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November 2021                                                                       November 2021

       And an advance notice that we are intending to hold a Burns night supper next        Bere Regis Junior Church
       year on 25/01/22, if you’ve been before you’ll definitely want a ticket and if you
       haven’t you really should not miss out on a great evening. Tickets will sell fast so   Currently  10  members  of  all  ages.  The  Puppet  ministry  is  part  of  Junior  Church,
       once they go on sale be very careful to get yours to avoid disappointment.           which  meets  in  the  Church  monthly,  followed  by  a
                                                                                            Family Service. The children make decorate and deliver
       Life is gradually getting back to normal and there’s an exciting array of events to   100 cakes to the elderly at Christmas.
       suit everyone so I look forward to seeing you all at various events and being able
       to enjoy each other’s company again.                                                 Messy Church
                        Stuart Chorley, Chairman of Briantspuddle Village Hall Trustees,    Messy  Church,  since  October  2020,  has  become  West
                            Mobile number 07818078191  Email schorley30@gmail.com           Purbeck  Benefice  Messy  Church,  meeting  monthly
                                                                                            online.  Craft/activity  bags  are  prepared  and  delivered
                                                                                            around the benefice, with increasing participation from
       BRIANTSPUDDLE VILLAGE                                                                families,  and  a  regular  core  of  30  members  has
                                                                                            increased  to  40.  (Pre-Covid,  Messy  Church  was  held  in
       SHOP – OUR VILLAGE SHOP                                                              both  Wool  and  Winfrith  Churches  every  month,  Many
                                                                                            non-churched see Messy Church as ‘their church’.

        Nights have drawn in, Winter is around the corner and
        even I have started to think about Christmas!.                                      A  Light  Party  event  for  children  was held in Wool village hall, supported by
                                                                                            other  local  churches  and  focussing  on  Christian  light  in  the  darkness  on  31
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        November  must  be  the  month  for  Jacket  potatoes,                              October.
        Sausages and homemade  soup – all available in the
        village shop – maybe you’d like to share your favourite
        soup recipe.  If you bring it into the shop I’ll organise                           Working with Older People
        some copies to made available for all our customers.

        I mentioned last month that we had set the date for our long overdue AGM for        Pastoral Care and Visiting
        9thDecember unfortunately that date was not available and so we have agreed
        to go with Friday 21  January 2022. This will cover 2 financial years and bring us up   The LPAs in the benefice are all involved in working with older people and visit on
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        to  date.  It’s  a  great  opportunity  for  us  to  all  meet  together  and  recognise  the   a regular basis. Home Communion, usually administered approximately  monthly
        value the shop brings to the community.  And if you don’t want to come just to      by an LLM (Affpuddle) or the LPAs (Wool and Bere Regis), is a much appreciated
        hear the update please come and join us for a glass of Wine and some nibbles it     ministry  among the  sick. Members  of  churches  and  LPAs  form  prayer chains  for
        will be a good way to start the new year.                                           specific requests for prayer.

                                            In December we will again be holding a          Teapot Club
                                            wide  range  of  Christmas  Cards  and
                                            small  gifts.  This  was  really  popular  last   Pre-Covid,  this  non-denominational  fortnightly  group  for  about  20  older  people
                                            year, and we are looking for small local        met  in  Wool  Methodist  Church.  It  was  started  by  a  Wool  LPA  in  July  2004.  The
                                            suppliers to support this.                      emphasis is on informal fun, with conversation, jokes, quizzes, tea and cake – but
                                                                                            always including a serious 10-minute LPA-led “Thought for the Day”. A short simple
                                                                   Our parish               service led by an LLM is held at Christmas and Easter.
                                                                   magazine editor  -
                                                                   one of our local
                                                                   artists  - will be       Coffee and Cake
                                                                   supplying us with
                                                                   Christmas cards          ‘Coffee  and  Cake’  began  in  September  2017.  Before  Covid  it  met  twice  each
                                                                   for sale again this      month on Wednesday mornings at the D’Urberville Centre (village hall buildings)
                                                                   year.

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