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loves us and wants the best for us. Jesus shared our lives here on earth, showing us
how to love our neighbour as ourselves, and giving us the greatest example of CHURCH AND VILLAGE
that when he sacrificed his life for us on the cross on Good Friday. Our parish
churches will be sharing the love of Christ over the festive season, hopefully inside ACTIVITIES, SOCIETIES, CLUBS, ASSOCIATIONS and CONTACTS
the building!
It may be vastly different to what we’ve been used to but making new traditions
or new memories is an exciting thought. We can’t promise that we’ll able to sing Association Contact Tel Address E-mail Meetings/Info
out loud, but if you join in online you can sing as loud as you like! There are more
details elsewhere, and on the website and village Facebook pages, and I look
forward to hopefully sharing it with YOU! Mobile Library Dorset County 01305 dorchestermob Alternate fortnights Car
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tcc.gov.uk Mondays 9.20- 9.50
Fridays 10.50 - 12.15
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Neighbour Car Brenda House 01929 stockleyfarmpa Community run transport
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Last month I wrote about remembering and I was so om
glad that, despite going into lockdown 2, we were
Pop in Place Alison Bennett 472023 3 Rye Hill Close popinplace@g Weekly. Drax Hall
still able to meet safely at the War Memorial in the
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churchyard for the Act of Remembrance, both on mornings
Sunday 8 and Wednesday 11 . I hear also that 10.00 - 12.00
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Remembrance at the Bladen Valley Memorial was Bere Regis Pre-School 471334 Southbrook preschool@ber Providing care and education
safely attended too. Both churchyards have been ‘Pebbles’ Bere Regis eregis.dorset.sc for children from 2 to 8 years,
including breakfast club from
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used as places of personal remembrance during BH20 7DB 7.45 a.m. and after-school club
until 5 p.m.
November and I hope that has brought some
Rotary Club of David King 01929 Hyde Woods, Hyde david.king@gb
comfort and peace, as well as joy in the memories, Wareham 471087 Wareham, BH20 7NT pltd.co.uk
to those of you remembering loved ones. I’m hoping www.wareham
rotary.co.uk
that we might be able to do something similar with
stars and a small Christmas tree in the churches Salt and Pepper Lunch Brenda House 471255 stockleyfarmpa Monthly, Scout Hut, 3rd
during December. Club rtners@gmail.c Thursday. 12.30p.m.
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As you can imagine, planning for Christmas is as hard Twinning Association Jackie Ahern 07876 Jackie.ahern@hot Meetings and events
for the church as it is for every other family. None of us really know what the rules 577012 mal.co.uk arranged as and when.
will be when we come out of this lockdown. Therefore, the service rota which you
will find in this magazine is produced with much prayer and finger crossing. You W.I. (Bere Regis) Mrs Dian Pitts 471322 pitts.dian Monthly, Bere Regis Sports
@gmail.com Club
will notice that we are going to try something different on Christmas Eve and have 3rd Wednesday @ 7.30 pm
a Crib Service at 4pm at Bere
Regis. It is too difficult this year to
have an actual Christingle
Service on Christmas Eve, which I
know is usually so popular, but
we are hoping to distribute We wish all our readers, contributors, advertisers
Christingles through school. and delivery volunteers a Very Merry Christmas
The Crib Service is about telling and a Happy New Year.
the story of the birth of Jesus in a
family friendly way, putting the
Crib in place and sharing all the

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