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October 2021                                                                        October 2021

                                                                                              THE PARISHES of BERE REGIS and AFFPUDDLE

                                                                                                               with TURNERSPUDDLE

                                                                                                                   Our                               Our Mission:
                                                                                                                   Vision:          To encourage awareness of the
                                                                                                                   To make        presence of God through worship
                                                                                                                   Christ’s                     music and the arts;
                                                                                                                   love              To encourage everyone in the
                                                                                                                   known in         Christian faith through example,

                                                                                                                   the world           learning and spiritual growth;
                                                                                                                   today and       To make our churches open and
                                                                                                                   to live out     welcoming to all, and supportive
                                                                                                                   his                            of those in need;
                                                                                                                   teaching
                                                                                                                                 To challenge injustice at home and
                                                                                                                                   abroad and to balance our care
                                                                                                                                               for the environment.

                                                                                           A LETTER FROM YOUR ASSOCIATE PRIEST


                                                                                           Dear friends
                                                                                           There’s  definitely  been  more of a  chill in  the  air  as  Zinnie  and I have taken our
                                                                                           morning  walks.    We’ve  been  lucky  that  it  has  been  mainly  dry,  except  for  the
                                                                                           grass,  and  we’ve  certainly  enjoyed  these  last  days  of  warmth  before  autumn
                                                                                           really sets in.  We start out now just as the dawn is breaking and it is a lovely time
                                                                                           to  walk,  quite  quiet  except  for  the  traffic  in  the  distance.    The  morning  I  was
                                                                                           wr i ti n g  th i s  was   parti c u l ar ly
                                                                                           atmospheric.    There  was  a  mist  over
                                                                                           Black  Hill  and  down  at  shrub  and  tree
                                                                                           level,  even  though  it  was  quiet,  there
                                                                                           were  definite  signs  of  busy  workers.
                                                                                           Spiders!    The  intricate  webs  were
                                                                                           amazing,  not  so  nice  if  you  walk  into
                                                                                           one though.  I was taking a picture this
                                                                                           morning  of  two  quite  close  together,
                                                                                           when  Zinnie  decided  to  try  photo
                                                                                           bombing and walked right through one
                                                                                           of  them!    She  looked  lovely  with  it
                                                                                           wrapped  around  her  nose.    It  got  me

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