The Church Recorders completed their work at St John’s Church and last month presented the parish with a book which has a record of everything inside – the windows; memorials; ironwork; textiles; the organ; the woodwork; stonework; and documents – essentially a snapshot of the church in 2023.
The recorders are members of The Arts Society Farnham, and are led by Margaret Popovic and Alison Boydell. They said afterwards: “We had a very warm welcome at St John’s for our presentation. We were pleased when Alan said how interested he’d been to read the St Mark’s Record and was looking forward to seeing what we’d written about St John’s. Afterwards we had an unexpected treat with Diana’s delicious cake!”
The book is available in St John’s which is open daily for prayer as well as on Sunday mornings for a service at 9.30am.
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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.
Remembrance Sunday is on November 12th this year and there will be services at each of the churches in the Parish – 9.30am at St John’s and 10am at St George’s. There will be an Act of Remembrance at the Hale War Memorial at 10.45am, where there will be a two-minute silence at 11am. Councillors Tony Fairclough and Sally Dickson will be attending to lay a wreath on behalf of Farnham Town Council. This will be followed by a service at St Mark’s itself.
There will also be an Act of Remembrance at the War Memorial in Badshot Lea following the St George’s service which Councillors Mark Merryweather and Chris Jackman will be attending. Anyone wishing to attend that who has not been at the service is asked to arrive for around 10.50am.
There will also be an Act of Remembrance at Weybourne Village Hall at 4pm which Councillor Matthew Brown will be attending. This will be followed by tea in the hall.
As we approach the upcoming vacancy following Lesley and Alan’s retirement from the parish which is set for next February, there will be a number of steps to take. These were outlined at a meeting of parishioners at St George’s on October 30th, where Martin Breadmore, Archdeacon of Dorking and acting Archdeacon of Surrey, answered questions and explained what would happen next.
Martin has written a newsletter for the parish which you can read by clicking on the download button below. Please do also ask any questions either by contacting the archdeacon (details in the newsletter) or Dave Walter who is lay vice-chair of the PCC.
The November parish magazine is now out with the usual mix of news and what is on, plus prayer and reflection and a poem this time. Please do have a read and send us your own comments, poems and reflections, and share the magazine with friends and family too.
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