St Peter’s Church, Hambledon
St Peter’s is a warm and thriving church at the heart of Hambledon village, with a friendly congregation of all ages including some lively children’s groups. We are a Church of England church and offer a warm welcome to anyone who would like to join us, of any Christian denomination or none. 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.
Services
We run two services every Sunday morning, equal in size and with the same teaching programme, but different in style:
Our earlier service (8.00/9.30am) is formal, reflective and liturgical and uses hymns and psalms played on the organ.
Our later service (11.00am) is informal, lively and more spontaneous; the music is a mixture of old and new played on guitars and keyboard. There are also children’s groups at this service.
We use two different liturgies (forms of service) – the Book of Common Prayer (BCP) which is the 1662 prayer book, and Common Worship (CW) which is in contemporary language.
Services:
1st Sunday in the month:
8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)
11.00am All Age Worship
2nd Sunday in the month
9.30am Holy Communion (CW)
11.00am Morning Worship (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 Holy Communion (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. We currently have about thirty children on our register and more are always welcome!
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 our Youth and Children’s worker Jessi (see below) for more details.
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 social gatherings such as lunches and suppers, monthly prayer meetings and annual weekends away together.
Pastoral Care
If you would value a visit from a member of our Pastoral Team because of illness, bereavement or other difficulties, please contact the Associate Minister in the first instance.
 Who’s Who
Hambledon Church forms a United Benefice with St John the Baptist, Busbridge (www.busbridgechurch.org) and all our staff are shared between those two churches.
Associate Minister: Stephanie CouvelaStephanie is based half-time in Hambledon and is responsible for the day-to-day leadership of St Peter’s. The rest of her time goes to Busbridge, where she is mainly involved with the evening service. She lives in a gloriously eccentric cottage called Mervil Bottom, opposite Hambledon Village Hall.
Stephanie originally worked in radio and television, and then after ordination spent five years in two inner city London churches before arriving here in 2004 for a bit of a change! She’s a local girl as she grew up in Farnham.
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Rector: Currently vacantJolyon Trickey moved on in July 2009, having been the Rector of both Busbridge and Hambledon since 1997. We hope to make an appointment by the end of this year and that our new Rector will start some time between Easter and Summer 2010.
 Youth and Children’s Worker:
Jessi Poulsom
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Jessi works half-time for Hambledon Church, running Sunday and midweek groups for our children and young people, and is involved in village activities such as Hambledon Nursery School. The rest of the time she works for the Trinity Trust Team (www.trinitytrustteam.co.uk), providing Christian youth work in schools, churches and the community in the Godalming area.
Our leadership at St Peter’s includes our Reader David Jenkins, who shares in the teaching and service leading, our Warden Nigel Pollock and our Assistant Warden David Chadwick.
Weddings, Baptisms and Funerals
All enquiries should be directed either to the Associate Minister or to the Administrator at the Church Office at Busbridge:
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