This Sunday

Mark 2: 1-12 | BOXES

About the sermon

Come to church, or watch at home:

9AM Busbridge CLASSIC SERVICE
Leader: Peter Shaw | Speaker: Keith Harper

9.30AM Hambledon HERITAGE SERVICE – [PLEASE NOTE LATER TIME]
Leader: Andy Spencer | Speaker: Simon Willetts

10.30AM Busbridge CONTEMPORARY: Conversations from the couch
On the couch: Patrick and Sheila Samuels and Simon Taylor

10.30AM CHILDREN’S WORSHIP [Old Rectory Gardens]
Children must be accompanied by an adult. Face coverings required.

10.30AM Hambledon CONTEMPORARY [RESTARTING THIS SUNDAY!]
Leader: Simon Willetts

4.30PM PATHFINDERS (Years 7-9) in the Hut
7.30PM ICTHUS (Years 10-13) off-site pizza night

This Sunday at 6.30PM
After church online coffee and catch-ups have moved to twice a month:
6.30PM on 2nd Sundays and 11.30AM on 3rd Sundays

We are still not allowed to offer refreshments at church, but hope to be able to restart the lovely habit of coffee after services when restrictions are lifted.

NExt Sunday 20 June [father’s day]

beginning sermon series God our father | Ephesians 4: 1-6

9AM BUSBRIDGE Classic Service
Leader: Maggie Jagger | Speaker: Simon Taylor

9.30AM HAMBLEDON Heritage Service
Leader & Speaker: Simon Willetts

10.30AM BUSBRIDGE CONTEMPORARY
On the couch: Patrick Samuels & Simon Taylor

10.30AM Children’s Worship in the Old Rectory garden

10.30AM Hambledon Contemporary Leader: Simon Willetts

4.30PM PATHFINDERS (Years 7-9) in the Hut
7.30PM ICTHUS (Years 10-13) in the Hut

The Notices

Here’s some Great THINGS COMING UP IN JUNE…

13 June – A renewed 10.30AM contemporary service at Hambledon | Newcomers welcome event after church | 19 June – Young Adults (20s & 30s) Lunchtime Social | 26 June – Summer Blitz Clear Up Day

You can click on any of the images for details and to sign up.

Changes to Hambledon Services from 13 June
It’s great news that the Heritage Service will now start at the slightly more comfortable time of 9.30AM (at church and on YouTube), and will now be followed by an informal contemporary service at 10.30AM (in person only). In due course there may be coffee and band-led worship at this service, but for now the format is fairly fluid and evolving. On 4 and 17 July the congregation plans to meet on Hambledon Village green to worship alongside the junior cricket match!

Sign up now for the Saturday Summer Blitz Clear up morning on 26 June

10-12AM Busbridge with BBQ 12-1PM
[A similar event will be rescheduled at Hambledon if required]

This is a family event- CHILDREN WELCOME & will be put to “work”!

The traditional Big Spring Clean will be a marginally swifter “summer blitz” to strike off some tidying and maintenance jobs, but more importantly draw people alongside each other and enjoy the coffee break and a lunch together.   Please contact the church office to let us know you are coming, or sign up on the web site. Liz will be putting you into teams according to your age and task preference, but we need your willingness and availability ASAP. THE BEST JOB (the BBQ lunch) is now taken, but if you’d like to help the Taylors, please let us know!

BHC Outward Giving – MISSION SUNDAY 27 June – In Aid of TEARFUND India Coronavirus Appeal

The OG group writes: We are so fortunate in this country. More than half the population has been vaccinated, many of us have received second doses with few ill effects, and things are at long last beginning to open up. Compare the situation in India. Deaths from coronavirus are among the highest in the world. Having congratulated themselves on having controlled the pandemic last year the country has in recent months experienced a spiralling outbreak. Cities were locked down in response, and labourers within the cities returned to their villages miles away in the countryside, taking the virus with them.

We have seen on our television/computer screens the distressing images of people queuing to get into hospitals, dying while awaiting treatment, shortages of oxygen, ventilators, not to mention of doctors and nurses. And we wonder: it’s so far away, how does this affect us? Because, as Jesus said in the parable of the Good Samaritan, they are our neighbours. And we are in addition told that until the whole world has been cleared of coronavirus none of us is safe from it, vaccine or no vaccine. And, many of the vaccines we receive are made in India!

It’s time for us to show our compassion and our gratitude. Gift-aided envelopes are available at all services in time for our Mission Sunday on 27 June. Donations can also be made to the BHC appeal online, or via the Tearfund web site directly.

Tearfund have produced a 4-minute video which gives a message of hope, that people in India will get through this with their usual resilience and that recovery will come. But they do need our help now!

Sunday 30 May

PAIN

Reading: Mark 2: 1-12

Come to church or watch at home:

9AM Hambledon Heritage Service
Leader: Simon Willetts | Speaker: Gertrud Sollars

9AM Busbridge Classic Service
Leader: Keith Harper | Speaker: Anto Ficatier

10.30AM Busbridge Contemporary: Conversations from the couch
On the couch: Clare Haddad, Simon Taylor and Anto Ficatier

[Half-term: no 10.30AM Children’s Worship this Sunday or next]

NExt Sunday 6 June

HOME | Mark 2: 13-17

9AM Hambledon Heritage Service
Leader: Margot Spencer | Speaker: Simon Willetts

9AM Busbridge Classic Service
Leader & Speaker: Andy Spencer

10.30AM Busbridge FUSE All Age service – Old Rectory Gardens only (not online)
Led by the FUSE team

After church online coffee and catch-ups have moved to twice a month:
6.30PM on 2nd Sundays and 11.30AM on 3rd Sundays

We are still not allowed to offer refreshments at church, but hope to be able to restart the lovely habit of coffee at the end of services after 21 June!

The Notices

Watch Simon’s Pentecost message to the APCM last Sunday (Reading: Acts 2: 1-21)

Come to church or watch at home:
Services are back in church and broadcast live on YouTube!

Sunday 23 May

PENTECOST

Reading: Acts 2: 1-21

Go to the APCM 2021 page (above) for the Annual Report and Financial Statements for 2020.

APCMs on 23 May: ‘Quality – God’s future for us’ ON ZOOM & AT CHURCH
9AM Heritage followed by the APCM at 9.30AM
10.30AM Busbridge Combined Morning Worship with the APCM starting at 10.45AM

Children’s Worship will take place at 10.30AM (rain or shine) for those with children aged 0-11, so if 2 parents are coming to church it’s possible for one to attend the APCM either on Zoom or in church.

Please do come along to the appropriate APCM and find out about the year gone, and what’s to come. The Annual Report for 2021, and the Financial Reports are now available (linked above).

At the Busbridge APCM we will be electing a new churchwarden. Candidates need to be nominated (proposed and seconded) for elections, and the nomination form must be submitted before the APCM starts.

Also on 23 May: 6PM UNPLUGGED Frescoustic – Pentecost Special! – Now in Busbridge Church due the weather forecast.

After church online coffee and catch-ups have moved to twice a month:
6.30PM on 2nd Sundays and 11.30AM on 3rd Sundays

We are still not allowed to offer refreshments at church, but hope to be able to restart the lovely habit of coffee at the end of services after 21 June!

The Notices

Thank you to

…everyone who either gathered in person last Sunday evening at 7pm or prayed in your homes, cars, sheds or where-ever else you find space for prayer. We had over 70 people ‘in person’ combined at Busbridge and Hambledon; praying for revival of faith in God in ourselves, the church and the whole community; praying for Hambledon Church and taking its place in the future of the village.

… the amazing volunteer and staff team who have been putting the outdoor children’s worship together (10.30am, Sundays at Busbridge). Last Sunday there were more children there than there were adults in the main church building! And it was pouring with rain. 

…all our Welcomers!  We would like to say a Big ‘THANK YOU’ to all who are helping with the contemporary service on Sundays. We would particularly like to thank Sue, Sally, Dawn, Matt, Jackie, David, Sandra, Esther and Patrick for helping with the Welcome, without our Welcomers (because of Track and Trace requirements), we would not be able to have people in church for the services. Thank you so much  for responding to our plea. There are still some Sundays, when we need Welcomers to help, if you would like to know details about the role, please do talk to the Welcomers on  Sundays or contact Patrick Samuels for Contemporary and France Shaw for Classic. Thank you!

NEXUS EVENT—Visit to NGS Spurfold, Thurs 3 June

Nexus is thrilled to be planning its first gathered in person event for over a year!  😊 On Thursday 3rd June Nexus have arranged a private walk around the lovely NGS Spurfold garden, near Peaslake, meeting there at 6.30pm.  The garden has extensive herbaceous and shrub borders, a sunken gravel garden, topiary, water features, glorious azaleas, and more!!  And some surprising sculptures!  It all sounds delightful!

The cost for the evening is £12, to include garden entrance and ‘al fresco’ drinks and nibbles.  Numbers are restricted so, if you would like to join us, please email Pam on pamcookney@gmail.com as soon as possible so we can give numbers to the venue. Hopefully, it will be a warm sunny evening for us to enjoy this beautiful garden.

 Save the DATE! 26 June: Sat Summer Blitz Clean up day—both churches

10-12AM Busbridge with BBQ 12-1PM
2-4PM Hambledon with Afternoon Tea

FAMILY EVENT – CHILDREN WELCOME & will be put to “work”!

The traditional Big Spring Clean will be a marginally swifter “summer blitz” to strike off some tidying and maintenance jobs at both Busbridge and Hambledon, but more importantly draw people alongside each other and enjoy the coffee and tea breaks and a lunch together.   Please contact the church office to let us know you are coming, or sign up on the web site. Liz will be putting you into teams according to your age and task preference, but we just your willingness and availability ASAP. BUT IF YOU WOULD BE WILLING TO DO THE BBQ, PLEASE SAY NOW!

27 June—St John the Baptist, Busbridge Church patronal festival.  Watch this space.  There will be a special Outward Giving Tearfund appeal for India.

Fancy a break from working from home?  Please contact Patrick Samuels if you would be interested in sharing a workspace in the Old Rectory during school hours on Mondays or Thursdays once restrictions permit. Power, Wi-Fi and tea/coffee making facilities available.  This might offer the chance for a change of scenery, some interaction with others and an optional prayer and reflection time at 12 noon.  patrick.samuels@bhcgodalming.org.

Coming Up NEXT:

See the list below or look up dates further ahead in the full calendar. Select the event to join the meetings on Zoom, or sign up.

Please Pray for

• Hambledon Road and road steward Simon Taylor

• Woodlands Road

• Students facing exams, and teachers involved in “Teacher Assessed Grades”

Services at Busbridge Church and Hambledon Church from 25 April
Services are back in both churches AND broadcast live on YouTube. The Contemporary Conversations service has moved into Busbridge Church, and starts at the slightly later time of 10.30AM. Communion (bread only) will take place on 1st Sundays of the month in the 9AM Busbridge Classic service, and on 3rd Sundays in the 9AM Hambledon Heritage service. Those attending are asked to SIGN UP and wear a FACE COVERING. Singing is not permitted in church, but is allowed outdoors (with face coverings).

Busbridge Church and Hambledon Church are both open daily for private prayer.

The Old Rectory is reopening gradually, and clergy and staff are still mainly working from home. The answerphone is checked regularly, but the best way to reach people is by email.

PRAYER MINISTRY TEAM AVAILABLE

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

Catch up on News from other areas

News Items

Prime Time Lockdown Blog

ELSEWHERE

Dear Cellar supporters,

Matt Buckle has finished his 10 marathons in 10 days last Sunday 9th May. He has set up a fundraising page that links through directly to the Cellar page here:

https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-display/showROFundraiserPage?userUrl=MatthewBuckle3&pageUrl=2

The Cellar is promoting this through Facebook so can we ask any of our trustees and supporters who use Facebook to ‘Like’ our page ‘The Cellar Cafe Godalming.’ if they have not done so already and like and share all the posts on Matt’s progress, we will be posting daily throughout and sharing his new total.

We hope you will donate too! 10 Marathons in 10 days in no mean feat and Matt is not a super fit athlete, he has osteoarthritis in his hip and says himself he is not fast but just keeps going!

Please print a pdf copy of the notices and deliver to anyone you know who isn’t on email!

Come to church or watch at home:
Services are back in church and broadcast live on YouTube!

or Click below to watch on YouTube

Sunday 16 May

MESS

Reading: Mark 1: 40-45

9AM HERITAGE SERVICE – Hambledon
Leader: Andy Spencer | Speaker: Simon Willetts

9AM CLASSIC SERVICE – Busbridge
Leader: Philippa Baker | Speaker: Frances Shaw

The Classic service this Sunday will be making use of some Celtic liturgies for a reflective service of worship. Words will be on screen as usual, but there is also a service order available HERE which you are most welcome to download and print for your own use at home.

10.30AM CONTEMPORARY: CONVERSATIONS ON THE COUCH
On the couch: Mark Williams, Patrick Samuels and Simon Taylor

At Busbridge, sound will be on in the churchyard for those wishing to remain outside and listen to the service (no need to sign up, but you may wish to bring a chair!).

NEW at 10.30AM CHILDREN’S WORSHIP IN THE OLD RECTORY GARDEN
For families with children aged 0-11. At least one parent or guardian will need to stay with their children and take part in the fun.

7PM WORSHIP & PRAYER NIGHTS – Busbridge Churchyard and Hambledon Church – SIGN UP BELOW!

Reconnect in worship and prayer – 16 May at 7PM
You are called to reconnect in worship and prayer in Busbridge churchyard, when we will be able to enjoy sung worship and prayer ministry together, and at Hambledon Church (in church). The theme for Busbridge will be REVIVAL, and at Hambledon DISCERNMENT! If you are not able to attend in person, please join the Zooms, or simply pray at 7PM.

Select the events above to sign up to the Worship and Prayer evenings. Please wear a face covering, and bring a chair if you’d like to sit rather than stand.

To prepare, you may like to listen to the song list on Spotify for the Busbridge event beforehand:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1e9qz7L87m3ajzhTRej7Dt?si=50769688b8f541fc

and print the song words.

CHRISTIAN AID WEEK 10-16 May – At the end of Christian Aid week, the collection taken at services this Sunday will go to the Christian Aid Week Appeal to fight against the Climate Emergency. Please use the collection plate, or the contactless Good Box in Busbridge Church. Donate now or read more

This Sunday at 11:30AM

After church online coffee and catch-ups have moved to once a month:
6.30PM on 2nd Sundays and 11.30AM on 3rd Sundays (next on 16 May).

We are still not allowed to offer refreshments at church, but hope to be able to restart the lovely habit of coffee at the end of services after 21 June!

Children & Youth

In person CYF groups are back!

NEW at 10.30AM Children’s Worship
For families with children aged 0-11 (Tiny Tigers, Ark and Explorers). A parent or guardian needs to stay too.

4.30PM Pathfinders – The Hut, Old Rectory

7.30PM Ichthus – The Hut, Old Rectory

Contact the CYF team for details:
Juliet (0-3s), Judith (4-11s), Anto (11-18s)

Next Sunday 23 May

PENTECOST

Reading: ACTS 2: 1-21

APCMs on 23 May: ‘Quality – God’s future for us’ ON ZOOM & AT CHURCH
The prayer evenings will prepare us for the APCMs next Sunday which will follow the abridged morning services:
9AM Heritage followed by the APCM at 9.30AM
10.30AM Busbridge Combined Morning Worship with the APCM starting at 10.45AM (The Family Garden service will take place at 10.30AM for those with children aged 0-11, so if 2 parents are coming to church it’s possible for one to attend the APCM either on Zoom or in church).

Please do come along to the appropriate APCM and find out about the year gone, and what’s to come. The Annual Report for 2021 is now available (linked above) and the financial reports will be published next week. IMPORTANT – At the Busbridge APCM we will be electing a new churchwarden. Candidates need to be nominated (proposed and seconded) for elections, and the nomination form must be submitted before the APCM starts. Contact the Church Office for more information.

Also on 23 May: 6PM UNPLUGGED Frescoustic – Pentecost Special!

The Notices

Save the DATES! 26/27 June
Sat Summer Blitz Clean up day—both churches

AM Busbridge with BBQ 12-1PM / PM Hambledon

The traditional “Big Spring Clean” will be a marginally swifter “summer blitz” to strike off some tidying and maintenance jobs at both Busbridge and Hambledon, but more importantly, to draw people alongside each other to enjoy the coffee and tea breaks and a lunch together!  We can find things for all ages to do! Details to follow, but please put the date in your diaries now.

27 June—St John the Baptist, Busbridge Church patronal festival.  Watch this space.  There will be a special Outward Giving Tearfund appeal for India.

Fancy a break from working from home?  Please contact Patrick Samuels if you would be interested in sharing a workspace in the Old Rectory during school hours on Mondays or Thursdays once restrictions permit. Power, Wi-Fi and tea/coffee making facilities available.  This might offer the chance for a change of scenery, some interaction with others and an optional prayer and reflection time at 12 noon.  patrick.samuels@bhcgodalming.org.

We send much love and huge congratulations to our lovely June Higgins, who celebrated a significant birthday this week.  11 May 1931 must have been a very special day, and we wish June a blessed and joyful day of celebration with her family.

Can you help?

Sundays

To restart, sustain and keep step with easing restrictions, we now need to recall the army of volunteers that served on Sundays and in all ministries pre 2020!

The most pressing need in the coming weeks is for WELCOMERS at all 3 services (Busbridge and Hambledon). We can’t meet our COVID safety procedures (setting up the hygiene station, signing people in, encouraging hands, face and space) without a committed team of Welcomers. Contact the church office if you’d like to help.

SOUND & VISION. We still need more people on the tech and production team to ensure amazing (i.e. worship enhancing but unobtrusive) sound and vision in the churches as well as via YouTube. Good training will be provided and the skill is highly transferable! Watch the promo below, and contact Jacob if you would like to find out more.

The Bridge

FOUND! new road stewards for Shackstead Lane (numbers 2-26 only) and Busbridge Lane – Thank you!

Coming Up NEXT:

See the list below or look up dates further ahead in the full calendar. Select the event to join the meetings on Zoom, or sign up.

Please Pray for

• Grosvenor Road and its road stewards Sarah Blagden and Dawn O’Toole

• Vann Lane

• The team involved with preparing the detailed drawings, planning the work and scheduling the materials. The construction industry at present is very busy with many people working overtime and coming under enormous pressure.

Services at Busbridge Church and Hambledon Church from 25 April
Services are back in both churches AND broadcast live on YouTube. The Contemporary Conversations service has moved into Busbridge Church, and starts at the slightly later time of 10.30AM. Communion (bread only) will take place on 1st Sundays of the month in the 9AM Busbridge Classic service, and on 3rd Sundays in the 9AM Hambledon Heritage service. Those attending are asked to SIGN UP and wear a FACE COVERING. Singing is not permitted in church, but is allowed outdoors (with face coverings).

Busbridge Church and Hambledon Church are both open daily for private prayer.

The Old Rectory is reopening gradually, and clergy and staff are still mainly working from home. The answerphone is checked regularly, but the best way to reach people is by email.

PRAYER MINISTRY TEAM AVAILABLE

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

Catch up on News from other areas

News Items

Prime Time Lockdown Blog

ELSEWHERE

Dear Cellar supporters,

Matt Buckle began his 10 marathons in 10 days last Sunday 9th May. He has set up a fundraising page that links through directly to the Cellar page here:

https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-display/showROFundraiserPage?userUrl=MatthewBuckle3&pageUrl=2

The Cellar is promoting this through Facebook so can we ask any of our trustees and supporters who use Facebook to ‘Like’ our page ‘The Cellar Cafe Godalming.’ if they have not done so already and like and share all the posts on Matt’s progress, we will be posting daily throughout and sharing his new total.

We hope you will donate too! 10 Marathons in 10 days in no mean feat and Matt is not a super fit athlete, he has osteoarthritis in his hip and says himself he is not fast but just keeps going!

Please print a pdf copy of the notices and deliver to anyone you know who isn’t on email!

Come to church or watch at home
Services are back in church and broadcast live on YouTube!

or Click below to watch on YouTube

Sunday 9 May

Anywhere

Reading: Mark 1: 21-34

9am Heritage Service – Hambledon
Leader: Margot Spencer | Speaker Andy Spencer

9am Classic Service – Busbridge
Leader: Peter Shaw | Speaker: Andy Spencer

10.30AM Contemporary: Conversations from the Couch
On the couch: Tom Jones, Patrick Samuels and Simon Taylor

At Busbridge, sound will be on in the churchyard for those wishing to remain outside and listen to the service (no need to sign up, but you may wish to bring a chair!).

NEW at 10.30AM Children’s Worship IN THE OLD RECTORY GARDEN
For families with children aged 0-11. At least one parent or guardian will need to stay with their children and take part in the fun.

With the easing of restrictions, the better weather and more people back at church, the after church online coffee and catch-ups have moved to once a month:
6.30PM on 2nd Sundays (This Sunday, 9 May) and 11.30AM on 3rd Sundays (next on 16 May).

We are still not allowed to offer refreshments at church, but hope to be able to restart the lovely habit of coffee at the end of services after 21 June!

Children & Youth

In person CYF groups are back!

NEW at 10.30AM Children’s Worship
For families with children aged 0-11 (Tiny Tigers, Ark and Explorers). A parent or guardian needs to stay too.

4.30PM Pathfinders – The Hut, Old Rectory

7.30PM Ichthus – The Hut, Old Rectory

Contact the CYF team for details:
Juliet (0-3s), Judith (4-11s), Anto (11-18s)

Next Sunday 16 May

MESS

Reading: Mark 1: 40-45

Services

9AM Hambledon Heritage Service
Speaker: Simon Willetts

9AM Busbridge Classic Service
Speaker: Hilary Pettman

10:30AM Contemporary Service: Conversations from the couch
On the couch: Patrick Samuels, Mark Williams and Simon Taylor

10:30AM Children’s Worship – Old Rectory Gardens

7PM Worship & Prayer Nights – Busbridge and Hambledon Churchyards

Reconnect in worship and prayer – 16 May at 7PM
You are called to reconnect in worship and prayer in Busbridge and Hambledon churchyards, when we will be able to enjoy sung worship and prayer ministry together. The theme for Busbridge will be REVIVAL, and at Hambledon DISCERNMENT!
Select the events above to sign up to the Worship and Prayer evenings. Please wear a face covering, and bring a chair if you’d like to sit rather than stand.

The Notices

Next Thursday is Ascension Day (13 May)
We will join Godalming Churches Together for a service to be held at at St John’s, Farncombe at 5.30PM. There’s plenty of space available. No need to sign up.

APCMs on 23 May: ‘Quality – God’s future for us’ ON ZOOM & AT CHURCH
The prayer evenings will prepare us for the APCMs the following Sunday which will follow the abridged morning services:
9AM Heritage followed by the APCM at 9.30AM
10.30AM Busbridge Combined Morning Worship with the APCM starting at 10.45AM (The Family Garden service will take place at 10.30AM for those with children aged 0-11, so if 2 parents are coming to church it’s possible for one to attend the APCM either on Zoom or in church).

Please do come along to the appropriate APCM and find out about the year gone, and what’s to come. The Annual Report and Accounts for 2020 will be available next week.

Fancy a break from working from home?  Please contact Patrick Samuels if you would be interested in sharing a workspace in the Old Rectory during school hours on Mondays or Thursdays once restrictions permit. Power, Wi-Fi and tea/coffee making facilities available.  This might offer the chance for a change of scenery, some interaction with others and an optional prayer and reflection time at 12 noon.  patrick.samuels@bhcgodalming.org.

We send much love and huge congratulations to our lovely June Higgins, who celebrates a significant birthday this coming week.  11 May 1931 must have been a very special day, and we wish June a blessed and joyful day of celebration with her family.

Outward Giving

Go to the Outward Giving page to find out about the 3 things to support this month:

1. Christian Aid week 10-16 May. In the absence of door to door collections again this year, it’s even more important that we support by donating online, joining the local quiz or the sponsored challenge to make 300,000 steps during May! More details.

2. Friends International UK – one of our mission partners which is featured in the latest Outward Giving Update. Friends international is a Christian charity seeking to grow friendship and faith with international students in the UK & Ireland. Over 450,000 international students study at UK universities and some 550,000 come to study English in language schools. FI wants to give students a great time in the UK, chances to experience real local culture, and opportunities to hear the Christian message. Our activities are open to those of all faiths and none.

3. An update on the work of the Nazareth Way in HMP Send. David Jenkins talks to Lesley Mason in an interview about the needs of those in prisons such as Send, and the work of chaplains.

Can you help?

The Bridge

We are still seeking a new road steward for Shackstead Lane (numbers 2-26 only) and Busbridge Lane (numbers 106-146, 111-125)

We’re looking for someone who might be able to deliver magazines to 14 houses (the Godalming College end of Shackstead Lane). And we’re also looking for a new road steward who, 6 times a year, would be willing to deliver magazines to 32 houses in Busbridge Lane (numbers 106-146 & 111-125).

If you live in, or close to these stretches, (or maybe know someone who does and might be willing to take on the role) please contact the editor, Cathy, at editor.atthebridge@gmail.com. We’d be delighted and most appreciative to hear from you.  

Sundays

To restart, sustain and keep step with easing restrictions, we now need to recall the army of volunteers that served on Sundays and in all ministries pre 2020!

The most pressing need in the coming weeks is for WELCOMERS at all 3 services (Busbridge and Hambledon). We can’t meet our COVID safety procedures (setting up the hygiene station, signing people in, encouraging hands, face and space) without a committed team of Welcomers. Contact the church office if you’d like to help.

CHILDREN, YOUTH & FAMILIES
Tiny Tigers, Ark and Pathfinders await helpers to come forward to run their sessions. A need for helpers coupled with the short term challenge of restricted numbers in our modestly sized church buildings, have inspired plans to run a service for families with 0-11s in the OR gardens at 10.30AM (alongside the Contemporary service) starting next Sunday 9 May. At least one parent or guardian will need to stay with their children and take part in the fun.

SOUND & VISION. We still need more people on the tech and production team to ensure amazing (i.e. worship enhancing but unobtrusive) sound and vision in the churches as well as via YouTube. Good training will be provided and the skill is highly transferable! Watch the promo below, and contact Jacob if you would like to find out more.

BHC seeks an online digital producer and technician!

The advert for this 6 month part-time contract can be found on the job vacancies page. Please take and look and share with anyone who might be interested. Closing date 9 May 2021.

More Digi-disciples needed!

Coming Up NEXT:

See the list below or look up dates further ahead in the full calendar. Select the event to join the meetings on Zoom, or sign up.

Please Pray for

• Greenhill Close and its road steward Carole Keating

• Upper Vann Lane

• Councillors and all who serve in local politics

Services at Busbridge Church and Hambledon Church from 25 April
Services are back in both churches AND broadcast live on YouTube. The Contemporary Conversations service has moved into Busbridge Church, and starts at the slightly later time of 10.30AM. Communion (bread only) will take place on 1st Sundays of the month in the 9AM Busbridge Classic service, and on 3rd Sundays in the 9AM Hambledon Heritage service. Those attending are asked to SIGN UP and wear a FACE COVERING. Singing is not permitted in church, but is allowed outdoors (with face coverings).

Busbridge Church and Hambledon Church are both open daily for private prayer.

The Old Rectory is reopening gradually, and clergy and staff are still mainly working from home. The answerphone is checked regularly, but the best way to reach people is by email.

PRAYER MINISTRY TEAM AVAILABLE

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

Catch up on News from other areas

News Items

Prime Time Lockdown Blog

Please print a pdf copy of the notices and deliver to anyone you know who isn’t on email!

Some recent pics from the very happy Easter Egg Hunts in Busbridge and Hambledon, and last Sunday’s Unplugged Frescoustic in the Old Rectory Garden!

This Sunday

An inner examination of our sense of purpose

Reading: Mark 1: 9-15

Come to church or watch at home – Services are back in church and broadcast live on YouTube!

9am Heritage Service – Hambledon

Leader & Speaker: Simon Willetts
Also serving: Reading: Sheelagh V | Welcome & Prayers: Andrew D and Frances D | Music: Jim and Shelagh G | Tech: Dan D & Graham H

9am Classic Service [with communion] – Busbridge

Leader: Keith Harper | Speaker: Simon Taylor
Also serving: Prayers: Maggie J | Music: Gaye C and Lisa O-P | Tech: Ben R and Martin L.

At Busbridge, sound will be on in the churchyard for those wishing to remain outside and listen to the service (no need to sign up, but you may wish to bring a chair!).

10.30AM Contemporary: FUSE all age service – ONLY IN THE OLD RECTORY GARDEN

Mark P and Suzie L lead a fun filled all age service in the Old Rectory garden. This service will not be broadcast online.

Sign up to attend by using the “I’ll be there” link, or scroll down to watch on YouTube.

Click below to WaTch the SERVICES ONLINE

UPDATE – With the easing of restrictions, the better weather and more people back at church, the after church online coffee and catch-ups are moving to once a month:
6.30PM on 2nd Sundays (next on 9 May) and 11.30AM on 3rd Sundays (next on 16 May).

We are still not allowed to offer refreshments at church, but hope to be able to restart the lovely habit of coffee at the end of services after 21 June!

Next Sunday 9 May

anywhere

Reading: Mark 1: 21-34

Children & Youth

In person CYF groups are back!

NEW at 10.30AM Family Garden Service
For families with children aged 0-11. A parent or guardian needs to stay too.

4.30PM Pathfinders – The Hut, Old Rectory

7.30PM Ichthus – The Hut, Old Rectory

Contact the CYF team for details:
Juliet (0-3s), Judith (4-11s), Anto (11-18s)

Services

9AM Hambledon Heritage Service
Speaker: Andy Spencer

9AM Busbridge Classic Service
Speaker: Andy Spencer

10:30AM Contemporary Service: Conversations from the couch

The Notices

Pcc approval for the café at Busbridge Church, and joining the parishes of busbridge and hambledon

The trustees (PCCs) of the churches met recently and we are delighted to share two bits of news with everyone. On Monday 26 April the PCC approved plans for the conversion of the Busbridge Church Centre into a café for parishioners and the local community. More

Hambledon PCC voted to seek diocesan approval for us to become one parish. Busbridge PCC had already voted for this. This does not change anything ‘on the ground’ but it does mean our governance, trusteeship and resources are held together better. We already meet in the same room as a joint PCC so not much would change there. There are no plans to change local ministry, local worship or local presence – particularly for Hambledon and we’re looking at ways to ensure that the commitment to long term clergy residence in the village is secured long, long into the future and as watertight as we can possibly make it.

Outward Giving

Go to the Outward Giving page to find out about the 3 things to support this month:

1. Friends International UK – one of our mission partners which is featured in the latest Outward Giving Update. Friends international is a Christian charity seeking to grow friendship and faith with international students in the UK & Ireland. Over 450,000 international students study at UK universities and some 550,000 come to study English in language schools. FI wants to give students a great time in the UK, chances to experience real local culture, and opportunities to hear the Christian message. Our activities are open to those of all faiths and none.

2. An update on the work of the Nazareth Way in HMP Send. David Jenkins talks to Lesley Mason in an interview about the needs of those in prisons such as Send, and the work of chaplains.

3. Christian Aid week 10-16 May. In the absence of door to door collections again this year, it’s even more important that we support by donating online, joining the local quiz or the sponsored challenge to make 300,000 steps during May! More details.

Join the church membership / Electoral Roll – deadline 6 May for APCMs on 23 May.
This year’s APCMs will be on 23 May, and to vote you must be on the electoral roll. The form and instructions can be downloaded HERE.

Coming Up

Reconnect in worship and prayer – 16 May at 7PM
You are called to reconnect in worship and prayer in Busbridge and Hambledon churchyards, when we will be able to enjoy sung worship and prayer ministry together. The theme for Busbridge will be REVIVAL, and at Hambledon DISCERNMENT!
Scroll down to sign up to the Worship and Prayer evenings. Please wear a face covering, and bring a chair if you’d like to sit rather than stand.

APCMs on 23 May: ‘Quality – God’s future for us’ ON ZOOM & AT CHURCH
The prayer evenings will lead us into the APCMs the following Sunday which will follow the abridged morning services:
9AM Heritage followed by the APCM at 9.30AM
10.30AM Busbridge Combined with the APCM starting at 10.45AM (The Family Garden service will take place at 10.30AM for those with children aged 0-11, so if 2 parents are coming to church it’s possible for one to attend the APCM either on Zoom or in church).

Men Matters Breakfast – all (men) welcome to Zoom in at 9AM on Sat 1 May, with their porridge and coffee to share views on current issues. In the wake of Prince Philip’s funeral, the meeting on 1 May will be a chance to share views on the merits of monarchy.

NEXUS online Talk: Women in the Crimean War – 6 May
At the next meeting Margaret Jackson will give us some insights into the roles of women in the Crimean War, with tales from some who were there.  Margaret has a keen interest in history and in portraying historical figures with experience working at Bletchley Park. It should be a fascinating presentation about a war which started in 1853 to uphold the rights of Christian minorities in the Holy Land.  This will be a free Zoom meeting starting at 8.00pm, but you’re invited to join from 7.45pm so you’ll have a chance to chat with others.  We look forward to seeing you!

Saturday Busbridge Prayer group and Prayerfest 0-30 in 60
These will combine for the foreseeable future, and next meet on 8 May at 8.30AM on Zoom.

Ascension Day 13 May
We will join Godalming Churches Together for a service to be held at at St John’s, Farncombe at 5.30PM. There’s plenty of space available. No need to sign up.

Can you help?

Thanks to all those who completed the post-lockdown survey last week.

The Bridge

Our very grateful thanks and a warm welcome to Kirsty Glaysher and Sally Wood who are joining The Bridge as road stewards for respective parts of the Brighton Road. 

Meanwhile we are still seeking a new road steward for Shackstead Lane (numbers 2-26 only) and Busbridge Lane (numbers 106-146, 111-125)

We’re looking for someone who might be able to deliver magazines to 14 houses (the Godalming College end of Shackstead Lane). And we’re also looking for a new road steward who, 6 times a year, would be willing to deliver magazines to 32 houses in Busbridge Lane (numbers 106-146 & 111-125).

If you live in, or close to these stretches, (or maybe know someone who does and might be willing to take on the role) please contact the editor, Cathy, at editor.atthebridge@gmail.com. We’d be delighted and most appreciative to hear from you.  

Sundays

To restart, sustain and keep step with easing restrictions, we now need to recall the army of volunteers that served on Sundays and in all ministries pre 2020!

The most pressing need in the coming weeks is for WELCOMERS at all 3 services (Busbridge and Hambledon). We can’t meet our COVID safety procedures (setting up the hygiene station, signing people in, encouraging hands, face and space) without a committed team of Welcomers. Contact the church office if you’d like to help.

CHILDREN, YOUTH & FAMILIES
Tiny Tigers, Ark and Pathfinders await helpers to come forward to run their sessions. A need for helpers coupled with the short term challenge of restricted numbers in our modestly sized church buildings, have inspired plans to run a service for families with 0-11s in the OR gardens at 10.30AM (alongside the Contemporary service) starting next Sunday 9 May. At least one parent or guardian will need to stay with their children and take part in the fun.

SOUND & VISION. We still need more people on the tech and production team to ensure amazing (i.e. worship enhancing but unobtrusive) sound and vision in the churches as well as via YouTube. Good training will be provided and the skill is highly transferable! Watch the promo below, and contact Jacob if you would like to find out more.

BHC seeks an online digital producer and technician!

The advert for this 6 month part-time contract can be found on the job vacancies page. Please take and look and share with anyone who might be interested. Closing date 9 May 2021.

More Digi-disciples needed!

Coming Up NEXT:

See the list below or look up dates further ahead in the full calendar. Select the event to join the meetings on Zoom, or sign up.

Please Pray for

• Fox Dene and its road steward Helen Todd

• The Hydons

• ABC toddler group and the parents as the group restarts on Tuesdays.

Services at Busbridge Church and Hambledon Church from 25 April
Services are back in both churches AND broadcast live on YouTube. The Contemporary Conversations service has moved into Busbridge Church, and starts at the slightly later time of 10.30AM. Communion (bread only) will take place on 1st Sundays of the month in the 9AM Busbridge Classic service, and on 3rd Sundays in the 9AM Hambledon Heritage service. Those attending are asked to SIGN UP and wear a FACE COVERING. Singing is not permitted in church, but is allowed outdoors (with face coverings).

Busbridge Church and Hambledon Church are both open daily for private prayer.

The Old Rectory is reopening gradually, and clergy and staff are still mainly working from home. The answerphone is checked regularly, but the best way to reach people is by email.

PRAYER MINISTRY TEAM AVAILABLE

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

Catch up on News from other areas

News Items

Prime Time Lockdown Blog

elsewhere

Trinity Trust Team is looking for a Full time Youth Worker to join the Award WinningYouth Ministry Team. For More information go to www.trinitytrustteam.co.uk

Godalming Churches Together Link- Up – April Edition

Biking Pilgrimage for persecuted Christians next May: North Foreland lighthouse (Kent’s most easterly point) to Land’s End
Revd Robert Deberry is organising a bike pilgrimage next spring which will be including Godalming over the weekend 21-22 May 2021. See the letter for details. If you could offer accommodation to 1-2 cyclists for the weekend, please contact the church office.

Please print a pdf copy of the notices (18 April) and deliver to anyone you know who isn’t on email!