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      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.  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.

Simon Taylor - Rector

The Revd Simon Taylor and his wife Catherine will be moving here from Crawley in the September, together with their boys Jacob (100, Luke (7) and Daniel (3).

We are looking forward to welcomiing the Taylor family, and to an exciting new chapter in the lives of both churches

Stephanie Couvela

Stephanie has spent the last six and a half years as Associate Minister here in Hambledon and at Busbridge and is now leaving to join a Christian Community at Scargill House near Kettlewell in the Yorkshire Dales as Chaplain  Scargill House has recentley reopened as a centre for retreats, holidays and conferences, run by Christians living and working in Community. 

Stephanie will be missed by all who knew her and she leaves with all our good wishes for a successful ministry at Scargill House. 

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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