All posts by Lesley Crawley

I am a fully trained counsellor and psychotherapist and currently teach on a counselling degree course. I have an MSc in Therapeutic Counselling from the University of Greenwich. I am also a priest in the Church of England. Although faith and spirituality inform my practice, my training is based on secular models. I am not a Christian Counsellor, but rather a counsellor who is a Christian. I enjoy working with people from all faiths and none. I value working with people who desire to grow, find purpose, and find freedom from unresolved issues. I have expertise in working with trauma, particularly adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. I work with adults and currently, my practice is online.
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Sunday Services – 23rd May

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Below are the Sunday services, first, here are the notices:

Notices

Giving

Please Give to our Ministry

This church relies on donations to provide care and support to everyone in this community. Now more than ever, please consider giving generously to support our mission and ministry by clicking the button above. Thank you for your support.

Communion before Confirmation

Would your child like to receive Communion? If they are below year six they can come to classes that prepare them for Communion before Confiirmation. If they are year 6 or above they can come to Confirmation Classes. Contact Lesley to find out more – 01252 820537 or revd.lesley@badshoteaandhale.org

Confirmations

Would you or a member of your family like to be Confirmed? Finally this is possible! We are having a confirmation service at St John’s on 19th September at 6pm. Please contact Lesley – revd.lesley@badshotleaandhale.org or 01252 820537

Tower at St John’s

Fundraising has started to repair the Tower at St John’s and to clear pews from the North Aisle so that we can have a youth provision in the church on weekdays. Please do donate and spread the word and pledge – St John’s Project – a Community crowdfunding project in Farnham by Reverend Lesley Crawley (avivacommunityfund.co.uk)

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Sunday Services – 16th May

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Below are the Sunday services, first, here are the notices:

Notices

Giving

Please Give to our Ministry

This church relies on donations to provide care and support to everyone in this community. Now more than ever, please consider giving generously to support our mission and ministry by clicking the button above. Thank you for your support.

Online Flower Festival

Enjoy the online flower festival here, thanks to all those who contributed and helped make this happen:

Plant Sale

We are holding a Parish Plant Sale on May 29th at St George’s.
Just the thing to do with those extra seedlings – or when you are dividing up perennials. Help us to make it a bumper sale. Please start cultivating your plants now.

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Farnham Flower Festival 2021

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Enjoy the online Farnham Flower Festival in this YouTube video:

Thank you to everyone who sent in this amazing selection of pictures for our annual flower festival, and to our poets too.

Gallery of pictures

You can see the gallery of flowers and art here.

Poems of hope and joy

To read the poems, click here.

How to arrange flowers

This year our festival has been sponsored by Florescence, an award-winning florist based at St Mark’s Church in Upper Hale. If you look at wonderful floral arrangements and think ‘I wish I could do that’, Elise from Florescence has made a video here to give you some tips. The finished arrangement can be seen in St Mark’s during our 11am Sunday service.

Thank you

Thank you to all who took part and to all of you for viewing this flower festival online. Our church flower arrangers have also placed beautiful displays in church which you can see at our Sunday services – 9.30am at St John’s, Hale; 10am at St George’s, Badshot Lea; and 11am at St Mark’s, Upper Hale.

The Covid pandemic has had an effect on our finances and the parish is more dependent than ever on donations. Please do give to support our work in the community. You can donate by clicking on the button below. Thank you.

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Christian Aid Week

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As it is Christian Aid week 9-15th May. The Franham Clergy have joined together to create an online Christian Aid Week Service:

We cannot collect door to door for Christian Aid so here is the clickable link for online giving for Christian Aid Week 2021:

https://giving.tapsimple.org/online/christian-aid/christian-aid-week-2021-bf4b3

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Sunday Services – 9th May

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Below are the Sunday services, first, here are the notices:

Notices

Giving

Please Give to our Ministry

This church relies on donations to provide care and support to everyone in this community. Now more than ever, please consider giving generously to support our mission and ministry by clicking the button above. Thank you for your support.

Online Flower Festival

We are running our annual flower festival – online again this year, but there will be some displays in the churches on Sunday 15th May. The theme is Messages of Hope and Joy and we invite you to send us pictures and/or videos of flowers, flower arrangements, floral art, anything which expresses hope and joy. Please be as creative as you like and have fun! Send them to Alan revd.alan@badshotleaandhale.org

Ascension Day

The Ascension Day Service at St John’s is on 13 May 7:30pm – 8:00pm. All welcome. The online service will be screened on Facebook at 10:00am and is available on the Parish Web Site from 9:00am. A link can be found here: https://badshotleaandhale.org/online-services/ or here: https://badshotleaandhale.org/2021/05/13/ascension-service-13th-may/

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