THREE and some of the crafts that our countrymen VALLEYS have made over the years as well as the chance to talk about farming and the rural way INFORMATION of life. SHEET There will be a small charge of £5 per person to cover costs. rd 3 August 2020 If you are interested, please give them a call on

the number below and they will let you know Yetminster Village Flower Show the dates and times available.

Saturday 15thAugust – sadly this has been can- Rylands Farm, Boyshill, Holnest DT9 5PS celled. Tel: 01935 210703

The ALWESTON CAR BOOT SALE planned Prayer for the Day for August has sadly had to be cancelled.

(Please note that all of the above events are subject to Almighty Lord and everlasting God, cancellation/change due to the Corona Virus and if in we beseech you to direct, sanctify and govern doubt, it may be advisable to check with the organisers of the event to see that they are still going ahead) both our hearts and bodies in the ways of your laws and the works of your commandments; Pogles Wood Explorers that through your most mighty protection, both here and ever, Holiday Club – This is planned to commence on Monday 13 July from 10.00am – 3.00pm we may be preserved in body and soul; (half days available) on Mondays, Tuesdays, through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, Thursdays & Fridays each week until the end who is alive and reigns with you, of August. Numbers restricted to six children in the unity of the Holy Spirit, per day costing £15.00 per day. one God, now and for ever.

Wild School Week – Monday 24th to Friday Amen. 28th August (excluding Wednesday) activities A PRAYER FOR ALL THOSE include making a Den, baking bread, construct- ing a sundial or designing a paper airplane! AFFECTED BY CORONAVIRUS For more information contact: Philippa.toul- [email protected] or Facebook Pogles Wood Keep us, good Lord, Explorers under the shadow of your mercy.

The Countrymen’s club - Farm visits Sustain and support the anxious, and cream teas be with those who care for the sick,

From August to October 2020, on select dates, and lift up all who are brought low; the Countrymen’s club based at Boyshill, Holnest, will be offering a cream tea and a farm that we may find comfort walk to local men with a rural background knowing that nothing can separate us along with their wives and carers. from your love

You will have 1.5 hours on the farm with a in Christ Jesus our Lord. maximum of 2 couples on the farm per ses- sion. Social distancing rules and relevant hy- Compline Worship & other service details for giene precautions will be strictly observed. this forthcoming week

There will be an opportunity to see the animals Monday – Compline - at 6.00pm via Three Valleys A Salisbury Diocese appeal for help during Team Facebook page (Rev.George Moody) the Coronavirus crisis on behalf of the Sudan Wednesday @ 6.00pm – a Reflective Night Prayer with Rev. Richard Kirlew using Zoom A big thank you to all those who contributed to

the Salisbury Diocese appeal for Sudan and Friday @ 6.00pm – Evening prayer service with Marianne Mangham South Sudan to help the churches in both countries deal with COVID-19. The Appeal Sunday morning (9th August) - online service of has now reached its target of £50,000. Bishop worship (Morning Prayer) at 10.00am led by Nicholas sends this message: “Thank you to Rev.Anne Budgell – usually Three Valleys Team everyone for such a heartening response. It is facebook page. generous, outward looking and caring. I have spoken to both the Archbishops of Khartoum A Message from the Clergy Team and Juba in the last week and they are deeply There has been some concern expressed that thankful for the support of this appeal.” the clergy are not seen so much in the It's still not too late to donate - the JustGiving site, https://bit.ly/sudansemergency, will remain villages during the lockdown. We are aware open until 15 August. of this and want to assure you that we are still available for telephone consultations or Note: - Please remember that this is a via skype, zoom and all the other electronic separate appeal to our normal regular giving to methods of communication Ezo. We will still be endeavouring to help the Ezo diocese. Please share the Pew Sheet with others in your benefice who may not be receiving a copy by The Wriggle Valley Mothers’ Union email from the office – Thank you. A coffee morning is planned on October 24th in the Clergy Contact Details Methodist Church, Yetminster to enable them to do some much needed fund raising. The above Team Rector: Tony Gilbert: 01935 873 044 charity, like so many others have suffered due to [email protected] the Covid-19 epidemic. If you have time, do take a look at their wonderful range of cards plus other Team Vicar: George Moody: 01935 873 214 things that can be ordered on-line. I understand [email protected] that delivery is very prompt and efficient.

Team Vicar: Richard Kirlew: 01963 23 570 [email protected] Ride+Stride 2020 is ON!

Dorset Historic Churches Trust (DHCT) is de- Benefice Office Contact Details lighted to announce plans to go ahead with

Jubilee Hall, Church Street, Yetminster DT9 6LG Ride+Stride 2020 on September 12th. Tel. 01935 872600 [email protected]/

Please send items for this Pew Sheet to: [email protected] Benefice Website: www.threevalleysteam.org

John Floyd and Oscar pictured at Kington Magna last year. • Please send items for publication on the They visited 10 churches and raised over £200. website (especially forthcoming/recent events) to itemsforwebsite@threeval- As churches re-open after months of lockdown, the leysteam.org Trustees believe it is time to support church build- ings, and continue their effort to maintain ’s cherished history and heritage. Ride+Stride is an outdoor event for individuals or Valleys Website page and found under the families to be sponsored to walk, cycle or horse heading ‘Announcements’ – Word for the Day). ride, between churches. It will carry on within the https://www.threevalleysteam.org limits of whatever social distancing requirements are in force at that time. While 50% of the cash raised is allocated for resto- ration grants for churches of all denominations ARRANGEMENTS across the county, the other 50% is returned to in- dividual churches nominated by the riders or strid- FOR OPENING ers for their own uses. At a time when church in- come has been severely reduced, the Trustees CHURCHES were keen that Ride+Stride 2020 should not be added to the long list of events cancelled this year. St Andrew's Yetminster: For more information please see your Church Notice boards nearer the time or contact: Open from 8am to midday daily, seven https://www.dhct.org.uk for more information. days a week. Please note: There will be no access from the south entrance Future Church Service Dates: - around the Tower for the next three months, due to scaffolding and the th 9 August Tower works team, so please use the

Holwell - Morning Prayer @ 10.00am main north door. Leigh - Holy Communion @ 10.00am (outdoor service with Rev.George Moody Thornford - Family Service @ 10.00am Leigh, St Andrew’s open daily 10am to

16th August 4pm Batcombe, St Mary Magdalene open Yetminster – Holy Communion @ 10.00am (Please let George Moody know if you plan on 24/7 coming to the service, on [email protected] or telephone 01935 Holnest, Church of the Assumption, 872287 as a list of those attending the service has to be kept for 21 days under current Government open on request rules). Thank you Chetnole St Peter's will be open on Wednesdays and Sundays from 10 30th August am to 4pm (possibly earlier or later de- pending on the day). (St Peter & St Paul) @ 10.00 – please make a note of the new time! Rev. Richard Kirlew will be taking the above service. All Thornford, St Mary Magdalene open welcome! on Sundays & Wednesdays – 10.00- st (There will also be electronic Eucharist service on 4.00pm beginning Sunday 21 June. facebook next Sunday with Rev.Anne Budgell for those who would prefer not to come out yet). Bradford Abbas – 9.00am – 7pm on Sundays & Wednesdays

Word for the Day Beer Hackett, St Michael’s – 10.00am- 4.00pm Sundays & Wednesdays During Covid-19 many of you may already , St.Lawrence’s – Tuesday & Sat- know that Rev.Tony Gilbert has been live- th streaming a ‘Word for the Day’ on the Three urdays 10.00am – 4.00pm (starting 24 Valleys facebook page. (The text used for June) these can be read at your leisure on the Three Glanvilles Wootton – Open on Wednesdays & Sundays (10.00-

4.00pm) tbc Howell, St Lawrence’s – this will be Music in our Churches? opened by appointment – phone num- Some good news that we have recently heard, bers on Church notice board and porch is that Organ practice is now permitted provid- gate. ing the usual precautions of social distancing are observed. We look forward to a time

where worship and music can once again be Re-opening of Churches combined and our choirs are allowed to sing in our churches and cathedrals. For the latest Gov.guidelines please refer to the link below: - Church Warden’s Meeting! https://www.gov.uk/government/publica- tions/covid-19-guidance-for-the-safe-use-of-places- The next meeting will be held on Monday 24th of-worship-from-4-july/covid-19-guidance-for-the- August @ 10.30am via Zoom safe-use-of-places-of-worship-from-4-july

The change in the Government's guidance Benefice Council Meeting means that those of our churches, that are able The next meeting will be held on Wednesday to do so safely, can now open for private 5th August at 3.00pm via Zoom. prayer.

The Team office are still at their old address 3 Abbey Close, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3LQ Tel. 01935 812459 Updated Guidance

Updated guidance and information around the unlocking of our churches and moving to a Those who have been able to open up for a ‘new normal’ – is being issued regularly. You few hours each day or at set times during the can contact [email protected] week have found themselves negotiating the can.org for more information. long list of measures that they need to put in place to keep us all safe. Re-usable Masks

For the first month after we are allowed back into church we intend to hold simply three ser- (Cotton washable re-usable masks are now vices per Sunday, one service in each of the available from Hamish the farm shop and Leigh Three Valley groups (Wriggle Valley, Gifle Val- village stores if required). ley and Vale of the White hart). These will ro- tate through the various churches in those ar- Feeding the Hungry eas. We will also continue broadcasting a Times are hard for many, but the Church is weekly service via the internet. It seems likely that initially, distancing rules will have to be ob- stepping up. served in church and that hymn singing will not be allowed as the deep breathing needed to sing is believed to increase the risk of spread- ing the virus. Details of where the services are to be held will be published in the weekly elec- tronic pew sheet, on our Facebook page and our website nearer the time after 3 years of sustained effort by St Mary's Eco Committee, which included a change to more envi- ronmentally friendly heating, eco events, litter pick- ing, toilet twinning, and even a plan to be zero car- bon by 2030.

The driving force behind the work is Dr Gill Perrott, who signed up her parish and its medieval church for the Eco Church scheme. The Sherborne Team

Courtesy Faithworks Wessex The Right Reverend Karen Our Social Justice Manager Colin Brady says: Gorham Bishop of Sherborne "The team at Faithworks Wessex who run our food- banks in Blandford, Poole, and Wimborne - as well 01258 444521 as projects supporting single parent families, peo- bishop.sherborne@salis- ple struggling with financial issues, people living on bury.anglican.org the streets, and people dealing with addiction - has On social media: kept on working through lockdown, making appro- priate changes, and even increasing some of their The Ven Antony MacRow- services." Wood Great work, team Faithworks Wessex! Archdeacon of Dorset

Did you know that foodbanks have their roots here 01258 444521 in this Diocese? [email protected] can.org In 2000, Trussell Trust founder Paddy Henderson On social media: started the Salisbury Foodbank in his garden shed and garage, providing 3 days’ of emergency food to The Ven Penny Sayer local people in crisis. Archdeacon of Sherborne The Trussell Trust now supports over 1,200 food- 01258 444521 bank centres across the UK [email protected] GOLD AWARD can.org

Congratulations to St Mary's Church in Beamin- The Area Team has recently moved! (Previ- ster on receiving a Gold Eco Church award. ously at Corfe Mullen (also correspondence address for Bishop Karen) The Sherborne Office area team Tel. 01258 444521 Sherborne Office, Dairy Barn, Ash Farm Court- yard, Stourpaine DT11 8PW.

Office hours: 8.30am-4pm, Monday to Friday. The office answer machine is on when there is no one is the office available to take your call. Please leave a

message and they will contact you as soon as possible.

This is only the 12th such award in and Finally, if there is anything that you would like Wales, and St Mary's are the first church to receive for me to mention in the Pew Sheet please this award in the Diocese of Salisbury. email the office [email protected] asap. I am hoping to continue working at the The Gold Award, part of A Rocha UK’s award office on Monday mornings and Tuesday after- scheme for churches in England and Wales, comes noons for the foreseeable future. Jeanette