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2nd Sunday of Advent 2025
Rev Jimmy Holden
If we've tried to live well, and if we're honest, we'll know that “bearing good fruit” is easier said than done. That's true even when all the conditions are right; and conditions feel especially difficult at the moment. What hope is there then for those of us who, like the Pharisees and Sadducees, have heard the call to change our lives, and want to do better? If we hope to be better people, what feeds our hope?
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1st Sunday of Advent 2025
Rev. Jimmy Holden
Every Friday the Pilsdon Community in West Dorset prepares for guests. Bedding is laid out in the guest rooms; extra places are set in the dining room. But the guests, when they come – if they come – are always unexpected. That's because the guests who arrive at Pilsdon on Fridays are wayfarers: men of the road, many of them homeless, but some of them just badly housed and in need of respite. Without any announcement, at any point of the day or night, they arrive on foot, or on their bikes, or sometimes by
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2nd Sunday before Advent
Rev Jimmy Holden
In a nutshell, what I want to say this morning is that Christians have a problem with power, and with authority. The reason for this is straightforward; the solution is much less straightforward.
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Remembrance Sunday
Rev Jimmy Holden
As those of you who are regular here will know, I love words. If you catch me in a playful mood, you might see me pause in conversation as I work out how to make a pun from something you've just said. As well as making puns, part of loving words, for me, is noticing how there are words we only use some of the time. It always amuses me, for example, how even urban churches will use the word “garner” several times on a single Sunday in the autumn, and then let the word slip down the back of the linguistic sof
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Faithfuls and Celebrity Traitors
Rev Jimmy Holden
I don't watch much real television these days; most of what I watch is old series on streaming services. But I have acquired a taste for a BBC series which is airing right now – it's called “The Celebrity Traitors”. The final is this coming week. I'm not going to give you any spoilers in case you want to watch it, but I can say that, of the five celebrities who are still left in the game, I knew who three of them were without checking wikipedia. That makes me feel quite good about my popular culture knowled
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Pride
Canon Richard Franklin
St Mary's, Dorchester. 26th October, 2025. I must admit I sometimes struggle with the way in which Jesus condemned the Pharisees as he did in this morning’s gospel. Over the years I’ve heard too many sermons – some preached by yours truly – which say, in effect, that God is more concerned with those outside the church than with those of us who go. The same problem arises with the parable of the lost sheep.
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The Creed
Canon Richard Franklin
About eighteen months ago I was having a conversation with a former member of this church who has since moved away. She was commenting on the way I conduct the services. In the main she considered the way I took the services to be satisfactory but she did upbraid me for saying the creed too fast. I ventured to suggest that we could shorten it or might omit altogether. In response to this suggestion she was visibly shocked. ‘Whatever next?!’, she said, ‘you’ll be leaving out the Bible next!’.
14 September 2025
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16th Sunday after Trinity 2025
Rev Jimmy Holden
When I take a funeral, it's often for people I didn't know. To prepare myself I meet with the closest relatives or friends of those who've died. One of the first questions I ask them is something like, “Tell me about your loved one; tell me what made them tick.” Then, either fluently or with a little bit of prompting, they give me an account of the person's likes and dislikes; their values; their work. And – very often – it is strongly emphasised to me how much purpose the person found in their work. In the
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Harvest
Rev. Jimmy Holden
It's good to celebrate harvest. In recent years the Church of England has encouraged a change in our liturgy that makes Harvest a bit more emotionally complex. The Church has started marking the period from the beginning of September until the beginning of October as “Creationtide”. In this time we can express emotions to do with land that go beyond simple celebration. In the current climate thinking about Creation as a whole, and our place within it, naturally leads us into lament and even protest.
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12th Sunday after Trinity 2025
Rev. Jimmy Holden
The idea that we should show compassion to people in our communities whose place here is marginal is not a fringe Christian position. You can't dismiss it as novel, or liberal, or woke. It is at the heart of the gospel. And who could be more marginal than a refugee?
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Hello and welcome to our churches. If you are a new visitor, we have a page for you to get to know us and learn more about planning a visit.
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Planning your Visit

A Warm Hello 

The following information is specifically for those planning a visit one of the churches in our benefice.

Where and When

Whichever church you visit, you'll receive a warm welcome. We're delighted to see you and make you feel at home. Most of our services are on a Sunday, but there are quite a few across the week.

Our Services

The types of services differ across our churches, and we'd like to find one that suits you. First, have a look at the Church Calendar to see what's going on and, second, if you have any questions, contact the church or fill out the form below. We're really happy to help.

What about my kids?

Children are always welcome in all our churches.

  • Dragons Sunday School runs every Sunday at St George’s Church from 10.30 - 11.30.
  • Tea, Toast and Toddlers our weekly toddler group meets at St George’s Hall from 9.30 - 12.00 on Monday morning.
  • Forest Praise meets on the last Saturday in the Month 10.30 - 12.00 at St George’s Hall. All are welcome.


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If you would like to come and visit the church beforehand you are more than welcome! Get in touch and we can arrange a time that suits you.
 
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We hope that whoever you are, you will feel at home in our churches.