Today we are celebrating Epiphany – when the magi visit Jesus as a child. Below are the services. First here are the notices:
Notices
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Meet virtually with others
At 7:30pm on 5th January Beyond Belief is meeting – a group to discuss interesting books related to faith. We currently meet online via Zoom and are discussing Days Of Awe And Wonder: How To Be A Christian In The Twenty-First Century by Marcus Borg. We are going to read it by themes rather than consecutive chapters and during the first meeting we will be discussing 1. Listening to the Spirit, 4. Jesus our model of being Spirit filled, 16. Listening for the voice of God. To join the meeting, click here: https://zoom.us/j/96494675106
At 7:30pm on 6th January Bible Book Club is meeting – a group will be looking at Genesis chapters 37-50, the story of Jacob, Leah and Rachel, on Wednesday at 7:30pm on Zoom. Everyone is welcome. There are details of it here: https://www.biblesociety.org.uk/explore-the-bible/bible-book-club/genesis/ The meeting can be found here: https://zoom.us/j/95184241513 Meeting ID: 951 8424 1513.
If you haven’t used Zoom before, instructions can be found here: https://badshotleaandhale.org/2020/03/30/using-zoom/
Join the online public meeting on January 6 at 6.30pm to discuss the Farnham Infrastructure Programme which aims to improve traffic and transport across the town and make Farnham a better and safer place to live.
It is very important that north Farnham residents have their say so that all parts of the town are improved. For instance, if the centre of Farnham is pedestrianised, what impact would that have on north Farnham?
There are details of some of the issues in a leaflet here:
If you are on Facebook please join the North Farnham Voice group (click here) and please sign up for the Zoom meeting on Wednesday – click here to do so.
Anyone who doesn’t want to or cannot participate via Zoom can email Catherine Powell, founder of North Farnham Voice, with ideas and/or solutions or can contact their local councillor – details of councillors can be found here.
Charity fundraising has been a victim of Covid, but there have been ways to keep bringing in money as a concert at St John’s before Christmas (and before Tier 4) proved.
The Gazebo Quartet, made up of local professional musicians, hired the church on December 13 and put on a concert for an invited audience who could sit safely in bubbles and appreciate the music.
Judy Dudley from the quartet writes: “
“The players who constitute the Gazebo String Quartet would like to give a big thank you to St John’s, Church Hale for making it possible for us to perform our Christmas Concert in December 2020.
“Being local musicians who play for both amateur and professional events, we formed the quartet when playing together outside under a gazebo during the early Covid restrictions, hence the name!
“We presented an eclectic programme of popular music items from Neil Diamond to Gilbert and Sullivan followed by beautiful arrangements of Christmas Carols from a variety of European roots.
“St John’s Church has a very fine acoustic for an event like this which made playing there particularly satisfying for string players. We were so pleased to be able to donate £175.00 to Macmillan Cancer Care donated by our generous invited audience.”
Come to any of our three churches this Sunday – January 3 – to celebrate Epiphany.
We will be holding all-age services for Epiphany at 9.30am at St John’s, 10am at St George’s and 11am at St Mark’s. Everyone is welcome – we have done everything that we can to keep congregations safe from Covid. Please wear a mask unless you are exempt.
Epiphany recalls the visit by the Magi – also known as the Wise Men – to the infant Jesus as recounted in the Gospel of Matthew. They came from eastern lands and were therefore not Jewish so they signify the way that Jesus is for all nations, Jews and non-Jews alike.
Because the story speaks of them bringing three gifts to Jesus – gold, frankincense and myrrh – the Western church has tended to talk of three Magi but the Eastern church suggests there were 12.
Today we are celebrating the first Sunday of Christmas. Below are the services and the diocesan service. Â First here are the notices:
Notices
Giving
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Tier 4
Commiserations that we are all now in Tier 4, however, here are a couple of things you can do from the comfort of your home:
At 7:30pm on 5th January Beyond Belief is meeting – a group to discuss interesting books related to faith. We currently meet online via Zoom and are discussing Days Of Awe And Wonder: How To Be A Christian In The Twenty-First Century by Marcus Borg. We are going to read it by themes rather than consecutive chapters and during the first meeting we will be discussing 1. Listening to the Spirit, 4. Jesus our model of being Spirit filled, 16. Listening for the voice of God. To join the meeting, click here: https://zoom.us/j/96494675106
At 7:30pm on 6th January Bible Book Club is meeting – a group will be looking at Genesis chapters 37-50, the story of Jacob, Leah and Rachel, on Wednesday at 7:30pm on Zoom. Everyone is welcome. There are details of it here: https://www.biblesociety.org.uk/explore-the-bible/bible-book-club/genesis/ The meeting can be found here: https://zoom.us/j/95184241513 Meeting ID: 951 8424 1513.
If you haven’t used Zoom before, instructions can be found here: https://badshotleaandhale.org/2020/03/30/using-zoom/
Happy Christmas – we wish you a peaceful and joyful day, even though for many of us circumstances are not as we would wish them. We hope these services bring you joy!
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.
Services
All-Age:
More Traditional:
Serving the Villages North of Farnham: Badshot Lea, Hale, Heath End & Weybourne
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