Information Sheet
Three Valleys Team
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Information Sheet 10th August 2020
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10th August 2020
The ALWESTON CAR BOOT SALE planned for August has sadly had to be cancelled.
(Please note that all of the above events are subject to cancellation/change due to the Corona Virus and if in doubt, it may be advisable to check with the organisers of the event to see that they are still going ahead)
Pogles Wood Explorers
Holiday Club – This is planned to commence on Monday 13 July from 10.00am – 3.00pm (half days available) on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays each week until the end of August. Numbers restricted to six children per day costing £15.00 per day.
Wild School Week – Monday 24th to Friday 28th August (excluding Wednesday) activities include making a Den, baking bread, constructing a sundial or designing a paper airplane! For more information contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Facebook Pogles Wood Explorers
The Countrymen’s club -Farm visits and cream teas
From August to October 2020, on select dates, the Countrymen’s club based at Boyshill, Holnest, will be offering a cream tea and a farm walk to local men with a rural background along with their wives and carers.
You will have 1.5 hours on the farm with a maximum of 2 couples on the farm per session. Social distancing rules and relevant hygiene precautions will be strictly observed. There will be an opportunity to see the animals and some of the crafts that our countrymen have made over the years as well as the chance to talk about farming and the rural way of life.
There will be a small charge of £5 per person to cover costs.
If you are interested, please give them a call on the number below and they will let you know the dates and times available.
Rylands Farm, Boyshill, Holnest DT9 5PS
Tel: 01935 210703
Prayer for the Day
Almighty God,
who sent your Holy Spirit
to be the life and light of your Church:
open our hearts to the riches of your grace,
that we may bring forth the fruit of the Spirit
in love and joy and peace;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
A PRAYER FOR ALL THOSE
AFFECTED BY CORONAVIRUS
Keep us, good Lord,
under the shadow of your mercy.
Sustain and support the anxious,
be with those who care for the sick,
and lift up all who are brought low;
that we may find comfort
knowing that nothing can separate us from your love
in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Compline Worship & other service details for this forthcoming week
Monday– Compline - at 6.00pm via Three Valleys Team Facebook page (Rev.George Moody)
Wednesday @ 6.00pm – Reflective Night Prayer with Rev. Richard Kirlew using Zoom – please email him for the link
Friday @ 6.00pm – An Evening prayer service with Rev.Tony Gilbert
(Sunday morning 16th August) - online service of worship (Holy Communion) at 10.00am led by Rev.Anne Budgell – via Three Valleys Team facebook page.
A Message from the Clergy Team
There has been some concern expressed that the clergy are not seen so much in the villages during the lockdown. We are aware of this and want to assure you that we are still available for telephone consultations or via skype, zoom and all the other electronic methods of communication
Please share the Pew Sheet with others in your benefice who may not be receiving a copy by email from the office – Thank you.
Clergy Contact Details
Team Rector: Tony Gilbert: 01935 873 044
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Team Vicar: George Moody: 01935 873 214
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Team Vicar: Richard Kirlew: 01963 23 570
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Benefice Office Contact Details
Jubilee Hall, Church Street, Yetminster DT9 6LG
Tel. 01935 872600
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Please send items for this Pew Sheet to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Benefice Website: www.threevalleysteam.org
- Please send items for publication on the website (especially forthcoming/recent events) to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
A Salisbury Diocese appeal for help during the Coronavirus crisis on behalf of the Sudan
A big thank you to all those who contributed to the Salisbury Diocese appeal for Sudan and South Sudan to help the churches in both countries deal with COVID-19. The Appeal has now reached its target of £50,000. Bishop Nicholas sends this message: “Thank you to everyone for such a heartening response. It is generous, outward looking and caring. I have spoken to both the Archbishops of Khartoum and Juba in the last week and they are deeply thankful for the support of this appeal.”
It's still not too late to donate - the JustGiving site, https://bit.ly/sudansemergency, will remain open until 15 August.
Note: - Please remember that this is a separate appeal to our normal regular giving to Ezo. We will still be endeavouring to help the Ezo diocese.
The Wriggle Valley Mothers’ Union
A coffee morning is planned on October 24th in the Methodist Church, Yetminster to enable them to do some much needed fund raising. The above charity, like so many others have suffered due to the Covid-19 epidemic. If you have time, do take a look at their wonderful range of cards plus other things that can be ordered on-line. I understand that delivery is very prompt and efficient.
Ride+Stride 2020 is ON!
Dorset Historic Churches Trust (DHCT) is delighted to announce plans to go ahead with Ride+Stride 2020 on September 12th.
John Floyd and Oscar pictured at Kington Magna last year. They visited 10 churches and raised over £200.
As churches re-open after months of lockdown, the Trustees believe it is time to support church buildings, and continue their effort to maintain Dorset’s cherished history and heritage.
Ride+Stride is an outdoor event for individuals or families to be sponsored to walk, cycle or horse ride, between churches. It will carry on within the limits of whatever social distancing requirements are in force at that time.
While 50% of the cash raised is allocated for restoration grants for churches of all denominations across the county, the other 50% is returned to individual churches nominated by the riders or striders for their own uses. At a time when church income has been severely reduced, the Trustees were keen that Ride+Stride 2020 should not be added to the long list of events cancelled this year.
For more information please see your Church Notice boards nearer the time or contact: https://www.dhct.org.uk for more information.
Future Church Service Dates: -
Sunday 16th August 2020
Pulham Church (Thomas A Beckett) - @ 10.00am – Holy Communion with Richard Kirlew (The White Hart Vale)
Yetminster (St Andrew’s) – Holy Communion @ 10.00am
(Please let George Moody know if you plan on coming to the service, on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or telephone 01935 872287 as a list of those attending the service has to be kept for 21 days under current Government rules). Thank you
Sunday 30th August 2020
Caundle Marsh (St Peter & St Paul) @ 10.00 – please make a note of the new time! Rev. Richard Kirlew will be taking the above service. All welcome!
(There will also be electronic Eucharist service on facebook next Sunday with Rev.Anne Budgell for those who would prefer not to come out yet).
Word for the Day
During Covid-19 many of you may already know that Rev.Tony Gilbert has been live-streaming a ‘Word for the Day’ on the Three Valleys facebook page. (The text used for these can be read at your leisure on the Three Valleys Website page and found under the heading ‘Announcements’ – Word for the Day).
https://www.threevalleysteam.org
This is Tony’s final ‘Word for the Day’ which you may like to read: -
Friday 17th July 2020 - the final "Word for the Day"
The Devil Pays
Every morning in a small row of houses a woman would step out from one front door and whatever the weather would look up to heaven and shout ‘Praise you Lord for all your creation’. Now it so happened that an Atheist moved in next door and soon got rather fed up with what he regarded as nonsense. So as the woman went out each morning he would follow up with a shout of ’There is no God’ and so it went on for several months.
Eventually as winter approached the Atheist heard the woman also pray after her praise. ‘Please Lord help me I do not have enough money to buy fuel and I have no food’. Now the Atheist was not an unkind man and saw a way to make his point so he bought and paid for an order of food and also some fuel for the central heating.
The Following morning the woman came out and with extra gratitude praised the Lord for his great bounty. At that point the Atheist popped his head over the fence and said. ‘There is no God I paid for the food and the fuel myself.’
‘Praise the Lord after some thought’ said the woman ‘you sent me bounty all this and made the devil pay for it!’
Of course, she was wrong. The religious don’t have the monopoly on goodness and an Atheist is not the Devil. God can and will use any one or anything as his hands here on Earth. As Christians who are aware of this we should be ready to serve whenever called upon.
As the lockdown is easing now, regretfully I will be signing off from these thoughts for the day now. I hope you have enjoyed them and found the thought provoking. As I like to say. I’ve just run out of thoughts!
ARRANGEMENTS FOR OPENING CHURCHES
St Andrew's Yetminster:
Open from 8am to midday daily, seven days a week. Please note: There will be no access from the south entrance around the Tower for the next three months, due to scaffolding and the Tower works team, so please use the main north door.
Leigh, St Andrew’s open daily 10am to 4pm
Batcombe, St Mary Magdalene open 24/7
Holnest, Church of the Assumption, open on request
Chetnole St Peter's will be open on Wednesdays and Sundays from 10 am to 4pm (possibly earlier or later depending on the day).
Thornford, St Mary Magdalene open on Sundays & Wednesdays – 10.00-4.00pm beginning Sunday 21st June.
Bradford Abbas – 9.00am – 7pm on Sundays & Wednesdays
Beer Hackett, St Michael’s – 10.00am-4.00pm Sundays & Wednesdays
Folke, St.Lawrence’s – Tuesday & Saturdays 10.00am – 4.00pm (starting 24th June)
Glanvilles Wootton – Open on Wednesdays & Sundays (10.00-4.00pm) tbc
Howell, St Lawrence’s – this will be opened by appointment – phone numbers on Church notice board and porch gate.
Re-opening of Churches
For the latest Gov.guidelines please refer to the link below: -
The change in the Government's guidance means that those of our churches, that are able to do so safely, can now open for private prayer.
Those who have been able to open up for a few hours each day or at set times during the week have found themselves negotiating the long list of measures that they need to put in place to keep us all safe.
For the first month after we are allowed back into church we intend to hold simply three services per Sunday, one service in each of the Three Valley groups (Wriggle Valley, Gifle Valley and Vale of the White hart). These will rotate through the various churches in those areas. We will also continue broadcasting a weekly service via the internet. It seems likely that initially, distancing rules will have to be observed in church and that hymn singing will not be allowed as the deep breathing needed to sing is believed to increase the risk of spreading the virus. Details of where the services are to be held will be published in the weekly electronic pew sheet, on our Facebook page and our website nearer the time
Please be aware that as of last weekend, it is now compulsory for members of the congregation (adults) to wear a ‘face mask,’ whilst attending a service inside the church.
Hand sanitising gel and disposable face masks will be available at the entrances to most of our churches.
Music in our Churches?
Some good news that we have recently heard, is that Organ practice is now permitted providing the usual precautions of social distancing are observed. We look forward to a time where worship and music can once again be combined and our choirs are allowed to sing in our churches and cathedrals.
Church Warden’s Meeting!
The next meeting will be held on Monday 24th August @ 10.30am via Zoom27th July @ 10.30am via Zoom
The Sherborne Team office are still at their old address 3 Abbey Close, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3LQ Tel. 01935 812459
Updated Guidance
Updated guidance and information around the unlocking of our churches and moving to a ‘new normal’ – is being issued regularly. You can contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for more information.
Re-usable Masks
(Cotton washable re-usable masks are now available from Hamish the farm shop and Leigh village stores if required).
Face masks and the Deaf
31 Jul, 2020 05:30 PM
Our thanks to our friends at Premier News for this article endorsed by our Chaplain to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, the Revd Neil Robinson.
As masks become compulsory in shops in England, deaf people are warning that communication will be difficult.
Action on Hearing Loss is advising the general public to make sure they face the person they are speaking to and speak clearly and have also recommend speech-to-text apps, while the group Deaf Connect have produced cards which deaf people can carry round that ask people to remove their mask when they are speaking to them.
New Director and Deputy Diocesan
Secretary appointed
31 Jul, 2020 09:32 PM
The Diocese of Salisbury are delighted to announce the appointment of the Revd Canon Jonathan Triffitt to the post of Director of Mission and Ministry/ Deputy Diocesan Secretary.
Jonathan, who has been serving as Rector of Blandford Forum and Langton Long, will lead a team to support and serve resource local churches in 3 key areas: discipleship, leadership and community transformation. This will be across all levels (Benefice, Deanery and our Diocesan Board of Education schools), with an approach that is about thinking both locally and with a collective Diocesan mindset.
GOLD AWARD
Congratulations to St Mary's Church in Beaminster on receiving a Gold Eco Church award.
This is only the 12th such award in England and Wales, and St Mary's are the first church to receive this award in the Diocese of Salisbury.
The Gold Award, part of A Rocha UK’s award scheme for churches in England and Wales, comes after 3 years of sustained effort by St Mary's Eco Committee, which included a change to more environmentally friendly heating, eco events, litter picking, toilet twinning, and even a plan to be zero carbon by 2030.
The driving force behind the work is Dr Gill Perrott, who signed up her parish and its medieval church for the Eco Church scheme.
The Sherborne Team
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The Right Reverend Karen Gorham 01258 444521 |
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The Ven Antony MacRow-Wood 01258 444521 |
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The Ven Penny Sayer 01258 444521 |
The Area Team has recently moved! (Previously at Corfe Mullen (also correspondence address for Bishop Karen)
The Sherborne Office area team
Tel. 01258 444521
Sherborne Office, Dairy Barn, Ash Farm Courtyard, Stourpaine DT11 8PW.
Office hours: 8.30am-4pm, Monday to Friday.
The office answer machine is on when there is no one is the office available to take your call. Please leave a message and they will contact you as soon as possible.
Finally, if there is anything that you would like for me to mention in the Pew Sheet please email the office This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. asap. I am hoping to continue working at the office on Monday mornings and Tuesday afternoons for the foreseeable future. Jeanette
Information Sheet 3rd August 2020
Information Sheet 29th July 2020
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29 July 2020
73rd Chetnole Flower Show
Saturday 1st August 2020
2pm – 4.30pm, Chetnole Village Hall
(Due to Covid-19 it will be different. The flower show will go ahead as usual. Instead of the usual fete element, they encourage you to bring a picnic fit for VE Day.
Cancellation of Wine & Cheese Party
(Sadly, Beer Hackett PCC have decided with much regret to cancel the above for the first time in nearly 20 years – hopefully this will be
re-organised in the not too distant future)
Yetminster Village Flower Show
Saturday 15thAugust (more details to follow)
The ALWESTON CAR BOOT SALE planned for August has sadly had to be cancelled.
(Please note that all of the above events are subject to cancellation/change due to the Corona Virus and if in doubt, it may be advisable to check with the organisers of the event to see that they are still going ahead)
Pogles Wood Explorers
Holiday Club – This is planned to commence on Monday 13 July from 10.00am – 3.00pm (half days available) on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays each week until the end of August. Numbers restricted to six children per day costing £15.00 per day.
Wild School Week – Monday 24th to Friday 28th August (excluding Wednesday) activities include making a Den, baking bread, con-structing a sundial or designing a paper air-plane! For more information contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Facebook Pogles Wood Explorers
The Countrymen's club - Farm visits and cream teas
From August to October 2020, on select dates, the Countrymen's club based at Boyshill, Holnest, will be offering a cream tea and a farm walk to local men with a rural background along with their wives and carers.
You will have 1.5 hours on the farm with a maximum of 2 couples on the farm per ses-sion. Social distancing rules and relevant hy-giene precautions will be strictly observed. There will be an opportunity to see the animals and some of the crafts that our countrymen have made over the years as well as the chance to talk about farming and the rural way of life.
There will be a small charge of £5 per person to cover costs.
If you are interested, please give them a call on the number below and they will let you know the dates and times available.
Rylands Farm, Boyshill, Holnest DT9 5PS
Tel: 01935 210703
Prayer for the Day
Lord of all power and might,
the author and giver of all good things:
graft in our hearts the love of your name,
increase in us true religion,
nourish us with all goodness,
and of your great mercy keep us in the same;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
A PRAYER FOR ALL THOSE AFFECTED BY CORONAVIRUS
Keep us, good Lord,
under the shadow of your mercy.
Sustain and support the anxious,
be with those who care for the sick,
and lift up all who are brought low;
that we may find comfort
knowing that nothing can separate us from your love
in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Compline Worship & other service details for this forthcoming week
Monday – Compline - at 6.00pm via Three Valleys Team Facebook page (Rev.George Moody)
Wednesday @ 6.00pm – a Celtic Night Prayer with Rev. Richard Kirlew using Zoom
Friday @ 6.00pm –a Celtic Compline Rev.Anne Budgell (Three valleys Team facebook page)
Sunday morning (2nd August) Anne will be tak-ing an online BCP Communion at 10.00am (face-book)
A Message from the Clergy Team
There has been some concern expressed that the clergy are not seen so much in the villages during the lockdown. We are aware of this and want to assure you that we are still available for telephone consultations or via skype, zoom and all the other electronic methods of communication
Clergy Contact Details
Team Rector: Tony Gilbert: 01935 873 044
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Team Vicar: George Moody: 01935 873 214
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Team Vicar: Richard Kirlew: 01963 23 570
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Benefice Office Contact Details
Jubilee Hall, Church Street, Yetminster DT9 6LG
Tel. 01935 872600
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Please send items for this Pew Sheet to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Benefice Website: www.threevalleysteam.org
Please send items for publication on the web-site (especially forthcoming/recent events) to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
A Salisbury Diocese appeal for help during the Coronavirus crisis on behalf of the Sudan
Our own problems with COVID-19 in this country are significant, but our brothers and sisters in South Sudan and Sudan face even greater problems with even less resources. Archbishop Ezekiel Kondo of the Episcopal Church in Sudan sends us the message that his people "would rather die of COVID-19 than hunger".
Salisbury Diocese has a long association with the churches in the Sudans, and Bishop Nicholas has responded to their urgent need for improved hygiene and basic food items to help starve off the virus by launching the SOAP and FOOD Appeal, which will run throughout July. More details, including a poster which can be downloaded, can be found at https://www.salisbury.anglican.org/mission/the-sudan-link/emergency-appeal. Donations should be sent via Justgiving – https://bit.ly/sudansemergency.
Note: - Please remember that this is a separate appeal to our normal regular giving to Ezo. We will still be endeavouring to help the Ezo diocese.
The Wriggle Valley Mothers’ Union
A coffee morning is planned on October 24th in the Methodist Church, Yetminster to enable them to do some much needed fund raising. The above charity, like so many others have suffered due to the Covid-19 epidemic. If you have time, do take a look at their wonderful range of cards plus other things that can be ordered on-line. I understand that delivery is very prompt and efficient.
Ride+Stride 2020 is ON!
St Andrew's Yetminster:
Open from 8am to midday daily, seven days a week. Please note: There will be no access from the south entrance around the Tower for the next three months, due to scaffolding and the Tower works team, so please use the main north door.
Leigh, St Andrew’s open daily 10am to 4pm
Bradford Abbas – 9.00am – 7pm on Sundays & Wednesdays
Those who have been able to open up for a few hours each day or at set times during the week have found themselves negotiating the long list of measures that they need to put in place to keep us all safe.
For the first month after we are allowed back into church we intend to hold simply three services per Sunday, one service in each of the Three Valley groups (Wriggle Valley, Gifle Valley and Vale of the White hart). These will rotate through the various churches in those areas. We will also continue broadcasting a weekly service via the internet. It seems likely that initially, distancing rules will have to be observed in church and that hymn singing will not be allowed as the deep breathing needed to sing is believed to increase the risk of spreading the virus. Details of where the services are to be held will be published in the weekly electronic pew sheet, on our Facebook page and our website nearer the time
Music in our Churches?
Some good news that we have recently heard, is that Organ practice is now permitted providing the usual precautions of social distancing are observed. We look forward to a time where worship and music can once again be combined and our choirs are allowed to sing in our churches and cathedrals.
Church Warden’s Meeting!
The next meeting will be held on Monday 24th August @ 10:30am via Zoom
Benefice Council Meeting
The next meeting will be held on Wednesday 5th August Via Zoom at 3:00pm
The Sherborne Team office are still at their old address 3 Abbey Close, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3LQ Tel. 01935 812459
Re-usable Masks
(Cotton washable re-usable masks are now available from Hamish the farm shop and Leigh village stores if required).
Feeding the Hungry
Times are hard for many, but the Church is stepping up.
Our Social Justice Manager Colin Brady says:
"The team at Faithworks Wessex who run our foodbanks in Blandford, Poole, and Wimborne - as well as projects supporting single parent families, people struggling with financial issues, people living on the streets, and people dealing with addiction - has kept on working through lockdown, making appropriate changes, and even increasing some of their services."
Great work, team Faithworks Wessex!
Did you know that foodbanks have their roots here in this Diocese?
In 2000, Trussell Trust founder Paddy Henderson started the Salisbury Foodbank in his garden shed and garage, providing 3 days’ of emergency food to local people in crisis.
The Trussell Trust now supports over 1,200 foodbank centres across the UK
GOLD AWARD
Congratulations to St Mary's Church in Beaminster on receiving a Gold Eco Church award.
This is only the 12th such award in England and Wales, and St Mary's are the first church to receive this award in the Diocese of Salisbury.
The Gold Award, part of A Rocha UK’s award scheme for churches in England and Wales, comes after 3 years of sustained effort by St Mary's Eco Committee, which included a change to more environmentally friendly heating, eco events, litter picking, toilet twinning, and even a plan to be zero carbon by 2030.
The driving force behind the work is Dr Gill Perrott, who signed up her parish and its medieval church for the Eco Church schem
The Sherborne Team
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The Right Reverend Karen Gorham 01258 444521 |
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The Ven Penny Sayer 01258 444521 |
The Sherborne Office area team
Tel. 01258 444521
Sherborne Office, Dairy Barn, Ash Farm Courtyard, Stourpaine DT11 8PW.
Office hours: 8.30am-4pm, Monday to Friday.
The office answer machine is on when there is no one is the office available to take your call. Please leave a message and they will contact you as soon as possible.
Finally, if there is anything that you would like for me to mention in the Pew Sheet please email the office This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. asap. I am hoping to continue working at the office on Monday mornings and Tuesday afternoons for the foreseeable future.
Take care - Jeanette
20h July 2020
73rd Chetnole Flower Show
Saturday 1st August 2020
2pm – 4.30pm, Chetnole Village Hall
(Due to Covid-19 it will be different. The flower show will go ahead as usual. Instead of the usual fete element, they encourage you to bring a picnic fit for VE Day.
Leigh Candle Auction 2020
New re-arranged date of 23 July, @ 6.30pm – Leigh Village Hall. Please come along and bid!
Wine & Cheese Party – in aid of St.Michael’s Church, Beer Hackett
The above may still go ahead on Friday 7th August – please remember the date and look out for various notices regarding the above nearer the time.
Pogles Wood Explorers
Holiday Club – This is planned to commence on Monday 13 July from 10.00am – 3.00pm (half days available) on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays & Fridays each week until the end of August. Numbers restricted to six children per day costing £15.00 per day.
Wild School Week – Monday 24th to Friday 28th August (excluding Wednesday) activities include making a Den, baking bread, constructing a sundial or designing a paper airplane! For more information contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Facebook Pogles Wood Explorers
The Countrymen’s club -Farm visits and cream teas
From August to October 2020, on select dates, the Countrymen’s club based at Boyshill, Holnest, will be offering a cream tea and a farm walk to local men with a rural background along with their wives and carers.
You will have 1.5 hours on the farm with a maximum of 2 couples on the farm per session. Social distancing rules and relevant hygiene precautions will be strictly observed. There will be an opportunity to see the animals and some of the crafts that our countrymen have made over the years as well as the chance to talk about farming and the rural way of life.
There will be a small charge of £5 per person to cover costs.
If you are interested, please give them a call on the number below and they will let you know the dates and times available.
Rylands Farm, Boyshill, Holnest DT9 5PS
Tel: 01935 210703
The ALWESTON CAR BOOT SALE planned for August has sadly had to be cancelled.
(Please note that all of the above events are subject to cancellation/change due to the Corona Virus and if in doubt, it may be advisable to check with the organisers of the event to see that they are still going ahead)
Prayer for the Day
Merciful God,
you have prepared for those who love you
such good things as pass our understanding:
pour into our hearts such love toward you
that we, loving you in all things and above all things,
may obtain your promises,
which exceed all that we can desire;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
A PRAYER FOR ALL THOSE
AFFECTED BY CORONAVIRUS
Keep us, good Lord,
under the shadow of your mercy.
Sustain and support the anxious,
be with those who care for the sick,
and lift up all who are brought low;
that we may find comfort
knowing that nothing can separate us from your love
in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Compline Worship & other service details for this forthcoming week
Monday– Compline - at 6.00pm via Three Valleys Team Facebook page (Rev.George Moody)
Wednesday @ 6.00pm – a Reflective Night Prayer with Rev. Richard Kirlew using Zoom
Friday @ 6.00pm – an online service with Rev.Anne Budgell (Three valleys Team facebook page)
Sunday morning Tony will be taking an online service during which Communion will be offered
A Message from the Clergy Team
There has been some concern expressed that the clergy are not seen so much in the villages during the lockdown. We are aware of this and want to assure you that we are still available for telephone consultations or via skype, zoom and all the other electronic methods of communication
Clergy Contact Details
Team Rector: Tony Gilbert: 01935 873 044
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Team Vicar: George Moody: 01935 873 214
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Team Vicar: Richard Kirlew: 01963 23 570
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Benefice Office Contact Details
Jubilee Hall, Church Street, Yetminster DT9 6LG
Tel. 01935 872600
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Please send items for this Pew Sheet to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Benefice Website: www.threevalleysteam.org
- Please send items for publication on the website (especially forthcoming/recent events) to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
A Close Shave
The Parish Giving Scheme
Dear Clergy, PCC Treasurers, PCC Secretaries and Churchwardens
Just a reminder about the Parish Giving Scheme webinar this Thursday and to let you know there are currently still places available if you haven’t already booked (please note the closing date for bookings is close of play tomorrow). To book a place please click on the highlighted link below which will take you to the relevant booking page on our website.
The Parish Giving Scheme: 23rd July, 2.00 - 3.00 pm
Get the latest developments about how you can utilise the Parish Giving Scheme at this time. We will be joined by Helen Richardson, CEO of the Parish Giving Scheme, and we will also hear from representatives from local churches who are successfully using the scheme.
(Zoom links and meeting codes to access the webinars will be issued 24 hours in advance.)
Kind regards,
Sally
Sally Finn
On behalf of Parish Support, Diocese of Salisbury
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Raising money for the Sudans Emergency Appeal and Dorset Historic Churches Trust has been a hair-raising experience for one of our Archdeacons.
Archdeacon of Dorset Antony MacRow-Wood decided to make his first post-lockdown haircut a chance to raise money for 2 good causes.
And to make sure people were willing to give, he offered to have all his locks shaved off.
Archdeacon Antony said:
"People in South Sudan and Sudan have been hard hit by Covid-19 and lack the medical facilities we take for granted. The Diocesan Link helps fund, medical equipment, training and medicines.
"Churches in Dorset have not been able to raise funds for repairs this year but the buildings still require maintenance. Dorset Historic Churches Trust helps churches with the cost of repairs.
A Salisbury Diocese appeal for help during the Coronavirus crisis on behalf of the Sudan
Our own problems with COVID-19 in this country are significant, but our brothers and sisters in South Sudan and Sudan face even greater problems with even less resources. Archbishop Ezekiel Kondo of the Episcopal Church in Sudan sends us the message that his people “would rather die of COVID-19 than hunger”.
Salisbury Diocese has a long association with the churches in the Sudans, and Bishop Nicholas has responded to their urgent need for improved hygiene and basic food items to help starve off the virus by launching the SOAP and FOOD Appeal, which will run throughout July. More details, including a poster which can be downloaded, can be found at https://www.salisbury.anglican.org/mission/the-sudan-link/emergency-appeal. Donations should be sent via Justgiving – https://bit.ly/sudansemergency.
Note: - Please remember that this is a separate appeal to our normal regular giving to Ezo. We will still be endeavouring to help the Ezo diocese.
The Wriggle Valley Mothers’ Union
A coffee morning is planned on October 24th in the Methodist Church, Yetminster to enable them to do some much needed fund raising. The above charity, like so many others have suffered due to the Covid-19 epidemic. If you have time, do take a look at their wonderful range of cards plus other things that can be ordered on-line. I understand that delivery is very prompt and efficient.
Rural Mission Sunday – 19th July @ 11.00am
A benefice open air service in Leigh church yard to celebrate Rural Mission Sunday proved popular and was enjoyed by those present. Although the weather was slightly showery to begin with it brightened up and all was well.
Many thanks to Richard for co-ordinating the above and to everyone who had helped in the planning of the above – it was lovely to see and chat to many who hadn’t seen one another for many months.
Small bunches of flowers were given to individuals after the service so that we might take them to our own local churches/homes to remind us of our fellowship and connection with one another in our benefice.
Ride+Stride 2020 is ON!
Dorset Historic Churches Trust (DHCT) is delighted to announce plans to go ahead with Ride+Stride 2020 on September 12th.
John Floyd and Oscar pictured at Kington Magna last year. They visited 10 churches and raised over £200.
As churches re-open after months of lockdown, the Trustees believe it is time to support church buildings, and continue their effort to maintain Dorset’s cherished history and heritage.
Ride+Stride is an outdoor event for individuals or families to be sponsored to walk, cycle or horse ride, between churches. It will carry on within the limits of whatever social distancing requirements are in force at that time.
While 50% of the cash raised is allocated for restoration grants for churches of all denominations across the county, the other 50% is returned to individual churches nominated by the riders or striders for their own uses. At a time when church income has been severely reduced, the Trustees were keen that Ride+Stride 2020 should not be added to the long list of events cancelled this year.
For more information please see your Church Notice boards nearer the time or contact: https://www.dhct.org.uk for more information.
Future Church Service Dates: -
26th July
Holwell @ 10.00am
Chetnole @ 10.00am
Bradford Abbas @ 10.00am
2nd August
Glanvilles Wootton @ 10.00am
Batcombe @ 10.00am
Beer Hackett @ 10.00am
30th August
Caundle Marsh (St Peter & St Paul) @ 10.00 – please make a note of the new time! Rev. Richard Kirlew will be taking the above service. All welcome!
(There will also be electronic Eucharist service on facebook next Sunday with Rev.Anne Budgell for those who would prefer not to come out yet).
Word for the Day
During Covid-19 many of you may already know that Rev.Tony Gilbert has been live-streaming a ‘Word for the Day’ on the Three Valleys facebook page. (The text used for these can be read at your leisure on the Three Valleys Website page and found under the heading ‘Announcements’ – Word for the Day).
https://www.threevalleysteam.org
ARRANGEMENTS FOR OPENING CHURCHES
St Andrew's Yetminster:
Open from 8am to midday daily, seven days a week. Please note: There will be no access from the south entrance around the Tower for the next three months, due to scaffolding and the Tower works team, so please use the main door.
Leigh, St Andrew’s open daily 10am to 4pm
Batcombe, St Mary Magdalene open 24/7
Holnest, Church of the Assumption, open on request
Chetnole St Peter's will be open on Wednesdays and Sundays from 10 am to 4pm (possibly earlier or later depending on the day).
Thornford, St Mary Magdalene open on Sundays & Wednesdays – 10.00-4.00pm beginning Sunday 21st June.
Bradford Abbas – 9.00am – 7pm on Sundays & Wednesdays
Beer Hackett, St Michael’s – 10.00am-4.00pm Sundays & Wednesdays
Folke, St.Lawrence’s – Tuesday & Saturdays 10.00am – 4.00pm (starting 24th June)
Howell, St Lawrence’s – this will be opened by appointment – phone numbers on Church notice board and porch gate.
Re-opening of Churches
For the latest Gov.guidelines please refer to the link below: -
The change in the Government's guidance means that those of our churches, that are able to do so safely, can now open for private prayer.
Those who have been able to open up for a few hours each day or at set times during the week have found themselves negotiating the long list of measures that they need to put in place to keep us all safe.
For the first month after we are allowed back into church we intend to hold simply three services per Sunday, one service in each of the Three Valley groups (Wriggle Valley, Gifle Valley and Vale of the White hart). These will rotate through the various churches in those areas. We will also continue broadcasting a weekly service via the internet. It seems likely that initially, distancing rules will have to be observed in church and that hymn singing will not be allowed as the deep breathing needed to sing is believed to increase the risk of spreading the virus. Details of where the services are to be held will be published in the weekly electronic pew sheet, on our Facebook page and our website nearer the time
Music in our Churches?
Some good news that we have recently heard, is that Organ practice is now permitted providing the usual precautions of social distancing are observed. We look forward to a time where worship and music can once again be combined and our choirs are allowed to sing in our churches and cathedrals.
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Church Warden’s Meeting!
The next meeting will be held on Monday 27th July @ 10.30am via Zoom
Benefice Council Meeting
The next meeting will be held on Wednesday 5th August – venue tbc/Zoom meeting
The Sherborne Team office are still at their old address 3 Abbey Close, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3LQ Tel. 01935 812459
The Sherborne Team
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The Right Reverend Karen Gorham 01258 444521 |
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The Ven Antony MacRow-Wood 01258 444521 |
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The Ven Penny Sayer 01258 444521 |
The Area Team has recently moved! (Previously at Corfe Mullen (also correspondence address for Bishop Karen)
New address: -
The Sherborne Office area team
Tel. 01258 444521
Sherborne Office, Dairy Barn, Ash Farm Courtyard, Stourpaine DT11 8PW.
Office hours: 8.30am-4pm, Monday to Friday.
The office answer machine is on when there is no one is the office available to take your call. Please leave a message and they will contact you as soon as possible.
Finally, if there is anything that you would like for me to mention in the Pew Sheet please email the office This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. asap. I am hoping to continue working at the office on Monday mornings and Tuesday afternoons for the foreseeable future.
Take care - Jeanette
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THREE VALLEYS INFORMATION SHEET |
13th July 2020
Batcombe Initials Competition
“Batcombe are organising an Initials Quiz in aid of church funds; the questions are free from This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. (Hilary Brocklehurst) and, if you wish to participate, submit your answers by email or to Scotley Farmhouse with a £2 donation to PCC Batcombe (bank details available on request) by Saturday 18th July in order to get the answers and to enter for a prize of £20. This might be a bit of fun for you and your families.”
73rd Chetnole Flower Show
Saturday 1st August 2020
2pm – 4.30pm, Chetnole Village Hall
(Due to Covid-19 it will be different. The flower show will go ahead as usual. Instead of the usual fete element, they encourage you to bring a picnic fit for VE Day.
Leigh Candle Auction 2020
New re-arranged date of 23 July, @ 6.30pm – Leigh Village Hall. Please come along and bid!
Wine & Cheese Party – in aid of St.Michael’s Church, Beer Hackett
The above may still go ahead on Friday 7th August – please remember the date and look out for various notices regarding the above nearer the time.
The Countrymen’s club -Farm visits and cream teas
From August to October 2020, on select dates, the Countrymen’s club based at Boyshill, Holnest, will be offering a cream tea and a farm walk to local men with a rural background along with their wives and carers.
You will have 1.5 hours on the farm with a maximum of 2 couples on the farm per session. Social distancing rules and relevant hygiene precautions will be strictly observed. There will be an opportunity to see the animals and some of the crafts that our countrymen have made over the years as well as the chance to talk about farming and the rural way of life.
There will be a small charge of £5 per person to cover costs.
If you are interested, please give them a call on the number below and they will let you know the dates and times available.
Rylands Farm, Boyshill, Holnest DT9 5PS
Tel: 01935 210703
The ALWESTON CAR BOOT SALE planned for August has sadly had to be cancelled.
(Please note that all of the above events are subject to cancellation/change due to the Corona Virus and if in doubt, it may be advisable to check with the organisers of the event to see that they are still going ahead)
Prayer for the Day
Almighty and everlasting God,
by whose Spirit the whole body of the Church
is governed and sanctified:
hear our prayer which we offer for all your faithful people,
that in their vocation and ministry
they may serve you in holiness and truth
to the glory of your name;
through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
A PRAYER FOR ALL THOSE
AFFECTED BY CORONAVIRUS
Keep us, good Lord,
under the shadow of your mercy.
Sustain and support the anxious,
be with those who care for the sick,
and lift up all who are brought low;
that we may find comfort
knowing that nothing can separate us from your love
in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Compline Worship & other service details for this forthcoming week
Monday– Compline - at 6.00pm via Three Valleys Team Facebook page (Rev.George Moody)
Wednesday @ 6.00pm – a service with Rev. Richard Kirlew using Zoom
Friday @ 6.00pm – an online service with Rev.Tony Gilbert
A Message from the Clergy Team
There has been some concern expressed that the clergy are not seen so much in the villages during the lockdown. We are aware of this and want to assure you that we are still available for telephone consultations or via skype, zoom and all the other electronic methods of communication
Clergy Contact Details
Team Rector: Tony Gilbert: 01935 873 044
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Team Vicar: George Moody: 01935 873 214
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Team Vicar: Richard Kirlew: 01963 23 570
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Benefice Office Contact Details
Jubilee Hall, Church Street, Yetminster DT9 6LG
Tel. 01935 872600
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Please send items for this Pew Sheet to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Benefice Website: www.threevalleysteam.org
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A Close Shave
Raising money for the Sudans Emergency Appeal and Dorset Historic Churches Trust has been a hair-raising experience for one of our Archdeacons.
Archdeacon of Dorset Antony MacRow-Wood decided to make his first post-lockdown haircut a chance to raise money for 2 good causes.
And to make sure people were willing to give, he offered to have all his locks shaved off.
Archdeacon Antony said:
"People in South Sudan and Sudan have been hard hit by Covid-19 and lack the medical facilities we take for granted. The Diocesan Link helps fund, medical equipment, training and medicines.
"Churches in Dorset have not been able to raise funds for repairs this year but the buildings still require maintenance. Dorset Historic Churches Trust helps churches with the cost of repairs.
A Salisbury Diocese appeal for help during the Coronavirus crisis on behalf of the Sudan
Our own problems with COVID-19 in this country are significant, but our brothers and sisters in South Sudan and Sudan face even greater problems with even less resources. Archbishop Ezekiel Kondo of the Episcopal Church in Sudan sends us the message that his people “would rather die of COVID-19 than hunger”.
Salisbury Diocese has a long association with the churches in the Sudans, and Bishop Nicholas has responded to their urgent need for improved hygiene and basic food items to help starve off the virus by launching the SOAP and FOOD Appeal, which will run throughout July. More details, including a poster which can be downloaded, can be found at https://www.salisbury.anglican.org/mission/the-sudan-link/emergency-appeal. Donations should be sent via Justgiving – https://bit.ly/sudansemergency.
Note: - Please remember that this is a separate appeal to our normal regular giving to Ezo. We will still be endeavouring to help the Ezo diocese.
The Wriggle Valley Mothers’ Union
A coffee morning is planned on October 24th in the Methodist Church, Yetminster to enable them to do some much needed fund raising. The above charity, like so many others have suffered due to the Covid-19 epidemic. If you have time, do take a look at their wonderful range of cards plus other things that can be ordered on-line. I understand that delivery is very prompt and efficient.
And finally, Thank you!
This week saw many of our churches unlocking for worship for the first time in over 100 days.
Thank you to everyone who made it possible for Church Services to take place at Yetminster, Folke & Thornford last Sunday.
Members of our Church Community had worked very hard to create a safe and physically-distanced environment for a new version of worship allowed under the present restrictions for which we are all grateful.
Rural Mission Sunday – 19th July @ 11.00am
There will be a benefice open air service in Leigh church yard to celebrate Rural Mission Sunday. Richard is co-ordinating it and he writes the following:
The theme will be ‘Heaven in the Ordinary’. Please bring with you:
A garden flower/wild flower
A picnic and hot drink for after the Service -(None will be served after the service)
A garden chair
Parking will be in the Leigh Village Hall car park.
In the event of rain there will be shelter in the churchyard for those attending the service under open sided canvas.
Future Church Service Dates: -
26th July
Holwell @ 10.00am
Chetnole @ 10.00am
Bradford Abbas @ 10.00am
2nd August
Glanvilles Wootton @ 10.00am
Batcombe @ 10.00am
Beer Hackett @ 10.00am
(There will also be electronic Eucharist service on facebook next Sunday with Rev.Anne Budgell for those who would prefer not to come out yet).
Word for the Day
During Covid-19 many of you may already know that Rev.Tony Gilbert has been live-streaming a ‘Word for the Day’ on the Three Valleys facebook page. (The text used for these can be read at your leisure on the Three Valleys Website page and found under the heading ‘Announcements’ – Word for the Day).
https://www.threevalleysteam.org
ARRANGEMENTS FOR OPENING CHURCHES
Yetminster St Andrew 8am - 12 noon daily
will be open for individual prayer daily from Monday 15th June 2020: 8am - 12 Noon.
(NB The church will be closed for cleaning after the service on Sunday 12th and will re-open for personal prayer from Thursday 16th July, from 8am to midday daily)
From 6th July, please enter and leave by the main North Church door. (The Tower works team have requested sole use of the South door for approximately three months).
On arrival please make sure you use the hand sanitiser or gloves provided.
Visitors are encouraged to remain standing although there will be one pew available for those who need to sit. This pew will alternate and be cleaned each day.
All doors and pew tops will be cleaned each day, and we would politely ask that people try not to touch anything.
If you feel more comfortable wearing a mask and your own gloves, please do. There will also be gloves available at the entry door. We want to ensure that everyone who comes to church feels safe and comfortable. For now please bring your own prayer books too.
Leigh, St Andrew’s open daily 10am to 4pm
Batcombe, St Mary Magdalene open 24/7
Holnest, Church of the Assumption, open on request
Chetnole St Peter's will be open on Wednesdays and Sundays from 10 am to 4pm (possibly earlier or later depending on the day).
Thornford, St Mary Magdalene open on Sundays & Wednesdays – 10.00-4.00pm beginning Sunday 21st June.
Bradford Abbas – 9.00am – 7pm on Sundays & Wednesdays
Beer Hackett, St Michael’s – 10.00am-4.00pm Sundays & Wednesdays
Folke, St.Lawrence’s – Tuesday & Saturdays 10.00am – 4.00pm (starting 24th June)
Howell, St Lawrence’s – this will be opened by appointment – phone numbers on Church notice board and porch gate.
When we have more details of other churches opening, we will add them.
Re-opening of Churches
For the latest Gov.guidelines please refer to the link below: -
The change in the Government's guidance means that those of our churches, that are able to do so safely, can now open for private prayer.
Those who have been able to open up for a few hours each day or at set times during the week have found themselves negotiating the long list of measures that they need to put in place to keep us all safe.
For the first month after we are allowed back into church we intend to hold simply three services per Sunday, one service in each of the Three Valley groups (Wriggle Valley, Gifle Valley and Vale of the White hart). These will rotate through the various churches in those areas. We will also continue broadcasting a weekly service via the internet. It seems likely that initially, distancing rules will have to be observed in church and that hymn singing will not be allowed as the deep breathing needed to sing is believed to increase the risk of spreading the virus. Details of where the services are to be held will be published in the weekly electronic pew sheet, on our Facebook page and our website nearer the time
Music in our Churches?
Some good news that we have recently heard, is that Organ practice is now permitted providing the usual precautions of social distancing are observed. We look forward to a time where worship and music can once again be combined and our choirs are allowed to sing in our churches and cathedrals.
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Church Warden’s Meeting!
The next meeting will be held on Monday 27th July @ 10.30am via Zoom
Benefice Council Meeting
The next meeting will be held on Wednesday 5th August – venue tbc/Zoom meeting
The Sherborne Team office are still at their old address 3 Abbey Close, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3LQ
Tel. 01935 812459
The Sherborne Team
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The Right Reverend Karen Gorham 01258 444521 |
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The Ven Antony MacRow-Wood 01258 444521 |
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The Ven Penny Sayer 01258 444521 |
The Area Team has recently moved! (Previously at Corfe Mullen (also correspondence address for Bishop Karen
New address: -
The Sherborne Office area team
Tel. 01258 444521
Sherborne Office, Dairy Barn, Ash Farm Courtyard, Stourpaine DT11 8PW.
Office hours: 8.30am-4pm, Monday to Friday.
The office answer machine is on when there is no one is the office available to take your call. Please leave a message and they will contact you as soon as possible.
Finally, if there is anything that you would like for me to mention in the Pew Sheet please email the office This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. asap. I am hoping to continue working at the office on Monday mornings and Tuesday afternoons for the foreseeable future.
Take care - Jeanette
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