News across the Benefice

Celia Gilbert

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It was with great sadness that we heard on 17th April that Celia Gilbert had died after a long period of very debilitating dementia.

Celia had been associated with St Peter’s church in many ways for more than 30 years.  Her children, Katherine and Anthony, attended Sunday School here in the 1980s & 90s, she taught music and singing to many children in Pimperne and the Blandford area, played organ and keyboard for church events, and was a regular member of our congregation, even during very severe phases of her illness.

Our prayers are with Celia’s husband, Mike, and with her children and grandchildren.   You can read a lovely tribute from Katherine at http://www.psdbenefice.org.uk/tribute, and if you go to the ‘bellringing’ section of our website (http://www.psdbenefice.org.uk/bell-ringing) you can hear Celia describing the restoration of our bells in 2004/5.

Sunday and Weekday Services

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On Tuesday 17th March 2020,  I received notification from the Archbishops of Canterbury and York that public worship is to be suspended until further notice.

However, their advice is that; Churches should be open where possible for private prayer. It is my intention that St Peter’s, Holy Trinity and St Nicholas Church will remain open during the day as is the current practice.

I am waiting for further advice regarding Weddings.

In the meantime, prayers will be said by me in one of the churches on the following days;

St Peter’s 09.00 Monday

St Nicholas 17.00 Tuesday 

Holy Trinity 10.00 Wednesday

St Peter’s 17.00 Thursday

St Nicholas 09.00 Friday

Holy Trinity 09.00 Saturday

 

Sunday morning; St Peter’s 9.15, Holy Trinity 10.00 and St Nicholas 10.30. If there is anything specific you would like me to pray for please email me beneficerevb@outlook.com or phone me 0333 0118088

We are looking into ways of viewing or hearing daily prayer electronically, watch this space! In the meantime, the Church of England website has some useful resources. If you are able to access, I urge you to follow this link

www.churchofengland.org

 

The Pews News will be available as normal. A paper copy will be available from Friday afternoon for you to collect from your church. If you would like to receive it electronically, please can you contact Judy Jakes office@psdbenefice.org.uk  or if you prefer, I am happy to put one through your letter box. Please let me know.