Our first toddler service is online. Short and very sweet, it’s ideal for pre-schoolers.
Huge thanks to Michelle Chapman and Jacqui Searle for this and to our musicians Bob and Lesley Shatwell and Margaret Emberson.
Don’t forget the craft activity at the end.
Welcome to our online art and craft fair, displaying the talent of individuals and small businesses. There’s a huge range here, from illustrations to felt booties, cards to crochet, jewellery, candles, t-shirts, knitting, cushions, bunting, jam, decorations, flowers, ceramics, mosaics, frames, gin…
It’s an ideal way to do your Christmas shopping and support small businesses. Just browse through the pages here – click on the links to take you to the ones you want – and contact the maker direct. There are contact details on every page.
Thank you to everyone who is taking part here. Happy shopping!
Gifts: candles, cards, prints, crochet and knitting
All that sparkles is Anna Londei with customised clothing
Multimedia Art from transmasculine artivist Ash Brockwell
Cards, coasters, bags, prints and more with an animal theme
The parish’s own stall with Christmas craft and tasty treats
Mugs, coasters and greeting cards, all made locally
Upcycled bowling balls, mosaics and ceramics, sold for charity
Crochet creations and essential oils for happiness and wellbeing
Handmade Christmas cards and decorations plus personalised gifts
Hand-drawn and hand-lettered cards and prints.
Art inspired by nature
Nordic boho-style macrame home decor and jewellery
Creativity and colour from a young Textiles graduate
A solution to dry skin with these soft, soothing creams
Pet portraits, family keepsakes, lovely watercolours and acrylics.
Custom clothing for you and your little ones
Handmade craft from recycled material. All for charity.
Animal art and pet commissions, cards and bio-friendly wrapping paper.
Local gin distiller Mews Gin has a range of exciting new gins including London Dry, Rhubarb and Honeyberry Gin.
Hats, made in Farnham but worn around the world
High quality fine art prints
Small batch artisan gin from the Surrey/Sussex borders
Bespoke frames which make personalised gifts
Personalised ceramic gifts and keepsakes
Personalised gifts and practical items
Handmade glass and sterling silver jewellery made in Farnham.
Handmade jewellery made with love, fire and a lot of hammering.
Not just blankets but bags, decorations and gifts, crocheted and knitted for charity
Using the versatile material resin to decorate boxes, clocks, keyrings, and jewellery
A Minecraft duvet set to thrill any young fan
Artisan gins from a quintessentially English distillery
Individual pieces from a local lino printmaker
With colourful gloves and letters from Father Christmas, Christmas is covered.
Beautiful gifts and cards, innovative worship resources and church supplies.
Contemporary floral designs from a young florist
Local scenes and floral art from one of Farnham’s most popular artists
Vegan, cruelty-free make-up and skin care products which support education across the globe.
Plenty to keep the children occupied with a huge selection of books for youngsters.
Embroidery to cheer the soul.
On Saturday the Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that England would go into a four-week lockdown from Thursday, November 5th.
We are still waiting for details of what this means for churches and we will update you as soon as we can. A spokesperson for the Church of England has said: “We will study the detailed regulations and continue to liaise with Government departments to offer clarity to churches.
“This is a time of real uncertainty for everyone and the Church will continue to be central to the life of our communities in bringing light and hope.”
Here in Badshot Lea and Hale we will be continuing with online services which you can find by clicking here. And we will continue to do what we can to help our community through prayer and other support such as shopping and picking up medicines.
Every year at this time we hold services at which we remember those who have died. These are often known as All Souls services as they take place on, or around, November 2 when the church marks All Souls Day, a time of prayer and remembrance for the dead.
We call the services ‘Light a Candle for a Loved One’ as we encourage people to light candles in memory of those they have loved and lost.
This year’s services will take place at St John’s on Saturday, 31st October at 3pm; at St Mark’s on Sunday, 1st November at 11am as part of the usual service; and at St George’s on Sunday, 1st November at 3pm. Everyone is welcome.
If you wish to, please bring a piece of paper to the service with the name(s) of anyone you wish to remember. There will be an opportunity to offer this to God and to light a candle in memory of your loved one.
The Farnham Festival of Remembrance returns this year but will be online, here on the website, on Saturday, November 7, from 6pm.
Covid restrictions mean that it has been impossible to hold the festival in its home in St John’s, but, nothing daunted, we’ve gone online, with participants recording themselves separately and the whole being put together to create a moving event which pays tribute to all those who have served in times of conflict and peace. This year the festival also commemorates the 75th anniversary of both VE and VJ Day which marked the end of World War Two.
Jeremy Hunt, MP, will open the festival and he will be followed by an assortment of readings, reflections, prayers, poems, songs and hymns and the National Anthem played by Farnham Brass Band.
Simon Alexander has been working seemingly non-stop to organise the event and says: “Each November as a community and a nation we take a moment to pay tribute to the service men and women of our Armed Forces in an act of Remembrance.
“Living in Farnham, the presence of military service is all around us: Farnham, the home of the Princess of Wales Royal Regiment; neighbouring Aldershot, the home of the British Army; nearby Odiham, one of the bases of our Royal Air Force; and Sandhurst, the home of our world-renowned Military Officers Academy to name just a few.
“Remembrance is a time for us to pay tribute to these brave men and women who serve so selflessly to protect and defend our nation and our freedom.
“War comes in many forms and, as such, the public service of our Armed Forces comes in many forms too. This year we have leant on the help of our military again in our time of need here at home to help us deliver essential services during the pandemic. Dedicated, agile and responsive as ever, the men and women of our Armed Forces have responded to our nation’s call.
“As we embark on our annual national commemorations of remembrance please join us online along with the Royal British Legion; Princess of Wales Royal Regiment; Sea, Army and Air Cadets; Jeremy Hunt MP; the Mayor of Farnham; Farnham Brass Band; local schools and a range of readers, soloists and performers for the Farnham Festival of Remembrance 2020, whom we thank for their time and skill in contributing, and let us together not forget our service men and women, past, present and future.”
Join us online for this year’s Farnham Festival of Remembrance.
Pictured: The Combined Forces at last year’s Farnham Festival of Remembrance in St John’s Church.
Aly Buckle (pictured above), who goes to St Mark’s, has had the chop. Her lovely long hair is now a bob, and the hair that her husband Derek (also pictured) cut off with his garden shears and wallpaper scissors (or that was the threat!) has been donated to Little Princess Trust to make wigs for children who have lost their hair because of cancer.
But not only is she donating her hair, Aly is also raising money for the British Heart Foundation. Derek, as Aly explains, has been a heart patient for many years having had multiple heart heart attacks in his forties resulting in cardiac arrest. He was resuscitated and, as she says “is in his seventies and still beating! We are so blessed and grateful for all the treatment he has received.”
Aly has set up a fundraising page for the British Heart Foundation in gratitude for the help Derek has received. You can find it here. Please give generously.
The grass near St John’s Church and the layby where we park for church is going to be a joy to see next spring, thanks to the efforts of Farnham in Bloom.
John Ely and friends were out planting bulbs this morning, ready for spring blooms. Autumn may be here and a difficult winter is looming, but new life will be forming in the cold earth.
For more on Farnham in Bloom, click here.
Did you know that the name Moses means ‘he came from the water’? Listen to Anne Boyman tell part one of the story of Moses and make a model Moses basket
Anne runs Adventurers – a group for 7s-11s which normally meets in St Mark’s Church early on Tuesday evenings in term time. The group can’t meet at the moment so Anne has gone online to tell stories and do craft.
Tough times, and 2020 certainly falls into this category, can bring out the best as well as the worst in people, and this year we have seen acts of huge kindness and generosity with communities coming together to support each other with acts of service.
The theme of generosity has inspired an initiative by the Diocese of Guildford called Transforming Generosity which can help us gain a deeper understanding of God’s abundant generosity, to reflect on generous giving as part of our discipleship and worship, and to respond by continuing to build generous churches.
We will be focusing on this theme in our church services through the lens of the Gospel of Luke, but there is more that we can do as individuals. Every day this month there is a short daily audio reflection, each one looking at different passages in the Gospel of Luke and written by different contributors from across the diocese.
The reflections are available at www.cofeguildford.org.uk/generosity and will continue to be available beyond the end of the month. You can also sign up to receive a daily email link to the podcast reflections.
Have you been crafting over lockdown? Are you an artist? Do you knit/sew/paint/sculpt/make cards/work in glass/take photographs/carve/crochet/make jewellery/weave/generally create things of beauty which you would like to sell? Do you have a small, creative business?
We’re holding an online art and craft fair in the first two weeks of November and you are invited to take part. If you would be interested in hiring a space to show off your creations, please contact Maxine Everitt: maxine.everitt@badshotleaandhale.org
There’s a cost of just £10 a ‘table’ and for this you will be featured on our website with pictures of your products and a link through to your website or contact details of where to buy. We’ll be promoting the fair on social media, through the magazine, our newsletter and in the press. And in church of course!
Or, if you would like to donate some of your creations, the parish is having a table – all profits going to the work of our churches here in north Farnham.
So help us all kickstart our Christmas shopping and join our online art and craft fair!
The Parish of Badshot Lea and Hale 