Below is the Sunday service. First, here are the notices:
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We will be celebrating Pride on June 23rd at all three of our churches and online, with special services, prayers and readings in support of and celebrating the LGBTQI+ community.
We are sometimes asked why we hold these services. Pride services are an opportunity to celebrate LGBTQI+ people in their fullness, to look back on strides toward equality, and to imagine a world where celebration and full inclusion is the norm, not an exception.
The Christian response to LGBTQI+ people has not generally been one of welcome and the Church as a whole has not felt like a safe space for many people. In fact, Christians have used the Bible as a weapon and the church has contributed to the political, relational and spiritual dehumanizing of LGBTQI+ people.
Our support for Pride is not just a way of saying sorry for the Church’s harmful actions – some of which have led to the death of some of God’s beloved children – but also an opportunity to denounce oppressive practices and ideology while also becoming more fully human ourselves. For when we dehumanise others we reduce our own humanity.
In these services we repent of the past and we look with hope to the future. We stand with people who identify as LGBTQI+ and proclaim loudly that all people are loved by God and all people are welcome here. God is Love and we are all fearfully and wonderfully made.
Below is the Sunday service. First, here are the notices:
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.
Below is the Sunday service. First, here are the notices:
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.
There will be a Week of Accompanied Prayer at Guildford Cathedral from October 8-13, hosted by the Spiritual Directors Network.
This week is for anyone in whatever place they may be on the spiritual journey. If you sense a longing to deepen your life in God, a desire to make sense of your faith journey or wishing to find different ways to pray then this week may be for you.
Not many of us have the time nor the resources to stay at a retreat house, but this week brings the retreat to you in your everyday life. It starts with a gathering at the cathedral on Sunday, October 8 at 4pm for an initial introduction and then everyone will meet a prayer companion. Everyone will then commit to pray for half an hour a day for the week and to meet daily, at a mutually agreed time and in absolute confidence, with their companion to talk about their experience in the prayer and suggested scriptures.
On Friday, October 13, there is an informal service and refreshments at 7.30pm at a venue to be announced, with the opportunity to hear and share if you wish what the week has been like. If several people in our part of the diocese want to apply, then we can arrange for prayer companions to meet here rather than having to travel to Guildford.
Margaret Bowers, a member of St George’s Church, writes: “I’m very excited to introduce this to you since it was one such accompanied week that opened for me prayer and closeness with God in ways I hadn’t previously experienced nor been taught before. It also led to my training as a Spiritual Director or Companion as someone who journeys alongside others as they too discover a lived experience of God more and more in their everyday lives.
“Certainly, after such a week I felt affirmed in the unconditional love of God, encouraged, supported, surprised, and energised in my spiritual journey and learned a truth that still holds today, which is that when we intentionally set time aside to be with God then God delights in drawing close to us in unexpected and wonderful ways.”
Below you can download an application form to be sent to woapguildford@hotmail.com but if you wish to ask Margaret Bowers anything please contact her at margbowers@aol.com.
The next meeting of the Women’s Interfaith Group will be at St Mark’s Church on Saturday, July 22, 2.30-4pm. This month we will be discussing how we talk to young people about faith and values. Food will be served by the women of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Women’s Association.
For further information, contact Stella Wiseman.
Below is the Sunday service. First, here are the notices:
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.
Below is the Sunday service. First, here are the notices:
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.
On Saturday, July 15th, at 11am, Doorstep Duets is coming to Hale Rec in support of the churches.
Three dancers from Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures, based at Farnham Maltings, will perform Back to Us. Choreographed by Glenn Graham, Back to Us is a short, original dance piece exploring the importance of friendship and the need for connection.
The dance will take place outside Southernhay, The Green, Hale, where there will also be a coffee morning in support of the parish.
Messy Church returns this Sunday – July 9th – at 4pm at St Mark’s. This month we are exploring The Big Catch and taking a look at the computer game Guardians of Ancora.
Come along and enjoy craft, songs, games, stories, sandwiches and cakes!
Messy Church is a form of church for children and adults which involves creativity, celebration and hospitality. It typically includes a welcome, a long creative time to explore the biblical theme through getting messy; a short celebration time involving story, prayer, song, games and similar; and a sit-down meal together at tables. All elements are for people of all ages, adults and children.
To find out more contact Michelle Chapman.
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