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St Luke’s

CHS

Welcome to Burpham Church

A friendly, caring, worshipping community, just outside Guildford, Surrey

We believe in the loving God and wish to share the good news of Jesus Christ

with those around us and with those who visit us

Our Sunday services range from traditional, to less formal, with children’s activities (Sunday Club)

Plus weekday activities for all ages.

See diary or our `Essential Burpham Church’ for new visitors page)

Sunday Services at Burpham

Burpham Church Diary and Social Diary

Prayer diary, other prayer requests

Essential Burpham Church

         for new visitors to our site

         With links to our Parish Profile and           all the Wardens’ Waffles

Your special services:

         Baptisms, Weddings

         Funerals, Thanksgivings

Audio recordings

This week’s News sheet & other news

Quick Links

Local community and caring sites

Interregnum home page

recent events

•  Colin & Jean’s last Sunday at Burpham

         View the photos of this memorable Sunday

          Listen to Colin’s last sermon

•  Some other recent events  see

•  April Women’s Breakfast report

•  April Skittles Night - pictures see

•  and more

worth a visit

•  The fire at CHS, early morning on 12th May

See page with details, photos and prayer

also see links to BBC web site and

Surrey Advertiser web site

•  Support 1st Burpham Guides

to raise funds for their trip to Iceland

see more

•  Pictures of Amber’s baptism on 20th May see

•  Proposed Church Family Contact List

               find out more

•  Youth Worker’s Yarns - No 1 read

•  Children’s and young people’s activities

          see overview

•  Youth Ministry

          Why it is so important view video

•  Burpham Futures - March 2012 update read

          links to

           - progress report

           - response form for financial contributions

•  Keep up-to-date on the interregnum page see

Read Warden’s Waffle No 6

•  Guildford Town Centre Chaplaincy

             Annual Report for 2011 read

•  iAngels Summer programme

on the iAngels page

•  and more             

Thoughts for the month

Members share their thoughts

•  A lesson from Mary and Martha

   October, Sue  read

•  The body of Christ - at Burpham?

   November, Ann read

•  Comfortable Words

   January, Jackie  read

•  When a ‘Great Leader’ left

   February, Mike  read

•  During the interregnum

                      will we be leaderless?

   March, Rex read

•  A bold challenge to Christians

   April, Trevor read

coming events

•  Messy Church (Saturday, May 26th)

          ‘Power from on high’ - see above

•  Monthly Music Making (CHS)  New!

          is re-starting on Friday 25th May, 8.00 pm

          Did you come to the Vicarage evenings?

          We are now meeting at CHS -

           all singers and instrumentalists welcome

           go to Diary entry for full details

           or see our ‘Monthly Music Making’ page

•  Bible Study Training Course

          An eight week course

           starting at the end of May more

•  Summer Concert (23rd June)

          Proceeds to Building Fund more

•  Street Angels ‘Barn Dance’ (29th June)

          A major fundraising event

          at St Saviour’s  more

•  Guildford Beer Festival (7th July)

Join the group from Church going to this

event at Guildford Cricket Club more

•  Gardens Open in Merrow Lane (15th July)

In aid of

Surrey Association for Visual Impairment

See details and contact info on (pdf) flyer

•  and more

Easter and weeks of Easter -

•  Katie: ‘He’s alive!’ (‘crackers’ at Easter) listen

•  Rex: ‘Possessions’ (15th April) listen

•  Chris: ‘Walking and leaping and praising God’                (22nd April) listen

•  Ian: ‘What’s in a Name’ (29th April) listen

•  Jasmine: ‘The Enquiring Mind Enlightenment’

                   (6th May) listen

•  Chris: ‘Peter and Cornelius’ (13th May) read

                   (Not recorded due to fire damage to audio

                    equipment.

                   Chris kindly provided her notes as a study aid)

•  Hillary: ‘Choosing of Matthias’ (20th May) listen

DIOCESE OF

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7-days @ Burpham

See fuller details in Diary, Topical & Coming pages

topical items

recent recordings recordig

ongoing

•  WordLive

         the SU Bible reading website see

•  Our book page

         see and suggest books for reading see

•  and more

archive

•  our archive pages showing some older

   ‘happenings’ at Burpham Church see

useful web site links

•  Christian organisations and resources see

•  Community and Caring see

life events

e

•  our ‘Life events’ page showing pictures of some

    important events,

    Births, Baptisms and Weddings, etc, in the lives

    of our church members and community see

Friday, 25th

10.00 am - Caterpillar Café CANCELLED due to fire

08.00 pm - Monthly Music Making (CHS)

Saturday, 26th

05.00 - 6.30 pm - Messy Church (Church Centre)

Sunday, 27th

08.00 am - Holy Communion (St Luke's)

09.15 am - Parish Communion (CHS)

10.15 am - Church Family Time (Church Centre)

10.30 am - Morning Worship (CHS)

10.30 am - Sunday Club (CHS)

10.30 am - Escape (Church Centre)

06.30 pm - Lazers (Church Centre)

07.00 pm - Prayer for Burpham (CHS)

Monday 28th

08.00 pm - Home group (836993)

Tuesday, 29th

10.00 am - Prayer for Burpham (CHS)

Lunchtime – Pray for Burpham (wherever you are)

Wednesday, 30th

05.00 pm - Download (Church Centre)

Thursday, 31st

07.15 am - Prayer for Burpham (CHS)

10.15 am - Holy Communion (CHS)

10.30 am - Drop-in (Church Centre)

07.30 pm – Bible Study Training Course (45 Merrow Lane)

due to fire damage at CHS

Caterpillar Café is not taking place

until Friday, 15th June

please check the web site for up-dates

See Jasmine’s full announcement

About the fire at CHS

The Church of the Holy Spirit

Open to the Future

Pentecost Update

A Time for Giving

Much has happened since we launched our appeal in March for phase 2 of our building programme.  

While our prayers and the activities of the PCC and churchwardens have been focused on the Interregnum and finding the right person to be our next vicar, many have also responded to the appeal to help us raise funds for the next phase of improving our church buildings.

We already have about half of the £300,000 we need for the next phase and we particularly hope that many more members of the church family will respond to the request to confirm their giving at one of the services this Pentecost Sunday.

The sad arson attack on the church early on May 12th has reminded us of the importance of our buildings. While it might possibly change our priorities it has only served to increase the need to invest in them.

We are fortunate that Martin Vodden has agreed to lead in our fund-raising activities and we hope this will enable us to draw on many different sources of funding. However, once again the biggest burden will fall on the church family, whose generosity has already been so evident in the great improvements to the church centre in the first phase of our plans, and in our current healthy financial state.

This Sunday you are invited to make a further contribution by way of either a commitment to regular giving for the building fund, a one-off donation, or a pledge for the future. Response form is available on the church website or at the back of St Luke’s or CHS.

Our next Messy Church

tomorrow

Saturday 26th May, 5.00 - 6.30 pm

Join us for Messy Church

(in the Church Centre due to fire in church)

a relaxed activity for the whole family.

Craft activities for children, teenagers

and adults of all ages.

5.00-5.45 pm  Messy activities for all ages

5.45-6.00 pm  Messy celebration in the centre

6.00-6.30 pm  Tea for all the family

No need to book a place; just turn up on the day

More details from Jane Agg 502676 or email

          Bible Study

          Training Course

                   run by Val Tooze

Dates          31 May          28 June

                  07 June         05 July

                  14 June         12 July

                  21 June

Time            7.30 - 9.00 pm

Venue         To be arranged (local)

The course will look at:

      •  Why study the Bible?

      •  Stages of preparation

      •  How to cross reference scriptures

      •  Application for our lives

      •  Tips on leading a small group

If you feel this could be for you and could

commit to the course it would be great to see you.

More details, for the moment, from Jane Agg

Tel: 01483 502676  (email)  

Conductor:   Helen Price

     I Got Rhythm …

An evening of song, both secular and sacred

Saturday, 23rd June 2012 at 7.00 pm

Church of the Holy Spirit

All proceeds to The Church Building Fund

Tickets £15.00

(including a light supper)

For more information call Claire Pocock -  01483 579008

Come and join

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Support Guildford Street Angels

BARN DANCE

A major fund raising event

Friday June 29th, 7.30 pm

at St Saviour’s see more

Church Family Contact List

We are looking to produce a book containing the addresses, phone numbers and emails of members of the church family.

If you would like your details to appear on this proposed list please   find out more. Last day for adding names this Sunday.

Come and Make Music tonight

8.00 pm at CHS

Calling all singers and instrumentalists

Come just for the joy of making music

and for fellowship

(and the drinks and puds!)