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As I write this, plans are being made public for the celebration of The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. As you receive this at the beginning of June, those festivities will be well under way.

For 70 years Her Majesty has served her people, both in this country and throughout the Commonwealth, faithfully keeping the promises she made at her Coronation on 2 June 1953.

Humanly speaking she was not ‘born to be Queen’, for it was only due to the abdication of her uncle Edward VIII that her father became King and, in turn, she became the heir to the throne when she was just nine years old. Naturally, she might have expected to become Queen when middle aged, but, with the early death of her father, as a young wife with two small children, she took on the formal title:

‘Elizabeth the Second, by Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.’

In preparation for her Coronation, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Geoffrey Fisher, gave the Queen a little book of Private Devotions, daily meditations with Bible readings and prayers, based on the symbolism of the Coronation ceremony, rooted in the Bible. This she followed for 33 days prior to Coronation.

Of her journey to Westminster, she would have prayed,

‘The whole of life is a journey to God ... I have not chosen this office for myself; He has appointed me to it and I go to be consecrated to it by Him … because He leads, I may follow in complete trust’.

At the end of the Coronation Day, the Book of Devotions invited the Queen

to pray, ‘Lord, this day Thou hast been gracious unto Thy servant … With a humble spirit and a thankful heart, I commit myself to Thy care and will lay me down in peace and take my rest. Amen’

We know, through her Christmas broadcasts, Sunday Worship attendance, and a life of caring for and honouring others, that her faith in God has been a living faith. Her Majesty has made no secret that she draws her strength from the message of hope in the Christian Gospel.

As we celebrate the Platinum Jubilee, we also celebrate the Christian Festival of Pentecost, when God poured out His Holy Spirit on all people who put their trust in Him.

What a wonderful Gift of the Holy Spirit – the Spirit of Jesus, Who showed us that we are loved and precious to Almighty God, Who enables us to respond to that love.

In humility we, too, like Her Majesty, can be thankful, and put our trust in the One Who has promised never to leave us, Who strengthens us for every task He gives us. His presence in us prompts us to forgive, as we have been forgiven, and to show love that is patient, gentle, kind, is not envious, or rude, or self-seeking! It is a love that rejoices in the truth, always protects, always trusts, hopes, and perseveres. 1Corinthians 13;1-13

The Holy Spirit, the truest Friend, is the One Who gives deep Joy and everlasting Peace.

Rev Ruth Farrant

Supernumerary Methodist Minister The Yeovil and Blackmore Vale Circuit

For complete list see www.threevalleysteam.org go to Services page

Please continue to check the website and your local church in case things change.

SUNDAY JUNE 2022

BATCOMBE

BEER HACKETT

BRADFORD ABBAS

CHETNOLE

HERMITAGE

5th 12th 19th 26th

PENTECOST and THE QUEEN’S PLATINUM JUBILEE THANKSGIVING TRINITY SUNDAY TRINITY 1 TRINITY 2

10am CW Holy Communion

10am Welcome2Worship 11.30am Dedication of Plaque to Mark Chirnside 10am CW Holy Communion

10am CW Holy Communion

6pm CW Evening Prayer

HILFIELD

4pm Informal Worship

LEIGH

8.30am BCP Holy Communion 6pm BCP Evensong 10am CW Holy Communion 10am Community Spirit

RYME INTRINSECA

SHERBORNE ABBEY

6pm BCP Sherborne Deanery Choral Evensong for the Platinum Jubilee 8.30am BCP Holy Communion

8.30am BCP Holy Communion 10am CW Holy Communion

THORNFORD 10 am Family Service 8.30am BCP Holy Communion 10am CW Holy Communion

YETMINSTER

10 am Platinum Jubilee Thanksgiving Service 10am Second Sunday at St Andrew’s School 10am CW Choral Holy Communion 6pm BCP Evensong

CW= COMMON WORSHIP BCP= BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER

Extra and weekday Services

Thursday 2nd June 10am

Celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee LEIGH CHURCH

Monday 13th June

3pm Holy Communion THE OLD VICARAGE LEIGH

Mondays

Tuesday Every 6pm

Compline YETMINSTER

CHURCH and ON-LINE via ZOOM Please email for link

7th June

10am Lower Covey Service YETMINSTER CHURCH

THREE VALLEYS TEAM

Team Office:

Yetminster Jubilee Hall, Church Street, Yetminster, DT9 6LG

01935 872600

e:3valleysoffice@gmail.com w:www.threevalleysteam.org

Opening hours Mondays: 9.30am – 12.30pm Tuesdays: 9.30am – 12.30pm or 2.00-5.00pm Team Rector: Rev’d Tony Gilbert

The Rectory, Church Rd, Thornford, Sherborne. DT9 6QE

01935 873044 e: rector3valleys@gmail.com

Team Vicars Rev’d George Moody

The Vicarage Church St, Yetminster DT9 6LG

01935 873214 e: revgeorgemoody@gmail.com Rev’d Richard Kirlew

@RuralChaplain

01963 23570 e: rector3valleys@gmail.com

Jubilee Hall Yetminster

ENQUIRIES: Three Valleys Benefice Office,

01935 872600 e: 3valleysoffice@gmail.com

Yetminster Methodist Church

Chapel Lane, Yetminster DT9 6LJ Minister: Rev Kate Konrad 01935-415837 Worship co-ordinator: Mrs Barbara Driver

Tel: 01935 873690 Treasurer:

Mrs S Gilbey

All services begin at 10:30am followed by coffee.

Hilfield Friary services continue. Information can be found on our website https://hilfieldfriary.org.uk and Facebook page www.facebook.com/HilfieldFriary so please look to see what we are up to.

Roman Catholic Services

Roman Catholic Church

The Sacred Heart & St. Aldhelm, Westbury, Sherborne DT9 3EL

tel: (01935) 812021 Weekend mass times: Saturdays at 6.00pm Sundays 10.30am Holy Days 10.00am and 6.30pm

Parish Priest: Monsignor Canon Robert Draper e: sherbornerc@prcdtr.org.uk w: sherbornecatholicchurch.org.uk