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men to see whether they progress further, but it’s certainly looking positive at the

moment. DATES FOR
We’ve had another rather exciting new event in the family – the birth of our
newest grandchild – Poppy Ava to Adam and Maria. Hopefully by the time you YOUR DIARY
read this we will have been able to meet her, she’s only a few days old as I write
and so under hospital covid restrictions. We have to be grateful that our wait 2022
won’t be as long as some grandparents had to wait during the lockdowns, but
even so that first cuddle will be very special and is much longed for.
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As you may remember, I was working in a school before I was ordained, and this
time of year is always about new beginnings. At the end of the summer term, we Women’s Institute Pop in Place Gardening Club
said goodbye in school to the Year 6’s as they left their Primary years behind and
went on to their respective Secondary Schools. I always wondered what the
future would hold for them. Then there will be those younger children looking January
forward to starting ‘big’ school in September, we look back and think where did
those years go? The changes our children make from baby to toddler to school 12th Egyptian Dance
uniforms happen in a flash.
Sometimes we would just like time to stand still because we don’t like change and
new, especially when we are comfortable with life. But, as the Preacher in the
Old Testament Book Ecclesiastes says, there is a time for everything and a season February
for every activity under heaven. People and circumstances change and we must
accept that, it is from these things that we learn and grow. It’s good to know 16th Joyce Grenfell
though, that through all the changes, be they good or bad, happy or sad, God is
with us accompanying us on our journey. God has all the time in this world and
beyond to spend with us and it’s just because he loves us. We are reminded of
this every year when we think about the last week of Jesus’ life that led to the
pain and suffering of crucifixion before he was raised to new life on Easter March
morning. Easter, of course, has come and gone, but we can use this time to carry
on remembering that sacrifice. Time spent with God, thanking him for his love, 1st Pancake Day
seems such a small price to pay in comparison and will hopefully help us to
embrace the challenges that come with the new. 16th Jurassic Coast
With blessings,

Sandra
April

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Service pattern

As life begins to be a bit more ‘normal’ – whatever that means – we are going to
begin to introduce more live services in church and cut down on streamed ones.
We realise that 9am is very early for some people and so I’m pleased to say that
there will be two 11am’s a month in both Affpuddle and Bere Regis, on alternate

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