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February 2018 February 2018
AFFPUDDLE & TURNERSPUDDLE PARISH
BERE REGIS CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
COUNCIL
Sundays 10.30am Morning Service taken each week by visiting
preachers. Parish Litter Pick 3 and 4 March 2018
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Mondays at 7pm STS (Search the Scriptures) Youth meeting It has been noted that increased amounts of litter are evident throughout the
Parish. Based on these reports the Parish Council has decided to facilitate a Litter
Tuesdays at 9.15am (during term time) Chapel Toddlers Group Pick over the weekend of 3 and 4 March 2018.
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Tuesdays at 7.30pm Bible Study and Prayer Equipment including bags, gripers
and gloves will be available from the
This month a team from the Chapel will again be involved with Truth 4 Youth Village Hall on both Saturday and
conference for teenagers and young adults. Truth 4 Youth, which runs from 9 to Sunday from 9.30am to 12.30pm.
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12 of February, brings the truth of God’s Word to young people, who come from Volunteers can select their own
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all over the country to meet at Heatree Activity Centre in Devon for four days of route, be it long or short, any help is
Bible teaching, many different outdoor activities and good food! The team from most gratefully received, please just
the Chapel will welcome over 130 guests to Heatree, and also the three speakers. turn up on a day and time that suits
God has greatly blessed these teaching conferences over the years and our you.
prayers are that He will do the same this time, equipping and encouraging young
people in their Christian faith. Unfortunately, this spring clean now
seems to be needed annually. In
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Jay Seegert from USA will also be speaking here at the Chapel on Tuesday 13 recent years very significant amounts
February at 7.30pm. Jay has a background in physics and engineering of rubbish has been retrieved,
technology and speaks about the scientific evidence for the inspiration of the making this a very worthwhile project.
Bible and the authority of the Scriptures. There will be a question and answer time
at this meeting and everyone is welcome. For more information contact Sue Jones 07971 500333 or email
sue.jones@silversands.co.uk
An international charity that works with children and young people is Scripture

Union, whose aim is to use the Bible to inspire everyone to know the difference
that Jesus can make to the challenges and adventures of life. This year is its 150 The Dorchester Marathon 2018
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anniversary, and I expect that some of you saw the Songs of Praise programme
on TV which celebrated this event. There was a special service from a parish Dorchester Casterbridge Rotary in Association with White Star Running are
church in Islington, London, which was attended by Her Majesty the Queen as organising The Dorchester Marathon on Bank Holiday Sunday, 27th May 2018.
guest of honour. It was a lively service with a mix of old and new hymns, some Their long-term aim is to make the event a permanent feature of the running
drama, and a children's’ choir. It was a joy to watch the children singing so worlds calendar. The event course will be following exactly the same route as in
enthusiastically and giving an excellent performance of their song, the whole 2017. The race will start and finish at Cokers Frome Farm Dorchester and take
service a fitting celebration of this special anniversary. It was only a few days later place in the Frome Valley East of Dorchester.
that I came across this item, written some while ago by a Ministries Liaison Co-
ordinator for Scripture Union, Heather Blakeley.
Dorset Highways

At its January meeting the Parish Council welcomed Dorset Highways Officers
My Amazing Moment Helen Jackson and Paul Eastwood to discuss safety improvements to highways in
“I used to live in the countryside of Leicestershire and one stormy evening when the Parish. Concerns were discussed including the safety of the Waddock Cross
returning home from my office in Nottingham a strange event took place. It was
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