Good Friday Walk from Holmbury church to Abinger Common church

for 30 mins
Holmbury Church
Horsham Road Holmbury St Mary Dorking ///fault.stray.excuse entrance from small road by church, RH5 6PF, United Kingdom

After the Good Friday service at St Mary's Holmbury, you can join the walk from Holmbury church, over the hills, to St James' church, Abinger. Each of the benefice churches will carry part of the cross on this walk. This is a short walk of about 1.5 miles over footpaths that will be up and down some hills lasting 30-45 minutes. Please feel free to drive to St James' is you are unable to walk there.
Afterwards there will be a light lunch at St James' church starting at 12noon.
At 1pm there will be a short service with all the churches from the benefice at St James's.
Please join us and if possible, let Sally, the church administrator, know so they can cater appropriately at [email protected] or call 01306 737160. Thank you
There is also a short service at 11am in Holmbury church, BEFORE the walk that leaves Holmbury at 11.30am for Abinger church.

Holmbury Church

Holmbury Church welcomes you! We are a warm, friendly village church in the centre of the beautiful village of Holmbury St Mary. 

Please join us for our weekly services in the church at 10am on most Sundays. 

We're an active church community, ranging in age from 0 - 90+ and serving the village community and reaching out to the wider world. 

We also have a church cafe on most Tuesdays and Thursdays and on the 3rd Thursday of the month a Hear Here clinic for people with NHS hearing aids  - see the events section for more details.

If you would like to receive regular emails with details of the upcoming activities, please write to [email protected] with your email details.

The parish of Holmbury St. Mary is committed to the safeguarding of children, young people and adults. You can read more on our policies here: Holmbury Safeguarding Policy

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Rev Roy Woodhams

The Rectory,
Horsham Road
Holmbury St Mary
Dorking

RH5 6NL
Associate Rector, Holmbury St Mary and Wotton
01306 259774
Becky, parish administrator
Tel: 01306 730302

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Good Friday Walk from Holmbury church to Abinger Common church

for 30 mins
Holmbury Church
Horsham Road Holmbury St Mary Dorking ///fault.stray.excuse entrance from small road by church, RH5 6PF, United Kingdom

After the Good Friday service at St Mary's Holmbury, you can join the walk from Holmbury church, over the hills, to St James' church, Abinger. Each of the benefice churches will carry part of the cross on this walk. This is a short walk of about 1.5 miles over footpaths that will be up and down some hills lasting 30-45 minutes. Please feel free to drive to St James' is you are unable to walk there.
Afterwards there will be a light lunch at St James' church starting at 12noon.
At 1pm there will be a short service with all the churches from the benefice at St James's.
Please join us and if possible, let Sally, the church administrator, know so they can cater appropriately at [email protected] or call 01306 737160. Thank you
There is also a short service at 11am in Holmbury church, BEFORE the walk that leaves Holmbury at 11.30am for Abinger church.

Safeguarding

The parish of Holmbury St. Mary is committed to the safeguarding of children, young people and adults. We follow the House of Bishops guidance and policies and have our own Parish Safeguarding Officer (PSO). The Diocese of Guildford’s safeguarding pages contain vital links and information including contacts for the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor (DSA) who advises our PSO. If you are concerned that a child or adult has been harmed or may be at risk of harm please contact the Parish Safeguarding officer on [email protected] or Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor, DSA details here https://www.cofeguildford.org.uk/safeguarding. If you have immediate concerns about the safety of someone, please contact the police and your local authority Children or Adults Services.

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