Parish of Westborough – Guildford

CELEBRATION TIME!!!

To the Glory of God we will be celebrating Diane’s ordination to the diaconate, which in practice means, 1 year as Deacon and the following year we pray another service to the Priesthood.

Due to the building work currently going on at the cathedral the service will be held at the beautiful building of Charter House Chapel, on the 3^rd July,

Everyone is invited. For practical reasons it would be a wise idea to hire a coach depending on how many people wish to attend, Could you please sign up on the sheet and indicate if you wish to attend and if you wish a seat on the coach. There will be a charge for the coach but not for the service.

Following the service there will be a Celebration Afternoon Tea.

Where we can continue to celebrate with Diane. Let us keep Diane, David and the Family in our prayers during this lead up to a very special time and for her future ministry.

Arch Bishop’s call for Prayer

The week between ascension 8^th may and Pentecost 15^th May, the Arch Bishop’s Justin and John have invited all churches to join in with a special week of prayer. Churches all around the Anglican Communion will be setting up venues for prayer to be said 24hours a day for 8 days,

This is a wonderful opportunity for us to join in, over the next couple of weeks Diane and I will be preparing for this amazing venture.  A signup sheet will be being displayed for people to indicate the time they would pray.

There will be a variety of ways to encourage our prayer time, especially for those who are not used to praying, such as,

• Lead prayer, morning and evening.

Stations with ideas for praying the Lord’s Prayer.

• Creative spaces for private prayer,

Prayer sheets for those who are unable to come to the church but can commit to pray at home, (even for those who suffer from not sleeping at night!

• There will be prayer walks incorporated for one of those hours most days.
• We will be inviting the preschool parents to write prayers and the rainbows also, which will be placed on the Prayer Tree which can be used for guidance for people who come to the church to pray.

This is an important part of church life and this gives us an opportunity to really connect with God as his people.

I believe we will hear and see of great things both large and small of what God will do through this commitment of his people

Look out for the list and sign up for an hour or more if you can.

Let us also remember it is a privilege that we have a God who wants a relationship with us and is always ready to hear our prayer.

For more information, visit: www.thykingdom.co.uk

Thank you to everybody involved, £500 was raised through our Lent lunches at St Francis for the flood appeal to help the community suffering from floods in Radcliffe earlier this year.

The Radcliffe Parish Church of St Mary, in Church Green, was among the worst-affected locations hit by the devastating floods. Out in the parish,  the sheer and utter devastation to people’s lives and homes could be seen everywhere.

The Harvest Celebration Meal took place in September as some what different we converted the church

into a restaurant with menus waiters and entertainment the evening was a great success.  

There was joy and celebration  as candidates from Aldershot and Guildford churches who came together for a lovely service at St Francis to affirm their faith with the Bishop of Guildford, the Right Reverend Andrew Watson

STOUHTON & WESTBOROUGH BRANCH OF THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION OUTSIDE ST FRANCIS CHURCH

REVD STEFANIE HODGES

A DISPLAY OF 4,000 POPPYS BEHIND THE ALTAR IN ST FRANCIIS CHURCH

ANGELA SNAPE, CAPTAIN JASON MURDOCK & REVD STEFANIE HODGES

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

Afternoon Tea

Sunday, May 17

3pm to 5pm

at St Francis

Arrive from 3pm – tea served at 3.30pm

Including entertainment

Tickets £5 from Jyl Wheeler on 01483 852493