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February 2020 February 2020
THE PARISHES of BERE REGIS and AFFPUDDLE
DATES FOR
with TURNERSPUDDLE
YOUR DIARY
Our Vision: Our Mission:
2020 To make Christ’s love To encourage awareness of the
known in the world today presence of God through worship
Key: FG-Floral Group, AL-Autumn Leaves, TA– Twinning, WI-Women’s and to live out his teaching music and the arts;
Institute, PiP-Pop in Place, GC-Gardening Club
To encourage everyone in the
Christian faith through example,
November
learning and spiritual growth;
10th Communibus - Street Shopping Village To make our churches open and
welcoming to all, and supportive of
10th FG: Pauline Hurran: It’s Beginning to Look a Bit Like Christmas, those in need;
venue Tarrant Keyneston village hall
To challenge injustice at home and
17th Communibus - Street Shopping Village abroad and to balance our care for
the environment.
19th Salt and Pepper
20th PiP - Children in Need, Lower Hall 10.00-12.00
A LETTER FROM YOUR ASSOCIATE PRIEST
24th Communibus - Winchester Christmas Market
Taking Stock
It’s a funny time of year isn’t? As I write this on a mild, thankfully sunny, January
morning our thoughts naturally still turn to Christmas and time spent celebrating
the birth of Jesus, time perhaps enjoyed with family and friends. Hopefully we
might get some cold weather at last rather than the excessive wet stuff we’ve
December had recently, I know the children hope for snow at this time of year, but it seems
they’ll have to wait a while longer. Some of us are regretting all the extra pounds
8th Communibus - Salisbury Christmas Market we have put on and are trying to do something about it.
But while Christmas was only a few weeks ago, life in the church moves on! Only
10th PiP - Christmas Show 6.00
this week we are thinking about the Baptism of Christ. The baby had suddenly
become a man, thirty years old. And then it won’t be long before thoughts start
11th PiP - Christmas Show 7.00 turning towards spring and that great Christian festival Easter – in fact there are
already signs in the supermarket! Life moves on at a pace and sometimes we miss
12th PiP - Christmas Show 2.00 out on the chance to take stock of our lives because we are too busy trying to get
18th PiP - Carols and Mince Pies 10.00-12.00
Church website: www.bereregiswith affpuddle.org.uk
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