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. • West Camel Independent Methodists. All Saints Church on the first Sunday of the month at 4pm followed by tea. Other Sundays, evening worship is at 6pm. 01935 850838, Geoff.mead@yahoo.com. • Anglican High Mass at Wimborne St Giles. High Mass is the 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. Tuesdays, noon CW Holy Communion; The Lady Chapel. Wednesdays, 10.30am Holy Communion with Homily; The Lady Chapel (alternates CW and BCP). Thursdays, noon BCP Holy Communion; The Lady Chapel. Fridays, 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. Saturdays, 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 Sundays, 11am Holy Communion; 6pm BCP Evensong. Second and fourth Sundays, 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. • 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. Larger groups should book a date and time with the parish office – again no charge, but any donation to The Abbey greatly appreciated. • Organ recitals at Sherborne Abbey on Mondays at 1.30pm. • Mothers’ Union. Meeting at the Griffiths Room, Digby Memorial Church Hall, Sherborne Abbey, on Friday 23 Sept at 10am for 10.30am start. • Sherborne Quakers meet Sundays 10.30am in the Griffiths Room, Digby Memorial Church Hall. Everyone welcome. • Sherborne Abbey. 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. • 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 – we look forward to meeting new friends. Fridays 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 • Lower Stour Benefice Sunday 18 Sept – 9.30am, Communion – Spetisbury; 9.30am Family Service – Charlton Marshall; 11am Morning Worship – All Saints Langton Long; 11am Communion – Tarrant Rushton. Sunday 25 Sept – 9.30am, Communion, Charlton Marshall; 9.30am, Morning Worship, Spetisbury; 11am, Communion (BCP), Tarrant Crawford; 11am, Communion, All Saints Langton Long; 5pm, Harvest Service and meal – Blandford St Mary. • St Mary’s Stalbridge. Sunday, 18 Sept, Morning Worship 10am. • Organ recitals. Mondays in Sherborne Abbey at 1.30pm. Autumn recital series: Monday 19 Sept – Peter Bray, assistant organist, Sherborne Abbey; Monday 26 Sept – Simon Clarkson, Yeovil; Monday 3 October – Paul Ellis, organist emeritus, Sherborne Abbey; Monday 10 October – Stephen Bell, Ash. • Longburton Village Café. Tuesday 20 Sept, 10.30am-noon. St James the Great Church. Tea, coffee (free refills) and cake just £1.50. Everyone welcome – come along and bring a friend. Mothers’ Union: Next meeting on Friday 23 Sept, Griffiths Room, Digby Memorial Church Hall, 10am for 10.30am start. • Harvest lunch. Sunday 25 Sept at 12.30pm for 1pm in the Digby Memorial Church Hall. Cottage pie with cheesy leek crust and peas or a vegetarian option, followed by blackberry and apple crumble or fresh fruit plus wine/ soft drinks. Tickets £10 (£5 for aged 16 or under) available from the Parish Office (cash/cheques) until noon on Friday 23 Sept. Donations of raffle prizes requested – can be left at the Parish Office – proceeds to Sudan Medical Link. • Save the Children’s 28th anniversary concert. Friday 23 Sept, 7pm, Cheap Street Church, Sherborne. Seven choral scholars and an organ scholar from St John’s College, Cambridge, will be visiting. All proceeds will be sent to the charity’s Emergency Fund, as support is urgently needed in Afghanistan, Somalia and Ukraine. Tickets £15 adults (£8 students) from Winstone’s Book Shop or by post (including a SAE) from Anne Dearle (1 Dunstan Street, Sherborne, DT9 3SE (phone 01935 814887). • St Peter and St Paul at Caundle Marsh. Harvest Festival service and afterwards a ‘bring-and-share’ supper on Friday 7 October at 6.15pm. The church – post code is DT9 5LX with signs for car parking off the A3030 – will be decorated with harvest produce and flowers. Any produce left over will be auctioned and anyone kind enough to make financial contributions can do so with cash or cards – all proceeds in aid of Caundle Marsh church. An event held in July raised £1,136, with £400 going to the British Red Cross Ukrainian Appeal and the rest to Caundle Marsh church. • Gillingham Methodist Church. Sunday afternoon recitals 3pm (about one hour). Admission free, retiring collection. 2 October – David Bednall (Bristol Cathedral), programme TBC; 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. • St Mary’s Stalbridge. 18 Sept, morning worship 10am; 22 Sept, Holy Communion 10am; 2 October, Holy Communion 10am.

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