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April 2020 April 2020

THE PARISHES of BERE REGIS and AFFPUDDLE

DATES FOR
with TURNERSPUDDLE
YOUR DIARY
Our Vision: Our Mission:
2020 To make Christ’s love To encourage awareness of the
known in the world today presence of God through worship
Key: FG-Floral Group, AL-Autumn Leaves, TA– Twinning, WI-Women’s and to live out his teaching music and the arts;
Institute, PiP-Pop in Place, GC-Gardening Club
To encourage everyone in the
Christian faith through example,
November
learning and spiritual growth;

10th Communibus - Street Shopping Village To make our churches open and
welcoming to all, and supportive of
10th FG: Pauline Hurran: It’s Beginning to Look a Bit Like Christmas, those in need;
venue Tarrant Keyneston village hall
To challenge injustice at home and
11th AL: Wash Day Blues by ‘the Button Lady’ - Thelma Johns abroad and to balance our care for
the environment.
17th Communibus - Street Shopping Village

19th Salt and Pepper
A LETTER FROM YOUR ASSOCIATE PRIEST
20th PiP - Children in Need, Lower Hall 10.00-12.00
I suppose we should always be ready to expect the unexpected, especially when
we get enough warning. However, I certainly didn’t expect to be writing this as
24th Communibus - Winchester Christmas Market
the effects of the coronavirus take a serious hold and we consider the implications
for us all, both nationally and globally.
December
As humans we prosper when we are connected to each other, to touch and love
8th Communibus - Salisbury Christmas Market is vitally important. We must now find different ways of remaining connected,
when words like isolation and restriction are becoming the norm. Self-help
9th AL: Christmas AFternoon community groups are springing up, proving that we want to stay connected, to
care for the vulnerable and to love our neighbour as we would want to be cared
for.
10th PiP - Christmas Show 6.00pm
The unexpected is part of life, sometimes it can be lovely things, a lovely gift, a
11th PiP - Christmas Show 7.00pm helping hand, a telephone call or letter. At this time of year my thoughts turn to
the first Easter and how for those at the time something happened that they
weren’t expecting at all. This always seemed to happen around Jesus, you’d think
12th PiP - Christmas Show 2.00pm
they would be used to it, but although Jesus knew what he was doing, no one
18th PiP - Carols and Mince Pies 10.00-12.00
Church website: www.bereregiswith affpuddle.org.uk

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