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Christian Aid Week

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As it is Christian Aid week 10-16th May. The Franham Clergy have joined together to create an online Christian Aid Week Service:

We cannot collect door to door for Christian Aid so here are ways of Paying in donations to CA during CAW2020:

  • BACS payment: by using the following details, Once you have made the payment please follow it up with an email to ipunit@christian-aid.org including the amount/ organisation name/ which appeal etc. so that we can allocate the funds accordingly.

Christian Aid Main Income Account
Barclays Bank
Sort Code: 20-00-00
Account No: 23179621

  • By phone: by calling any of the numbers below:

0207 523 2269
0207 523 2492
08080 004 004 (freephone number)
08080 006 006 (freephone number)

  • Barclays Bank: by using a paying in slip which you can get from Christian Aid. However as the offices are closed you can use the following account details and complete a Barclays Bank paying in slip. Once you have made the payment please follow it up with an email to ipunit@christian-aid.org including the amount/ organisation name/ which appeal etc. so that we can allocate the funds accordingly.

Barclays Bank
Sort Code: 20-00-00
Account No: 23179621

  • Cheques: by posting them to Christian Aid, 35 Lower Marsh, London SE1 7RL (Please note, there will be a delay in processing at this current time)
  • Online: Via our website here
  • Gift Aid: Sign up for Gift Aid here – you can also find further details on Gift Aid on this site too.

Dr Rowan Williams’ Christian Aid Week 2020 sermon –

This video shows the work Christian Aid is doing in Nigeria in the face of the pandemic:

Details of the work Christian Aid is doing in Bangladesh, Nigeria and Myanmar with respect to Covid-19 can be found here.

Here is a link to Christian Aid Week resources for Christian Aid Week this year.

Coronavirus, Services

VE Day Service online

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We will be celebrating the 75th anniversary of VE Day this Sunday (May 10) with an online service of music and memories of wide appeal for all, and on the website from 9.30am.

Led by Wendy Edwards, Licensed Lay Minister, the gathering includes a Gospel reading by Lance Corporal Bibbings of  The Princess of Wales’ Royal Regiment, Farnham; music from wartime by members of TS Swiftsure, Badshot Lea; and a thought-provoking World War II evacuation memory from Hazel Edwards, Wendy’s mother-in-law. Wendy makes comparisons between World War II and the coronavirus emergency. She draws hope, comfort and and wisdom from both these times of enormous personal and national challenge and ends  the short service with prayers for peace.

Lesley Crawley reflects on the service: “It is 75 years since the end of World War II in Europe and it is fitting to remember the sacrifices made by so many people in defence of freedom. Obviously, our celebrations this year are rather different from what we might expect and perhaps the memory of those sacrifices is made all the more poignant by taking place in these difficult times. Do join us online from 9.30am on Sunday.”

The link to the service on Sunday will be here.

 

 

 

Services, St George's Church, St John's Church, St Mark's Church

Sunday Worship – 3rd May

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Below are the services for this week. In addition there are two sermons at the bottom – one from Craig and one from the bishop.

We are learning all the time – one of the challenges has been technology – we have needed to buy software licenses to create the videos, an upgrade to our copyright license to enable us to play hymns and an upgrade to our website to allow us to put videos on it. At the same time we have lost all the income from our hall hire and the plate giving. If you find you are better off due to the lockdown (perhaps less expenditure on going out) then please can you help? The details for the Treasurer are on the Who’s Who page. We are looking at how to get online giving working.

We have also been learning about copyright – we wanted to re-start our Open the Book ministry. However, both the Bible that we use and the prayers would breach copyright if we streamed them on video. Fortunately, the Open the Book team are streaming them and so I have added that to the children’s page, along with the largest school assembly including a message from Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury.

If you missed any of the plethora of sermons last week you can find them on this page. Next week Wendy Edwards is creating a special service for us – one for the VE Day celebrations, including music from the Sea Cadets and a reading from the Princess of Wales Royal Regiment. This will replace the St John’s service, but there will be regular St Mark’s and St George’s Services.

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St Marks:

St George’s:

St John’s:

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A sermon from Craig

A sermon from the Bishop for Vocations Sunday

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Thanksgiving and Prayer for our NHS and key workers

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Welcome to this service to say thank-you to all NHS staff and key workers and to pray for them and for our nation. Includes rainbows, clapping, singing and prayers from our whole community.

 

Special thanks to:

Farnham Heath End School

Hale Scouts

Keyworkers who sent in their photos

Artists young and old

Olivia and June Jasper for the singing

Members of the congregation for praying

Pat Evans, our Mayor

Jeremy Hunt, our MP

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Worship for 3rd Sunday of Easter, St George’s Day and St Mark’s Day

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Hello, today we have a veritable smorgasbord of services for you, a completely different one for each of our churches including different sermons. Perhaps you can enjoy them all through the week.

At St John’s we have an Easter 3 service looking at the story of Cleopas on the road to Emmaus, St George’s are celebrating St George’s Day with an All Age service and St Mark’s are celebrating St Mark’s Day.

In the bonus pieces below is video showing a way of reflecting on the Emmaus Road – especially good for younger people, with lots of wondering questions. There is also a piece asking the question “Isn’t the Bible sexist” with a lovely quote from Dorothy Sayers – this relates to Lesley’s St John’s sermon. Also, a play and Allelu, Allelu – a couple of highlights from the St George’s service! St Mark’s discussed what they miss about going to church, you can see the answers here. Also I have added the sermons (6 of them!) at the bottom, including one from Bishop Jo.

St John’s

St George’s – St George’s Day

St Mark’s – St Mark’s Day

Happy Birthday

to Tricia & Christine C.

Bonus Pieces

The Gospel Reading, Godly Play version – The Emmaus Road.

Relating to Lesley’s Easter 3 sermon:

Feel free to do the actions:

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