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OTHER CHURCHES NEWS If you have any questions please contact the Chairman on 01929 471375 or email
sue.jones@silversands.co.uk

BERE REGIS CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Temporary Traffic Lights Affpuddle

Councillor Charles Barter has met with an Officer from DCC to discuss the issues
Sundays 10.30am Morning Service taken each week by visiting preachers. that have resulted from the siting of the temporary traffic lights.
Mondays at 7pm STS (Search the Scriptures) Youth meeting Councillors had suggested a diversion route to ease traffic congestion, but
regulations mean that this is not possible.
Tuesdays at 9.15am (during term time) Chapel Toddlers Group
However, other measures have been agreed and they are as follows;
Tuesdays at 7.30pm Bible Study and Prayer
The lights approaching from the north will be moved further north around the next
Easter Services corner where there is a longer straight section of road and more signage will be
added to warn of the approaching hazard. The anticipated benefits should be
April 19 Good Friday 10.30am less noise from revving engines, radios and tyres for most residents. At the same
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time motorists will no longer be able to see oncoming traffic and this should
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April 21 Easter Day 10.30am
reduce the danger posed by drivers jumping the lights.
Everyone is very welcome to these special services
On reviewing the scaffolding at Peony Cottage, it was felt the guard rails could be
moved closer to the structure that holds the ballast, gaining up to a metre, the

As Easter approaches we are reminded again of the death and resurrection of
Jesus Christ.
The following story is told by Tim Miller.
He writes: “My nine- year-old daughter Jennifer was looking forward to our family
holiday, but she became ill, and a long anticipated day at Sea World was
replaced by a day spent at the hospital for a series of CT scans, xrays and blood
tests. At the end of the day the doctor told my exhausted little girl that she would
need to have one more test, a lumbar puncture. The procedure would be painful,
they said. (Evidently done before sedation became routine) The doctor then
asked me if I wanted to stay in the room. I nodded, knowing that I couldn’t leave
Jennifer alone during the ordeal. The doctor gently asked Jennifer to remove all
her clothing. She looked at me with child-like modesty as if to ask if that was
alright. They had her curl up into a tiny ball. I buried my face in hers and hugged
her. When the needle went in she cried. As the searing pain increased, she
sobbed repeatedly, “Daddy, Daddy, Daddy” her voice becoming more earnest
with each word. It was as if she was saying “O Daddy, please can’t you do
something?” My tears mingled with hers. My heart was broken, I felt nauseated.
Because I loved her I was allowing her to go through the most agonising
experience of her life. In the middle of the procedure my thoughts went to the
Cross. What unspeakable pain both the Son and the Father went through – for our
sakes.
But because of the Cross of Christ we can become a new person. “Christ’s love

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