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Dear Church Family friends,

I do hope you are surviving the continuing very hot weather and/or enjoying the tennis, football or rugby!

People are finding that the church building is a “cool place”! Although not as cool as it is normally! Helpfully, there is water for refreshment in a jug on the table at the back.

There are various things coming up to advise about/draw to your attention:

Sunday 12 July

Morning at Waverley Abbey – please note changed timings due to extreme heat.

10am          Car Parking opens

10.30am     Cold drinks served

11am          Service begins

12noon       Bring your own picnic

12.45pm     Treasure Hunt and Walks – probably not the tug of war this year?!

1.20pm       Prizes and icecreams

1.30pm       Event ends

If you are able to bring garden chairs that would be great; and/or gazebos to place around the edges for shade!

 New Bishop of Guildford

The Vacancy in See Committee, of which I am Chair, is working hard towards the recruiting of a new Bishop.

As part of this process, we have devised a consultation/questionnaire.

Please could you kindly take a few minutes to complete it to help us in our task?

The consultation to listen to the voices across the diocese as we discern who God is calling to be the next Bishop of Guildford is open until 20 July. (Please click on the link to take part).

 The Chantrys Summer Programme 2026

As part of our developing partnership with the community at The Chantrys, we are invited to join them for some of their special summer events. If you are free and would like to go along, please may I encourage you to do so.

The list below captures the special one-off events, which sit alongside a regular weekly programme:

Thurs 23 July       2pm             Movie afternoon

Thurs 30 July       2pm             Family Farm Day

Tues 4 Aug          2pm             Wildlife Workshop

Thurs 6 Aug         4pm             Family Quiz

Thurs 13 Aug*     3pm             Trampoline (Basingstoke)

Thurs 20 Aug       7.30pm       Dusk Bat Walk

Fri 21 Aug            10am           Football/Multisports

Thurs 27 Aug       2pm             Family Bingo

Sat 29 Aug           12noon       Summer Fair

Apart from Thurs 13 August* all the events take place at or around the community centre.

Also coming up after the summer:

Heritage Open Days 2026 – 2pm to 4pm

Both days include tower tours and pop up café with tea and cake

 Sunday 13 September – with Talk at 2pm on A Day in the Life of a Vicar!

Sunday 20 September – with Family Fun and Bouncy Castle

 And finally …

 Some words of encouragement from the recent National Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast, in this season of some uncertainty in parliament.

The theme this year was ‘Hope for the future’.  Main Speaker was Clare Williams-Sarpong. Clare is the founder of Real Questions and is an Associate Speaker at the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics (OCCA). She starts at 35.55 – click the link.

(30) National Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast 2026 – YouTube

Kathryn joins me in offering our prayers and our very best wishes for a wonderful summer.

David Uffindell

Rector of Farnham

office@standrewsfarnham.org

Our Parish is committed to following the Safeguarding Policies of the Church of England to keep children and vulnerable adults safe from harm.

Concerns of any sort should be reported to The Rector, The Revd. H. David Uffindell (01252 710129), or our Parish Safeguarding Officer, Lizzie Cronin (01252 715412).

The Diocesan Safeguarding Advisor is Jackie Broadfoot (07918 559387)

To view the Church of England Policy Statement ‘Promoting a Safer Church’

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