Our parish Harvest festival service will be held this Sunday (September 21st). We hope as many of you as possible will be able to be with us at our 10am Holy Communion service at St Mary and All Saints' Church, Dunsfold.The Harvest season gives us the chance to give thanks for the abundance of God's gifts and good ness in our lives and to celebrate the community we live in. We also must focus on those who are less fortunate so we ask for parishioners to bring their gifts of food and sundries that we will take to the Godalming Minster food bank.Please leave your donations of goods at the back of church before Sunday or bring them in person to our Harvest festival service. It would be great to see you.If you click on the attached document you will discover the goods the food bank particularly need at the moment. They include UHT milk, tinned goods, pasta and rice, toiletries and sanitary products.If you are unable to get to church but have donations you wish to make to the food bank please call Jules on 07537 847243 and she will arrange collection.
The Pet Service continues to grow as it returned to its former glory with a bumper turn-out last Sunday outside the Sun Inn.There were 63 people in attendance including 14 youngsters, many from our Funday@4 group. It was certainly a great Pet Service debut for Fr Shane Griffiths who preached at the service which was led by a member of our laity, Catherine Diamond.There had been some debate over hymn selection when a relatively modern piece called the Butterfly Song was suggested. It's a favourite with school children of many ages and while we knew we could rely on the enthusiasm of the Funday@4 gang, there were worries whether the more reserved (older) members of the congregation would join in.Those concerns were quickly alleviated when Catherine gave the congregation a run through of the song including actions and dance moves and the hymn took off brilliantly. Even the many pets, and toy pets, in attendance seemed to enjoy that one. And there was special mention for the admirably named tortoise making a second appearance at our service. He's called Tortellini.Father Shane spoke powerfully about the role of animals in creation and our relationship with them. A particularly pertinent point given this is the season of Creation-tide in the Church of England.Thankfully after a few days of rainstorms the morning was dry although the hot drinks supplied in the Sun after our service was very welcome so a special vote of thanks to Elle and her team.
Special Café Church – 12th OctoberJoin us for an informal gathering over breakfast at the Winn Hall, Dunsfold. Enjoy good company and hear from our visiting guest speaker, Reverand Dr Paul Adams. It's a relaxed café-style setting with the congregations enjoying a tasty continental breakfast.Breakfast is served from 9:30 am and the service will begin 10:00 amVenue: The Winn Hall, DunsfoldEveryone is truly welcome - whether faith is entirely new to you or something you've been immersed in since childhood. We hope to see you soon!
Our popular Pet Service will take place this Sunday, September 14th, outside the Sun Inn on Dunsfold Common at 10am.It will be our new rector Fr Shane Griffith's Pet Service debut so we hope there'll be a bumper turn-out as we give thanks for our pets, all animals and God's creation. And joining this service will be our Funday@4 group of youngsters.So come and join us on Sunday and we'll whisper our contingency plan...if it's raining the service will go ahead, inside the Sun Inn. All welcome.
