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VILLAGE JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS
OTHER CHURCHES NEWS

A date for your diaries, on Friday 3 June a Barn Dance / Ceilidh, with supper, will BERE REGIS CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
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be held in partnership with the Bladen Social Club, as part of the village
celebrations of the Queen’s Jubilee. We hope that this can be an occasion when
we can not only celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, but also the end of the Sundays 10.30am Morning Service, Taken by visiting preachers, or our full
restrictions imposed by the Covid pandemic.
time Youth Worker, John Williams.
A group of villagers have joined together to coordinate the celebrations, they
look forward to welcoming ideas and proposals for any events that villagers Our services also go out live on You Tube
would like to suggest. More details, including contacts, will follow shortly, look out Mondays at 7pm STS (Search the Scriptures) Youth meeting, via zoom.
for information on the notice boards and in the parish magazine.
Tuesdays at 7.30pm Bible Study and Prayer, meeting on zoom.
Jubilee Coordinating Group Convener, Allan Smith
Wednesdays at 9.30am Chapel Toddler Group, contact Suzie on
0796214255

Spring is in the air! How lovely it has been to see the crocuses suddenly bursting
into bloom and gradually other flowers poking up through the soil. At the time of
writing we are expecting severe storms, yet these little wonders seem to survive,
and return to give us pleasure with their beauty. We are blessed to live in such a
lovely village, surrounded by many examples of God’s creation.
Many people in other parts of the world are not so fortunate, some who have no
homes or shelter. I was interested to read the following article about a company
that is seeking to help those living in refugee camps, with none of the amenities
we take for granted.
“ The United Nations has contracted Israeli start up company, Home Biogas, to
make the lives of refugees in several camps across Africa a little safer and more
hygienic. The renewable energy company produces small scale, off-grid systems
that turn organic waste, such as food scraps, animal manure, and even human
waste, into clean, renewable
energy, providing much needed
cooking fuel in conditions where
electricity is an unheard of luxury.
The Home Biogas system
comprises a ‘digester tank’,
(which looks like a very large
canvas bag) containing bacteria
that breaks down leftovers and
toilet waste in a process known
as anaerobic digestion. The
result? Biogas such as methane
that flows via a pipe to a kitchen

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