St Peter's Church, Hambledon

Written by Paul Osborne | 26 March 2008

St Peter’s Church, Hambledon

Church Website www.bhcgodalming.org

Hambledon church is a warm and thriving church at the heart of Hambledon village with a friendly congregation of all ages.  We are a Church of England church and linked to Busbridge church so that between us we offer a whole range of resources, activities and services. 

We are renowned for our warm welcome to anyone.  Above all we seek to be a community that knows and loves Jesus and shares his love with those around us.

Where are we?   You will find us at the top of Church Lane, off Rock Hill.

Sundays  We run two services every Sunday morning, equal in size and with the same teaching programme, but different in style.

Our 'heritage congregation' is at 9.30am each week.  You'll find hearty hymn singing, a good sermon and a familiar structure using the Book of Common Prayer.

Our 'contemporary congregation' is at 11.00am.  This is deliberately informal and relaxed with preaching that is designed to be applied to everyday lives.  It is a service where we offer baptisms and have groups for children.The music is led by guitars and keyboard. 

On the first Sunday of a month we call the 11am our 'messy church' where we do different things, make a bit of a mess and spend time with the children making things.

Services:

1st Sunday in the month:

9.30am        Holy Communion (BCP)
11.00am      Messy church
2nd Sunday in the month  
9.30am        Morning Prayer (BCP)

11.00am      Holy Communion (with children’s groups)

3rd Sunday in the month   

9.30am        Holy Communion (BCP)
11.00am      Morning Worship (with children’s groups)

4th Sunday in the month   

9.30am        Morning Prayer (BCP)
11.00am      Morning Worship (with children’s groups)

5th Sunday in the month      (when applicable)   

9.30am      Holy Communion  (CW)

11.00am      Morning Worship (with children’s groups)

Children and Young People
Children of all ages are welcome at any of our services.  During our 11.00am services in term-time we run groups for the children – the aim of these is for the children to have fun learning what it means to follow Jesus.

Our groups for children include: Crèche (0-2 years);  Sparklers (Preschool), All Stars (school years R, 1 & 2), Spangles (school years 3-6) and Godberries (school years 7+). 

There are also Midweek groups for the Spangles and the Godberries on Thursdays:  contact the youth team based at Busbridge or our children’s worker Jessi (see below) for more details.  We run a youth group for 14-18 year olds on a Sunday night at Busbridge church.

Home Groups and other events
We have a number of home groups that meet midweek to share together, pray, laugh, read the Bible and deepen our relationships with each other and with God.   We also have many social gatherings such as lunches and suppers, monthly prayer meetings and annual weekends away together.

Pastoral Care
For a visit from a member of our Pastoral Team please contact the church office, details below.

Who's who?

Simon Taylor - Rector

We're one church across three sites in six congregations.  The other two sites are at Busbridge church and in the school hall in Busbridge Junior School.  Our Rector across these sites and congregations is the Revd Simon Taylor.  Simon and his family arrived here from Crawley in October 2010.

Vicar in Hambledon

This post has been filled by Catherine McBride, who is associate vicar, who took up her duties in May 2012. She will lead our care for the village and mission for God's work.

Our leadership at St Peter’s includes David Jenkins, who shares in the teaching and service leading, our Wardens Nigel Pollock and Vicky Page and our Assistant Warden David Chadwick.

Weddings, Baptisms and Funerals
All enquiries should be directed  to the Ministry Support Administration Team  at Busbridge and Hambledon Church Office, Brighton Road, Godalming.

http://www.bhcgodalming.org/weddings/

( This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )   Tel:  01483 421267    Karen or Nick will be glad to answer your questions.  In the case of weddings they will put you in touch with our vicar for pastoral care, Rev Margot Spencer.