Candlemas 2018 – Rev Mary Bowden Malachi: Luke 2: May have been wondering about the crib….. we’ve kept it until today because today is the very end of Christmas….. Real purists…. visited new AD last week – Christmas tree still up. So…. Any lingering cards or baubles lurking on the
Continue readingEpiphany 2013 Matthew, Ephesians I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year ‘Give me a light that I may tread safely into the unknown.’ Familiar words, enshrined in our national consciousness after George VI used them in his Christmas broadcast in 1939…and regularly quoted since.
Continue readingRev Mary Bowden, 25 December 2017, 9.30 St Bartholomew’s and 11.00 St Christopher’s Once upon a time – a very particular time – and in a very particular place – there was a small, thin, hungry cat. She was mainly white, with tabby patches on her back, her front legs
Continue readingMidnight 2017 Immanuel, God with us. This promise has been the church of England’s theme for Advent this year – and now, at this midnight hour, the first hour of Christmas, we are celebrating its fulfilment, its truth. God with us – a simple picture of a baby. But every
Continue readingRemembrance 2017 Wisdom 6 12-16 John 15 9-17 Last night at the Royal albert Hall, amongst the uniforms and brass and moving magnificence of the Festival of Remembrance, there were six young people in somewhat incongruous bright yellow polo shirts. They were part of a centenary intern scheme at the
Continue readingThe countdown to our annual Parish Christmas Fair is very much on! The fair will be held at St Bartholomew’s Church and The Link on Saturday 25th November, 10.30am to 1pm. Our focus this year is to continue to appeal to the broader community and with this in mind we
Continue readingCD or not CD?! That is the question! Surrey based Excelsis Chamber Choir and Clive Osgood are joining forces to make a CD of Osgood’s choral music. Excelsis Chamber Choir, under the Directorship of Robert Lewis, was honoured to be made Choir-in-Residence of award winning Grayshott Concerts in 2015 and
Continue readingAs many of you will be aware, the Parish is currently facing a challenging time on a number of fronts, and the PCC would like to start a regular communication to ensure that our whole congregation is kept informed. We welcome your feedback on how it might be improved, and
Continue readingAbseiling for the King John 17:1-11; 1 Peter 4:12-14, 5:6-11 Haslemere, May 2017 It’s very good to be here, and thank you very much to Mary for inviting me. Walking backwards off the top of a cliff as part of a team-building exercise might seem a rather reckless leisure activity.
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