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July THE PARISHES of BERE REGIS and AFFPUDDLE

7th American tea with a talk by Pip Evans and the Bere with TURNERSPUDDLE
1TC Essentials talking and performing American Music

9th Mystery tour and lunch £10 9.30am Our Our Mission:
Vision: To encourage awareness of the
9th Julia Harrison - Through the Garden Gate To make presence of God through worship
Christ’s music and the arts;
SP 18th Pork loin steak, Sticky Toffee pudding 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
24th Street and Palmers Nursery £12 9.00am to live out welcoming to all, and supportive
his of those in need;
30th teaching
FN To challenge injustice at home and
abroad and to balance our care
for the environment.
August
LETTER FROM OUR ASSOCIATE PRIEST

1TC
At funerals I quite often speak about the changing seasons, where there is a time
for everything. And as announced last month, the time has come for me to move
6th Stetminster Mill and Gillingham £12 9.30am on into retirement. So, this is a time for Graham and I to say goodbye. Whilst we
will be moving out of the Vicarage sometime between May and July, my
appointment as Associate Priest comes to an end on 30 April and therefore, I will
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Summer break cease to do any ministry as I won’t be licensed!
In some ways the four and half years that I’ve been here seems such a short time,
SP 15th Soup, cold ham and salads, summer pudding but a lot has happened in that time, not least losing our previous Rector, Carol,
and also being thrust into a global pandemic before which I had never heard of
the word Zoom. We’ve also welcomed two new clergy members to the
benefice, our Vicar, Canon Rev Richard Bartlett and Rev David Chillman in the
Lulworth’s. I’m sure you will see more of them and Rev Jenny Alidina in the future.
I believe it was God that guided me here back in the Autumn of 2019 to work with
Carol and Jenny and it was certainly God who has walked beside me during the
FN 27th ups and downs of ministry here.

Knowing that God is in everything I do gives me great confidence and courage
to face the unknown. Whatever challenges you are facing at this very moment I
would urge you to put your trust and faith in God because the great gift of God
to us is that we dwell in him and he in us.

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