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PASTORAL FRIENDS

One of the most important aspects of fellowship is maintaining
contact through your network of friends at church. Staying
connected can sometimes be a challenge when circumstances
change or life gets too complicated. This is one reason why we are
revisiting the Pastoral Friends network at church. Chris Pullen has
done an excellent job at making sure we all kept in contact over
one of the most difficult periods in history, and now it is the turn of
Ann Yeates to take the lead for the next season.

We are still deciding what it means to be a ‘Pastoral Friend’ but we
are certain it is about making sure we all journey well together –
leaving nobody out. To define the role, we’re having a meeting on
th
4 November at 1.45 pm for all the original Pastoral Friends who
can make it. There will be an informal discussion – where your
ideas and thoughts will be most welcome. We will also have an
important update on safeguarding.

Looking forward to seeing you there. Ann (Y)

IS IT TIME FOR YOU TO BECOME A MEMBER?

Subject to the agreement of Church Meeting, we may have five or
more new members to welcome into our church fellowship
soon. New members have to be approved first, of course, and to
have been baptised! Baptism can also be arranged!

If you’d like to discover the
many benefits of membership,
or if you’re ready to come
forward to join, have a chat
with Martyn, Lex, or one of the
Elders as soon as possible.
We’ll make it as straight-
forward as possible for you to
take the next step with
Swanage URC.

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