Easter, Lent, magazine, Prayer, Schools

Your March Magazine is here

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The March issue of the parish magazine is out with plenty to read inside: Lent, Easter, Mothering Sunday, school news, our new florist who moves into St Mark’s at the start of the month, exciting news about the Kitty Milroy murals and Emily the organ, prayer, news from the parish and the local MP, the Church Cat and lots more.

You can find the magazine below. But if you would like a paper copy, please let us know by emailing Anne Young: ah_young33@hotmail.com

The cover price of the magazine is £10 for the year which pays for the editorial costs. We would be grateful if those accessing it online would pay £1 an issue. You can pay by clicking on the button below:

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Art, St Mark's Church

Art at St Mark’s – Unlimited

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For this period, we have been illustrating our responses to the Song of Simeon and we are delighted to share our Gallery with you.
(Everyone is welcome to submit art for our Gallery and the next theme is “Easter”; more details to follow)
Thank you to all the artists who have submitted work this time.

The Song of Simeon

Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word:
For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people;
A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.

Picture by Hugo Buckle
Picture by Carol Gunner
Picture by Aly Buckle
Picture by Alison Ridgeon
Picture by Hallie Buckle
Picture by Lesley Shatwell. I took both the photos I used, one is poppies in my garden, the other is of Les Drus in the Alps.
I wanted to show God’s creation with two images which bring me joy. They remind me that God creates all things great and small.
Picture by Derek Buckle
Art, Coronavirus

Last call for the Farnham Lockdown Poetry Festival

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Have you written your poem for the Farnham Lockdown Poetry Festival? Entries should be in by the end of tomorrow.

Send your poems about being in lockdown – whatever you feel, whatever your experience – to Lesley Crawley either by email or to her at The Rectory, 25 Upper Hale Road, Farnham GU9 0NX.

Adults and children alike are welcome to send in their poems on the theme of lockdown. The Mayor has offered a prize for the best adult and best child one but don’t worry if you don’t think you are the world’s greatest poet – just give it a go!

If you want some ideas, listen to this lockdown poem by Harry Baker:

Or this poem by Jim Carruth

the long bench

For the times ahead
when we will be

as if at either end
of the long bench

where distance kept
is love’s measure

and death dances
the space between

when words alone
are not enough

and queued memories
reach out to touch

let longing be a store
of nut and seed

that grows each day
in strange hibernation

readying for its end –
the sharing of the feast.

Picture by Ksenia Makagonov on Unsplash

Coronavirus, Services

Sunday Service – Lent 1

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Today we are celebrating the First Sunday of  Lent. We will be having just one morning service and one evening service from now on and they are below.  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.

Lent

We are having a sermon series in Lent at the three Sunday services at the churches plus the Wednesday service at St Mark’s and the online Sunday Morning service. This will start on 21st February. The Lent groups will also be following this theme and will meet on Zoom. They will be on Tuesdays 2:30-4pm, Wednesdays 7:30-9pm and Sundays 1:30-2:30pm, especially for families. The week before Alan will run a session to check that everyone can access the meetings. These sessions will be on Tuesday 16th at 2:30pm and 8:45pm. Please contact Alan on 01252 820537 or revd.alan@badshotleaandhale.org to tell him you are interested in coming to Lent Groups or to ask for help with accessing them.

The Sunday Lunchtime Families Lent Group will be meeting at 1:30.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89056922395?pwd=YlBZRUE3c3RyUUtYV25oVWFaZG9DQT09
Meeting ID: 890 5692 2395
Passcode: 5jkXje

The Tuesday Afternoon Lent Group will be meeting at 2:30.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89056922395?pwd=YlBZRUE3c3RyUUtYV25oVWFaZG9DQT09
Meeting ID: 890 5692 2395
Passcode: 5jkXje

The Wednesday Evening Lent Group will be meeting at 7:30.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89056922395?pwd=YlBZRUE3c3RyUUtYV25oVWFaZG9DQT09
Meeting ID: 890 5692 2395
Passcode: 5jkXje

Meditative Prayer

Join us online during Lent for a quiet prayer session on Thursday evenings. The pattern will be some reflective liturgy, a time of silent, meditative prayer, followed by liturgy based on Compline. The service will be available via Zoom. Please click this link to join:
https://zoom.us/j/92555520007 The passcode is 218711. If you are uncertain about getting in to Zoom calls you can have a practice run on February 16 at 8.45pm. Please contact Alan about this.

Services

Morning Service

Evening Service
Ash Wednesday, Coronavirus, Lent

Ash Wednesday during lockdown

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Wednesday (17th) is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, though for most of us it has felt like Lent for a long time.

On Ash Wednesday many Christians go to church and have a mark of ashes placed on their foreheads as a symbol of repentance and following God. This year there are still services but there are differences as we will be following Covid guidelines.

There will be a service at St Mark’s at 12pm and St John’s at 7.30pm and there will also be a service here online and on Facebook and YouTube from 9am. You will need to bring your own ash suitable to place on your forehead and if you need advice on how to make it, watch this video here, courtesy of St Nics, Durham:

Coronavirus, Services

Sunday Next before Lent – 14th February

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Today we are celebrating the Sunday Next before Lent. Below are the 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.
Lent
We are having a sermon series in Lent at the three Sunday services at the churches plus the Wednesday service at St Mark’s and the online Sunday Morning service. This will start on 21st February. The Lent groups will also be following this theme and will meet on Zoom. They will be on Tuesdays 2:30-4pm, Wednesdays 7:30-9pm and Sundays 1:30-2:30pm, especially for families. The week before Alan will run a session to check that everyone can access the meetings. These sessions will be on Tuesday 16th at 2:30pm and 8:45pm. Please contact Alan on 01252 820537 or revd.alan@badshotleaandhale.org to tell him you are interested in coming to Lent Groups or to ask for help with accessing them. The Sunday Lunchtime Families Lent Group will be meeting at 1:30. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89056922395?pwd=YlBZRUE3c3RyUUtYV25oVWFaZG9DQT09 Meeting ID: 890 5692 2395 Passcode: 5jkXje The Tuesday Afternoon Lent Group will be meeting at 2:30. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89056922395?pwd=YlBZRUE3c3RyUUtYV25oVWFaZG9DQT09 Meeting ID: 890 5692 2395 Passcode: 5jkXje The Wednesday Evening Lent Group will be meeting at 7:30. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89056922395?pwd=YlBZRUE3c3RyUUtYV25oVWFaZG9DQT09 Meeting ID: 890 5692 2395 Passcode: 5jkXje Meditative Prayer Join us online during Lent for a quiet prayer session on Thursday evenings. The pattern will be some reflective liturgy, a time of silent, meditative prayer, followed by liturgy based on Compline. The service will be available via Zoom. Please click this link to join: https://zoom.us/j/92555520007 The passcode is 218711. If you are uncertain about getting in to Zoom calls you can have a practice run on February 16 at 8.45pm. Please contact Alan about this.
Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday is on the 17th February and we will have two services in the churches plus an online service. The services in church will be at St Mark’s at 12noon and at St John’s at 7:30pm. Please bring your own ash to the service so you can ash yourself (whether that is online or in real life). The online service can be found here – https://badshotleaandhale.org/2021/02/17/ash-wednesday/

Services

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More Traditional:

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