St George’s and St Mark’s Churches are both holding celebrations this Sunday (April 28) in honour of the saints they are named after.
April 23 was St George’s Day and April 25 was St Mark’s Day so both churches are holding their patronal festivals that day.
At St Mark’s at 11am, the congregation will learn about the journey that St Mark made from being a young follower of Jesus (perhaps the young man who runs away naked at the end of the Gospel of Mark) to a mature disciple who, tradition has it, founded the church in Alexandria, Egypt, but with all too human problems on the way. After the service there will be cake in celebration of St Mark’s Day.
At St George’s there will be two services which remember England’s patron saint (who was probably born in what is now Turkey). The 10am service will be augmented by a parade by Farnham, Fleet & Aldershot Sea Cadets who meet just up the road from the church. As well as parading they will read the New Testament lesson. The celebrations will then continue at St George’s with Worship for All at 11.30am.
Come and join us at either church on Sunday.
The Parish of Badshot Lea and Hale 