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January 2024                         January 2024

         April      THE PARISHES of BERE REGIS and AFFPUDDLE

                           with TURNERSPUDDLE
    1TC
                              Our                                Our Mission:

                              Vision:           To encourage awareness of the
    9th   Spring in a Ring, Sandy Miles (workshop)   2.00pm   To make   presence of God through worship
                              Christ’s                      music and the arts;
    17th   Annual meeting      love              To encourage everyone in the
                              known in          Christian faith through example,
     SP   18th   Beef cobbler        Lemon roulade       the world   learning and spiritual growth;
                              today and        To make our churches open and
                              to live out      welcoming to all, and supportive
                              his                             of those in need;
      FN                      teaching
                                            To challenge injustice at home and
                                              abroad and to balance our care
                                                           for the environment.


          May      LETTER FROM OUR ASSOCIATE PRIEST

       Are you running on empty?
     1TC
       After  the  excitement  of  Christmas
       and  New  Year  it  sometimes  seems
             that  January  and  February  are
       endless  months,  especially  if  the
       weather is bad.  Once we’re fed up
       Day out and venue to be decided      with  the  resolutions  we  might  have
       made, or the new exercise regime is
    SP   16th   Soup, Hot Gammon,  Crème Brulee      losing  it’s  appeal  we  long  for
       something else to perk us up.
             Well  here’s  a  story  for  you  -  It’s  like
       the  car  that  seems  to  be  running
             perfectly well, no problems with the electrics or the engine, but it suddenly stops
       and there is no way it’s going anywhere until there’s more fuel in the tank.


   FN            Of course, it always happens miles from anywhere, and this driver is faced with a
       very long walk because it’s so quiet and there’s no hope of anybody coming by.
       But, as luck would have it, a farmer came up the lane on his tractor and offered
       his help.  The driver explained that the car had run out petrol and if the farmer

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