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CHURCH AND VILLAGE THE BISHOP’S LETTER

ACTIVITIES, SOCIETIES, CLUBS, ASSOCIATIONS and CONTACTS
Christians and the General Election

I am sorry to mention the B word but Brexit is a strain
Association Contact Tel Address E-mail Meetings/Info and whatever happens in this election it is not going
away. With an election in Advent as we prepare for
the coming of Christ, what do Christians bring to the
Bere Regis Scout Liz Teather 01929 lizteather@hot Wednesdays 6 - 7 pm debate?
Group (Beavers) 471216 mail.com 5¾ - 8 years
Scout Hut, Elder Road
At such a fractious time as this, churches are
hospitable and bring people together. Be generous to
Bere Regis Scout Neal Unitt- 01929 Mondays 7.30 - 9 pm
Group (Scouts) Jones 472273 10½ or 11 to 14 years one another and listen carefully to the people with
Scout Hut, Elder Road whom you disagree. Diversity is a gift from God. We
General or group 01305 need each other to be ourselves and we need to
enquiries Chris Gall 772634
recognise that on earth we live in this one house, in
Bere Regis Scout Kate Willis 01929 Thursdays 6.30 - 8 pm which we need to have a care for the ecology,
Group (Cubs) 472787 8– 10½ or 11 years economy and ecumenism of our common home.
Scout Hut, Elder Road

Christians ought to be good at this. Our Archbishop has made good disagreement
Kingsbere Explorer Helen Unitt- 01929 Tuesdays 7.30 pm-9.30 pm. an aim for a Church that sometimes struggles with difference but which in fact has
Scout Unit Jones 472273 14-18 years, male and
female. Scout Hut, Elder almost 2,000 years of experience. Where the Church is holding hustings ask how
Road best we can build community.
Briantspuddle Book Jenny Beedle 471002 6 Bladen Valley, angie@ptalbot. 2nd Saturday 10 - 11 am Truth matters. We live in a world of fake news and alternative facts with the echo
Swap Club Angie Talbot 472483 19 Bladen Valley plus.com Briantspuddle Village Hall
chambers of social media feeding and reinforcing our views. I am heartened by
the ways in which there is so much ‘Fact Checking’ in this election but it’s
Chapel Toddlers Suzie Gee 472484 Rose Cottage, Butt suziegtitus3v4@ Tuesdays - 9.15 a.m. - because we have lost trust. In a world in which it is difficult to be sure what is true,
Group Land talktalk.net 11.30 a.m. at the
Congregational Chapel, we Christians commit to being about the truth and accountable to it. So be
Butt Lane
surprised and challenging about the way those who would govern us make
Cyril Wood Court 1st Saturday of every promises and break promises. It is not acceptable.
Monthly Coffee Stop month from 10.00 - 12.00
Given the strains of the economy ask about the care of the poorest. Will the
candidates commit to maintain 0.7% of GDP on overseas aid? It is ‘love thy
Drax Hall Lyn Simmonds 471528
(hire) neighbour’ and it is enlightened self-interest.
Having recognised there is a climate emergency at the recent Diocesan Synod
Dorset County Peter Wharf 472246 The Old Vicarage peterwharf@ho with bush fires in Australia and floods in Yorkshire and Venice, ask the candidates
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what they think. What policies will support the rapid transition to a net zero carbon
neutral economy?
Kingsbere Quilters Mrs Diane 472331 10 Boswell’s Close Monthly Scout Hut
Edmonds BH20 7JE 1st Wednesday 9.30 am - Pray for the candidates and what they stand for. Hold fast to that which is good,
12.30p.m. love God and love your neighbour as yourself. It is not a political manifesto but it
does make the most enormous difference to life.
Milborne St Andrew Secretary: Sue 01258 Lane End, Milborne Msa.allotments A new allotment site adjacent to
Allotment Society Gould (28 837575 St Andrew. @yahoo.co.uk the Sports Club in the village,
Stileham Bank, whole plot £30, half plot £20 per +Nicholas
year.
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