THREE Compline Worship & other service details for this forthcoming week VALLEYS INFORMATION Monday 8th March @ 6.00pm – SHEET Compline/Evening prayers

Wednesday 10th March

th 5.00pm – Rectory Tea Room followed by 8 March 2021 6.00pm - Celtic Night Prayers via Zoom with Rev.Richard Kirlew (please contact Richard if you do not have the link for above). Prayer for the Day Friday 12th March @ 6.00pm – Evening Pray- Almighty God, ers with Rev. Tony Gilbert via online Three Val- leys link. whose most dear Son went not up to joy but first he suffered pain, Other Services in the Three Valleys and entered not into glory before he was cru- cified: 14th March 2021 (Mothering Sunday) @ mercifully grant that we, walking in the way 10.00am – Holy Communion via Three Valleys of the cross, Facebook page with Rev.Anne & Keith may find it none other than the way of life Budgell.

and peace; Also through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, Second Sunday @ 10.00am via Zoom. in the unity of the Holy Spirit, Please email for link.

one God, now and forever. st 21 March 2021 @ 10.00am – Holy Commun- Amen. ion via Three Valleys Facebook page

28th March 2021 (Palm Sunday) @ 10.00am A PRAYER FOR ALL THOSE Holy Communion via Three Valleys Facebook page AFFECTED BY CORONAVIRUS

Keep us, good Lord, also

under the shadow of your mercy. Fourth Sunday @ 10.00am via Zoom. Please email for link. Sustain and support the anxious,

th be with those who care for the sick, 4 April (Easter Sunday)

and lift up all who are brought low; Bradford Abbas – 08:00 Easter Communion

that we may find comfort Caundle Marsh – 11:00 Easter Communion knowing that nothing can separate us from your love Folke 09:00 – Easter Communion

in Christ Jesus our Lord. Holwell 10:00 – Service of Worship

Leigh 10:00 – Outside Communion

Ryme Intrinseca – 08:00 Easter Communion

Thornford 10:00 – Easter Communion Yetminster 10:00 Easter Communion Please send items for this Pew Sheet to: (Please note that these Services are subject [email protected] Benefice Website: to Covid Restrictions) www.threevalleysteam.org

(On every Sunday morning above @ Please send items for publication on the website 10.00am usually via Facebook the Rev.Anne (especially forthcoming/recent events) to itemsfor- [email protected] Budgell or another Minister will be leading a service of worship). Please email for link. Church Video links All the above dates are Provisional You may wish to watch Nick Swann’s video and may have to be changed accord- links of the following churches: - ing to circumstances/events nearer St. Peter’s Church, Chetnole the time. https://youtu.be/IHvaC_h9Ry0 and also New Lent Course! St Michael’s, Beer Hackett https://youtu.be/FJBu-ECA8dg A Zoom based Lent Course produced by Dr Peter Walker, including videos from Palestine will be beginning in the benefice this February. ARRANGEMENTS (The above is a professionally produced video which will include sites where Jesus visited). FOR OPENING This will be an account of the Easter Story – Jesus’s life & Crucifixion. CHURCHES St Andrew's Yetminster: Tuesday dates as follows: -

23rd February, 2nd March, 9th March, 16th March, 23rd March Open for personal prayer on Wednes- days & Sundays from 8.00am - 6.00pm Thursday dates as follows: - 25th February, 4th March, 11th March, 18th Leigh, St Andrew’s March, 25th March The church will be open for private Thursday 1st April (Maundy Thursday) is the prayer daily from (10.00am – 2.00pm). final joint session for all. Batcombe, St Mary Magdalene open

Good Friday – 2nd April 24/7 Easter Sunday – 4th April Holnest Church of the Assumption: Clergy Contact Details The church is currently closed for building works which are expected to continue until mid Team Rector: Tony Gilbert: 01935 873 044 May 2021. The churchyard remains open for [email protected] anyone to attend to graves. Any enquiries to Jenny Hunnisett 01963 210562 Team Vicar: George Moody: 01935 873 214 [email protected] Chetnole St Peter's will be open

Team Vicar: Richard Kirlew: 01963 23 570 on Wednesdays and Sundays from [email protected] 10.00am to 4.00pm. There is a food bank hamper in church and we welcome your donations. Also, a restocked and Benefice Office Contact Details extended book and puzzle exchange. Jubilee Hall, Church Street, Yetminster DT9 6LG Tel. 01935 872600 [email protected]/ Thornford, St Mary Magdalene open Press Release on Holnest Church on Sundays & Wednesdays – 10.00- 4.00pm beginning Sunday 21st June.

Bradford Abbas – 9.00am – 7pm on Sundays & Wednesdays Beer Hackett, St Michael’s – 10.00am- 4.00pm Sundays & Wednesdays

Folke, St. Lawrence’s – Tuesday & Saturdays 10.00am – 4.00pm (starting 24th June) Holnest Church encased in scaffolding Glanvilles Wootton – Open on What has been happening behind the scaffolding Wednesdays & Sundays (10.00- walls at Holnest Church? A question that you may 4.00pm) tbc have asked yourself, if during the past few months, you have passed Holnest Church alongside the Hermitage - open on Wednesdays & A352 Sherborne to Dorchester road. The scaffold- Sundays ing walls and cover have been protecting this Grade Howell, St Lawrence’s – this will be 1 listed building from the rain, wind and snow opened by appointment – phone num- whilst essential repair works are being carried out. bers on Church notice board and porch These works include repairs to the chancel roof, gate. church windows and the repointing of the church tower. No one embarks on a £125,000 scheme of re- Pulham, St Thomas A Beckett - will be pairs, on an ancient building, without expecting to open every day between 10.00am - uncover a few surprises. After tiles were carefully 4.00pm for private prayer. removed and numbered for safe storage it became apparent that several of the chancel roof trusses and Hand sanitising gel and disposable face masks wall plate were in a much poorer condition than an- will be available at the entrances to most of our churches. ticipated, the north slope being close to a state of collapse. The Parochial Church Council (PCC) took Updated Guidance advice from the architect and a structural engineer to agree workable solutions. Experts described the Updated guidance and information around the roof construction to be ‘unusual’ but nevertheless unlocking of our churches and moving to a ‘well thought out’, and ‘cleverly assembled’. Hence ‘new normal’ – is being issued regularly. You the skilled repair work needed has been much more can contact [email protected] can.org for more information extensive than planned. Closer inspection of the church tower found that, up to 150 years ago, three of the quoins had been renewed. The fourth quoin Alpha Course – postponed had been extensively patched with cement filler and (The above has been postponed until the was in very fragile condition, rendering it unsafe Spring or until we can meet once again) and in danger of collapse onto the church porch. This is being remedied by rebuilding the south-east quoin, in accordance with permissions obtained from Salisbury Diocese, using stone sourced from a …………………………………….. local quarry. The stone will be expertly tooled and safely positioned and secured by skilled stonema- sons. Rainwater has been penetrating the west walls making the rear of the church extremely damp. This was thought to be entirely due to ineffective or

missing pointing in the west wall and church tower and around the west window, all included for repair in the scheme of works. However, further investiga- tion found that the lead flashing to the apex of the west end of the south aisle roof, had either slipped or was missing and rainwater was finding its way into the church via this conduit. Additional works are required to address this. Furthermore, the PCC having incurred costs for the erection of the scaf- folding around the church tower, agreed it made economic sense to instruct the contractor to carry out needy masonry repairs to all of the tower win- dows. Needless to say, these revelations have ex- tended the length of the contract and substantially increased costs. Additionally, the impact of Covid- Holnest Church with managed churchyard 19 and low temperatures have caused further delay. surrounded by wildlife The PCC do not expect to be able to reopen the church until at least mid-May. The churchyard does remain open for those wishing to attend graves. The PCC received local financial support from Dorset Bishop makes national Historic Churches Trust £10,000; Erskine Muton Trust £10,000; proceeds from local Whist Drives news on Net Zero £7,000 and the Friends of Holnest Church £5,000. 18 Feb, 2021 07:19 PM These generous donations put the PCC in a very strong position to apply for further funding form the As the Church of England's lead bishop for the National Lottery Heritage fund. They successful se- environment, Bishop Nicholas has been quoted cured £74,500 from the fund and more recently in a National Church release and in a number of have been awarded a grant increase of £14,500 to- news outlets. wards additional costs, both made possible by money raised by National Lottery players. The Friends of Holnest Church have also pledged a fur- ther contribution towards the additional costs and we are particularly thankful to their membership. Holnest PCC is extremely grateful for the generos- ity of all its supporters over many years, they have collectively enabled this project to proceed. Unfor- After learning of the first findings from a nationwide study to capture carbon impacts in the Church of tunately, due to Covid-19 the final push to fully England, the Bishop said: fund the project and to raise funds for the additional costs has been severely hampered by the cancella- “Committing the Church of England to become net- tion of planned fundraising events and little chance zero by 2030 has emphasised the urgency of the climate crisis. It has inspired us all to pick up the of planning new event in the near future. Therefore, pace in the care of God’s creation. the PCC continues to be open to receive donations via the churchwarden, Jenny Hunnisett 01963 “There has been a magnificent response already, 210562 [email protected] or the PCC but it is sobering to realise how much more is needed. The Energy Footprint Tool, good advice treasurer, Ben Lane, White Hart Lodge, Holnest and some excellent case studies are available to Park, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 6HA stimulate, encourage and help. [email protected]. Donations may be eligi- “We need to be working at this in every Church ble for gift aid. community – churches, chaplaincies, schools, homes and offices - as we move towards our 2030 target for the sake of the world God loves.” Reports on the first findings from a nationwide …………………………………….. study to capture carbon impacts in the Church of England. Please remember to share the Pew Sheet with others in your benefice, who may not Church of England be receiving a copy by email from the office Church Times plus forward me contact details of anyone BBC who would like a copy sent directly to them. Christian Today Premier Finally, if there is anything that you would like Premier also quotes the Church of England's Head for me to mention in the Pew Sheet please of Church Buildings, Becky Clark, regarding the big email the office [email protected] and small steps churches can take towards becom- ing Net Zero. asap. I am hoping to continue working at the office on Monday mornings and Tuesday after- #Givethanks for your noons for the foreseeable future. Best Wishes Covid-19 vaccine Jeanette

We are partnering with Christian Aid to help people give thanks for their Covid-19 vaccine and help others in crisis across the world.

The idea is to give people in our Diocese an opportunity to pass on the sense of relief and blessing at being vaccinated by making a do- nation to Christian Aid’s #Givethanks Corona- virus Appeal.

Funds from the appeal are helping vulnerable communities around the world access soap, food and vital health information in the face of the pandemic, and a special donations page has been set up to allow your donations to go to South Sudan.

Below are the links required if you would like to donate to the above appeal. The first link is to the full article on the Diocesan website, which includes a link to the TapSimple site, and the second link goes direct to TapSimple. https://www.salisbury.angli- can.org/news/givethanks-for-your-covid-19-vaccine https://events.tapsimple.org/page/christian-aid/giv- ing-thanks-for-our-vaccines-in-the-diocese-of-salis- bury