Noticeboard  14^th  November –  19^th December 2015

Saturday 14^th November

9.30am - Building Blocks Children’s Ministry conference, St. Andrew’s  College, €35 for more information contact 412 5610

2.00pm - Wedding of Paul Donoghue and Cassandra Killeen.

7.30pm Bowls Club meets at parish centre

Sunday 15^th November

8.30am - Holy Communion

11.00am – Holy Communion - Boys Brigade Enrolment Service.

Monday 16^th November

8.00pm – Whist Drive in Small Hall... All welcome

8.00pm - Prayers for the parish Upstairs main hall

Tuesday 17^th November

 2.00pm The Crafty Chatters meet at the small hall. New members welcome. Now meeting 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month 2pm-4pm September - June. Bring along whatever craft you are working on. 

7.30 – Bowls Club meets at parish centre - New members welcome.

8.00pm - Bible Study of the reading for the following Sunday, upstairs Parish Hall. Please note new day and time, moved from Thurs afternoons.

Wednesday 18^th November

6.45pm - Girl’s Brigade – New members please contact parish office or rector..

Thursday 19^th November

7.30pm - Tallaght Churches together free ‘Concert of Hope’ on Sunday 19^th November in the Maldron Hotel at 7.30pm with some of the music groups from the seven churches involved.

8.00pm - Music Group Practice, singers and musicians welcome.

8.00pm - Table Tennis - New members welcome

Friday 20^th November

7.30pm  - Boy’s Brigade

Saturday 21^st November

11.00am - Board of Management anti stress training, Heritage Hotel,  Portlaoise

7.30pm Bowls Club meets at parish centre

Sunday 22nd November

8.30am – Holy Communion

11.00am – Family Service - Dedication of prayer books given in memory of  Anne O’Halloran by Mothers’ Union.  ‘Mums in NovemberCoffee by MU in aid of projects home and abroad.

Monday 23rd November

7.30pm - Badminton Club New members welcome.. 18yrs and older. Contact parish office for more details.

8.00pm - Prayers for the parish Upstairs main hall

Tuesday 24th November

7.30 – Bowls Club meets at parish centre - New members welcome.

8.00pm - Bible Study of the reading for the following Sunday, upstairs Parish Hall. Please note new day and time.

Wednesday  25^th  November

6.45pm - Girl’s Brigade – New members please contact parish office or rector..

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

Thursday 26^th  November

8.00pm - Music Group Practice, singers and musicians welcome. Contact parish office more details

8.00pm - Table Tennis - New members welcome

Friday 27^th November

10.30am – 12.00 pm  Parish Coffee morning in the small hall, all welcome.

7.30pm  - Boy’s Brigade

Saturday 28^th  November

3.00pm - Mothers’ Union gender based violence: Christchurch Cathedral.

7.30pm Bowls Club meets at parish centre

Sunday 29^th  November

8.30am - Holy Communion

11.00am – Holy Communion

Monday 30th November

8.00pm - Prayers for the parish Upstairs main hall

Tuesday 1^st December

 2.00pm The Crafty Chatters meet at the small hall. New members welcome. Now meeting 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month 2pm-4pm September - June. Bring along whatever craft you are working on. 

7.30 – Bowls Club meets at parish centre - New members welcome.

8.00pm - Bible Study of the reading for the following Sunday, upstairs Parish Hall. Please note new day and time, moved from Thurs afternoons.

Wednesday 2^nd December

6.45pm - Girl’s Brigade – New members please contact parish office or rector..

Thursday 3^rd December

8.00pm - Music Group Practice, singers and musicians welcome.

8.00pm - Table Tennis - New members welcome

Friday 4^th December

CHRISTMAS SING ALONG takes place in the Parish Centre on Friday 4^th December at 7.30pm

We sing Carols and Christmas songs, we have a Gift stall, a raffle and have refreshments of wine, tea, coffee and mince pies. Please do what you can to help, buy / sell raffle tickets, donations of wine, mince pies and donations to the gift stall would be greatly appreciated. Please phone Ronnie Scott  086 804 5090 for more information.

Saturday 5^th December

7.30pm Bowls Club meets at parish centre

Sunday 6^th December

8.30am – Holy Communion

11.00am - Morning Prayer

Monday 7^th December

7.30pm - Badminton Club New members welcome.. 18yrs and older. Contact parish office for more details.

8.00pm - Prayers for the parish Upstairs main hall

Tuesday 8^th December

7.30 – Bowls Club meets at parish centre - New members welcome.

8.00pm - Bible Study of the reading for the following Sunday, upstairs Parish Hall. Please note new day and time.

8.00pm - Safeguarding Trust, new workers, St. Kevins Com Centre, Blessington

Wednesday 9^th December

6.45pm - Girl’s Brigade – New members please contact parish office or rector..

Thursday 10^th December

8.00pm - Music Group Practice, singers and musicians welcome. Contact parish office more details

8.00pm - Table Tennis - New members welcome

Friday 11^th December

7.30pm  - Boy’s Brigade

7.30pm  - Mothers Union fellowship dinner in the Springfield Hotel, Leixlip.

Saturday 12^th December

7.30pm Bowls Club meets at parish centre

Sunday 13^th December

8.30am - Holy Communion

11.00am – Holy Communion

Monday 14^th December

8.00pm - Prayers for the parish Upstairs main hall

Tuesday 15th December

 2.00pm The Crafty Chatters meet at the small hall. New members welcome. Now meeting 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month 2pm-4pm September - June. Bring along whatever craft you are working on. 

7.30 – Bowls Club meets at parish centre - New members welcome.

8.00pm - Bible Study of the reading for the following Sunday, upstairs Parish Hall. Please note new day and time, moved from Thurs afternoons.

Wednesday 16^th  December

6.45pm - Girl’s Brigade – New members please contact parish office or rector..

Thursday 17^th December

8.00pm - Table Tennis - New members welcome

Friday 18^th  December

7.30pm  - Boy’s Brigade

Saturday 19^th December

7.30pm Bowls Club meets at parish centre

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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.

November 2015 - Newsletter

November 2015

FROM THE RECTOR    We have had a number of school tours in the past month, we had four 6^th Classes, students from St. Maelruan’s (note the different spelling!), over a four day period and then we had a visit from Scoil Iosa and on 9^th October we had a visit from Sacred Heart School. I enjoy the young people and their questions where I try to point out the differences and similarities between our two denominations.

On 2^nd October the church was beautifully decorated by the ladies – thank you all so much – for our Harvest Service on Sunday 4^th at 3.30pm. We were delighted to welcome our new neighbouring Rector of Crumlin, Rev’d Ruth Noble to preach at the service and also to welcome The Leinster Singers. In the last couple of years we have moved the Harvest service to Sunday afternoon from Friday evening, following on from the success of moving the service during our Flower Festival. The Church was full, despite the Ireland v Italy match in the Rugby World Cup later on that afternoon! Rev’d Ruth Noble spoke to us on our looking after our own ‘spiritual garden’ and used the analogy of preparing the ground, sowing the seed, tending the plants and reaping the harvest to remind us to mind our own spiritual harvest.

We were delighted that most people came over to the hall for the sumptuous tea provided by the ladies of the parish, who again I would like to thank most sincerely.

On Mon 5^th I was present at our Primary School to receive a tricolour and a copy of the proclamation from our neighbours, the Air Corp, Baldonnel, in preparation for next year’s 1916 centenary celebrations.

We were pleased to welcome the O’Halloran family on Sunday 18^th for Anne’s first anniversary. We will be dedicating 12  prayer books on Sunday 22^nd November in memory of Anne at the family service followed by coffee.

Sunday 25^th was a busy day following on from our very well attended Family Service and coffee provided by the Boy’s Brigade I managed to get over to Crumlin Hospital to visit one of our BB boys, Daniel, before attending the joint birthday celebrations for parishioners; Mum, Dr Elizabeth Ogunjimi, teenage daughter, Natalie, and toddler son, Joshua  in the Maldron Hotel. In true Nigerian tradition there were tributes to the birthday celebrants and it was a lovely occasion to meet up with Elizabeth’s family and friends, many of whom I had met at Joshua’s baptism.

The 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP 21 will be held in Paris from Nov 30^th  to Dec11^th .The objective is to achieve a legally binding and universal agreement on climate, from all the nations of the world. Scientists have warned that if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, global warming may become catastrophic & irreversible and that the threshold is estimated as a temperature rise of 2C. On current emissions forecasts we are heading for a rise of about 5C. That may not sound like much, but the temperature difference between today’s world & the last ice age was about 5C, so seemingly small changes in temperature can mean big differences for the Earth. There will be a Global Climate March in cities all over the world on Nov 29^th . Attend the Dublin march, meeting at The Custom House at 2pm & write to you TD’s to participate in a world wide demonstration to save us!

God bless                                                                                                                                                                               William.

REMEMBRACE SUNDAY there will be a Remembrance service on Sunday 8^th November at 10.45am before the Girl’s Brigade enrolment  service at 11.00am.

BAPTISM  On Sunday 11^th October Harvey Ricko Berkeley was baptised, baby son of Jonathan Berkeley and Aisling Connolly. Please pray for Harvey and his family as he begins his Christian life.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY   Our annual CHRISTMAS SING ALONG takes place in the Parish Centre on Friday 4^th December at 7.30pm where we sing Carols and Christmas songs, we have a Gift stall, a raffle and have refreshments of wine, tea, coffee and mince pies. Please do what you can to help, buy / sell raffle tickets, donations of wine, mince pies and donations to the gift stall would be greatly appreciated. Please phone Ronnie Scott  086 804 5090 for more information.

Come along and get into the festive spirit!

THE LEINSTER SINGERS will be having their CHRISTMAS STORY CONCERT in the Church on Saturday 5^th December at 8pm in aid of refugees.

‘TALLAGHT CHURCHES TOGETHER’ FREE CONCERT OF HOPE on Sunday 19^th November in the Maldron Hotel at 7.30pm with some of the music groups from the seven churches involved.

TAX REBATE   The Hon. Treasurer would like to remind those who received a letter from him recently regarding the tax rebate that the parish can claim on giving over €250 annually, and who have not returned the enclosed form, if they could do so immediately, as the return needs to be sent to the Revenue Commissioners. Thank you in advance for your co-operation.

COOPERS?? You may be aware that 1c and 2c cooper coins are being rounded up and we expect ultimately phased out, since the end of October?  There is a JAR in the church for all the coins that you may want to donate, the parish will gladly except you coins, every cent counts!

WHIST DRIVE  The next Whist Drive takes place in the Small Hall of the Parish Centre on Mon 16^th November at 8.00pm, all welcome!

BOY’S BRIGADE The BB ran a coffee morning in aid of BB funds, on Sunday 25th October, we would like to thank everyone for their generous support. It was lovely catching up with everyone. A special thanks to Barbara Barrett, Catriona McCoy and Yvonne McGlynn. Thank you. 

We will be having our anunal enrolment service on 8th November at the 11am service. We also have room for some more boys if you would like to pop down on a Friday evening. Or contact Susan Carroll 0852853398.

TABLE TENNIS   We continue to play on Thursday nights in the Parish Centre. We are delighted to welcome Miriam Gibney to the club this year and hope she is enjoying table tennis with us. We have lots of room for more members, all standards welcome. We play 8 to 10 pm on Thursday nights in the parish centre.

BOWLING CLUB  It is with great sadness that we attended the funeral service of George Walsh. We extend 

our sincere sympathies to Hazel Ian Jonathan and family.

 

We wish Imelda Bird a speedy recovery after her recent operation. We are delighted to see Sam Mahon back after his operation. 

We are delighted to welcome our new members and hope they are enjoying our Tuesday evenings, we meet at 1930. 

We are looking forward to our club and league matches.

CRAFTY CHATTERS Crafty Chatters meet on the 1^st and 3^rd Tuesdays of each month (Tues 3^rd  and Tues 17^th  November) in the Small Hall.  Please come and join us for chat, crafts, good company and fun. Bring along whatever craft you are working on or learn a new one. All Welcome!

PARISH COFFEE MORNING  Just a reminder that the dates for our next Coffee Mornings are the last Friday of the month,  27^th November, 10.30am – 12.30pm as usual in the old hall.  All welcome!

MOTHER’S UNION    On Saturday 17^th October fourteen of us (including two grandchildren) met  at the church and travelled in by Luas together to Kilmainham Gaol. We had an excellent tour guide which brought alive for us how Dublin's Kilmainham Gaol held some of the most famous political and military leaders in Irish history such as Robert Emmet, Charles Stewart Parnell, the 1916 Rising leaders and Eamon de Valera. It was very poignant being in the chapel where Joseph Plunkett wed Grace Clifford. 

SAOIRSE : For November donation they would like floor or surface cleaners, spray or liquid. We managed to deliver a few black bin bags (October donation) so if you would like to also contribute these, it would be greatly appreciated.

Mothers Union DIARY DATES: 11.15am Thursday 5^th November Christ Church Cathedral. As this service includes Tallaght we hope some members can attend.  Tallaght members to help provide tea afterwards.

Monday 9^th Nov. 8pm : “How to Look after your Teeth” talk by Amy. TEA LADIES: Mary Lucas & Hendrijke Mahon

Friday 13^th Nov. Friendship Dinner – Springfield Hotel, Leixlip.

Thursday 19^th November: Council Meeting (Venue to be announced)

Sunday 22^nd Nov. Following Morning Service, we will host a MU Fund raising coffee morning. All branches have been asked to do this in 2015, monies raised go towards projects here such as holiday short breaks for families in Ireland and aid for MU work overseas. Also on Sunday 22^nd Nov. prayer books in memory of Anne O’Halloran will be donated by her family & St Maelruain’s  Mothers Union where she was such a loyal member and is fondly remembered.

Monday 14th December: Christmas Quiz. Bring along your favourite Christmas treat to share.

Finally, SAOIRSE have asked us to publish details of their fund raising event in aide of a new Childcare Playrooom at the Refuge.  STRICTLY SAOIRSE, (32 dancers taking part) Friday November 6^th , venue Citywest Hotel, Tickets €25 – call Trish 087 6720331

CROSSROADS is a Church of Ireland Social Club for those in their 20’s, 30’s and a little older….. they meet on the last Friday of the month in Buswells Hotel, Molesworth Street. For more details contact David on 085 727 2019.