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Currently doing the rounds on social media... sometimes a picture is worth more than 1,000 words.
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SAFEGUARDING NOTICE
Further to the Bishop’s Ad Clerum, there are three important new local policies that all clergy need to be aware of and to take action upon as needed including cascading to others in their team:
1. Safeguarding Training, Learning and Development;
2. Managing sex offenders who wish to worship in one of our churches;
3. Visiting clergy/ ministers.
Click here to access the new policies.
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'Caring for Our Common Home'
St Mary’s Church, West Moors, Thu 30 June
Dr Ruth Valerio explains why and how the Eco Church scheme helps us care for God’s creation. Poster + contact details here.
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'Murder in the Cloisters' at Sarum College, Thursday 5 July, 6.30pm
Crime writer Kate Charles talks on the perennial appeal of crime novels, especially those with a church background!
Info and booking.
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St Thomas’ Salisbury invite you to an
‘Open to All’ Disability Awareness Day
at the Salvation Army, Salisbury, 16 July
This will be a highly practical workshop!
More info and and reply form here.
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There are other new events in the likes of Dinton, Farnham, Lyme Regis, Milton Abbas, Tisbury and the Winterborne Valley.
Keep up to date here; submit your latest events here.
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RSPB Tower Tours
Wednesdays in June, 1.15pm.
RSPB Community Engagement Officer, Anya, answers your questions about our nesting peregrines. June only! Tickets here
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Want to know how to get more positive coverage in the local papers? How to make your church’s visual identity stand out? Pick up key points on everything from websites to noticeboards? This evening course (7-9pm) with Gerry Lynch is for you! Choose from
28 June in Sherborne,
30 June in Seend,
15 September in Wimborne
or 22 September in Salisbury.
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Churchyard Trees Conferences
The Church of England has some 10,000 churchyards, providing 'green lungs' as well as
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habitats for a wide range of wildlife.
Two conferences will present the same programme featuring churchyard and tree experts, providing a day of presentations and workshops in churchyard tree care and identification, legislative framework for works to trees and support with interpreting this natural heritage to the local community. Dates and venues are:
Thursday 6 October Liverpool Cathedral
Wednesday 2 November, St John’s Church, Waterloo
Register your interest ASAP! Page here.
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Foundations South West 2016
2-4 December
Brunel Manor Conference Centre, Torquay TQ1 4SF
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A weekend conference with a team led by Steve Maltz and Jose de Silva; a place where folk can really connect with each other, with God and with themselves, all within the framework of solid Biblical teaching and an exploration of the Church’s Hebraic roots. £180 / person, or £50 day visitors.
Info and booking here.
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