers have been handpicked by God to provide a warm welcome. The café is CASHLESS and takes contactless payments only. Who needs anything else these days?

There will be prayer for the café at the end of the Ukraine Prayer Vigil on Tuesday, and a thanksgiving and ribbon cutting at the end of the 10.30am combined service on 3rd April (Mission Sunday for the Besom).

Thanks to those who have recorded a thought on a verse from 1 Peter. They are so encouraging! Catch up by using the page link above.

To help those providing hospitality, please use the Easter page above to sign up to the Hot Cross Bun adventure, and the Easter Garden Service and Egg Hunt.

Help needed for Lent & Easter Events:

Refreshments at Hambledon for the Good Friday Hot Cross Bun Adventure – team in place – Thank you!

Cakes & bakes for the Easter Garden Service on Saturday 15 April. Please let us know if you can make something for the delicious cake table during the egg hunt in the Old Rectory garden by filling in the cake form. The cakes must be NUT FREE and it is helpful if people could list the ingredients. Thanks to those who have already committed to make and bake.

Helpful Habits Refresher – Mondays at 8.45am on Zoom
Did you start a habit of quiet prayer sometime in the past and feel you have become rusty? Or would you like some help with quiet, reflective prayer times? Gertrud Sollars and Shan Hallam are going to use the Reflective Prayer times on Monday mornings in Lent to present and practise different ways of listening to God in quiet, using scripture and anything else that helps. No need to book – join us on Zoom, meeting ID 946 391 4833, password 2022, Mondays from 8.45 to 9.30. We only have 45 minutes, so please come on time. Still to go: 21.03.22 Praying with poetry, 28.03.22 Praying with the imagination, 04.04.22 Praying the Examen /prayer doodling, 11.04.22 Prayer journaling /writing to God.

‘Inspired to…Bloom’  Frances will be talking about the Language of Flowers, a concept popular in Victorian times whereby flowers were attributed meanings and a bouquet of flowers was full of symbolism.  Frances will also make reference to the various floral symbols included in the fabric and architecture of Busbridge Church as well as highlighting some of the many floral references contained within the Bible and how we ourselves might be inspired to ‘bloom’.  Tea & cake will be served after the talk.

Event details:  Busbridge Church, Monday March 28th at 2.30pm.  For catering purposes please can people book onto the event by emailing: primetime@bhcgodalming.org A free event although donations welcomed towards the cost of refreshments.

Please check the Godalming Minster Evaluation page under News for the proposal, and updates from the steering group.

CALL TO PRAYER for the Minster Evaluation Process:
9AM Wednesdays on Zoom
5PM Sunday 10 April at St Peter and St Paul’s Church

Members of BHC, St Mark’s and St Peter & St Paul are called to pray together to undergird the discussions regarding the Bishop’s suggestion that we become one parish with St. Peter and St. Paul and St. Mark’s Churches and form a Minster.  The first prayer meeting on 13 March was wonderfully led and attended. Please join the next special meeting at St Peter and St Paul’s 10 April.

Members of both parishes are also invited to join Busbridge Morning Prayer led by Andy Spencer on Wednesday mornings on Zoom. For the Zoom link to join Monday Prayer on Wednesdays, please go the Prayer page.

Verger needed for weddings and funerals at Busbridge
We have a vacancy to fill from the end of May. Ad-hoc verger duties are paid per service, and more details are available on request. If you are interested, please get in touch catherine.garner@bhcgodalming.org. Training will be given, and there is a chance to learn alongside Keith Harper at a funeral on 6 April.

The latest edition of the Bridge Magazine is now available online and will be out for delivery next week. Thanks, and a big pat on the back, to new editor David Brockman!

In search of the Busbridge church tablecloths…if anyone has knowledge or possession of the blue (6), green gingham or pink tablecloths, which used to live in the old Centre, and most often used by Prime Time, please let Penny Naylor know, or return them to the Old Rectory.

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).

Looking Ahead

Nexus Event: ‘Who’d go out in the Woods at Night?’ Answer: Surrey Search and Rescue! That’s the chilling title of the presentation on Thursday 7th April by Rosie Jordan, Events Manager for Surrey SAR.  Surrey Search & Rescue is an entirely voluntary specialist search team which assists the emergency services find missing vulnerable adults and children. They are on-call 24 hours a day, with a team of 80+ people and search dogs, to respond across Surrey and surrounding areas.  This gives just an inkling of what that means for vulnerable missing people in our area.  Do come along to learn more and see how we can support this vital charity. 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 Rosie begins her talk. We look forward to seeing you. We invite you to become a member of Nexus, for a fee of £18.  There’s a £5.00 visitor fee for non-members. All are welcome, including men!

The Big Spring Clean will take place on 23 April – in the morning at Busbridge and the afternoon at Hambledon. It’s a great church family event, with physical work rewarded by a BBQ lunch and/or afternoon tea.

Alpha @ Hambledon Contemporary. The next Alpha course will take place on Sundays at 10.30am in Hambledon Church, starting on 24 April. Anyone wishing to explore the Christian faith is invited. Watch this space for more details, and get in touch with Simon.Willetts@bhcgodalming.org if this is something you’d like to try.

Join the Electoral Roll / 2022 APCMs on 22 May: 10.30am Busbridge & 4pm Hambledon. To vote in the elections of church officers (church wardens) and other matters you must be on the electoral roll. If you have not already enrolled, please submit you application form ASAP – see Electoral Roll.

Heritage Weekend 17-18 September 2022
The regular Heritage weekend reps are unable to be at Busbridge Church to show people around this year. If you would like to help at any time on the afternoons, please contact Michael Stubbs e: volunteer@bhcgodalming.org. A confirmation of whether a welcomer and guide will be available is needed before the brochure goes to print in April.

Please Pray for

• the BHC staff team – leadership, admin, clergy

• The Avenue and road steward Rosie James

• Roundals Lane

ELSEWHERE

Please see the March issue of Link Up HERE and info on other local church events:

£ donations to St Mark’s Foodbank
From time to time the foodbank needs to buy specific items for customers that they don’t have in stock. Unfortunately cash reserves are low and the foodbank is appealing for financial donations as well as goods. To give money, please donate by BACS to St Marks Community Centre, sort code 402212, a/c 91277766, or send cheques to St Marks, Franklyn Road, Godalming GU7 2LD.

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.

HOWLING OWL at the Holloway Hill Recreation ground:
The bar is open:-
Sundays 12 – 6pm
Tuesday 7.30 – 10.30
Thursday 8.30 – 10.30

The horse box is open:-
Saturday 9-5
Sunday 9-5

COVID NOTICE
All legal restrictions are now lifted for churches and places of worship. This means that face coverings are no longer a legal requirement in services. However, The Church of England and the Bishop of Guildford suggest that churches consider maintaining some precautions for the care and consideration of all members, and that these are at the discretion of the incumbent.

Busbridge&Hambledon church continues to welcome the use of face coverings in services, and a supply of masks and hand sanitiser is available in both churches and the Old Rectory. Neither church is large enough to guarantee social distancing, but we hope that those who wish to keep a little more space between themselves and others can do so. Communion will continue to be celebrated in one kind. Thank you for your ongoing co-operation, and respect for each other.

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.

Rally for Ukraine at the Godalming Bandstand – Sat 12 March at 12 noon

Please join in a show of solidarity for Ukraine this Saturday 12th March at 12 noon at the Godalming bandstand in Phillips Memorial Park. All political parties and local churches are coming together at this time, with speakers including Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, Councillor Paul Follows (Lib Dem), Nick Palmer (Labour) and other local dignitaries. Godalming Rotary will be collecting for the Red Cross Ukraine Appeal. Prayers will be led by Rev Simon Taylor.

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

The Churches are open for private prayer daily, and there will be community friendly guidance for your prayers, and tea lights to take away.

This Sunday at 5-5.45pm the prayer coordinators for the Minster Evaluation process invite you to St Peter and St Paul’s to pray for Ukraine and the Minster Evaluation process.

Let’s come together to pray, or pray individually as much and as often as we can at this time.

GIVE £
For the time being, other effective courses of action appear to limited, so we continue to encourage financial giving directly to the DEC Ukraine Appeal.  Alternatively, Hambledon is collecting for the DEC via the Hambledon Ukraine Appeal which instigated by members of the village and church. There are cash and electronic collection points in the church, pub, Hambledon Nursery and the village shop which will go to the Just Giving campaign: https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/hambledonukraineappeal

The full details can be found on the Hambledon Village web site:  http://www.hambledonsurrey.co.uk.   This a a great way to track and encourage the village’s fundraising efforts and spirit of generosity. 

We will keep watch for other ways to support the people of Ukraine as time goes on.  All suggestions welcome and will be prayerfully considered.

THIS SUNDAY

9.15AM BUSBRIDGE Classic Service
Led by: Peter Shaw
Speaker: Simon Willetts
Busbridge Church & Online

9.30AM HAMBLEDON Heritage Service [Holy Communion]
Leader & Speaker: David Jenkins
Hambledon Church & Online

10.30AM BUSBRIDGE Contemporary Service
Leaders: Margot Spencer
Speaker: Simon Willetts
Busbridge Church & Online

10.30AM HAMBLEDON Contemporary Service
Leader & Speaker: David Jenkins
Hambledon Church

Next Sunday 20 Mar

Living with each other: gifted
1 Peter 4:7-11

Part 3 of Living Holiness

9.15AM BUSBRIDGE Classic Service
Led by: Frances Shaw
Speaker: Simon Taylor
Busbridge Church & Online

9.30AM HAMBLEDON Heritage Service [Holy Communion]
Leader: Andy Spencer
Speaker: Peter Shaw
Hambledon Church & Online

10.30AM BUSBRIDGE Contemporary Service
Leaders: Tom Jones and Mark Williams
Speaker: Simon Taylor
Busbridge Church & Online

10.30AM HAMBLEDON Contemporary Service
Leader & Speaker: Simon Willetts
Hambledon Church

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

LIVING LENT Letting the light shine
The BHC theme for Lent this year is “Letting the Light Shine”, and cultivating JOY, even in testing times. To accompany the journey through 1 Peter in the sermon series, there are short daily reflections online. You can access the Lent Reflections using the page link below – why not add the page to the Home screen on your phone (use the forwarding function), or on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube.

Help needed for Lent & Easter Events:

Posies for Mothering Sunday 27th March – Thanks to Carole Keating for the many years that she has organised the posy making for Mothering Sunday. If someone would like to take this on for this year please let Vic Hicks now this week. e: vic.hicks@bhcgodalming.org.

Refreshments at Hambledon for the Good Friday Hot Cross Bun Adventure – please let Simon Willetts know if you can organise or help with the buttering of copious hot cross buns, and hot and cold drinks to go with them. e: simon.willetts@bhcgodalming.org.

Cakes & bakes for the Easter Garden Service on Saturday 15 April. Please let us know if you can make something for the delicious cake table during the egg hunt in the Old Rectory garden by filling in the cake form. The cakes must be NUT FREE and it is helpful if people could list the ingredients.

Helpful Habits Refresher – Mondays at 8.45am on Zoom
Did you start a habit of quiet prayer sometime in the past and feel you have become rusty? Or would you like some help with quiet, reflective prayer times? Gertrud Sollars and Shan Hallam are going to use the Reflective Prayer times on Monday mornings in Lent to present and practise different ways of listening to God in quiet, using scripture and anything else that helps. No need to book – join us on Zoom, meeting ID 946 391 4833, password 2022, Mondays from 8.45 to 9.30. We only have 45 minutes, so please come on time.

14.03.22 Praying with images
21.03.22 Praying with poetry
28.03.22 Praying with the imagination
04.04.22 Praying the Examen /prayer doodling
11.04.22 Prayer journaling /writing to God.

Godalming Minster Evaluation of joining the benefices of Busbridge&Hambledon with St Peter and St Paul’s and St Mark’s.
Following the Bishop’s invitation to Busbridge&Hambledon Church, St Peter and St Paul’s Church and St Mark’s Church to evaluate the creation of a single parish, the PCCs have begun the process, coordinated by the Godalming Minster Evaluation Steering Group. Working groups have been created to look at different areas: Finance, Property, Services and Worship, Clergy, 0-18s, and Ops and Admin. The Steering Group will provide regular updates, the first of which can be found below:

Godalming Minster Evaluation Update #1

Minster Evaluation Steering Group and Working Group people charts

CALL TO PRAYER for the Minster Evaluation Process:
9AM Wednesdays on Zoom
5PM Sundays 13 March and 10 April at St Peter and St Paul’s Church

Members of BHC, St Mark’s and St Peter & St Paul are called to pray together for both the situation in Ukraine, and to undergird the discussions regarding the Bishop’s suggestion that we become one parish with St. Peter and St. Paul and St. Mark’s Churches and form a Minster.  Please join the special meetings at St Peter and St Paul’s on 13 March and 10 April.

Members of both parishes are also invited to join Busbridge Morning Prayer led by Andy Spencer on Wednesday mornings on Zoom. For the Zoom link to join Monday Prayer on Wednesdays, please go the Prayer page.

The Yew Tree Café
It is so close, but the opening of the café has been put back, just by a week a so. The café management team, the contractors, Lizzie Donna and Luke are pulling out all the stops, overcoming last minute hurdles to be ready to open the week after next. Training for 24 enthusiastic and wonderful café volunteers went ahead this week, and the barista coffee machine has now been installed!

The latest edition of the Bridge Magazine is now available online and will be out for delivery next week. Thanks, and a big pat on the back, to new editor David Brockman!

In search of the Busbridge church tablecloths…if anyone has knowledge or possession of the blue (6), green gingham or pink tablecloths, which used to live in the old Centre, and most often used by Prime Time, please let Penny Naylor know, or return them to the Old Rectory.

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).

Looking Ahead

The Big Spring Clean will take place on 23 April – in the morning at Busbridge and the afternoon at Hambledon. It’s a great church family event, with physical work rewarded by a BBQ lunch and/or afternoon tea.

Alpha @ Hambledon Contemporary. The Hambledon Contemporary congregation which meets at 10.30am on Sundays is planning to start the Alpha course in May to which anyone wishing to explore the Christian faith is invited. Watch this space for more details, and get in touch with Simon.Willetts@bhcgodalming.org if this is something you’d like to try.

Join the Electoral Roll / 2022 APCMs on 22 May: 10.30am Busbridge & 4pm Hambledon. To vote in the elections of church officers (church wardens) and other matters you must be on the electoral roll. If you have not already enrolled, please submit you application form ASAP – see Electoral Roll.

Church Family News

We send our love to Hilda Barrett, whose mother died last Thursday.  Please hold Hilda and the wider family in your prayers and ask for God’s consolation and love to surround them all.

Please Pray for

• those preparing marriage, and the Marriage Preparation Course

• The Drive and road stewards Rosie James and Philippa Baker

• Salt Lane

ELSEWHERE

Please see the March issue of Link Up HERE and info on other local church events:

£ donations to St Mark’s Foodbank
From time to time the foodbank needs to buy specific items for customers that they don’t have in stock. Unfortunately cash reserves are low and the foodbank is appealing for financial donations as well as goods. To give money, please donate by BACS to St Marks Community Centre, sort code 402212, a/c 91277766, or send cheques to St Marks, Franklyn Road, Godalming GU7 2LD.

HOWLING OWL at the Holloway Hill Recreation ground:
The bar is open:-
Sundays 12 – 6pm
Tuesday 7.30 – 10.30
Thursday 8.30 – 10.30

The horse box is open:-
Saturday 9-5
Sunday 9-5

COVID NOTICE
All legal restrictions are now lifted for churches and places of worship. This means that face coverings are no longer a legal requirement in services. However, The Church of England and the Bishop of Guildford suggest that churches consider maintaining some precautions for the care and consideration of all members, and that these are at the discretion of the incumbent.

Busbridge&Hambledon church continues to welcome the use of face coverings in services, and a supply of masks and hand sanitiser is available in both churches and the Old Rectory. Neither church is large enough to guarantee social distancing, but we hope that those who wish to keep a little more space between themselves and others can do so. Communion will continue to be celebrated in one kind. Thank you for your ongoing co-operation, and respect for each other.

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.

living stones – Secure
Reading: 1 Peter 2: 4-10

Part 2 of the sermon series The Character of Living Holiness, with readings from 1 Peter

THIS SUNDAY

9.15AM BUSBRIDGE Classic Service
Led by: Maggie Jagger
Speaker: Anto Ficatier
Busbridge Church & Online

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

10.30AM BUSBRIDGE Contemporary Service [Holy Communion]
Leaders: Abigail Hewlett & Patrick Samuels
Speaker: Suzie Lambert
Busbridge Church & Online

10.30AM HAMBLEDON Contemporary Service
Leader and Speaker: Simon Taylor
Hambledon Church

6PM Unplugged Youth Service
Led by: Anto Ficatier & the Unplugged Team
Busbridge Church

ASH WEDNESDAY 2 MAR

8PM Ash Wednesday Communion with ashing
Led by: Margot Spencer
Speaker: Simon Willetts
Hambledon Church and online

Next Sunday 6 Mar

Living it out – Humility
Reading: 1 Peter 2: 11-25

Part 3 of Living Holiness

9.15AM BUSBRIDGE Classic Service [Holy Communion]
Led by: Margot Spencer
Speaker: Philippa Baker
Busbridge Church & Online

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

10.30AM MUDDY Church
Leaders: Mark Puddephatt and Suzie Lambert
The Old Rectory Garden

10.30AM HAMBLEDON Contemporary Service
Leader: Patrick Samuels
Speaker: Simon Willetts
Hambledon Church

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

SHROVE TUESDAY / ASH WEDNESDAY
Prime Time are gathering next Tuesday afternoon to mark Shrove Tuesday and look ahead to the start of Lent the following day.  As part of our celebrations the church bell will be rung at 3.30 that afternoon – a nod to The Pancake Bell tradition.  This tradition dates back to the 16th century (so OK, we can’t claim that it’s a traditional happening in this parish as Busbridge Church doesn’t date back that far – but for the purposes of this exercise, we’re overlooking that fact!)  In pre-Reformation times, the church bell ringing on the morning of Shrove Tuesday was a call for parishioners to attend church in order that the parish priest could hear their confessions in order to gain absolution ahead of Lent.  After the Reformation however, Shrove Tuesday began to be seen as a holiday, especially for apprentices who were released from their duties for the day – usually signalled by the ringing of the church bell at 11am.  As Prime Time are gathering in the afternoon, we will not be ringing the bell at 11am – but we will be ringing it at 3.30pm as a signal to the pupils and staff at Busbridge Junior School that they are released from their studies and are free to go home and eat pancakes!

LIVING LENT Letting the light shine
The BHC theme for Lent this year is “Letting the Light Shine”, and cultivating JOY, even in testing times. To accompany the journey through 1 Peter in the sermon series, there will be short daily reflections online. 40 key verses from 1 Peter have been shortlisted, and it would be great if members of the church could shine their light in the reflections, along with members of the clergy team. If you’d like to contribute a short (30-60 seconds) thought or prayer on one or 2 of the days, or would just like to find out more, please fill in the form below. You can submit this in writing or ideally film it on your phone.

Living Lent challenge booklets are available for children, and will be going out to all children at Busbridge Junior School on Wednesday too.

World Day of Prayer 4 March. There will be a local service at St Nicholas Church, Peperharow, on Friday 4th March at 10.30am. The service this year is entitled ‘I know the plans I have for you’ and is compiled by the women of England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Everyone is welcome – men as well as women, and children too.

Godalming Minster Evaluation of joining the benefices of Busbridge&Hambledon with St Peter and St Paul’s and St Mark’s.
Following the Bishop’s invitation to Busbridge&Hambledon Church, St Peter and St Paul’s Church and St Mark’s Church to evaluate the creation of a single parish, the PCCs have begun the process, coordinated by the Godalming Minster Evaluation Steering Group. Working groups have been created to look at different areas: Finance, Property, Services and Worship, Clergy, 0-18s, and Ops and Admin. The Steering Group will provide regular updates, the first of which can be found below:

Godalming Minster Evaluation Update #1

Minster Evaluation Steering Group and Working Group people charts

PRAYER for the Evaluation Process
Members of BHC, St Mark’s and St Peter & St Paul are invited to join Busbridge Morning Prayer led by Andy Spencer on Wednesday mornings on Zoom. Busbridge Morning Prayer is 9-9.20ish and follows a short opening liturgy (screen-shared), a short Bible Reading and reflection and then open prayer (not all pray out loud) followed by a collective Lord’s Prayer and a final prepared sending out prayer. The group will pray about the Minister discernment process but also about other issues both local and international. We will also use the following Minster Prayer each time:

Father of all,
we thank you for our oneness in Christ.
As we consider the way forward,
please guide our discussions
and enrich our understanding
of what it means to be your disciples
in this town, at this time.
Show us the path ahead,
with the clarity that only your Holy Spirit can give. Amen. 

The best way to enter the Prayer Room is via the BHC website clicking on to ‘Connect’ at the top of the page, and then clicking on Prayer in the dropdown box. In the Prayer Section there is a coloured  box ‘Join Busbridge Online Morning Prayer 9 am Wednesdays’. The password is 2022.

The Yew Tree Café – Opening March 2022

Sponsor an item
Thanks to all those who have generously bought an item for the café. You can still sponsor an item – everything from a mop and bucket to a coffee cup to a sofa! We want the café to be owned by the whole congregation and this is one very practical way of demonstrating this. View the YEW TREE items sponsorship list and go to Donate and either donate by BACS transfer or the donate function and use ref: YT[item].

Volunteer! See the vacancies page.
Response to the initial call for café volunteers has be been great, but we’d like a few more people to make the team up to approx 20. If you would like to find out more, please contact us on: Yewtreecafe@BHCGodalming.org or talk to Lizzie, Karen Hart, Carol Jones, Chris Garner or Sarah Black at the end of services, or pop you details in the form below:

Road Steward needed for Summerhouse road. There is a vacancy coming up for a road steward to be the church rep, pray for and deliver the Bridge magazine in Summerhouse road. Please contact David Brockman e: editor.atthebridge@gmail.com if you could take on this role.

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).

Looking Ahead

The Big Spring Clean will take place on 23 April – in the morning at Busbridge and the afternoon at Hambledon. It’s a great church family event, with physical work rewarded by a BBQ lunch and/or afternoon tea.

Alpha @ Hambledon Contemporary. The Hambledon Contemporary congregation which meets at 10.30am on Sundays is planning to start the Alpha course in May to which anyone wishing to explore the Christian faith is invited. Watch this space for more details, and get in touch with Simon.Willetts@bhcgodalming.org if this is something you’d like to try.

2022 APCMs on 22 May: 10.30am Busbridge & 4pm Hambledon. To vote in the elections of church officers (church wardens) and other matters you must be on the electoral roll. If you have not already enrolled in recent years, please submit you application form ASAP – see Electoral Roll.

Please Pray for

• The Ukraine crisis

• The Bridge Magazine

• Those facing divorce

• The Fairway and road steward Lorna Sherwin

• The Hydons

ELSEWHERE

Please see the February issue of Link Up HERE and info on other local church events:

DECISION MAKING AND THE WILL OF GOD Led by Andy Peck, Saturday 23rd April 2022, 9.30 am – 1 pm. (Coffee available from 9 am) at Godalming Baptist Church, Queen Street, Godalming, Surrey GU7 1BA

If you are looking to following in the ways of Jesus you will want to do what He says, but this is not always easy to figure out, especially when there is no chapter and verse on the topic.

Whether you have a major decision ahead or not, make the decision to attend, and all other decisions will be sorted!

Andy Peck is a Bible teacher, trainer, broadcaster and editor who has made his fair share of decision mistakes!  

He hopes that sharing what God has taught him will benefit those who attend. He is married to Nic (his best decision) and has two teenage boys.

                     Please reserve a place, with payment of £5, by contacting Sally Pollard (email: pollard3@hotmail.co.uk) Tel-01483-428646 by Friday 14th April

There is a Spring ‘Naturally Supernatural Conference 2022’ being put on this year because of the volume of demand. It is on Wednesday 11th to Saturday 14th May at Soul Survivor Watford. The conference is all about spending time in God’s presence, with extended times of worship and ministry. We’ll be studying God’s word and hearing from some great teachers as we explore what it means to live biblical, naturally supernatural lives today. It’s only £76 as well. If you are interested in going, either book directly at https://naturallysupernatural.co.uk/ or chat with Julia Stubbs eashingstubbs@aol.com. if you want to know a bit more.

COVID NOTICE
All legal restrictions are now lifted for churches and places of worship. This means that face coverings are no longer a legal requirement in services. However, The Church of England and the Bishop of Guildford suggest that churches consider maintaining some precautions for the care and consideration of all members, and that these are at the discretion of the incumbent.

Busbridge&Hambledon church continues to welcome the use of face coverings in services, and a supply of masks and hand sanitiser is available in both churches and the Old Rectory. Neither church is large enough to guarantee social distancing, but we hope that those who wish to keep a little more space between themselves and others can do so. Communion will be celebrated in one kind until the end of February, when the decision to share the common cup (or invest in individual glasses) will be reviewed again. Thank you for your ongoing co-operation, and respect for each other.

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.

Racial Justice Sunday | Reading: 1 John 4:7-21

THIS SUNDAY

9.15AM BUSBRIDGE Classic Service
Led by: Keith Harper
Speaker: Peter Shaw
Busbridge Church & Online

9.30AM HAMBLEDON Heritage Service [Holy Communion]
Leader and Speaker: Simon Willetts
Hambledon Church & Online

10.30AM BUSBRIDGE Contemporary Service
Leaders: Clare Haddad & Patrick Samuels
Speaker: Margot Spencer
Busbridge Church & Online

10.30AM HAMBLEDON Contemporary Service
Leader and Speaker: Simon Willetts
Hambledon Church

Next Sunday 20 Feb

Always joyful | Reading: 1 Peter 1: 1-9

Part 1 of Living Holiness
The sermon series for 20 Feb to 27 March will examine this theme in 1 Peter.

9.15AM BUSBRIDGE Classic Service
Led by: Frances Shaw
Speaker: Simon Taylor
Busbridge Church & Online

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

10.30AM BUSBRIDGE Contemporary Service
Leaders: Chris Garner & Simon Willetts
Speaker: Simon Taylor
Busbridge Church & Online

4PM HAMBLEDON Messy Church
Leader and Speaker: Simon Willetts
Hambledon Village Hall

6PM BUSBRIDGE Evening [Holy Communion]
Leader: Simon Taylor
Speaker: Clare Haddad
Busbridge Church

Good things come in 3s… please give thanks for

i) the new small group that has formed following the 3 week “pop-up” small group which ran in the new year. There will surely be another pop up chance to try a small group in due course.

ii) this week’s worship night for our musicians, worship leaders and those involved in sound and audio vision for services. Ben Ford led a great evening to affirm and inspire the team. If you would like to find out more, please contact Ben. Sound and a/v is always keen to welcome and support more team members.

iii) Muddy Church. This is truly a fresh expression worth celebrating. The rain stopped and the sun came out last Sunday for a glorious morning. It’s growing, and we are glad. If you haven’t tried it yet, do look out for details of the next MC on 6 March.

Meanwhile longer standing ministries such as the Men’s Group breakfasts, and Nexus are enjoying being back together in person in the Old Rectory, both groups offering ways to engage, socially, with topical matters through a Christian lens.

And the works to the Yew Tree Café are into the final push. The long-awaited bi-fold doors are being installed this week, yay!

Looking forward to Lent?
The BHC theme for Lent this year is “Letting the Light Shine”, and understanding JOY, even in testing times. To accompany the journey through 1 Peter in the sermon series, there will be short daily reflections online. 40 key verses from 1 Peter have been shortlisted, and it would be great if members of the church could shine their light in the reflections, along with members of the clergy team. If you’d like to contribute a short (30-60 seconds) thought or prayer on one or 2 of the days, or would just like to find out more, please fill in the form below. You can submit this in writing or ideally film it on your phone.

The Yew Tree Café – Opening March 2022

Sponsor an item
You can now sponsor an item. You can sponsor everything from a mop and bucket to a coffee cup to a sofa! We want the café to be owned by the whole congregation and this is one very practical way of demonstrating this. View the YEW TREE items sponsorship list and go to Donate and either donate by BACS transfer or the donate function and use ref: YT[item].

Volunteer! See the vacancies page.
Response to the initial call for café volunteers last week has be been great, but we’d like 6-10 more people to make the team up to approx 20. If you would like to find out more, please contact us on: Yewtreecafe@BHCGodalming.org or talk to Lizzie, Karen Hart, Carol Jones, Chris Garner or Sarah Black at the end of services, or pop you details in the form below:

Road Steward needed for Summerhouse road. There is a vacancy coming up for a road steward to be the church rep, pray for and deliver the Bridge magazine in Summerhouse road. Please contact David Brockman e: editor.atthebridge@gmail.com if you could take on this role.

Simon T is grateful to the men and women of the Godalming Mother’s Union for their recent invitation to be part of a Question Time panel. The panel included local dignitaries and politicians. All panel participants were treated to a gift of home made Mother’s Union marmalade. If you haven’t heard of the Mother’s Union and their amazing work then check out https://www.mothersunion.org/

COVID UPDATE 27 Jan 2022
Following the latest changes to the Covid-19 rules in the UK, all legal restrictions are lifted for churches and places of worship. This means that face coverings are no longer a legal requirement in services. However, The Church of England and the Bishop of Guildford suggest that churches consider maintaining some precautions for the care and consideration of all members, and that these are at the discretion of the incumbent.

Busbridge&Hambledon church continues to welcome the use of face coverings in services, and a supply of masks and hand sanitiser is available in both churches and the Old Rectory. Neither church is large enough to guarantee social distancing, but we hope that those to wish to keep a little more space between themselves and others can do so. Communion will be celebrated in one kind until the end of February, when the decision to share the common cup (or invest in individual glasses) will be reviewed again. Thank you for your ongoing co-operation, and respect for each other.

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).

Please Pray for

• Local gyms and leisure centres

• The Paddock and road steward Judith Rolfe

• Upper Vann Lane

ELSEWHERE

Please see the February issue of Link Up HERE and info on other local church events:

DECISION MAKING AND THE WILL OF GOD Led by Andy Peck, Saturday 23rd April 2022, 9.30 am – 1 pm. (Coffee available from 9 am) at Godalming Baptist Church, Queen Street, Godalming, Surrey GU7 1BA

If you are looking to following in the ways of Jesus you will want to do what He says, but this is not always easy to figure out, especially when there is no chapter and verse on the topic.

Whether you have a major decision ahead or not, make the decision to attend, and all other decisions will be sorted!

Andy Peck is a Bible teacher, trainer, broadcaster and editor who has made his fair share of decision mistakes!  

He hopes that sharing what God has taught him will benefit those who attend. He is married to Nic (his best decision) and has two teenage boys.

                     Please reserve a place, with payment of £5, by contacting Sally Pollard (email: pollard3@hotmail.co.uk) Tel-01483-428646 by Friday 14th April

There is a Spring ‘Naturally Supernatural Conference 2022’ being put on this year because of the volume of demand. It is on Wednesday 11th to Saturday 14th May at Soul Survivor Watford. The conference is all about spending time in God’s presence, with extended times of worship and ministry. We’ll be studying God’s word and hearing from some great teachers as we explore what it means to live biblical, naturally supernatural lives today. It’s only £76 as well. If you are interested in going, either book directly at https://naturallysupernatural.co.uk/ or chat with Julia Stubbs eashingstubbs@aol.com. if you want to know a bit more.

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.