Notices for 31st May

Opportunites to Pray Together

Ecumenical Prayer Breakfast 1^st Saturday of the month at the Vicarage, from 9am, prayer, coffee and croissant. Next is 6th June – Thursday evening at St Thomas at 6:00 pm for an hour every other week.   4th & 18th June 2026.

This Sunday Services:  TRINITY Sunday

10:00 St James Shere All Age Worship.

11:15 St Martha’s Fifth Sunday.

Next Sunday Services:  31st May

09:30 St. Thomas Holy Communion.

11:15 St Martha’s Matins.

Donations at St Martha’s during services can now be made electronically via our Card Reader.

Looking Further Ahead

Tots and Toddlers: St Thomas' Monday 9:15am

Deanery Evensong: 31^st May, Guildford Cathedral

Joint PCC meeting: Albury Village Hall 3^rd June

 Food and Hygiene Bank

The Foodbank Larder box is located in the porch of St Thomas Church.

Please help!  We are currently very low on funds and struggling to keep up with demand.
Donations of LL milk, tinned meat, fish, veg & beans, pasta, pasta sauces, sachets rice, toiletries and cleaning products always needed. We also supply 6 families, 4 single households with monthly deliveries of fresh food at a cost £400-£500 a month.
Donations can be made at: treasurer@parishofchilworth.org.uk or scanning Foodbank QR code. Thank you

Chilworth Tinies and Toddler Group

Mondays from 9:15 -10:30am  meet in St Thomas', play chat, pray and support. 

Bishop Gathering 29th June 7:30-9pm

Bishop Paul invites you to a special gathering at St Nicholas Church, Cranleigh on 26^th June, where we will meet, pray and worship together as a deanery. Put it into your diaries now.

St Martha’s Organ Service

By the time you read this the Organ at St Martha’s should have had a very full service, clean and overhaul. This was very overdue and so should be sounding wonderful again.

Holiday

David and Ali will be away for a week from Sunday 21^st June.

Deanery Confirmation 31st May at 10:00am

Sunday 31^st, Bishop Peter will be confirming people at St. Nicholas in Cranleigh.

Deanery Evensong

31^st May at 6pm at Guildford Cathedral, our Deanery (Cranleigh) will be joining Guildford Deanery for this annual service, all welcome.

Joint PCC Meeting

3^rd June. This is the first of our combined PCC meetings across the benefice, where we will plan the next term dates as a whole benefice. This will mean that we are working together more and be properly united.

Rector Update

Tim announced at the APCM’s that he is retiring during October 2025.

Chilworth Manor NGS Open day Teas

Thanks for everyone who took part in this, it was very busy and we wait to see how much was raised

Broad Horizons Book Group

Our informal book continues on June 30^th when we will be discussing "There are rivers in the sky" (Elif Shafak).  See below for further details:

PCC & APCM Minutes and Documents

 Redacted versions of these can now be found at https://www.parishofchilworth.org.uk/pcc/ on the Parish Website and will be uploaded when available.

Used Stamps for Oxfam

 Please place used stamps in the box at the back of St Thomas' which will stay there all year and be emptied as and when it gets full.

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If  you need us

If you need any help with anything or have any questions please click on the names below to email a request:

For general admin matters our Administrator Yvonne

For local pastoral issues our Minister David