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BERE REGIS CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

Sundays 10.30am Morning Service taken each week by visiting
preachers.
Mondays at 7pm STS (Search the Scriptures) Youth meeting

Tuesdays at 9.15am (during term time) Chapel Toddler Group
Small load £80 Large load £175
Tuesdays at 7.30pm Bible Study and Prayer

The Pony Express
The Pony Express was a thrilling
part of early American History.
In the years 1860/61 it
provided a fast postal service
between the city of St. Joseph
in Missouri and the city of
Sacramento, California, a
distance of 1838 miles, and
the journey was made in ten When you respond to advertisers, do please tell them you saw
days.
their advert in this magazine - it helps them monitor the
Expert riders were chosen to
ride fast horses. There were effectiveness of their advert and helps us generate more
about 80 riders and about 500
of the best horses the West advertising revenue!!
could provide. The riders changed their horses frequently. To conserve weight
the riders had to weigh less than 125lbs, and they wore very light clothing. The
saddles were small and thin and the riders carried no weapons. The horses
themselves wore small shoes or none at all. Letters were written on thin paper
and carried in small flat pouches.
Yet each rider carried a Bible. It was presented to him when he joined the Pony
Express and he carried it with him despite all the weight restrictions. Why?
Because the Bible was regarded as standard equipment. God was important to
people in those frontier days, and His Word was too.
Our life is rather like the Pony Express. We are hurrying through life towards a
distant destination called eternity. God has given us something which should be
part of our standard equipment. It is the Bible which God has given to guide and
teach us.
Is the Bible important to you? Is it part of your standard equipment? Do you read
it daily? 839209

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