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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
11th AL: Wash Day Blues by ‘the Button Lady’ - Thelma Johns abroad and to balance our care for
the environment.
17th Communibus - Street Shopping Village

19th Salt and Pepper
A LETTER FROM YOUR ASSOCIATE PRIEST
20th PiP - Children in Need, Lower Hall 10.00-12.00
I happened to notice on a popular social media site a post about coffee. It had
24th Communibus - Winchester Christmas Market all the bewildering choices of coffee and next to them what they meant in simple
English! Latte – Coffee with milk; Skinny Latte – Coffee with skimmed milk – you get
the picture? We have so much to choose from in our lives and we are pulled one
December way and another by skilful advertising and tempting brands. We’re also
persuaded to think that if we have all the ‘must haves’ we’ll be happier, and our
8th Communibus - Salisbury Christmas Market lives will be fulfilled. The pressure of keeping up with everyone else and the choice
available can be overwhelming.
9th AL: Christmas AFternoon
This problem is, by no means, a new one, the products and the way we live may
have changed, but people have always wanted more and put their trust in
10th PiP - Christmas Show 6.00pm
material things. There is a prophet called Jeremiah in the Old Testament, so that is
many years before Jesus was born, who tried to show the people how foolish they
11th PiP - Christmas Show 7.00pm were being in trusting in human powers and how they had a simple choice. He
gave them this illustration – if you try to satisfy your life with material things you will
12th PiP - Christmas Show 2.00pm be like a shrub in the desert that is desperate for shade and nourishment, but if

18th PiP - Carols and Mince Pies 10.00-12.00
Church website: www.bereregiswith affpuddle.org.uk

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