Category Archives: Children and Youth

Messy Church is back!

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.

Your joint July/August Magazine is here

Our summer holidays parish magazine is here, covering the months of July and August.

With summer here there is plenty going on both inside and out, and among the events featured in this issue are a free Barn Dance at St Mark’s on the evening of July 14th to celebrate the 140th birthday of the church (see page 26) and a performance of Doorstep Duets by Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures in support of a coffee morning for the parish on July 15th (see page 14).

There is also news of a talk on July 21st about how to support people with autism (page 36), family events run by Farnham Maltings at the churches (page 14), events at the Hale Family Centre (page 24), the return of Messy Church on July 9th and Pride services on August 20th (both on page 23).

Among the other articles and notices is a report on our fantastic fete (page 8) and the Christian Aid concert (page 12), plus Craig’s relicensing (page 11) and the Badshot Leader is back again (from page 19) with information on local developments, the environment, the Badshot Bloomers and a fascinating history of Walter Tice.

To read it, click here:

Coronation services

On the Sunday of the Coronation weekend, we will be celebrating at all the churches on May 7th.

The service at St John’s will be at 9.30am, followed by cake and Prosecco; the service at St George’s will be at 10am, followed by a cream tea; and the service at St Mark’s will be at 11am, followed by a bring-and-share lunch.

At 4pm on Sunday 7th, our regular, monthly Family Service will take place at St John’s with more Coronation celebrations, along with sandwiches and cake!

All are welcome at all or any of our services.

You can now sign up to receive daily Coronation reflections via email here.

Prayers will be available across the Diocese social media channels – feel free to share your prayers and thoughts using the hashtag #CoronationPrayers until Coronation Day on May 6th.