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BERE REGIS CHURCH NEWS CHURCH AND VILLAGE

ACTIVITIES, SOCIETIES, CLUBS, ASSOCIATIONS and CONTACTS
WORK ON THE CHURCH UPDATE …...

AND THANK YOU! Association Contact Tel Address E-mail Meetings/Info

When you read this, we will be able to mark the completion of our Roof repair
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project! It was great to see the men return on March 12 to start to take down the Mothers’ Union Nancy Gibson 472105 15 White Lovington NancyEGibson Monthly. Turberville Court
scaffolding; the promise of returning for Easter will be fulfilled. BH20 7NF @msn.com 1st Wednesday. 2.00 p.m.
We are very grateful to the contractors (AE Griffin and Sons) and others for all Mobile Library Dorset County 01305 dorchestermob Alternate fortnights Car
Council 224440 ilelibrary@dorse park
their help during these last five months. There have been, as always with such tcc.gov.uk Mondays 9.20- 9.50
work, some challenges along the way but all has been done so well and it has Fridays 10.50 - 12.15
been good that it has been done by local builders, who have also done some
Neighbour Car Brenda House 01929 stockleyfarmpa Community run transport
other minor work required by our 5-yearly Inspection. Scheme 471255 rtners@gmail.c option
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We are very thankful too to Bob Croom who has been to the forefront as the
Pop in Place Alison Bennett 472023 3 Rye Hill Close popinplace@g Weekly. Drax Hall
Church’s representative in discussions with the contractors and the architect. BH20 7LU mail.com Monday and Friday
mornings
As I write I am very grateful to those of you who will, I hope, have been making 10.00 - 12.00
certain that the church is clean and restored to its original glory.
Purbeck District Peter Wharf 472246 The Old Vicarage peterwharf@ho Monthly surgery. Turberville
Councillor West Street tmail.com Court, Communal Lounge
I also want to thank all of you who contributed to our appeal for financial help 1st Saturday @ 9.30—10.00
and made it all possible. It was very touching to see how much so many of you
valued your Parish Church. Our thanks, too, to Richard Smith our Treasurer, who Bere Regis Pre-School 471334 Southbrook preschool@ber Providing care and education
for children from 2 to 8 years,
‘Pebbles’ Bere Regis eregis.dorset.sc
has worked so well in securing grants and ensuring that payments for the work BH20 7DB h.uk including breakfast club from
7.45 a.m. and after-school club
have been made on time. until 5 p.m.
Rotary Club of David King 01929 Hyde Woods, Hyde david.king@gb
Finally, we continue to be very grateful to the School for having allowed us to use Wareham 471087 Wareham, BH20 7NT pltd.co.uk
their wonderful hall for our Sunday services. There have been many advantages – www.wareham
rotary.co.uk
not least it has been warm!
Salt and Pepper Lunch Brenda House 471255 stockleyfarmpa Monthly, Scout Hut, 3rd
SO NOW...we have Club rtners@gmail.c Thursday. 12.30p.m.
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Table Tennis for Adults Pauline Pitfield 01258 Mondays 7.00 to 9.00 pm
OUR CELEBRATION SERVICE 839123
I am delighted to be able to tell you that the Bishop of Salisbury, the Rt Revd Twinning Association Jackie Ahern 07876 Jackie.ahern@hot Meetings and events
Nicholas Holtam, will be with us on June 3 at 10am for a Service of Celebration 577012 mal.co.uk arranged as and when.
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for the completed Roof work. Please book that date now and come and join us.
Many of you have by your generous gifts enabled the work to happen and it W.I. (Bere Regis) Mrs Dian Pitts 471322 pitts.dian Monthly, Bere Regis Sports
would be good for us to be able to say thank you! More details as the time @gmail.com Club
3rd Wednesday @ 7.30 pm
approaches!
Woodbury Hill Singers Mrs Kath Jeeves 471175 10 Turberville Court Weekly Turberville Court
Mondays @ 2.00 p.m.

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