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WEST PURBECK BENEFICE VACANCY CHURCH AND VILLAGE

Many of our readers will be aware that St John ACTIVITIES, SOCIETIES, CLUBS, ASSOCIATIONS and CONTACTS
the Baptist Church in Bere Regis and St Laurence
in Affpuddle are now part of a larger group of
churches which make up the West Purbeck Association Contact Tel Address E-mail Meetings/Info
Benefice.
Following the sad death of the Reverend Carol Ancient Order of Andrew Jones 19 Louise Road, andrew@jones Monthly Turberville Court
Langford, a recruitment process is now taking Foresters Court Dorchester, DT1 2LT er.freeserve.co. 1st Monday - 7.30 pm
place to find a new incumbent and for those Prospect 6575 uk
who are interested in this, a very detailed Autumn Leaves Sylvia Bayliss 472697 sbayliss194@ou Monthly - Scout Hut
document exists on the following link: tlook.com 2nd Wednesday @ 2.30 pm
https://www.salisbury.anglican.org/whos-who/job Bere Regis Bell Ringers Adrian 471774 Normal practice night -
-vacancies/clergy/incumbent-west-purbeck- Standfield Wednesdays 6.30 p.m. to
7.30 p.m.
Jenny Clifford
benefice/west-purbeck-profile
We are providing here, some extracts from this Bere Regis Book Group Janet Gilpin 01929 First Tuesday of the month
at 2.30 p.m.. Various
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document as this may be helpful for our community to know more, and locations
understand how the benefice came about and how we hope to attract a
suitable person to fill this very important vacancy. Bere Regis Primary Rachael Brown 471334 Southbrook office@berereg Pre-school and Primary
is.dorset.sch.uk
- Headteacher
School and Pre-School
School for pupils aged 2+
Bere Regis
BH20 7DB to 11 years

Foreword by the Bishop of Sherborne Bere Regis Floral Group Sue Stone 472083 97 North Street, Bere susan97stone@ 2nd Tuesday at
Winterborne Kingston

gmail.com
Regis, BH20 7LD
village hall
Ministry in Dorset is a joy and a delight. In recent years significant changes have
been made in the way clergy are supported and encouraged, leading to a Bere Regis Gardening Sue Stone 472083 97 North Street, Bere susan97stone@ Monthly. Drax Hall
greater sense of collegiality in our rural and urban areas. Club Regis, BH20 7LD gmail.com 1st Tuesday. 7.30 p.m.
The West Purbeck Benefice has been formed in the last few years by bringing Bere Regis Junior Pat Wharf 472246 The Old Vicarage, peterwharf@bti Second Sunday of every
together a number of separate benefices and reflects a commitment to Church West Street nternet.com month in Church 10.000-
11.00 a.m.
collaborative ministry, lay and ordained across a number of villages in a beautiful
part of Dorset. Following the recent sad and unexpected death of the
Incumbent we seek a new Vicar to lead the clergy and lay team into the next Bere Regis Parish Moira Mathers Monthly, Drax Hall
Council
2nd Thursday
stage of its growth and development in a creative way.
Supported by three Associate Priests (one self-supporting, one part-time and one Bere Regis Sports Club Andy Kent 471079 94 North Street andy@contact. Village football and cricket
House for Duty), and a growing team of Lay Pastoral Assistants and Lay Worship Cricket Herbie Swann 472812 go-plus.net teams for all ages

Football
Leaders, there are huge opportunities in Wool and the surrounding villages to
build on what is already happening and develop new forms of worship and Bere Regis Swimming Bob Holman 01305 Camelot, Affpuddle bobdiholman@ 5.15 p.m.—7.00 p.m. at the
ministry to meet the needs of residents and visitors alike. The first task of the newly club 848262 DT2 7HH btinternet.com Purbeck Leisure Centre,
Wareham
appointed Vicar will be to appoint the third Associate priest who will be based in
a House for Duty role in Lulworth. Bere Regis Wildlife Tony Bates 471563 The Beeches, tonybates19@g Meetings arranged as and
mail.com
when
Barrow Hill
Group

The Purbeck Deanery, in which the new West Purbeck benefice is situated, Mike Gee 07759 mike.n.g@outlo
ok.com
884942

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