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run a couple of plant sales also to raise funds for the village hall. Don’t forget as
OTHER CHURCHES NEWS well that jams, chutneys and honey are available in hall every day so stock up as
you pass by.
BERE REGIS CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH I think all these signs of things gradually returning to some form of normality are
really helping as we dig deep for what we hope to be the final haul through this
pandemic. We’re nearly at the point where it’s under control sufficiently for us to
Sundays 10.30am Morning Service taken each week by take the tentative steps of learning how to live with the disease.
visiting preachers. We look forward to even more things taking place in the coming months which will
Mondays at 7pm STS (Search the Scriptures) Youth meeting allow us all to make even greater use of our wonderful village hall.

Tuesdays at 7.30pm Bible Study and Prayer Stuart Chorley, Chairman of Briantspuddle Village Hall
Mobile 07818078191. Email schorley30@gmail.com
Chapel Toddler Group. Toddler Group has reopened and is meeting on
Wednesdays. There are two sessions taking place, one at 9.30am and the second
one at 1.30pm. Advance booking is essential, please contact Suzie on
07962142552

Currently we are able to meet for our Sunday morning services, although they are
also shown live on you tube. Our Youth meeting and Bible study are held via
zoom, with others joining us, a number of whom live too far away to ever be able
to join us in person.
There will be a baptismal service, by full immersion, on Sunday 11 July at 10.30am.
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Everyone is very welcome.

What wonderful weather we have been able to enjoy recently, perhaps too hot
for some, but it’s lovely to have some proper summer weather. As I am writing this
we have just been told by the Prime Minister that covid restrictions will not be lifted
in June but will continue until 19 July at least. For many people the delay will not
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make too much difference, but we sympathise with couples whose wedding plans
will be affected yet again, for those whose holiday plans have been disrupted,
and especially with business owners who expected to be able to open normally
and now have another month with no income. For this latter group it really is a
disaster, and some may not be able to survive financially. We pray for them in this
incredibly difficult situation.

During all the restrictions the one thing I have been able to continue doing is going
out for a walk each day. I am so grateful to be living in this beautiful village, with
fields, May’s wood and the Bere Stream just a short distance from home. The
landscape changes with the seasons and the weather, but is always uplifting. It is
possible on some days to be so engrossed with my thoughts that I take little notice
of my surroundings. Then I remind myself, ‘look up’ and see the beauty of the
trees, the wild flowers – so many different shapes and colours – and the constantly
changing sky.

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