Church

• Shaftesbury Quakers (Society of Friends): Meets for one hour each Sunday from 10.30am at the Quaker Meeting House, Abbey Walk, Shaftesbury SP7 8BB. • Anglican High Mass at Wimborne St Giles: First Sunday of each month at 10am. BH21 5LZ. • 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 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. • 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

ST MICHAEL’S, MERE. Sundays 8am BCP Communion. First Sunday each month 10.30am Informal Service. Other Sundays 10.30am Parish Communion.

ST LUKE’S CHURCH

WINCANTON. Pilgrim singers Christmas Concert 4 Dec 6pm for Wincanton Foodbank Seasonal refreshments tickets 01963 33695 Holy Communion. Wednesdays, 10am BCP Holy Communion. • Kingston Lacy: Second Sunday of the month, 9.15am Holy Communion. Fourth Sunday of the month, 9.15am Family Service. • Shapwick: Third Sunday of the month, 9.15am Holy Communion. • Horton Church: First Sunday of the month, 10.30am Holy Communion. • Hinton Martell: Second Sunday of the month, 10.30am Holy Communion. • Horton and Chalbury village hall: Third Sunday of the month, 9am Breakfast Church. • Witchampton Church: Third Sunday of the month, 10.30am Holy Communion. • Chalbury Church: Fourth Sunday of the month, 10.30am Holy Communion. • Our Lady’s RC Church, Marnhull: Mass Sunday, 9.30am and 6pm. • St Benedict’s RC Church, Gillingham: Sunday, 11am. • Blandford Methodist Church: Sundays: Services at 10.45am followed by refreshments. Thursdays: Coffee and chat with refreshments from 10am-noon. Fridays: lunch club for the over-55s from noon priced £5 a meal. Phone Joyce Wild on 07817 505 543 to book. The church is anxious to offer help to those in need. If you need help, phone 07799 516735 or leave a message including your name and contact details. John Cornish, steward at Blandford Methodist Church. • Sherborne Quakers: Meet Sundays 10.30am in the Griffiths Room, Digby Memorial Church Hall. Everyone welcome. churches in The Donheads, Charlton, East Knoyle, Semley and Sedgehill now have a team of friendly, approachable people available to offer home visits. Contact Revd. Kate at rector@ benofbart.org.uk, 01747 830174. • Longburton Village Cafe: Held in the village church of St James, the cafe provides tea, coffee – free refills – and great cakes for just £1.50 and is open on Tuesdays 15 and 29 November and 13 December from 10.30am-noon. • Warm space: Cheap Street Church will provide a warm and welcoming space with hot drinks, cakes, soup and rolls plus activities such as jigsaws and knitting on Thursdays 3 November to 14 December, 10am-3pm. To volunteer to help in the kitchen, provide food or just sit and chat to visitors, contact Penny at pennylgardner@gmail.com • PBS Cranmer Awards: The Prayer Book Society is holding the heats of its Cranmer Awards in the Lady Chapel on Saturday 12 November from 10.30amnoon. The winners of each age group section go forward to the national finals at Liverpool Hope University on Saturday 25 February 2023. • Syrian taster evening: At St Paul’s Church on Tuesday 15 November at 6.30pm in aid of Ukrainian refugees. Meal with vegetarian options, presentation about Syrian food and talk by a Syrian refugee now settled in Sherborne. Tickets £15. Contact: cathadam1@talktalk. net • Wessex Strings concert: Cheap Street Church, Sherborne, on Sunday 20 November at 3pm. Programme: Elgar – Chanson de Matin; Grieg – Two Elegiac Melodies; Bridge – Valse Intermezzo; Svendson – Variations on a Norwegian Folk Tune; Holst – St Paul’s Suite; Sibelius – Rakastava. Tickets £10 from Winstone Books – cash only – and £12 on the door (U18s free). • West Camel Independent Methodists: Meeting at All Saints Church, BA22 7QB. Sundays November 13, 20 and 27 November, services at 3pm. A warm welcome to all. Phone 01935 850838 or email Geoff. mead@yahoo.com • Lower Stour Benefice: Sunday 13 November, 10.45am Remembrance Service – Blandford St Mary; 10.45am Act of Remembrance – Spetisbury; 10.45am Act of Remembrance – Charlton Marshall; 10.45am Act of Remembrance – Tarrant Keyneston; 10.55am Remembrance + Communion – Langton Long. Sunday 20 November, 9.30am Communion – Spetisbury; 9.30am Family Service – Charlton Marshall; 11am Morning Worship – Langton Long; 11am Communion – Tarrant Rushton. • 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. • Loving Earth Exhibition: Monday to Sunday 7-13 November, 10am-noon and 1-3pm – Cheap Street Church, Sherborne; free admission. Sherborne Quakers are organising an exhibition of textile art as part of the Loving Earth Project which seeks to help people engage creatively with the climate crisis. Fifty textile panels will be exhibited. • Christmas Tree Festival: Back again after Covid-19, hosted by Cheap Street Church and organised by Sherborne Churches Together. A tree has been allocated and individuals are needed to help make the decorations. Contact Shirley Fry on 01935 389124 or the parish office on 01935 713777. • St Mary’s Church, Charminster (DT2 9RD): Christmas tree festival 9-11 December. Opening times: Friday 9 December 3-6pm, Saturday 10 December 11am4pm, Sunday December 11 2-5pm. 5pm Sunday carols around the trees with mulled wine and mince pies. Light refreshments available throughout plus Christmas gifts and Fairtrade stalls. Admission £3 (children free). Website https://stmarys-charminster.org. uk • St Mary’s Stalbridge: 13 November, Remembrance Sunday service, 20 November, morning worship 9.30am.