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August 2020 August 2020
DATES FOR THE PARISHES of BERE REGIS and AFFPUDDLE

YOUR DIARY with TURNERSPUDDLE

2020 Our Vision: Our Mission:
To make Christ’s love To encourage awareness of the
Key: FG-Floral Group, AL-Autumn Leaves, TA– Twinning, WI-Women’s known in the world today presence of God through worship
Institute, PiP-Pop in Place, GC-Gardening Club and to live out his teaching music and the arts;

15th Salt and Pepper Club To encourage everyone in the

Christian faith through example,
learning and spiritual growth;
20th Hillier Gardens, Romsey

To make our churches open and
November
welcoming to all, and supportive of
10th Communibus - Street Shopping Village those in need;

To challenge injustice at home and
10th FG: Pauline Hurran: It’s Beginning to Look a Bit Like Christmas,
venue Tarrant Keyneston village hall abroad and to balance our care for
the environment.
11th AL: Wash Day Blues by ‘the Button Lady’ - Thelma Johns

17th Communibus - Street Shopping Village A LETTER FROM YOUR ASSOCIATE PRIEST
19th Salt and Pepper Dear Friends

When you think of all the things we haven’t been able to do this year, it makes
20th PiP - Children in Need, Lower Hall 10.00-12.00
you wonder how the months can still be flying by. At the beginning of lock down
it felt like we had all slowed down, but it seems the calendar hasn’t, for here we
24th Communibus - Winchester Christmas Market are already over halfway through 2020. That’s something to do with getting older
I suppose.
December
I have three ‘besties’, we’ve known each other since I joined them in the last year
of Primary School. Two still live quite near to where we grew up in North
8th Communibus - Salisbury Christmas Market
Hampshire, one lives in London and I of course live in Dorset. We try to meet up a
couple of times in the year travelling to different locations, which for some of us
9th AL: Christmas AFternoon
takes longer than others depending on where we go. We were due to meet up
last Saturday, it wasn’t quite the same, but thanks to modern technology (Zoom)
10th PiP - Christmas Show 6.00pm
we did manage some time together. It is always a marvellous therapy session
without the expense and more fun. There are obvious topics of conversation now
11th PiP - Christmas Show 7.00pm that we are of a more mature age – nothing works the way it did, we’re seizing
up, the grandchildren are growing too quickly, that milestone birthday is
12th PiP - Christmas Show 2.00pm approaching far too rapidly, actually within the next year now I come to think on
it! Yes, we have to admit it – we’re getting older.
18th PiP - Carols and Mince Pies 10.00-12.00

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