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.

• Blandford Methodist Church

– you are invited to Sunday services at 10.45am, followed by refreshments in the hall. Lunch club for over-55s meets on Friday from noon-2pm. Meals £5 – please book a place. Everyone welcome at coffee mornings on Thursday from 10am-noon – just turn up. If you need our help please leave a phone message – we will return your call within 24 hours. Church steward John Cornish (phone 07799 516735).

• St Gregory’s Church,

Marnhull. Coffee, Cake and Company, Thursdays from 10-11am. Everyone welcome. • Sherborne Abbey. Monday to Saturday, 8.30am Morning Prayer; The Sepulchre Chapel. Mondays, 9am CW Holy Communion; The Lady Chapel. Tuesdays, 12 noon CW Holy Communion; The Lady Chapel. Wednesdays, 10.30am Holy Communion with Homily; The Lady Chapel (alternates CW and BCP). Thursdays, 12 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. • Lower Stour Benefice: Sunday, 14 August – 9.30am, Communion – Blandford St Mary; 11am, Communion – All Saints Langton Long; 11am, Family Service – Tarrant Rushton. Sunday, 21 August – 9.30am, Communion – Spetisbury; 9.30am, Morning Worship – Charlton Marshall; 11am, Morning Worship – All Saints Langton Long; 11am, Communion – Tarrant Keyneston; 4pm, Family Service – Charlton Marshall Sunday, 28 August – 9.30am, Communion – Charlton Marshall; 9.30am, Morning Worship – Spetisbury; 11am, Communion(BCP) – Tarrant Crawford; 11am, Communion – All Saints Langton Long. • St. Mary’s Stalbridge. 21 August – Morning Worship 10am; 25 August – Holy Communion 10am; 4 September – Holy Communion 10am. • Sherborne Munch: Every Wednesday in August, free hot family meals at St Paul’s Church (St Paul’s Close, Sherborne DT9 4DU). Drinks served from noon, food from 12.30pm. Hot meals for families in a friendly environment where visitors are welcome whatever the reason. Booking helpful but not essential at sherbornemunch@gmail.com • 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 – excluding 9 September – until the end of November; and on Saturday at 10.30am and Sunday at 11.15am until 11 September. 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.

• Friends of Sherborne Abbey

outing: The outing to Salisbury is on Tuesday, 6 September. The coach will arrive in Salisbury late morning, giving visitors time to wander/shop/have lunch, with the cathedral tour at 2.30pm followed by afternoon tea in the refectory. The party will attend Evensong at 5.30pm. The cost is £27, including coach travel, the tour and afternoon tea. Places should be booked by 18 August – for details/ booking form, email Joanna. Sams@sherborneabbey.com or phone the parish office.

• St Mary Magdalene,

Castleton. Sunday, 21 August – Mattins, 11am; Sunday, 28 August – Mattins, 11am. • St Martin of Tours, Lillington. Sunday, 21 August – Morning Service, 10am; Sunday, 28 August – Morning Service, 10am.

• St James the Great,

Longburton. Sunday, 21 August – Family Communion, 10am; Sunday 28 August – Said Holy Communion, 11am. • St Paul’s Church, Sherborne. Sunday, 21 August – All Age Holy Communion, 10.30am; Sunday 28 August – All Age Worship, 10.30am.

• The Reverend Lesley

McCreadie is retiring in August. Her last service at Sherborne Abbey is on Sunday, 21 August, at 9.30am. It is hoped as many people as possible can go along to the service and afterwards on for coffee to wish Lesley a long and happy retirement. • 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. Next service is on Sunday, 11 September. This informal, ecumenical service is based on the Taize Community’s worship founded by Br Roger in the 1940s in Burgundy, France. Taize music has become part of the worshipping life of churches worldwide. • Julian Group: Next meeting is at St John’s Almshouse Chapel, Sherborne, on Wednesday, 14 September, 4-4.30pm. Everyone welcome – the meetings are ecumenical. • Organ recitals at Sherborne Abbey on Mondays at 1.30pm resume on 12 September. • Remembering the Fallen at Sherborne Abbey on Friday, 19 August. • Mothers’ Union meeting at the Griffiths Room, Digby Memorial Church Hall, Sherborne Abbey, on Friday, 23 September, at 10am for 10.30am start. • Sherborne Quakers meet Sundays 10.30am in the Griffiths Room, Digby Memorial Church Hall. Everyone welcome. • Longburton Village Café on Tuesday, 23 August at 10.3011.30am at St James the Great Church. Everyone welcome. • Sherborne Museum ‘Messy Monday’ on 22 August, 11am1pm. Free family-friendly fun with creative activities and trails for children and adult carers. Other visitors can browse the rest of the collections.

• Dorset Historic Churches

Trust’s 2022 Ride and Stride event is on Saturday, 10 September. • Sherborne Munch: Every Wednesday this August, free hot meals for families at St Paul’s Church in St Paul’s Close, Sherborne DT9 4DU. Drinks served from noon, food from 12.30pm. Meals in a friendly environment where visitors are welcome whatever the reason. Booking helpful but not essential –sherbornemunch@gmail.com • 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.