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experiencing. It is said that all of us have a ‘God shaped hole’ in our lives, and Bere Regis Food Bank
only He can fill it. John’s Gospel chapter 7, verses 37-39, says: “Jesus stood and
said in a loud voice, ‘If anyone is thirsty let him come to Me and drink. Whoever Thank you so much for all the food donations we really appreciate them,
believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, streams of living water will flow from currently we are not taking in donations but spending the cash that was also
within him.’ By this He meant the Holy Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were donated to the Food Bank to buy food.
later to receive.”
When we need help again I will make sure that I post it on the Village Face book
What does it mean to ‘believe in Jesus’. Another verse in the Bible says “If you Page and put it in this magazine.
confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord’ (that is, you want Jesus to take charge of
your life and make it new), and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the We continue to run the Food Bank for all who are struggling in this crisis email
dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe, and are made popinplace@gmail.com or telephone 01929 472023 for a delivery.
right with God, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.”
Romans 10:9-10.
Thank you to our wonderful Knitters
If you want to know that living water Again this week we have handed over another large bag of knitted items to
that Jesus gives in your life, why not Blandford Cares who support Refugees, thanks to Mary for her help with
ask Him to be your Lord, to take transporting these across to their store after lockdown.
charge of your life and make it new.
Ask Him to forgive you for all the
times you have ignored Him and And finally Our sincere thanks to the Editor :-
done your own thing. Thank Him
that He died for you and rose again The Pop In Place would like to say a big thank you to Alison Debenham our Parish
from the dead. Ask Him to fill you Magazine editor, who like us has also been carrying out her community
with His Holy Spirit so that you will volunteering role for 25 years.
know His ‘living water’ in your life.
We have seen the Magazine grow from quite a modest little village mag into a
If you pray this prayer, do let us know, so that we can give you some literature to brilliant publication packed with many pages of information and Advertisements.
help you in your new life with Jesus.
All of this is down to the commitment and dedication of the Editor.

The Parish Magazine, even in this age of technology is still a vital part of village life
Just a Smile keeping us all connected and it is undoubtedly a truly wonderful communication
source for so many.
A little boy opened the big old family Bible with fascination, looking at the old
pages as he turned them. Then something fell out of the Bible and he picked it up Alison Bennett
and looked at it closely. It was an old leaf that had been pressed between the
pages. “Mum, look what I’ve found” the boy called out. “What have you got
there?” his mother asked. With astonishment in the young boy’s voice he What really kind words Alison, thank you for the compliments - they're much
answered, “It’s Adam’s suit!” appreciated. Ed.

I over heard a customer ask the assistant, “Do you have any invisible thread?” I
was delighted when the assistant answered, “I haven’t seen any,” and then
added as an afterthought, “What does it look like?”
Joyce Healey, 07535964909

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