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touch with residents who are in isolation and may be experiencing loneliness or
anxiety. This opt-in network should be in full swing by the time this article is OTHER CHURCHES NEWS
published. Plans will be communicated via the Community Website.
BERE REGIS CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
The COVID-19 Response Group is most grateful to volunteers for coming forward
and for all the messages of thanks and appreciation it has received from residents
and their families, some of whom live far away. The values underpinning the aims Sundays 10.30am Morning Service taken each week by visiting preachers.
and objectives of the Group stem from the strong sense of community which Mondays at 7pm STS (Search the Scriptures) Youth meeting
already exists across our small rural parish. If you do need support in coping with
the impact of Covid19 or if you wish to join the social network, which is now up Tuesdays at 9.15am (during term time) Chapel Toddlers Group
and running, please pick up the phone or email us. We will be pleased to hear Tuesdays 6.00pm Youth Club for young people aged 11-17
from everyone and we encourage you to get in touch. Tuesdays at 7.30pm Bible Study and Prayer

Contact details for the COVID-19 Response Group will remain unchanged
All these meetings are currently suspended due to Covid 19, but hopefully
throughout this crisis.
restrictions might be eased before the end of May. Each Sunday morning at 10.30
Email: parishhelpline@gmail.com Phone:07745 796 118 there is a sermon available on YouTube, and all the sermons are on our website
www.bereregischapel.org

BRIANTSPUDDLE VILLAGE SHOP Transformation

Well, what a strange world we are living in since I last wrote for this magazine!
What strange times we are living in. I was appointed as
Chair of the Briantspuddle Village Shop and Post Office We would never have believed that life could have changed so completely in
at the beginning of March and at our first meeting the such a short space of time, or that a virus could have caused the whole world to
focus turned to how we could respond to what was be in lock down. Even worse is the huge loss of life, and people are filled with fear,
clearly becoming a big issue for our country. wondering how they will cope if they get the virus. So much uncertainty is difficult
to cope with.
For those who don’t know, the village shop and Post
Office in Briantspuddle is owned and run by the A friend recently sent me a video clip with the comment, “This is just such a lovely,
community. It has been run for many years by willing feel good clip to watch.” We all need something to make us feel good, so I was
volunteers who have done a fantastic job. I picked up quick to put it on. It is about a poodle puppy ready to have his first grooming
a well-run operation. session!
Unfortunately, many of those volunteers are within the The dog is a scruffy looking
groups the government has identified as being at higher risk and so we had to thing, very much in need of a
take the difficult decision of asking them to step aside for the duration of this crisis. makeover. The groomer has
I truly hope they will return when this is over. him on a harness as firstly she
puts him in the shower, and
We have been so fortunate that new volunteers who found themselves unable to then in a jacuzzi style bath. He
go to work (or otherwise available?) have stepped forward to keep the shop and is lavishly covered in shampoo
Post Office running. which is well rubbed in as the
groomer keeps his head above
Our main aim has been for the shop and PO to be able to provide for as many in
the parish as possible in order to reduce the number of people going out of the the water. Every part of him is
villages and, in particular, to make sure that those who are asked to stay at home cleaned, then rinsed and finally
are able to get their shopping. dried. His coat is trimmed, using

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