The Beaminster Area Team Ministry. 15 churches, one community, in the heart of rural Dorset.
As part of our prayer community, The Community of the Annunciation, we share a common way of life. This way of life is a framework for our spiritual development, not a set of rules to live by. As Simon Reed suggests in his book Creating Community: Ancient ways for modern churches “A Way of Life […]
Hot on the heels of our Think ECO Go ECO event on July 14th in Beaminster square has come the arrival of our Silver Award. The ECO Survey was completed and updated as new targets are met are part of Beaminster’s involvement as an ECO church with A Rocha. This is a global Christian organisation
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Not content with walking nearly 30 miles and getting in all the papers our very own Rev David Baldwin was on the Breakfast In Dorset Show on Radio Solent this morning. In the interview he talked about his work before becoming a man of the cloth and more recent events such as the marathon walk
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Just a brief note to let you know that the Church Office’s phones are out of action at the moment. No outgoing or incoming calls. We’re expecting an engineer on Friday. Until then a visit or an email might be better if you’re trying to get hold of the office. Or a telegram. Or a
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Well they did it. Walking almost 30 miles Reverends David and Jo completed their pilgrimage between all the churches of the Beaminster Area Team. It was a massive task to complete in one day and they should be heartily congratulated on their effort. Thanks to everyone who supported the dynamic duo on their walk –
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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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Mark 16: 1 – 8 One of the programmes that I have been watching on TV is Master Chef. No doubt you’ve seen it or parts of it. Contestants have to cook a two or three course meal in a given amount of time and then submit it to be judged by the presenters, Greg
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‘It is finished.’ (John 19: 30) ‘It is finished.’… …It well might not have been. Suppose that Jesus had yielded to the Tempter’s suggestion that what the people wanted was food for the belly, while Jesus knew that what they needed was God’s word. Suppose that he had yielded to the Tempter’s suggestion that what
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