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• Lower Stour church services: Sunday 8 January – 9.30am Communion – Blandford St Mary; 11am Communion – Langton Long; 11am Family service – Tarrant Keyneston. Sunday 15 January – 9.30am Communion – Spetisbury; 9.30am Family service – Charlton Marshall; 11am Morning worship – Langton Long; 11am Communion – Tarrant Rushton. Sunday 22 January – 9.30am Communion – Charlton Marshall; 9.30am Morning worship – Spetisbury; 11am Communion – Langton Long; 11am Communion(BCP) – Tarrant Rushton. Sunday 29 January – 10.45am Communion – Langton Long; 3pm The Well – Spetisbury; 5pm Choral evensong – Charlton Marshall. Coffee and cake – Spetisbury Church 10am-11.30am January 2 and 16; coffee and cake – Blandford St Mary Church 10-11.30am January 19; coffee stop – Charlton Marshall Parish Centre 10.30am-12.30pm – Tuesday to Friday. • Sacred Heart, Tisbury, and

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Parish: Sunday Mass times – Sacred Heart, Tisbury 9am, coffee after Mass; All Saints’ Wardour 11am. • Mothers’ Union: At the Digby Memorial Church Hall, Sherborne, on Friday 27 January from 10am-noon. • St Mary Magdalene, Castleton: 8 January – BCP Holy Communion, 11.15am; 15 January – Matins, 11.15am; 22 January – Matins, 11.15am; 29 January – BCP Holy Communion, 11.15am. • St Mary’s Stalbridge: 8 January, Holy Communion 9.30am; 8 January, Evensong 4pm; 15 January, Morning Worship 9.30am; 22 January, Holy Communion 9.30am. • St Martin of Tours, Lillington: 8 January – BCP Holy Communion, 10am; 15 January – Morning Service, 10am; 22 January – Morning Service, 10am; 29 January – Morning Service, 10am. • St James the Great, Longburton: 8 January – Family Communion, 10am; 15 January – Family Communion, 10am; 22 January – said Holy Communion, 10am; 29 January – Songs of Praise, 4pm. • St Paul’s Church, Sherborne: 8 January – Holy Communion, 10.30am; 15 January – All Age Worship, 10.30am; 22 January – Morning Worship, 10.30am; 29 January – Morning Worship, 10.30am. • West Camel Independent Methodists: Meet at All Saints Church, BA22 7QB. Sunday services on January 8, 15 and 22 – 3pm; January 29 3pm – United Service. A warm welcome to all. Phone: 01935 850838. • Anglican High Mass at Wimborne St Giles: First Sunday of each month at 11am. BH21 5LZ. • Blandford Methodist Church: Sunday services at 10.45am followed by refreshments. Thursdays: coffee and chat with refreshments from 10am-noon. This is a ‘warm

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space’ for those wanting to reduce their energy bills for a morning. Fridays: Lunch club for over-55s from noon. Phone Joyce Wild on 07817 505 543 to book a meal – price £5. The church is anxious to offer help to those in need – call steward John Cornish on 07799 516 735. If leaving a message state name and contact details. • Chalbury Church: Fourth Sunday of the month, 10.30am Holy Communion. • Churches in The Donheads,

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Semley and Sedgehill: A team of friendly people are available to offer home visits. Contact Revd. Kate at rector@ benofbart.org.uk, 01747 830174. • Community cafes: Every month in St Bartholomew’s Benefice 10.30am-noon, everyone welcome: first Tuesday – St Andrew’s, Donhead St Andrew; second Tuesday – St John’s, Charlton; fourth Tuesday – St Mary’s, East Knoyle. • Gillingham Methodist Church: Sunday recitals 3pm (about one hour). Admission free, retiring collection. Superb two manual William Sweetland organ restored and enlarged in 2006/2009. Video screen. For details and updates visit the website at www.musicatgmc. org.uk or phone 07817 379006. • Hinton Martell: Second Sunday of the month, 10.30am Holy Communion. • Horton Church: First Sunday of the month, 10.30am Holy Communion. • Horton & Chalbury village hall: Third Sunday of the month, 9am Breakfast Church. • Kingston Lacy: Second Sunday of the month, 9.15am Holy Communion. Fourth Sunday of the month, 9.15am Family Service. • Our Lady’s RC Church, Marnhull: Mass Sunday, 9.30am and 6pm. • Shaftesbury Quakers (Society of Friends): Meets for one hour each Sunday from 10.30am at the Quaker Meeting House, Abbey Walk, Shaftesbury SP7 8BB. • Sherborne Abbey: Monday to Saturday, 8.30am Morning Prayer; The Sepulchre Chapel. Mondays, 9am CW Holy Communion; The Lady Chapel. Tuesday, noon CW Holy Communion; The Lady Chapel. Wednesday, 10.30am Holy Communion with Homily; The Lady Chapel (alternates CW and BCP). Thursday, noon BCP Holy Communion; The Lady Chapel. Friday, 9am Ecumenical Holy Communion; The Lady Chapel. First Friday of the month, 9am Requiem Holy Communion; The Sepulchre Chapel. Third Friday of the month, 11am Remembering the Fallen. Saturday, 9am CW Holy Communion; The Sepulchre Chapel. • St Bartholomew’s Benefice: A warm place and a warm welcome at community cafes held every month – first Tuesday – St Andrew’s, Donhead St Andrew; second Tuesday – St John’s, Charlton; fourth Tuesday – St Mary’s, East Knoyle. Everyone is welcome 10.30am-noon. • St Benedict’s RC Church, Gillingham: Sunday, 11am. • St Mary’s, Sturminster Newton: First and third Sunday, 11am Holy Communion; 6pm BCP Evensong. Second and fourth Sunday, 9.30am Morning Prayer; 6pm BCP Evensong. Fifth Sunday, 11am Benefice Holy Communion. Wednesdays, 10am BCP Holy Communion. • St Peter’s, Hinton St Mary: First, second and third Sundays, 9.30am Morning Prayer. Fourth Sunday, 9.30am Holy Communion. • St Thomas’, Lydlinch: Second and fourth Sunday, 11am Holy Communion. Third Sunday, 6pm Evensong. • Shapwick: Third Sunday of the month, 9.15am Holy Communion. • Sherborne Quakers: Meet Sundays 10.30am in the Griffiths Room, Digby Memorial Church Hall. Everyone welcome. • Witchampton Church: Third Sunday of the month, 10.30am Holy Communion.