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THE PARISHES of BERE REGIS and AFFPUDDLE

with TURNERSPUDDLE

Our Our Mission:
Vision: To encourage awareness of the
To make presence of God through worship
Christ’s music and the arts;
love To encourage everyone in the
known in Christian faith through example,

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;
teaching
To challenge injustice at home and
abroad and to balance our care
for the environment.

A LETTER FROM YOUR ASSOCIATE PRIEST

The Dates for your Diary
Dear friends
section will return in due course, Spring has sprung

once all our clubs, societies and I’ve always been a bit of a ‘hit and miss’ gardener and I’m relieved that this
Vicarage garden is certainly easier to maintain and smaller than the last two
we’ve had. As I write this we are in the middle of March and this time of year in
events are back on track. the garden is always exciting as the long dark, cold, and of course very wet days
of winter are now behind us and things are suddenly springing into life again. It
never ceases to amaze me that bulbs survive over the winter, no matter what the
Hopefully, it will not be too long weather seems to throw at them. It’s especially fascinating as we wait to see
what new surprises might be hidden in the Vicarage garden this year. Our
before we return to some kind of snowdrops have just about finished and even the daffodils are nearly over, but
the primroses are looking lovely, and we might even begin to spy a few bluebells
shooting up.
normality. It's seems as if this year Spring then on into Summer might be something to
celebrate, if we can get the pandemic under control and feel our lives heading
towards some sort of ‘normal’.
I suppose we could almost compare the season of winter, and the lockdowns we

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