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BISHOP’S LETTER CHURCH AND VILLAGE

ACTIVITIES, SOCIETIES, CLUBS, ASSOCIATIONS and CONTACTS
From the Bishop of Sherborne,
Karen Gorham
Association Contact Tel Address E-mail Meetings/Info
November is a time for remembrance
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and 11am on 11 is always a poignant
time as the nation stops for 2 minutes to Ancient Order of Andrew Jones 19 Louise Road, andrew@jones Monthly Turberville Court
remember those who have lost their lives Foresters Court Dorchester, DT1 2LT er.freeserve.co. 1st Monday - 7.30 pm
Prospect 6575 uk
in war. Last month I was walking by the South West Coastal path in Dorset, and I
heard two boys speaking as they were running towards the cliff edge, what they Autumn Leaves Sylvia Bayliss 472697 sbayliss194@ou Monthly - Scout Hut
tlook.com 2nd Wednesday @ 2.30 pm
said shocked me. One warned the other not to go too close to the edge of the
cliff, and the other said ‘What a perfect way to die!’ They then proceeded to sing Bere Regis Bell Ringers Adrian 471774 Normal practice night -
a song by Alicia Keys. That song itself is about a victim of gun crime, about his Standfield Wednesdays 6.30 p.m. to
death and those left behind. It is interesting that if you put the words of the song Jenny Clifford 7.30 p.m.
into a certain search engine, the number for the Samaritans comes up on screen.
Bere Regis Book Group Janet Gilpin 01929 First Tuesday of the month
What is life, when we have become somewhat immune to death? It is tragic that 471829 at 2.30 p.m.. Various
locations
even children are wondering what the point of it all is and when we look back at
the numbers of those killed in war – 20 million in the first world war, and 70 – 85 Bere Regis Primary Rachael Brown 471334 Southbrook office@berereg Pre-school and Primary
million in the second world war, and 17 million in the holocaust, it is easy to skate School and Pre-School - Headteacher Bere Regis is.dorset.sch.uk School for pupils aged 2+
BH20 7DB to 11 years
over them.
Bere Regis Floral Group Sue Stone 472083 97 North Street, Bere susan97stone@ 2nd Tuesday at
Covid-19 is making us all think, and I hope it helps us think differently. So far over 1 Regis, BH20 7LD gmail.com Winterborne Kingston
million people have died, and every death is someone’s child, parent, village hall
grandparent, brother or sister. Life is precious as we protect ourselves, and our
Bere Regis Gardening Sue Stone 472083 97 North Street, Bere susan97stone@ Monthly. Drax Hall
neighbours particularly the elderly and the most vulnerable. Everyone is made in Club Regis, BH20 7LD gmail.com 1st Tuesday. 7.30 p.m.
God’s image, and death is definitely not nothing at all, as we are discovering as
we anger over not being able to visit loved ones in nursing homes and are so Bere Regis Strollers Lynda Crisford 471180 11 Bitchams Mead Michael.crisfor Every Tuesday 10.30 a.m.
BH20 7ND d@btinternet.c Bere Regis Car Park
grateful to those who have held hands of relatives dying in hospital. om
Many have found comfort at such a time from a prayer, anointing with oil or Bere Regis Junior Pat Wharf 472246 The Old Vicarage, peterwharf@bti Second Sunday of every
holding a cross in their hands, because God’s love promises much more than Church West Street nternet.com month in Church 10.000-
11.00 a.m.
sentimental songs. Christians stand alongside those in the trenches, those in
hospital, those at the graveside because life is precious, death is hard and hope Bere Regis Parish Ian Ventham 471480 Wateredge, 5A Monthly, Drax Hall
Council Chairman Shitterton, 2nd Thursday
eternal. BH20 7HU
Let us take the opportunity to make November a month when we truly remember Bere Regis Sports Club Andy Kent 471079 94 North Street andy@contact. Village football and cricket
everyone who had died and enable our local communities to remember too, not Cricket Herbie Swann 472812 go-plus.net teams for all ages
just with the sounds of bugles and silence, but by reminding people of God’s Football
promises, that everyone is special and ‘that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor Bere Regis Swimming Bob Holman 01305 Camelot, Affpuddle bobdiholman@ 5.15 p.m.—7.00 p.m. at the
club 848262 DT2 7HH btinternet.com Purbeck Leisure Centre,
rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, Wareham
nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God
in Christ Jesus our Lord’. Romans 8:38,39 Bere Regis Wildlife Tony Bates 471563 The Beeches, tonybates19@g Meetings arranged as and
Group Barrow Hill mail.com when
Mike Gee 07759 mike.n.g@outlo
884942 ok.com

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