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February 2019                                                                       February 2019

                                                                                                                          THE PARISHES of BERE REGIS and

        DATES FOR                                                                                                       AFFPUDDLE with TURNERSPUDDLE

                YOUR DIARY                                                                                                       Reverend Canon Charles Masheder
                                                                                                                             The Vicarage,  West Street, Bere Regis,
        2019                                                                                                                                             BH20 7HQ
                                                                                                                                                     01929 472883

       15th  PiP: Children in Need, Lower Hall                      10.00-12.00
                                                                                                                                                    Our Mission:
             WI: Christmas Craft
                                                                                                                                    To encourage awareness of the
                                                                                                                                  presence of God through worship
             December                                                                                                                           music and the arts;

             FG: Christmas Lunch                                                                                                     To encourage everyone in the
                                                                                                                                   Christian faith through example,
       11th  AL: Christmas Afternoon Entertainment and Singing                              Our Vision:                               learning and spiritual growth;
                                                                                            To make Christ’s love                  To make our churches open and
       12th  Pop in Performers Christmas Show
                                                                                            known in the world today            welcoming to all, and supportive of
       13th  Pop in Performers Christmas Show                                               and to live out his teaching                             those in need;

                                                                                                                                To challenge injustice at home and
       14th  Pop in Performers Christmas Show
                                                                                            A LETTER FROM                      abroad and to balance our care for
                                                                                                                                                  the environment.
       16th  Pop in Place Community Christmas Party                 12.00 -4.00             YOUR VICAR

             WI: Christmas Festivities                                                     My dear Friends,
                                                                                           ‘All good things come to an end’ we are told when we are young and at first sight
                                                                                           that  sounds  like  a  very  negative  commentary  on  life.  Equally  true  surely  would
                                                                                           have to be ‘all bad things come to an end’. Anyhow as far as Felicity and I are

                                                                                           concerned, these years since we moved here in September 2015 have been very
                                                                                           good years and we want to thank you all for the loving support so many of you
                                                                                           have given us.
                                                                                           Actually, good things often lead to other good things and as we start off in our
                                                                                           new life, we are both looking forward to many unexpected blessings. I have some
                                                                                           ideas about what retirement will mean.... certainly a change after over 46 years
                                                                                           as a Parish Priest....and before that growing up in a Vicarage! It is all an adventure
                                                                                           into the unknown. The one thing we can know for certain is that God will still be
                                                                                           the God who cares for us and whom we can trust.


                                                                                               Church website:  www.bereregiswith affpuddle.org.uk

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