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:
Category Archives: St George’s Church
Sunday Worship – 14th June
Hello and welcome. Below are the services, and four sermons. In addition, one of the sermons is about the shape of the church of the future. You can listen to Pamela, Simon, Bob, Maxine and Stella on that subject here. First here are the notices:
Notices
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 Jacqui Searle’s assembly.
Favourite hymns We will be including in the services a “Favourite Hymn” slot for anyone who would like to take part – if you have a favourite hymn then please video yourself explaining why it is meaningful to you and send it to Lesley or Alan.
Happy Birthday
We have two big birthdays to celebrate this week:
Sylvie is 80 today – 14th June and we are having her favourite hymn – Great is thy Faithfulness
Diana is 90 on 17th June
Happy Birthday!
Join the Lockdown Art Club
Resources
Here are the resources for adults at home this week.
Here are the resources for families at home this week.
Services
We now have two Sunday morning services – an all-age one and a more traditional one:
All-Age:
More Traditional:
Sermons
All- Age drama from Stella:
Lesley and Alan’s reflection with vox pops from others:
John Evan’s Friday Service Sermon
Bishop Jo’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 Jacqui Searle’s assembly.
Favourite hymns We will be including in the services a “Favourite Hymn” slot for anyone who would like to take part – if you have a favourite hymn then please video yourself explaining why it is meaningful to you and send it to Lesley or Alan.
Happy Birthday
We have two big birthdays to celebrate this week:
Sylvie is 80 today – 14th June and we are having her favourite hymn – Great is thy Faithfulness
Diana is 90 on 17th June
Happy Birthday!
Join the Lockdown Art Club
Resources
Here are the resources for adults at home this week.
Here are the resources for families at home this week.
Services
We now have two Sunday morning services – an all-age one and a more traditional one:
All-Age:
More Traditional:
Sermons
All- Age drama from Stella:
Lesley and Alan’s reflection with vox pops from others:
John Evan’s Friday Service Sermon
Bishop Jo’s Sermon:
The Hygiene Bank
The church is now working with The Hygiene Bank Farnham which is now using St George’s to store and sort products to go out to those in need of support.
The Hygiene Bank Farnham is part of a nationwide network of hygiene banks and its goal is to tackle hygiene poverty in our own community.
Miranda Morey, Farnham Area Project Coordinator for The Hygiene Bank, writes:
“We believe that feeling clean and being able to present our best selves to the world is integral to not only our physical health, but to our self-worth and well-being as individuals, and something everyone in our community deserves whatever their circumstances.
“Sadly, research by In Kind Direct tells us that over a third of people in the UK have had to cut down on buying hygiene products, or go without these altogether, for financial reasons – the number rises to over half in 18-24 year olds.
“Since 2018 The Hygiene Bank has grown to over 100 branches and more than 200 volunteers working across the country – branches collect, sort and redistribute donated hygiene and cleaning products via different local community organisations, to those who need them.
“Our branch has been operating across the Farnham and Aldershot area since early 2019, and in that time we have distributed over 1 tonne of hygiene products via our 12 local partner organisations that include food banks, schools, youth groups, Citizen’s Advice Waverley, Homestart Waverley, and Waverley Family Centre.
“We collect products – everything from toothbrushes and toothpaste, to nappies and soap (these must be new and unopened). We usually do this via public donation points across the community, e.g. in Tesco, but during the pandemic these are closed, meaning we are struggling to collect our usual donations.
“We have been overwhelmed by local community support, with people organising street collections on our behalf, or donating products via our online wishlist at www.easho.co.uk. If you would like to find out more about us or to donate, do email us at thbfarnham@gmail.com or visit our Facebook page www.facebook.com/thehygienebankfarnham.”
Sunday Worship – 24th May
Below are the resources for this week, the Sunday morning services and five sermons for your enjoyment, but first the notices:
Notices
If you missed it, please take a look at Ascension – a brilliant service by Kris and Maxine.
We have a birthday to celebrate – Jenny Bull on 22nd May:
Also – we really need your help… Next week is Pentecost and it is a special service where we dedicate ourselves to serving the world. Please can you record yourself saying these responses and send them to Alan by Wednesday, If you haven’t done this before, instructions can be found by clicking here.
Responses
- and also with you
- He is risen indeed. Alleluia.
- fill us with your Spirit
- His Spirit is with us
- nothing can separate us from your love.
- fill us with your saving power
- bring strength, healing, and peace
- Let us praise and bless God for ever
- and fill us with your spirit
- Blessed be God for ever
- By the Spirit’s power, we will
- We will
- Amen
- Thanks be to God. Alleluia, alleluia
Plus send us a video of you lighting a candle
Resources
Here are the resources for adults at home this week.
Here are the resources for families at home this week.
Services
Sermons
Lesley’s BCP Sermon
Lesley and Alan’s Easter 7 Sermon
John Evans’ Friday Sermon
Maxine’s Ascension Sermon
Ascension – 21st May
Below is the Ascension Service
And from the service Maxine’s dramatised reading and sermon:
Sunday Worship – 17th May
Below are the services, but first… here is something new for you:
Resources for Adults on this week’s bible readings, and
Resources for Families on the readings.
Also – Anne will love this – on the Children’s page is a lovely story and craft for Adventurers, but we can all enjoy it.
Services
Sermons
Alan
Bishop Andrew
Share Farnham community store now open
The new Share Farnham community store opened on Tuesday, May 12 and will be open Monday to Friday, from 10am to noon, at Hale Community Centre, GU9 0JH, and Farnham Maltings, GU9 7QR.
Share Farnham is full of free-to-borrow activities and equipment to help keep you busy and active and has been stocked thanks to the generosity of local people who have donated scores of books, games, puzzles, DVDs, toys and craft activities. Those who dropped off their donations at St George’s Church Hall have accounted for five tables’ worth of items, so thank you so much!
How to borrow
Simply visit the store at either venue between 10am and 12pm Monday to Friday, or if you cannot because you are shielding or self-isolating at home, please call the Farnham Coronavirus Helpline helpline on 01252 745446.
How to donate items
More donations are welcome and can be dropped at the Farnham Maltings or Hale Community Centre during store opening hours.
Some of the donations at the Hale Community Centre.
Pictured top: Enjoy puzzles and games. Picture by Debby Hudson on Unsplash.
VE Day Service – 10th May
This service is 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 and a reading 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.
Sunday Worship – 10th May
Below are the services for this week at St George’s and St Mark’s. At St John’s there is a special VE Day Service and that can be seen here. Also, a number of sermons are below including one from Bishop Jo.
It is Christian Aid Week this week, see all the material and the Christian Aid Service here.
I have updated the Children’s Page with a lovely video of school children singing about the lockdown and a video of This Little Light of Mine that I promise will make you smile. 🙂
Wendy’s VE Day sermon
Lesley’s Sermon
John Evan’s Sermon:
Bishop Jo’s Sermon:
Christian Aid Week
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.
The Parish of Badshot Lea and Hale 