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Sunday Services – 6th DECember
Today we are celebrating the second Sunday of Advent including a Christingle service. Below are the services and the bishop’s sermon. 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.Farnham Shines
This Advent join us in helping to make Farnham Shine! The idea is to place stars in our windows to brighten up the town and have fun finding them too. You can make your own stars or bring out the decorations it you haven’t got the box down already, and place one in your window.
There are more details here: https://badshotleaandhale.org/2020/11/29/let-farnham-shine/
Services in Church
Churches will reopen this Sunday for services. Please join us at 9.30am at St John’s, 10am at St George’s or 11am at St Mark’s.December/January magazine
Packed full of seasonal events and ideas. You can read it by clicking on the green button here:Services
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Join the Christingle
Join us this Sunday (December 6), in church or online, for a Christingle service.
Christingles are a tradition where the story of God’s love for the world, shown in Jesus Christ, is told using an orange, a candle, a red ribbon and dried fruits and/or sweets. The word comes from the German word ‘Christkindl’, meaning ‘Little Christ Child’. You can find out more here.
The Christingle service in church will be at St Mark’s, Alma Lane, at 11am.
If you can’t come to the service, you can join in our online Christingle service which will be here at 10.30am, and if you want to make a Christingle, you will need an orange, red tape or ribbon, four cocktail sticks, some dried fruit or sweets, a piece of silver foil and a candle. You might also find a knife and a wooden spoon useful.
Christmas Toddler Service – 1st December
A wonderful service for toddlers following the story of the angels and the shepherds
Sunday Services – 29th November
Today we are celebrating Christ the King. Below are the services and the bishop’s sermon. 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.Christmas Tree Festival
This year we can’t hold or take part in standard Christmas Tree Festivals so we’ve decided to go online. We are inviting local individuals, families, groups, schools, charities, churches and businesses to take part by creating a Christmas tree and displaying it in our online Christmas Tree Festival. Find out more here.Services
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More Traditional:
Sermons
Bishop Jo’s Sermon
Advent Carol Service
Every few months there are five Sundays in the month and we like to do something a bit different, and this coming weekend is Advent Sunday so why not celebrate with an Advent Carol Service?
Join us at 6pm here on Sunday and enjoy a mix of readings, poems, prayers and Advent carols presented by a range of people including members of Farnham Theatre Association and of Amnesty International, with a section on local woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe who has been detained in Iran since 2016 on charges of “plotting to topple the Iranian government”.
It is a moving and reflective service which reminds us that in the midst of pain and darkness which so often seem to engulf the world, Jesus came to be with us, completely human and to suffer pain and sorrow, which reminds us, in the words of Godfrey Rust’s poem read in the service by Chris Reeks:
‘…then we’ll know
your sorrow may bring hope of lasting joy
and God above is God with us below’.
An Advent full of Joy
Advent is going to be a bit different this year. Normally the four services leading up to Christmas are a little bit solemn; the church is not decorated, no baptisms happen, the hymns are in a minor key. It is all about watching and waiting and hoping.
However, not this year! Let’s be honest, ever since March we have been watching and waiting and hoping – it has been the longest Advent ever. A number of people have said they have had enough of being miserable and they would like some joy in December instead. Also, as we are not having crib services or carol services in church this year, we want to invite everyone in throughout December to hear the story of Christmas.
Consequently, all the churches will have a series of family-friendly services including drama and opportunities for craft throughout December and we will be looking at characters in the Nativity:
- 6th December – Mary and the Archangel Gabriel
- 13th December – Shepherds and Angels
- 20th December – Mary and Joseph
- 25th December – birth of Jesus
- (no service on 27th December)
- 4th January – Magi (or Kings)
Please let Lesley know if you are willing to take part by email revd.lesley@badshotleaandhale.org or phone 01252 820537. At each of the above services there are lots of roles for adults and children and young people to get stuck into:
- Welcoming
- Singing
- Reading a prayer
- Drama
- Reading a poem
- Preparing crafts
It will be lovely to see you there.
Every blessing
Lesley
Wednesday Service – 25th November
BCP Evening Prayer – 22nd November
This evening’s BCP Evening Prayer
Sunday Services – 22nd November
Today we are celebrating Christ the King. Below are the services and the bishop’s sermon. First here are the notices:
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