Sunday Services – 18th October
Today we are celebrating Generous October. Below are the services and three sermons. Â First here are the notices:
BCP Evening Prayer – 11th October
This evening’s BCP Evening Prayer
Aly’s chop aims for the heart of the matter
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.
Looking forward to spring
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.
Online Art Club September theme
Thank-you so much to our artists for contributing to the September theme which was ‘neighbourhood’. You can see the artwork in the video below.
The story of Moses – Part 1
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.
October: the season to be generous
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.
Taiz̩ Р4th October
Tonight’s Taizé service:
Harvest Festival – 4th October
Happy Harvest Festival!!! Below are the services and four sermons. Â First here are the notices:
Notices
Advertising and Hall Hire
Do you own a business or know someone who does? We are now producing the magazine again and would like to increase the number of adverts – please ask your hairdresser, your local restaurants, your families and friends etc to take out an advert. Also, do you know anyone who would like to hire our halls? Contact Stella on admin@badshotleaandhale.org.
Bloopers
The recording of the Creationtide liturgy didn’t go well…
Giving
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:
Sermons
Bishop Andrew’s Sermon:
Kris’s Sermon
Lesley Shatwell’s Sermon
John Evans’ Sermon:
Calling All crafters, artists and small creative businesses
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!
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