The Beaminster Area Team Ministry. 15 churches, one community, in the heart of rural Dorset.
On Tuesday 15th May Mountjoy School celebrated the Royal Wedding with an entire day devoted to wedding festivities. We were invited to conduct the wedding in a celebration at school in the afternoon. I went down, in borrowed cope from the Beaminster vestment cupboard, to pretend to be the Archbishop of Canterbury for the day. […]
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Today we launch our new YouTube channel, yes we’ve entered the video age. And what better way to start than an interview with Rev David about the epic sponsored walk he will be taking part in tomorrow. You can find further details of the walk and donate via paypal on the following page: Rector’s Sponsored
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Thy Kingdom Come Day 1 #Pledge2Pray We visit our primary schools every week and our other schools regularly or at their invitation. Today in collective worship we were thinking about patience and how we wait patiently. Abraham and Sarah waited patiently to become parents and God was faithful to them. Pray for our schools, for
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We will be celebrating Pentecost in a couple of weeks time both in church services and together at our Pentecost Praise afternoon. Do join us from 2pm on Sunday 20th May at St Mary’s Beaminster for all kinds of fun and games. This afternoon, our youth group will reflect on Acts 2 and ponder where
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As part of the Archbishops call to prayer between Ascension and Pentecost known as Thy Kingdom Come we have over the past years undertaken a number of initiatives such as Prayer Walks in each of the parishes and Prayer walking over a number of days between all 15 churches. We will, of course, be fully
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Congratulations to Steven Loveridge Church Warden for Seaborough on being presented with The Morehead Trophy by Bishop Karen on behalf of the DHCT for collecting the highest individual total in last year’s Ride and Stride event.
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We are here, the morning of very unexpected discoveries. After Jesus’ betrayal by Judas, his denial by Peter, the deserting of the disciples, the mocking by the Romans and his painful suffering and death we reach the end. This should have been the low point. The moment when the women continued the burial preparations begun
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There is an account in the New Testament of St Peter’s instruction on the Christian faith to a man called Cornelius and his household (Acts 10). Who was Cornelius? He was a Roman soldier stationed in Caesarea. He was in charge of about one hundred men in the army of occupation. We are told he
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