AN OPEN day aimed at helping visitors learn more about St Mary's Church, Dorchester will run until 3pm today. There will be a special parish Eucharist at the church at 9.45am tomorrow and a taizé service with the theme of peace and reconciliation at 6pm.

  • A CREAM tea will be served next Saturday between 2pm and 4pm at the Radipole United Reformed Church, Weymouth. There will also be stalls selling home-made cakes, produce and plants. Proceeds from the event will go towards church funds.
  • ST MARTIN'S Circle of Broadmayne village will visit Bennetts Water Gardens on Thursday departing from the village at 10am on a coach. The party plans to leave at 2.30pm. Organisers say the cost is £15 per person, including a discounted entry fee and coach fee. For more information call Marion Harrison on 01305 853027 or Paulette Gill on 01305 851803.
  • A FLOWER festival entitled The church and village through the ages' will take place at St. Laurence's Church, Affpuddle from Friday, June 6 to Sunday, June 8. Refreshments will be available each day. On Saturday, June 7 a jazz concert will begin in the church's peace garden at 7.30pm, performed by the Cavalier Jazz Band. Tickets are available from Audrey Grindrod on 01929 471214, Elizabeth Whatley on 01305 848959 or David Payne on 01258 837700. On June 8 there will be a Songs of Praise service at 4pm.
  • THE Weymouth One World Group will hold a coffee morning next Saturday (7) from 10am to 12pm at St Augustine's Church hall in the town. Entrance is 50p, including coffee and biscuits, and stalls will be selling bric-a-brac, home-made cakes and books among other things.