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February 2008 February 2008 TTTHTHHHEEEE PPPAPAAARRRRIIIISSSSHHHHEEEESSSS ooofofff BBBEBEEERRRREEEE PARISH MAGAZINE EDITOR RRREREEEGGGGIIIISSSS aaanannndddd AAAFAFFFFFPPPPUUUUDDDDDDLLLLEEEE Alison Debenham with TURNERSPUDDLE ‘’Culver Dell“, Shitterton, Bere Regis, Wareham, Dorset. BH20 7HU The Rev’d Canon Ian Woodward Telephone: 01929 471780 Fax: 01929 472580 The Vicarage, Bere Regis, E-mail: [email protected] BH20 7HQ Tel: (01929) 471262 Producing this magazine each month is a voluntary activity. As I work full time, please do not expect an immediate response to phone messages or e-mails. I Our Vision: usually work on the magazine at weekends, so will try to acknowledge e-mails by the Sunday after they have been sent. To make Christ’s love known in the world today and to live out his teaching ************************************************* Please submit all announcements, copy or advertisements Our Mission: To encourage awareness of the presence of God through worship music to Alison, no later than the 15th of each month. and the arts; To encourage everyone in the Christian faith through example, learning ************************************************* and spiritual growth; To make our churches open and welcoming to all, and supportive of those in need; We regret that late submissions will not be included. To challenge injustice at home and abroad and to balance our care for the environment. ************************************************ Copy can be accepted handwritten, but preferably via e-mail as a Microsoft FEBRUARY 2008 Word attachment. Alternatively, a MS Word file on a CD or memory stick is acceptable. THOUGHTS FROM THE V ICARAGEICARAGE Please ensure your virus software is fully up to date before e-mailing or This time of year is often an especially busy one for doctors and carers and supplying on disk. Please do not use underlining , UPPER CASE formatting, or hospitals and indeed clergy when rather more people die than at other times of include any tables or graphics. the year. The incidence of colds and infections can make the more frail and For more advice on computer based copy, please ring Alison. elderly amongst us somewhat more vulnerable to infection. You will see, sadly, in this months Magazine the obituaries of a number of our flock. ********************************************** But perhaps like you I was also very saddened to hear and read of the death of Distribution enquiries contact: Sally and Gordon one of my school boy heroes - Sir Edmund Hillary who with Norgay Tenzing were the first to climb Mount Everest the world highest mountain in May 1953 and the Cheeseman, 4 Elder Road, Bere Regis, BH20 7LY. news of the successful climb was beamed around the world on the day of The Telephone 01929 471022 Queen’s Coronation just a few days later on the 2 nd June. Hillary was virtually 76 Church website: www.bereregiswith1 affpuddle.org.uk February 2008 February 2008 unknown before his great triumph but his achievement guaranteed him what some obituary writers called immortality and generated tremendous admiration of many subsequent generations of schoolboys, and adults too. His name is certainly well known wherever there is a pub quiz. He was already an experienced DATES FOR Himalayan mountaineer having made a reconnaissance of Everest in 1951that led to success two years later. For me his obvious appeal was in his determination and YOUR DIARY commitment and his understated manner. But it wasn’t just that that made him such a great example to so many. He went on to devote considerable amount of time and effort to the people of Nepal setting up schools and clinics and finding time to take part in Antarctic expeditions and fitting in many other climbing June escapades too. He followed his more active life with that of a diplomat being New Gardening club, Annual outing. Venue and date tbc Zealand’s High Commissioner in India and crowned that with his investiture 1995 as 6th, 7th, 8th Flower Festival at Affpuddle church a Knight of the Garter - on the same day as Lady Thatcher. His first wife who was 23rd PiP Village Quiz 7.30 p.m. alas killed in an air crash in 1975 wrote about the ‘life-enhancing impact Hillary had on all who met him.’ July The concept of ‘example’ is an important aspect of our Christian faith because 1st Gardening club, Lady Brewer, Babs Dodwell though the example that Jesus sets us, like climbing Everest, is something few of us 5th Affpuddle Church fete and Dog Show are likely to achieve we are measured not by what we have achieved or owned, but by how we relate to and treat each other. A question for us as we approach 13th Pop in Place, Bere Regis Open Gardens 10.00 am - 5.00 pm the season of Lent, a time of reflection and self assessment and thoughtfulness as we start preparing for Holy Week and Easter is how do I treat my neighbour and August my family and those people in need staring out from my TV screen and my 5th Gardening club, Barbecue at Shitterton Farmhouse newspaper? 15th 22nd 29th PiP Children’s Summer Activities 10.00 am - 11.45 am Could I be ‘life enhancing’ like Edmund Hillary and ‘life giving’ like Jesus Christ? September Do join us at the beginning of Lent at our Ash Wednesday service in Bere Regis 2nd Gardening club, Chrysanthemums, Bob Symes Church on 6 th February at 7pm, you will be very welcome. 6th PiP Perfomer of the Year Competition 7.00 p.m. With love and prayers 14th Dorset Historic Churches Trust Cycle Ride October 7th Gardening club, Plum Harvest Supper , slide show by Peter Whittaker 18th PiP Jumble sale and mini auction 2.00 p.m. November 4th Gardening club, Winter in the garden, Simon Goldsack 14th PiP Children in Need 10.00 am - 12.00 noon December 2nd Gardening club, landscape gardening and Christmas plants 13th PiP Christmas Show 7.00 p.m. 2 75 February 2008 THE PARISHES OF BEREFebruary REGIS 2008 AND AFFPUDDLE DATES FOR The Vicar The Rev’d Canon Ian Woodward The Vicarage, Bere Regis, BH20 7HQ YOUR DIARY Tel 01929 471262 ([email protected]) 2008 Church Officials – Bere Regis Licensed Lay Brenda Pitfield, Hillbutts, Bere Regis, BH20 7HZ 471391 Minister Church Wardens Bob Croom, 1, Bitchams Mead, Bere Regis, BH20 7ND 471905 February ([email protected]) 5th Gardening club - Daffodils, John Blanchard. AGM Peter Wharf, The Old Vicarage, Bere Regis BH20 7HQ 9th Book Swap club - Briantspuddle Village Hall 10.00 am - 11.00 am ([email protected]) 472246 15th Concert by the Denner Ensemble, Affpuddle church 7.30 p.m. Secretary of PCC Chris Maunder, 15 North Street, Bere Regis BH20 7LA 471342 16th Gardener’s Question Time, Briantspuddle Village Hall ([email protected]) 21st Puppet Show, Head in the Clouds Treasurer of PCC Gordon Phillips, 102, North Street, Bere Regis BH20 7LD 471525 23rd Artsreach, The Beacons, Briantspuddle Village Hall ([email protected]) Organist & Choir Tim Colquhoun, Heatherdown, Brock Hill, BH20 7NH 471360 March Master ([email protected]) 4th Organic Vegetables, Sara Cross 6th The Manor Houses of Dorset, Briantspuddle Village Hall Weekly Pew Geoffrey Booth, Tower House, Bere Regis BH20 7JA 471586 8th Book Swap club - Briantspuddle Village Hall 10.00 am - 11.00 am Sheet &Gift Aid ( [email protected] ) 11th Forest Forge, The Marrow, Drax Hall Flowers Jenny Kinahan, 13,White Lovington, Bere Regis BH20 7NF 472161 14th Artsreach, The Mad Woman in the Attic, Brianstpuddle Village Hall ([email protected]) 21st PiP Easter Egg Raffle & Easter Bonnet Parade 10.00 am - 12.00 noon PCC Members - Roger Angel, David Gibbs, John House, Paula Kent, Richard Smith April Church Officials – Affpuddle 1st Gardening Club, Romantic Italian Gardens, Rosemary Le Grand. Licensed Lay Jonathan Haigh, Hazel Cottage, 25, Briantspuddle, DT2 7HS 471768 18th Bournemouth Gilbert and Sullivan Society at Bere Regis Church Minister ([email protected]) 25th PiP AGM 10.30 a.m. 26th Bere Regis Church annual coach outing to Windsor Castle Church Warden Sandy Moriarty, The Hollow, Briantspuddle, DT2 7HX 471747 26th Gardening Club, Coffee morning and plant sale ([email protected]) Secretary of PCC Elizabeth Whatley, (elizabeth.ew@ talktalk.net) 01305 May 848959 3rd Church coffee morning at Wareham Town Hall Treasurer of PCC Mike Menzies, Starmoor, Throop, DT2 7JD 471263 with cakes and plants [email protected] 6th Gardening club, European Alps and Flowers, Richard Collier 17th PiP Performers Summer Concert 3.00 pm and 7.00 pm Organist Ivor Mullins, Grasmere, 12, Parmiter Road, Colehill, 01202 Wimborne, BH21 2BN 889227 17th Coffee Morning at Launchfield House Sacristan Erica Moriarty, The Hollow, Briantspuddle DT2 7HX 471747 PCC Members - Christine Coates, Janet Cropper, Sue Gibbs, David Griffiths, Audrey Grindrod, Richard Killer, David Nesling, David Payne. 74 3 February 2008 Association Contact Tel AddressFebruary 2008 E-mail Meetings/Info BEREBERE REGISREGIS Dorset Latvia Link Jenny Silavs 471577 Fundraisiing for youth of link CHURCHCHURCH ROTASROTAS village of Ikskile in Latvia Kingsbere Consort Tim Colquhoun 471360 Heatherdown, choir@tacmusi Set rehearsal dates for each Bere Regis Sidesmen Brock Hill c.com performance Kingsbere Quilters Miss G Miller 471745 3 Boswell’s Close Monthly Drax Hall 3rd 9.15 am Mr Bates/Mr House BH20 7JE 1st Wednesday @ 9.45 am Bere Regis Chalice Mr House / Mr Smith Kingsbere Music Tim Colquhoun 471360 Heatherdown, kmt@tacmusic. Charitable trust supporting Evensong 6.00 pm Mrs Jutting Trust Brock Hill com devotees of real music Readers Lenny’s - Bere Terry Vine 471693 The Bungalow, Lane terry.vine@tisc Weekly. RBL Club Regis Youth club End, Bere Heath, ali.co.uk 1st Wednesday and following 10th 11.00am Mrs England with young people BH20 7NP Tuesday evenings Juniors (8-11) 7.15-9.00 3rd Mrs Jutting Seniors (12-17) 7.15-10.00 17th 9.15am Mr Wharf/Mr Smith 17th Miss Frampton Mothers’ Union Nancy Gibson 472105 15 White Lovington NancyEGibson Monthly.