We have a group called ‘Adventurers’ aged 7-11 who meet weekly… normally. As this isn’t possible Anne has made this video for you… If you missed the first two they are here and here.
Sunday Worship – 21st June
Happy Fathers’ Day
Hello and welcome. Below are the services, and three sermons. First here are the notices:
Notices
Private Prayer
Our churches are open for private prayer – to see times click here, to help supervise the churches email Lesley.
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.
I have updated the Children’s Page with some homeschooling resources for RE.
Happy Birthday
We have two birthdays to celebrate this week: Pamela – 21st June Carolyn – 23 June
Song for Farnham
The local churches have produced a Song for Farnham to lift our spirits during this pandemic:
Services
We now have two Sunday morning services – an all-age one and a more traditional one:
All-Age:
More Traditional:
Sermons
Alan’s Sermon:
John Innes’s Friday Service Sermon
Bishop Andrew’s Sermon:
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.
I have updated the Children’s Page with some homeschooling resources for RE.
Happy Birthday
We have two birthdays to celebrate this week: Pamela – 21st June Carolyn – 23 June
Song for Farnham
The local churches have produced a Song for Farnham to lift our spirits during this pandemic:
Services
We now have two Sunday morning services – an all-age one and a more traditional one:
All-Age:
More Traditional:
Sermons
Alan’s Sermon:
John Innes’s Friday Service Sermon
Bishop Andrew’s Sermon:
Churches reopen for private prayer
We are delighted to say that all three churches are open for private prayer on certain days.
The exact days and times that each is open are:
St John’s: Sunday 2-4pm and from July 12 all day.
Thursday all day
St George’s: Monday and Thursday, all day
St Mark’s: Tuesday and Saturday 10am-12pm
We have also installed hand sanitisers at the entrance and exit doors and everyone is asked to use these. The churches will then be shut for three days to help prevent the spread of the virus.
We are also able to hold funerals, weddings and baptisms in the churches, though numbers are limited.
Lesley commented: “We are so pleased to be able to welcome everyone back into the churches, although there are obvious time limits and other restrictions so that we can help protect people from COVID-19. Our churches are symbols of hope and stability in a troubled world and though we can pray anywhere, many of us find a sense of God and peace in church.
“Everyone is welcome to come in when we are open; people of any faith or none are free to come and enjoy the buildings.”
For further information contact the administrator, Stella, by email or by calling 07842761919.
Friday Service – 19th June
Today’s service led by John Evans:
Don’t Forget Dad!
There will be a celebration of dads on the website for Father’s Day, Sunday, June 21.
Normally there would be Father’s Day services in the church buildings, but lockdown has made this impossible, so instead the parish is holding an informal service online, available from 9am.
“At the service we will be celebrating the role of fathers,” says Lesley Crawley. “We will have a father explaining what it means to him and children talking about their father. We will also remember that all of us have a loving Father in heaven, and recognise that not everyone has had a father on earth that was good or safe or present.”
Amazing Grace
The hymn Amazing Grace was written in 1772 by John Newton (1725-1807) and published in 1779. The most familiar tune used these days is New Britain, composed in 1835 by the American composer William Walker.
John Newton worked on board slave ships for many years and it was during a storm at sea that the first steps of his conversion to Christianity occurred. However, he stated that he was truly converted some time later. He became an Anglican priest in 1764 and an abolitionist in the 1780s and campaigned against slavery thereafter.
Amazing Grace
Amazing grace! How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.
Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed!
Through many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come;
’Tis grace hath brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
The Lord has promised good to me,
His Word my hope secures;
He will my Shield and Portion be,
As long as life endures.
Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease,
I shall possess, within the veil,
A life of joy and peace.
The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,
The sun forbear to shine;
But God, Who called me here below,
Will be forever mine.
When we’ve been there ten thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we’d first begun.
The hymn is used for A Song for Farnham.
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A Song for Farnham
Here is A Song for Farnham! This parish and other churches across Farnham have joined forces and voices to sing Amazing Grace.
As well as this parish, St Andrew’s Church; St James’, Rowledge; St Joan of Arc; The Spire Church; and Farnham Vineyard have sung a verse each.
The hymn is a favourite of many and was written by a former slave trader, John Newton, who eventually became an advocate for the abolition of slavery.
Lesley Crawley explains why the churches have decided to sing it: “The churches in Farnham wanted to make a song to lift spirits now that some people have been locked in for three months and many face uncertainty as to when it will end for them. We chose Amazing Grace – written by a slave owner who saw the error of his ways and found God even though he considered himself beyond the pale given his previous life. It speaks of God’s unconditional love and grace in our lives, no matter how we feel about ourselves.”
Listen to A Song for Farnham on social media and at www.badshotleaandhale.org and other church websites from Sunday, June 21.
BCP Evening Prayer – 14th June
This Evening’s BCP Service
Black Lives Matter 2
Why are we protesting about something that happened in the USA? This video has some answers to that question:
The Shape of the church of the future
Today the sermon is all about the shape of the church of the future – you can watch it here.
We have asked a few people for their opinion and included parts of these videos in the sermon:
The Parish of Badshot Lea and Hale 