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July 2021 July 2021

THE PARISHES of BERE REGIS and AFFPUDDLE

with TURNERSPUDDLE

Our Our Mission:
Vision: To encourage awareness of the
To make presence of God through worship
Christ’s music and the arts;
love To encourage everyone in the
known in Christian faith through example,

the world learning and spiritual growth;
today and To make our churches open and
to live out welcoming to all, and supportive
his of those in need;
teaching
To challenge injustice at home and
abroad and to balance our care
for the environment.

A LETTER FROM YOUR ASSOCIATE PRIEST

The Dates for your Diary What happened I wonder to the clay pot you made at school? I would imagine

section will return in due course, that most of us had a go at making something, some with a lot more success than
others. My efforts, and those of my brother and sister, were kept and displayed
for years by my parents and they probably still have them somewhere. They
once all our clubs, societies and certainly weren’t what you would call works of art though, but very good dust
collectors! A simple clay pot isn’t meant to be a work of art, it is ordinary,
events are back on track. everyday, functional and useful – on the whole unremarkable. And there are
hundreds of thousands just like it. In the ancient world clay pots were the
containers of choice. They could be very large, typically used to ship wine, oil or
Hopefully, it will not be too long grain, or the smaller pots were used for cooking, eating and many other everyday
uses. Plain pots were also used to hide precious things, to confuse thieves. Silver
jewellery for instance has been found by archaeologists tucked away hundreds
before we return to some kind of of years later in a plain clay pot.
Why all this talk of clay pots? In a letter from St Paul to the Corinthians in the New
normality. Testament, St Paul uses this image of a clay pot to convey the message of hidden
treasure. He is saying that our treasure is knowing the love of God. And this
treasure could be shown in many ways;

We’ve seen it so much during the last 16 months, where communities have rallied
round and helped those in need, and our communities have been no different.

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