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ahead or simply catch up. As we move
towards the season of Lent, we have that DATES FOR
chance to stop and take stock, to perhaps
do some spring cleaning, not just in our YOUR DIARY
homes, but in our lives. The dust and dirt
that gathers in our house may also be
intruding on our lives. Dust or fluff is like 2020
those extra things we impose on our lives
which cause us stress and anxiety. For Key: FG-Floral Group, AL-Autumn Leaves, TA– Twinning, WI-Women’s
example, it is good to keep our house Institute, PiP-Pop in Place, GC-Gardening Club
clean and comfortable, but we also have
to live comfortably in the space, so if the floor has to be so clean that people are
afraid to walk on it then the stress is excessive. Or, it is lovely to have a beautiful September
garden, but it is there to be enjoyed and the need to care for it should not make it
impossible to do anything else. I am sure we can all think of fluff areas in our own 8th Communibus - Breamore House and Countryside Museum
lives and we need to see how much these affect our lives and whether we should
be changing. The dirt can be our bad moments, times when we have been 8th FG: Katie Baxter: Autumn Falls
unkind, unreasonable, unthinking, bad tempered or selfish.
12th PiP - Bere Regis Alzheimer’s Society Memory Walk 10.00
These we need to accept and then deal with, apologise, or put things right as
necessary and then apologise to ourselves for our stupidity. These need to be
washed away. We are better off without the grudges, prejudice and 17th Salt and Pepper Club
remembered hostility that can sometimes become ingrained into our lives. We
need to have the courage to remove these things from our lives and we can be 22nd Communibus - Seaton
sure that our faith will help us remake ourselves in a stronger better way, healthier
than before. 27th PiP - Macmillan Coffee morning, Lower Hall 10.00-12.00

So Lent is the time to see the dust and dirt and deal with the rotten things in our
lives and to let the power and strength of Christ remake us. So we pray that we
may have the courage to take stock and allow Jesus Christ our Saviour to do some
spring cleaning in our lives.
With blessings,

Sandra

FROM THE REGISTERS October

6th Communibus - Bridport
Funerals
13th FG: Denise Jones: Floral Dreams

At St John the Baptist, Bere Regis 15th Salt and Pepper Club
15 January Margaret Miller
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20th Hillier Gardens, Romsey

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