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June THE PARISHES of BERE REGIS and AFFPUDDLE

with TURNERSPUDDLE
4th Seaton and the Donkey Sanctuary £12 9.30am
Our Our Mission:
6th 80 anniversary of D Day Tea Looking back and
th
1TC remembering with War time favourites from Music Vision: To encourage awareness of the
craft To make presence of God through worship
Christ’s music and the arts;
11th Denise Jones - Summer Madness love To encourage everyone in the
known in Christian faith through example,
PC 13th Parish Council meeting, Village Hall 7.00pm the world learning and spiritual growth;
today and To make our churches open and
SP 20th Chicken and leek pie, Eton Mess to live out welcoming to all, and supportive
his of those in need;
teaching
To challenge injustice at home and
26th Sidmouth £12 9.30am abroad and to balance our care
for the environment.
FN 25th
LETTER FROM OUR ASSOCIATE PRIEST

July Dear friends

7th American tea with a talk by Pip Evans and the Bere A change is as good as a rest
1TC Essentials talking and performing American Music On my calendar in the kitchen, I have all the family and friends important dates
and as I write this, in February, I am reminded that it is one of our nephew’s 9
th
9th Mystery tour and lunch £10 9.30am wedding anniversary. We had the chance to attend our nephew’s wedding in
Sydney that year and it became our Australian adventure. We combined this
9th Julia Harrison - Through the Garden Gate with a little of the Cricket World Cup and meeting up with old friends. It’s a long
way to go, so you have to fit in as much as possible, but I did wish at the time that
we were 20 years younger! The change in temperature was certainly very
SP 18th Pork loin steak, Sticky Toffee pudding welcome, the change from village life to city living was very different, we took

public transport everywhere and some of it even free. Having to fly between
Sydney and Melbourne and Sydney and Brisbane certainly showed us how vast
even that corner of Australia is and how small our island really is. We introduced
ourselves to some very different native species, but did feel that the kangaroo
24th Street and Palmers Nursery £12 9.00am
rolling in the dirt to scratch her back really did remind us of our dear, since
departed, dog Bonnie doing the same thing on the carpet at home. Some things
30th didn’t change, English cricket had a long way to go (this was one of the things
FN that led us to ‘BazBall’), Australians love to win, especially when there are ‘poms’

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