January 2009 January 2009 TTTHTHHHEEEE PPPAPAAARRRRIIIISSSSHHHHEEEESSSS ooofofff BBBEBEEERRRREEEE DATES FOR RRREREEEGGGGIIIISSSS aaanannndddd AAAFAFFFFFPPPPUUUUDDDDDDLLLLEEEE with TURNERSPUDDLE YOUR DIARY The Rev’d Canon Ian Woodward The Vicarage, Bere Regis, BH20 7HQ Tel: (01929) 471262 January 6th RBL Gardening Club, New Year Party 8.00 p.m. Our Vision: To make Christ’s love known in the 14th Autumn Leaves, David Andrews, Drax Hall 2.30 p.m. world today and to live out his 16th Pop in Place Bring and Buy Sale, Drax Hall 10.00 am - 12.00 noon teaching 17th Mother’s Union social morning, Turberville Court 10.30 am - 12.00 noon 20th Bere Regis W.I. (Simon Goldsack, East Holme Nurseries) 7.30 p.m. Our Mission: To encourage awareness of the presence of God through worship music 24th Bere Regis Sports Club Quiz Night 7.30 p.m. and the arts; 24th Pop in Place Family Disco, Drax Hall 7.00 p.m. 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 February those in need; 4th Kingsbere Quilters - Stories Behind a Quilt, Drax Hall 10.00 a.m. To challenge injustice at home and abroad and to balance our care for the environment. 10th Bere Regis Wildlife Watch - Chalk Streams (John Wright) 7.30 p.m. 13th Pop in Place - Danny and his Accordion, Drax Hall JANUARY 2009 THOUGHTS FROM THE V ICARAGEICARAGE April I wonder how many of you have ‘resolved’ to make some changes for this New 25th Bere Regis Church annual coach outing to Dartmouth 8.00 a.m. Year of 2009? Resolutions can sometimes be similar to ‘Revolutions’ if the changes we make are indeed life changing for ourselves or perhaps for others. But most often they are changes we think we can accomplish and live with. Giving up smoking might have been a popular resolution in recent times, or today to take more exercise or find more time for our families and loved ones or more pragmatically to finally sort out all that junk in the loft. I think my first resolution is likely to be to ‘declutter’ - we all have too much ‘stuff’ most of which we don’t really need except books and music of course! Less preoccupation on acquiring things can make life simpler 80 Church website: www.bereregiswith1 affpuddle.org.uk Association Contact Tel Address E-mail Meetings/Info January 2009 January 2009 Drax Hall Sally 471022 4 Elder Road and more meaningful. But with our economy sliding into recession many of us will (hire) Cheeseman BH20 7LY not have very much choice in what we spend our money on. Instead we need to Dorset Latvia Link Jenny Silavs 471577 Fundraisiing for youth of link concentrate on essentials and more than ever ask ourselves ‘do we really need village of Ikskile in Latvia this?’ Kingsbere Consort Tim Colquhoun 471360 Heatherdown, Brock choir@tacmusi Set rehearsal dates for each Hill c.com performance I imagine that many of you will know the joke about ‘ the at least five opinions you will get if three expert economists are asked to forecast what might happen in a Kingsbere Quilters Miss G Miller 471745 3 Boswell’s Close Monthly Drax Hall BH20 7JE 1st Wednesday @ 9.45 am given economic climate’. I learnt pretty early on in my studies that Economics is not an exact science and the arguments about whether we should follow the Kingsbere Music Trust Tim Colquhoun 471360 Heatherdown, Brock kmt@tacmusic. Charitable trust supporting Hill com devotees of real music advice of the great mid 20 th century economist John Maynard Keynes and ‘spend’ our way out of a crisis, or be more ‘prudent’ as the Prime Minister used to Lenny’s - Bere Regis Terry Vine 471693 The Bungalow, Lane terry.vine@tisca Weekly. RBL Club Youth club End, Bere Heath, li.co.uk 1st Wednesday and following be famous for and just spend what we truly need. It’s true that the former policy BH20 7NP Tuesday evenings has worked in the past, particularly in the United States. But there are great risks Juniors (8-11) 7.15-9.00 and should we be taking them? And yet money flowing through the economy is Seniors (12-17) 7.15-10.00 essential if we are to sustain employment and vital services, and return to Mothers’ Union Nancy Gibson 472105 15 White Lovington NancyEGibson Monthly. Turberville Court responsible prosperity. With all this in mind I suspect that many of us if not most of BH20 7NF @msn.com 1st Wednesday. 7.30 p.m. us are looking at this New Year with perhaps a greater sense of uncertainty than Mobile Library Dorset County 01305 dorchestermob Alternate fortnights Car park we have for many years. At the heart of this dilemma especially for Christians and Council 224440 ilelibrary@dorse Mondays 9.20- 9.50 those with a sense of moral responsibility is that it is those on the edge of society – tcc.gov.uk Fridays 10.50 - 12.15 the unemployed and those who cannot work, the elderly the sick and those on Pop in Place Angela Jones 472261 7 Boswells Close Weekly. Drax Hall very low fixed incomes – who are likely to suffer even more painfully. Other BH20 7JE Monday and Friday mornings consequences are the likely reductions in charitable giving and less help for those 10.00 - 12.00 in need overseas. We might just be able to justify a two year delay to our new Purbeck District Peter Wharf 472246 The Old Vicarage peterwharf@ho Monthly surgery. Turberville aircraft carriers but can we put off supporting people suffering from cholera in Councillor West Street tmail.com Court, Communal Lounge 1st Saturday @ 9.30—10.00 Zimbabwe or famine in Sudan? Ragamuffins Manager - Mrs 472125 c/o Bere Regis So what can we do, confronted as we are with such dilemmas? Economic history Playgroup Tracy George 405440 Community First School, Rye Hill shows us that in times of constraint and hardship we are able to reassess our values BH20 7LP and priorities and we may become more aware of others in need. For many people around the world Peace is amongst the greatest of their needs. Royal British Legion Mrs Glo Curtis 472620 32 Old Barn Road Glo.curtis@dors Monthly at the club Club et.probation.gs 3rd Monday @ 7.30 p.m. x.gov.uk This season at the beginning of a New Year on the 6th January is known as ‘The Epiphany’ – it’s a Greek word meaning ‘revealed’ or made manifest – the showing RBL Gardening Club Mrs Megan 471627 2 Manor House Monthly. RBL Stone 1st Tuesday. 8.00 p.m. of God as the baby Jesus at Bethlehem to whom the three wise men came to pay homage and bring their gifts symbolic gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh. RBL Women's Section Mrs Eileen 471616 9 Elder Road Monthly. RBL Maidment 3rd Wednesday. 2.00 p.m. So this New Year I hope we may all be more aware of God, and make him a Twinning Association Mrs Ann 472424 3 Southbarn, southbarn@tisc Meetings and events arranged reality in our lives and the lives of others in spite of our own difficulties. Robinson Sitterton, BH20 7HU ali.co.uk as and when. A very happy and peaceful New Year to you all Briantspuddle village Jenny Silavs 471577 Scrap book for Affpuddle, scrap book Briantspuddle, Throop and Turnerspuddle With love and prayers. W.I. (Bere Regis) Mrs Arlene 472141 duncanson@tc Monthly Drax Hall Duncanson p.co.uk 3rd Tuesday @ 7.30 pm Wildlife Events Mrs Tasie Russell 471414 Talks in winter. Briantspuddle Village Hall. Also field meetings in Parish in summer Woodbury Hill Singers Mrs Kath Jeeves 471175 “Larkspur” Snow Hill Weekly “Larkspur” Snow Hill Mondays @ 2.00 p.m. 2 79 CHURCHJanuary AND 2009 VILLAGE THE PARISHES OF BEREJanuary REGIS 2009 AND AFFPUDDLE ACTIVITIES, SOCIETIES, CLUBS, ASSOCIATIONS and CONTACTS Association Contact Tel Address E-mail Meetings/Info The Vicar Ancient Order of Andrew Jones 19 Louise Road, andrew@jjon Monthly RBL Club The Rev’d Canon Ian Woodward Foresters Court Dorchester, DT1 2LT eser.freeserv 1st Monday - 7.30 pm The Vicarage, Bere Regis, BH20 7HQ Prospect 6575 e.co.uk Tel 01929 471262 ([email protected]) Autumn Leaves Margaret Dann 472734 4 Bitchams Mead Monthly Drax Hall Kath Jeeves 471175 “Larkspur” Snow Hill 2nd Wednesday @ 2.30 pm Church Officials – Bere Regis Bere Regis Church Tim Colquhoun 471360 Heatherdown, Brock Hill choir@tacmu Rehearsals weekly. 7.00 p.m. Licensed Lay Brenda Pitfield, Hillbutts, Bere Regis, BH20 7HZ 471391 Choir sic.com every Friday in BR church Minister Bere Regis Sports Roger 472141 April Cottage, Southbrook duncanson@ Village football and cricket Club Duncanson tcp.co.uk teams for all ages Church Warden Bob Croom, 1, Bitchams Mead, Bere Regis, BH20 7ND 471905 Cricket Herbie Swann 472812 ([email protected]) Football Dave Rigler 471728 Bere Regis Parish Jim Parsons 471050 14 White Lovington Monthly, Drax Hall Secretary of PCC Chris Maunder, 15 North Street, Bere Regis BH20 7LA 471342 Council Chairman BH20 7NF 2nd Thursday ([email protected]) Ian Ventham 471480 Shitterton Farmhouse Vice Chairman BH20 7HU Treasurer of PCC Gordon Phillips, 102, North Street, Bere Regis BH20 7LD 471525 ([email protected]) Bere Regis Bob Holman 01305 Camelot, Affpuddle bob.holman 5.30 p.m.—7.00 p.m. at the Swimming club 848262 DT2 7HH @tiscali.co.uk Purbeck Leisure Centre, Wareham Organist & Choir Tim Colquhoun, Heatherdown, Brock Hill, BH20 7NH 471360 Master ([email protected]) Bere Regis Health Lynda Crisford 471180 11 Bitchams Mead Michael.crisf Every Tuesday 10.30 a.m.