The Beaminster Area Team Ministry. 15 churches, one community, in the heart of rural Dorset.
This week, this holy week, has been full of difficult and tense relationships. Our pastoral care has served broken relationships, abusive relationships, manipulative relationships and failed relationships. There have been lies and gossip, accusations and half-truths. There have been tears and unkind words. Yet there has also been listening, learning, forgiveness, honesty, reconciliation and glimpses […]
Good Friday 2018 Sermon by Rev Jo Read More »
Talking among clergy friends there are some who don’t do foot washing as part of Maundy Thursday acts of worship because they had no volunteers prepared to have their feet washed. We wondered what put people off? Perhaps because of the intimacy of the act. In the 21st century our feet are usually hidden away
Maundy Thursday Sermon 2018 by Rev Jo Read More »
On Wednesdays between 10am and 3pm St Mary’s Church in Beaminster plays host to Walk in Wednesday. The church is open for all to visit – to socialise, find a quiet place to read, to play, to listen to music, to enjoy a brew with friends or just build some Lego. I popped along there
A Busy Walk In Wednesday Read More »
News on the Beaminster Area Team’s ECO credentials from Gill Perrott. “I’ve had a long standing interest in the environment & conservation being a supporter of Christian environmental charity A Rocha for many years. Last summer Revd Canon David Baldwin asked me if I would like to take on the task of registering our church
Beaminster & A Rocha ECO Survey Read More »
We meet every Thursday evening at 7pm in St Mary’s Church, Beaminster to pray specifically for the spiritual life of the team and the work we do in all our churches to share the good news of Jesus Christ. Every week we publish prayer prompts to help us to pray and to enable people to
Community of the Annunciation Prayers Read More »
With a glamorous new website and the sun shining today, I have a feeling of exciting new beginnings. Lots to be hopeful about, not least seeing new people at Walk in Wednesday tomorrow. Join us from 10am for coffee, cake and lots of chat.
Well hello there and welcome to the new Beaminster Area Team website. We’re a group of 15 Anglican churches in the Beaminster area of West Dorset. The Beaminster Area Team Ministry was established in 1979, and is part of the Lyme Bay deanery within the archdeaconry of Sherborne, in the diocese of Salisbury.
Welcome to the New Website Read More »