Notice board  28^th October  to 19^th December 2016

Friday 28^th October

10.30-12.30am - Parish Reunion Monthly Coffee Morning @ small hall St. Maelruains Parish Centre. All Wellcome to drop in for a chat and a cuppa

No Boys Brigade Bank Holiday weekend, returns Friday 4^th November.

9.00pm - Crossroads social club meeting in Buswells Hotel, Molesworth St.

Saturday 29^th October

10.30am - Girl’s Brigade explorers age 3+

7.30pm – St. Maelruain’s Bowls Club @ Main Hall Parish Centre

Anois ‘Legends of the Faith’ teen camp, Wilson’s Hosp School, Multyfarnham, contact the Rector for more info. Sat - Mon

Sunday 30^th October

8.30am – Holy Communion

11.00am – Holy Communion

Anois ‘Legends of the Faith’ teen camp, Wilson’s Hosp School, Multyfarnham, contact the Rector for more info. Sat – Mon contd.

Monday 31^st October

Bank Holiday Monday - No prayers for the parish

Anois ‘Legends of the Faith’ teen camp, Wilson’s Hosp School, Multyfarnham, contact the Rector for more info. Sat – Mon closes

Tuesday 1^st November

2.00pm -4.30pm - Crafty Chatters resume winter schedule of 1^st and 3^rd Tuesday afternoon of month September to June at the Small Hall @ St Maelruain’s Parish Centre. Come along and bring whatever craft you are working on or learn a new one! Please join us, everyone is welcome

           

7.30pm – St. Maelruain’s Bowls Club @ Main Hall Parish Centre

7.45pm - Christian Aid ‘Refugee Justice’ in Church of Ireland Theological Institute, Braemor Park.

8.00pm - Bible Study of the readings for the following Sunday.

Wednesday 2^nd November

10.00am first Wednesday of the month Holy Communion.

7.00pm - Girl’s Brigade Juniors / Seniors 9 years +

Thursday 3^rd November

11.15am - Tallaght Mother’s Union Holy Communion, Christchurch Cathedral      

5.30pm - Irish Hospice Foundation ‘Living with Loss’ free lecture with John McAreavey  (Michaela) Alexander Hotel, Fenian St.

7.30pm - New Alpha course continues in An Solas, Jobstown Methodist Church

8.00pm – St. Maelruain’s Table Tennis Club, New members welcome. Contact Parish office or drop in on night. (must be 18yrs or older)

Friday 4^th November

7.30pm – Boys Brigade 7.30-9.30pm contact parish office for more information

8.00pm - St George’s Brass Band 80^th Anniversary Concert in St. George and St Thomas’ Church, Cathal Bruga St (beside the Gresham Hotel) €5

Saturday 5^th November

10.00am - ‘Godly Play’ workshop aimed at those involved with religious education of children, St. Patrick’s College, Thurles.

Alpha Holy Spirit Day in St. Thomas’ Pastoral Centre, Jobstown.

10.30am - Girl’s Brigade explorers age 3+

7.30pm – St. Maelruain’s Bowls Club @ Main Hall Parish Centre

Sunday 6^th November

8.30am – Holy Communion

11.00am – Holy Communion

Monday 7^th November

7.30pm - Safeguarding trust workers & panel refresher, Donaghmore, Wicklow.

8.00pm – Prayers for the Parish, upstairs main Hall @ St Maelruain’s Parish Centre

Tuesday 8^th November

       

7.30pm – St. Maelruain’s Bowls Club @ Main Hall Parish Centre

8.00pm - Bible Study of the readings for the following Sunday.

Wednesday 9^th November

7.00pm - Girl’s Brigade Juniors / Seniors 9 years +.

8.00pm - Select Vestry meeting in the Long Room of the Parish Centre.

Thursday 10^th November

7.30pm - New Alpha course continues in An Solas, Jobstown MethodistChurch

8.00pm – St. Maelruain’s Table Tennis Club, New members welcome. Contact Parish office or drop in on night. (must be 18yrs or older)

Friday 11^th November

7.30pm – Boys Brigade 7.30-9.30pm contact parish office for more information

Saturday 12^th NOvember

10.30am - Girl’s Brigade explorers age 3+

7.30pm – St. Maelruain’s Bowls Club @ Main Hall Parish Centre

Sunday 13^th November

8.30am – Holy Communion

11.00am – Morning Prayer

Monday 14^th November

8.00pm – Prayers for the Parish, upstairs main Hall @ St Maelruain’s Parish Centre

Tuesday 15^th November

2.00pm -4.30pm - Crafty Chatters resume winter schedule of 1^st and 3^rd Tuesday afternoon of month September to June at the Small Hall @ St Maelruain’s Parish Centre. Come along and bring whatever craft you are working on or learn a new one! Please join us, everyone is welcome

           

7.30pm – St. Maelruain’s Bowls Club @ Main Hall Parish Centre

8.00pm - Bible Study of the readings for the following Sunday.

Wednesday 16^th November

7.00pm - Girl’s Brigade Juniors / Seniors 9 years +.

Thursday 17^th November

8.00pm – St. Maelruain’s Table Tennis Club, New members welcome. Contact Parish office or drop in on night. (must be 18yrs or older)

Friday 18^th November

7.30pm – Boys Brigade 7.30-9.30pm contact parish office for more information

Saturday 19^th November

10.30am - Girl’s Brigade explorers age 3+

7.30pm – St. Maelruain’s Bowls Club @ Main Hall Parish Centre

Sunday 20^th November

8.30am – Holy Communion

11.00am – Holy Communion

Monday 21^st November

8.00pm – Whist Drive in Small Hall Parish Centre, All welcome.

8.00pm – Prayers for the Parish, upstairs main Hall @ St Maelruain’s Parish Centre

Tuesday 22^nd November

     

7.30pm – St. Maelruain’s Bowls Club @ Main Hall Parish Centre

      

8.00pm - Bible Study of the readings for the following Sunday.

Wednesday 23^rd November

7.00pm - Girl’s Brigade Juniors / Seniors 9 years +

Thursday 24^th November

8.00pm – St. Maelruain’s Table Tennis Club, New members welcome. Contact Parish office or drop in on night. (must be 18yrs or older)

Friday 25^th November

10.30-12.30am - Parish Reunion Monthly Coffee Morning @ small hall St. Maelruains Parish Centre. All Wellcome to drop in for a chat and a cuppa

7.30pm – Boys Brigade 7.30-9.30pm contact parish office for more information

Saturday 26^th November

10.30am - Girl’s Brigade explorers age 3+

7.30pm – St. Maelruain’s Bowls Club @ Main Hall Parish Centre

Sunday 27^th November – Advent Sunday

8.30am – Holy Communion - Parish Gift Day

11.00am - Service of the Word – Family Service – Parish Gift Day

Monday 28^th  November

8.00pm – Prayers for the Parish, upstairs main Hall @ St Maelruain’s Parish Centre

Tuesday 29^th November

           

7.30pm – St. Maelruain’s Bowls Club @ Main Hall Parish Centre

8.00pm - Bible Study of the readings for the following Sunday.

Wednesday 30^th November

7.00pm - Girl’s Brigade Juniors / Seniors 9 years +.

Thursday 1^st December

8.00pm – St. Maelruain’s Table Tennis Club, New members welcome. Contact Parish office or drop in on night. (must be 18yrs or older)

Friday 2^nd December

7.00pm – St Maelruains Parish ‘Christmas Sing Along’. Annual  start to the festive season. Music and family entertainment with Bumper Raffle @StMaelruainsParishHall @stmaelruainsparishcentre

Saturday 3^rd December

10.30am - Girl’s Brigade explorers age 3+

7.30pm – St. Maelruain’s Bowls Club @ Main Hall Parish Centre

Sunday 4^th December

8.30am – Holy Communion

11.00am – Holy Communion

Monday 5^th December

8.00pm – Prayers for the Parish, upstairs main Hall @ St Maelruain’s Parish Centre

Tuesday 6^th December

     

2.00pm -4.30pm - Crafty Chatters 1^st and 3^rd Tuesday afternoon of month September to June at the Small Hall @ St Maelruain’s Parish Centre. Come along and bring whatever craft you are working on or learn a new one! Please join us, everyone is welcome

              

7.30pm – St. Maelruain’s Bowls Club @ Main Hall Parish Centre

8.00pm - Bible Study of the readings for the following Sunday.

Wednesday 7^th December

10.00am first Wednesday of the month Holy Communion.

7.00pm - Girl’s Brigade Juniors / Seniors 9 years +.

Thursday 8^th December

8.00pm – St. Maelruain’s Table Tennis Club, New members welcome. Contact Parish office or drop in on night. (must be 18yrs or older)

Friday 9^th December

7.30pm – Boys Brigade 7.30-9.30pm contact parish office for more information

Saturday 10^th December

10.30am - Girl’s Brigade explorers age 3+

7.30pm – St. Maelruain’s Bowls Club @ Main Hall Parish Centre

Sunday 11^th December

8.30am – Holy Communion

11.00am – Morning Prayer

Monday 12^th December

8.00pm – Prayers for the Parish, upstairs main Hall @ St Maelruain’s Parish Centre

Tuesday 13^th December

7.30pm – St. Maelruain’s Bowls Club @ Main Hall Parish Centre

8.00pm - Bible Study of the readings for the following Sunday.

Wednesday 14^th December

7.00pm - Girl’s Brigade Juniors / Seniors 9 years +.

Thursday 15^th December

8.00pm – St. Maelruain’s Table Tennis Club, New members welcome. Contact Parish office or drop in on night. (must be 18yrs or older)

Friday 16^th December

7.30pm – Boys Brigade 7.30-9.30pm contact parish office for more information

Saturday 17^th December

10.30am - Girl’s Brigade explorers age 3+

7.30pm – St. Maelruain’s Bowls Club @ Main Hall Parish Centre

Sunday 18^th December

8.30am – Holy Communion

11.00am – Holy Communion

Monday 19^th December

8.00pm – Whist Drive in the small hall , St. Maelruain’s Parish Centre. ChristmasDrive???

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Coopers: 1c and 2c coins will now be rounded up by retailers, why not donate your coins to the parish? There is a ‘Jar’ in the Church, every cent appreciated!  Thank you.

December Newsletter

December 2014

FROM THE RECTOR  

Our ‘Flower Festival’ last year raised the funds to re-roof the stables in the church grounds. Having money left over after the work was completed the Flower Festival Committee decided to use the balance to install a much needed defibrillator in the Parish Centre. On 3^rd November we had a training night for a member from each Parish Organisation which was conducted by the company who installed the machine. As many of you will know, a defibrillator can be a life saving device and we are very grateful to the Festival Committee for providing it for the Parish.

On 4^th November the Institute of Technology Tallaght held their Annual Business Prize Giving in the Church. It is always a lovely evening and it’s nice to be part of such a happy event and to see the Church filled with locals. We have a close relationship with the college where I am part time chaplain, the College also use our Parish Centre for sporting activities and exams.

November continued to be a busy month. We had the return of the Christmas Shoe Box Appeal on 9^th November, a Remembrance Service in Mount Seskin Community College on 19^th and on the 21^st I went to a Building Blocks conference in All Hallows College on ‘Messy Church’.  I attended ‘Tallaght Person of the year’ in the Red Cow Inn on 28^th  which was awarded to Mary McLaughlin  for her work with the suicide charity HOPE (Hold On Pain Eases). Christmas can be very sad for some people, a time of reflection, so the work of charities such as HOPE is invaluable.

May I take this opportunity to wish all the readers of the Parish Newsletter a very happy Christmas and health for the New Year.                                                                                                                               William.

Christmas in St. Maelruain’s

 

Sun 14^th December:  

11am - Parish School Carol Service and play  

  

Sun 21^st  December:  

11am - Good News Club Carol Service 

7pm  - Nine Lessons and Carols  followed 

by refreshments in the Small Hall. 

  

 Wed 24^th December: 

11.30pm -‘Midnight’ Holy Communion 

   

Thurs  25^th December 

9.00am - Christmas Morning Holy Communion with hymns

11am - Christmas Morning Family Holy Communion

Sun 28^th December 

11am - Family Service

Wed 31^st December  

 11pm - New Year’s Eve Multi Cultural Service 

 

Please Note : SUNDAY MORNING HOLY COMMUNION 8.30AM SERVICE HAS BEEN CHANGED TO 9.00AM

BAPTISM     On 1^st November Milo Hewitson  was Baptised, baby son of Emma. Please pray for Milo and his family as he begins his Christian life.

BISHOPS APPEAL      The project this year for the Bishop’s Appeal is the Al – Ahli Hospital in Gaza which is run by the Anglican Dioceses of Jerusalem and which was damaged in the recent conflict in that region.  Funds raised will go towards medical supplies, fuel for generators and basic food parcels and blankets.

GIFT DAY    Thank you to all who gave so generously to our Annual Gift Day, this year in aid of a new Church boiler. The sum raised, as we go to print, is €5, 515. If you haven’t given your donation yet, it’s not too late. Don’t forget that there is a tax rebate of 31% available on all recorded donations given annually over the sum €250 to the parish. 

ENVELOPES     Church giving envelopes will be available in the Church Porch at the end of the month. If anybody would like to join the envelope scheme, keeping in mind the tax rebate available to the parish, please ask the Rector or contact the Parish Office 462 6006.

THE CHURCH OF IRELAND GAZETTE     If you would like to subscribe to the Church of Ireland all Ireland weekly newspaper please contact the Parish office.

ODD JOBS

The Select Vestry is looking for volunteers to help with small maintenance jobs around the Parish Centre and also if there is anyone with knowledge of lawnmower repairs who would like to help out with the upkeep of our graveyard machinery. Please contact Billy Gould on 087 986 4551 if interested.

CHURCH REVIEW

Subscription of €40 is now due on orders of the Diocesan Church Review Magazine, please send payment to Parish Office as soon as possible. If you do not wish to continue with you subscription or if you would like start receiving the magazine, can you please let the Parish Office (462 6006) know before the end of December.

DECORATING THE CHURCH FOR CHRISTMAS

The Church will be decorated for Christmas on Friday the 20^th December at 10am. Donations of flowers, greenery and decorations gratefully received. A warm welcome awaits anyone who would like to come along and help to decorate the church, young, old, male or female!

MOTHER’S UNION / FAMILIES FIRST

On Monday 10th November we held a Quiz Night  in aid of Church Boiler replacement. Whilst we would have wished for a greater attendance, those present had great fun and thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you to Eileen Dunne for organising the questions, Liz Norris Quiz Mistress,  and all who brought items for supper.

Monday 8th December: 8pm.  Christmas Flower Demonstration with Janet Edgely & Regina Donoghue.. All welcome. Please bring your favourite Christmas treat to share at supper. (excluding mince pies)

Monday 12th January 2015 – Annual Dinner. The venue will again be Blazin Grill who are local and excellent value. If you wish to join us for this night out please contact either Valerie (086 8594850) or Miriam (087 2939751)

SAOIRSE

For December they have requested toothpaste.  However, can we also contribute Christmas fare. Please bring along your items on Monday 8^th December.

January: They have requested kitchen towels, if you plan on coming on 12^th January, bring them along and I will put them in my car boot..

May your Christmas be filled with lots of happiness, peace and love...

……. and lots of presents !!                             Miriam – Secretary.

BOY’S BRIGADE  

We had our annual joint BB and GB enrolment service on Sunday 23rd November which there was a great turn out. And a special thank you to Mark Atkinson for the lovely sermon. All the boys enjoyed it and was great to see some old and welcomed faces. 

BB will finish on Friday the 12th December for the Christmas period and will restart in the New Year, mid January. We would like to wish all the parish a very happy Christmas and New Year.   

BOWLS

We wish all in the bowls club health and happiness for the festive season and as we go to print, looking forward to seeing everyone at the bowls Christmas dinner this Saturday. 

WHIST DRIVE 

The December ‘Turkey’ Whist Drive is on Monday 15^th  at 8.00pm in the small hall. All Welcome!

PRAYERS FOR THE PARISH

Prayers for the parish continue on Monday evenings at 8.00pm in the upstairs of  Parish Hall, needs your support. 

BIBLE STUDY  of the reading for the following Sunday continue on Thurs afternoon at 3.00pm upstairs, Parish Hall.

PARISH COFFEE MORNING 

Our November Coffee Morning was a bit of a surprise, just as we had intended!  Everyone had quite a chuckle when they arrived and found three Victorian (well, sort of) maids waiting to greet them.  The phones and cameras were whipped out at amazing speed!  We felt like celebrities!  We had candles, crackers, mince pies and lashings of tea and cake and the atmosphere was very warm and jolly.  Thank you one and all for your support and generous donations throughout the year.  We wish everyone a very Happy Christmas and New Year.  Our next Coffee Morning will be on 30^thJanuary.  Vivienne, Regina, and Barbara.