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• 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 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. • Sherborne Quakers: Meet Sundays 10.30am in the Griffiths Room, Digby Memorial Church Hall. Everyone welcome. • Blandford Methodist Church: Morning worship Sunday 10.45am, followed by refreshments and chat in the hall – everyone welcome. Thursday 10am-noon – coffee morning, everyone welcome. Friday noon-2pm – lunch club for over-55s at £5 – phone 07817 505 543 to book. If you have a prayer request or are feeling lonely and need to chat, phone 07799 516735. For more details visit www.candwmc.org. uk/ • Fancy a coffee?: The 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. • Sherborne Abbey tours: Everyone is welcome to join the tours which last 45 minutes to one hour. They run on Tuesday at 10.30am and Friday at 2pm until the end of November. No charge is made and booking is not necessary – visitors can turn up and the guide will be waiting near The Abbey’s porch. • Taize services: Half an hour of prayer, meditation and music on the second Sunday of the month at 6.30pm, Cheap Street Church, Sherborne. Everyone welcome. This informal, ecumenical service is based on the Taize Community’s worship founded by w Roger in the 1940s in Burgundy, France. Taize music has become part of the worshipping life of churches worldwide. • Sherborne Abbey organ recitals: Monday at 1.30pm. Autumn recital series: 17 October – Kyoko Canaway, Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. Free entry, retiring collection, all welcome. • Sherborne Abbey visitors: The abbey is open to visitors Monday to Saturdays from 8am-5pm and on Sunday from 11am-5pm. The abbey may close when private services are taking place. • Sherborne Abbey shop: More volunteers are sought to join the friendly team, especially as it is hoped to open the shop on Saturdays. Two shifts: 10.30am-1pm and 1-3.30pm, no experience necessary, training given. If interested please see manager Phil Prout, leave contact details at the Parish Office or email shop@sherborneabbey.com • Christian Aid Sherborne branch: The branch, which has not been able to function fully since the pandemic urgently needs a new chairman and secretary. The jobs are not too demanding but bring lots of joy and companionship. Contact Jane Craw by phone on 01963 251527 or by email at jane@ jubileecottage.plus.com • West Camel Independent Methodists: Meeting at All Saints Church 16 and 23 October, worship at 4pm; 30 October 3pm, United Service. A warm welcome to all. Phone 01935 850838 or email Geoff. mead@yahoo.com • St Mary's Stalbridge: Morning services will now start at 9.30am. 16 October – Harvest Festival Service; 23 October – Holy Communion. • Lower Stour Benefice: October services. Sunday, 16 October, 9.30am, Harvest Communion – Spetisbury; 9.30am, Harvest Service – Charlton Marshall; 11am, Morning Worship – All Saints Langton Long; 11am, Harvest service – Tarrant Keyneston. Sunday 23 October, 9.30am, Communion – Charlton Marshall; 9.30am, Morning Worship – Spetisbury; 11am, Communion (BCP) – Tarrant Rushton; 11am, Communion – All Saints Langton Long. Sunday, 30 October, 10.45am, Communion – All Saints Langton Long; 4pm, Songs of Praise – Charlton Marshall Parish Centre. • 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. 16 October – Clapper Chaos (handbell group) and Gordon Amery (Gillingham Methodist Church), programme TBC; 30 October Lyndon Ford (Fareham), programme TBC. For details and updates visit the website at www.musicatgmc. org.uk or phone 07817 379006. • Longburton Village Café: Held in the village church of St James, the cafe provides tea, coffee – free refills – and great cakes, for just £1.50 and will be open on Tuesday 18 October from 10.30am- noon. • Sherborne Munch: St Paul’s is running its lunches for families over half-term – Tuesday and Wednesday 25 and 26 October – and is looking for volunteers to help. Anyone interested should contact St Paul’s Church office on 01935 816444 or admin@ spcsherborne.co.uk • Sherborne Abbey flower arrangers: New arrangers with some experience are needed. A demonstration/workshop is being held in the Lady Chapel on Saturday 15 October, 10.30am-noon. Email Julie Mahoney at flower.arrangers@ sherborneabbey.com • Holnest Church: Join us for a home-cooked roast Sunday lunch in aid of the upkeep the church on Sunday 6 November 12.30pm at Glanville’s Wootton village hall DT9 5QF. Twocourse lunch £15 for adults, £7.50 for children. Tea and coffee included. Bring own wine or drinks with glasses. Booking essential – phone Graham on 01963 210632.