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 in  Wool  which has  good  car  parking and   entertainment.  A  big thank you to Deborah and  Adam Hallmark and everyone
 disabled  access.  Each  session  follows  the        who helped  make  the  return  of  Artsreach  such  a success,  keep an  eye  out  for
 mid-week  Communion  Service.  ‘Coffee   future events and get your tickets early, I know some people missed the boat on
 and  Cake’  has  enabled  many  more   a sell-out night. We’re also looking forward to welcoming the Purbeck film festival
 people  to  come  to  worship  (attendance   back and I can predict another very enjoyable evening’s entertainment that will
 at  our  Ash  Wednesday  Service  increased   have happened before you’re reading this.
 by  100%)  including  some  people  who
 would not otherwise come to church.   Things  to  look  forward  to  in  the  coming  weeks  are  the  Christmas  fayre.  This  will
       take place on Sunday the 5  of December, there are still a few stalls available but
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       they  are  going  fast  so  please  let  me  know  if  you  would  like  one,  we  are  also
 Staycations   looking at ways of being able to offer the opportunity to leave stalls up for longer
 The  summer  ‘Staycation’  for  Older  People  has  been  popular.  Themes  have   than the day for those that would like to. Working in conjunction with the village
 included ‘A  1950’s  Day  at the Seaside’ and  ‘An  Open-Top  Tour  of  London  with   shop who took payment for items and then paid stallholders not only gave them
 Tea at the Ritz’. (Open to all, not just churchgoers.)   a bigger window for sales but also enabled locals to return and purchase more of
       the amazing gifts and produce available. We will also be having a Christmas lights
       competition  again  this  year,  please  decorate  your  houses,  where  possible  with

 Benefice Community Involvement – a selection   low energy  led  lighting.  Please  make  sure your  decorations  are  safe, especially
       with so much thatch around, the village hall cannot take any responsibility for any
 Lunch Clubs   damage however caused to your properties. The judging of the Christmas lights
       will take place over the weekend  17/18/19 December and it will be based on
 There  are  two  established  monthly  Lunch  Clubs  for  older  people,  at  Bere  Regis   what  can  be  seen  by  passers  by.  The  Christmas  lights  party  will  take  place  on
 and Briantspuddle. Work was underway to introduce a church led Lunch Club for   Wednesday 22 December at the village hall with food and drink, music, games
 older people in Wool but Covid temporarily halted this after the first session. Pre-  and  the  all  important  awards  being  made  for  light  displays.  There  will  be  best
 Covid,  a  group  working  in  Winfrith  with  the  Village  Hall  had  been  providing   overall, best classic, most colourful and possibly a discretionary prize for anything
 community meals  (“Let’s do Lunch” alternating with a simpler “Soup and Pud”).   else that catches our eye so it will good to see as many as possible taking part
 These have been very popular, particularly with older residents. The current offer is   Our  judging  route  will  include  Throop,  Briantspuddle,  Affpuddle  and
 “Afternoon Tea” (to take away).   Turnerspuddle. If there are any other displays at Waddock Cross or slightly out of
       the  way  places  please  let  me  know  and  we  will  make  sure  we  drive  by  and
 Foodbanks   include you in the competition.
 All of our churches have a food collection point in support of our local foodbanks   There will also be a long awaited return of the New Year’s Eve party, this will be a
 in  Wareham  and  Dorchester.  The  response  to  Covid  from  the  local  community   ticket event, the social club will be providing a bar, the village hall trustees will be
 was huge and food arrived in unprecedented amounts.   laying on a buffet. We have decided this year not to have a live band as this will
       enable us to have more space for partygoers and for us to offer an even wider
 Other Community Involvement   range of music than has been possible in the past. There will be an opportunity
       during the evening to show off the amazing skills and performers that reside in our
 Many church members actively support their local community in schemes such as   midst so start thinking about what you’d like to present be that a short sketch or a
 ‘Share and Care’ (driving people to hospital and other appointments). Others are   song,  we  can  provide  backing  tracks  if  enough  notice is  given.  There  will  be  a
 engaged  in  local  services  such  as  running  the  Wool  library,  a  sewing  group  in
 Bovington, or the Bovington Community Room. In the early days of Covid, local   prize for the best performance of the evening, I’m not calling it karaoke because
 churches took part both as a contact point, and in supplying practical help, for   someone  might  want  to  do  a  brief  stand  up  comic  slot  or  some  other  form  of
 people self-isolating.   entertainment other than song and dance but please limit your creative skills to 4
       or 5 minutes.

       Mike Menzies is also planning the return of his much missed lectures through the
 The final part of this article gives detailed information about the seven churches in   winter  months  so  please  watch  out  for  specifics  which  will  be  posted  on  the
 the  Benefice.    We  will  include  this  next  month    -  for  St  John  the  Baptist  and  St   community website and local noticeboards.
 Laurence Affpuddle.

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