FROM THE RECTOR
Tallaght's Christian
Unity Week Service
took place in St. Thomas'
RC Church, Jobstown on Sunday 19th January, The preacher was Rev. Andrew
Kingston from Methodist
Centenary Church who spoke to us
about St. Paul arriving to Malta. Andrew brought his sermon to life with a
slide show of pictures he had taken on holidays in Malta of the sites St. Paul visited
while on the island. The service was organised by Saule Cameron,
St.
Thomas' pastoral worker who is originally
from Lithuania. Saule's parents were a 'mixed'
marriage and Saule herself is married to a
Scottish Presbyterian so Christian Unity is very much in Saule 's make up. It was
a lovely service which was enhanced by the fact that Saule is a gifted musician.
I attended the inaugural launch for the visit
of the worlds largest floating book shop 'Lagos' on Saturday 1st
February. The ship will be docked in Dublin Port from 17th -
30th June. At present the only outlet in Dublin for Christian books
is 'Foot Prints' in Dun Laoghaire so in this ' internet era' having ' Lagos'
visiting Dublin will give people an opportunity to handle Christian books as
well as look at different versions of the Bible. The ship also stocks
educational books and family books, well worth a visit and a date to put in
your diary.
I attended the launch of BACl's Lenten course,
on the very current topic, 'Caring for the Garden of the Earth' which we will
be using in St. Maeruain's on Wednesday mornings at 10am from 4th March
for the five weeks of Lent.
We had a visit from St. Maelruain's School, Old Bawn on 17th January for a tour of the church
and grounds and on 6th
February a secondary school student from Firhouse Community School,
accompanied by a parent, came to visit the church in relation to a school project. I talked on the history
of the church and explained
the Church of Ireland's
ethos through the internal architecture of the church.
On Sunday 26th January I went to
the Holocaust Memorial Day in the Mansion House. I make the effort to attend
this event every year and especially so this year, the 75th anniversary of the liberation
of Auschwitz to remind myself
of just how horrific
the Holocaust was. It is something that has haunted me all my life; how a civilized society
like Germany, albeit suffering
the consequences of WWl war debt, could be
whipped up into hatred of their fellow
citizens by Hitler's 'fake news'. I wrote a piece for our local Newspaper for Christmas, voicing
my concern for the rise of the right
and the lie of racism that we
are not ALL God's Children.
'Now and Then' The Christian Musical Drama
group which the parish has been associated with for a long number of years with
parishioners taking part in their productions both on stage and behind stage
had a fundraiser for their 30th anniversary
production on Friday 21st March
in The Brass Monkey which I attended. Their 30th
anniversary production is' Jesus Christ, Supper Star' and will run from
24th - 27th March in the Priory, it promises
to be a great show!
God bless
William
LENTEN COURSE
We will be using the Biblical Association of the Church
of Ireland's (BACI) Lenten course, on the very current
topic, 'Caring for the Garden
of the Earth' on Wednesdays, 10am starting 4th March for the five
remaining weeks of Lent
The Series covers the topics the following
topics, Week 1: 'What must we do to perform the works of God?' (John 6.28).
Week 2: 'Supposing Him to be the gardener'
(John 20: 15).
Week 3: 'My Father is still working and I
also am working' (John 5: 17)
Week 4: 'God, the lover of life' (Wis. 12:
I). 'Jesus feeds five thousand people' (John 6: I - 14).
WOMEN'S WORLD DAY OF PRAYER SERVICE
Takes place in St. Thomas' Jobstown on Friday
6th March at 7.30pm with supervised car park. Theme: Zimbabwe
ST. PATRICK'S DAY March 17th 2020 Holy Communion service at 11.00am in St Maelruain’s
MOTHERING SUNDAY this year falls on 22nd March, an opportunity
to show your mum how much you care!
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The CLOCKS SPRINGS
FORWARD on Sunday 29th
March, the Sunday after Mothering Sunday.
EASTER VESTRY The Easter Vestry (Parish AGM) will take place this year
on the Sunday following Easter 21st April after a shortened
Holy Communion Service. This is an opportunity for you to have your say in the running
of the parish.
SUMMER SALE The date for the SUMMER SALE has been set for the 9th May
2020. Ronnie Scott, who has organised the SALE for many years had decided to step back. We are very grateful to Ronnie for all the
work he put into the SALE
over the years.
A stall holders meeting will take place in the Long Room of the Parish Centre on Thursday 19 March
at 8pm to plan for the SALE on 9th May. Please contact the Rector if you are unable to attend on 086 803 0239. The SUMMER SALE is one of our main fundraisers of the year, if you are not a stall
holder but would like to volunteer or if you have ideas
on how to make the SALE a success, PLEASE come along.
CONFIRMATION
Our Confirmation Service
this year takes place in Christchurch Cathedral on 31st May (Pentecost Sunday, the arrival of the
Holy Spirit) at 3.30pm. If you are Interested
in having your child Confirmed please contact William 086 803 0239
TAIZE VINE SERVICE
We continue to have a Taize service
on 4th Saturday of each month,
as part of the local
Vine initiative and everybody is welcome. This month the service takes place on 28 March. We were grateful to David Gibson (a parishioner) who lead
our service on Saturday 22nd February.
MOTHER'S UNION/ FAMILIES FIRST
We had a great turn out on Monday 1011, February for our meeting
which was Janet
and Regina giving
us a wonderful flower arranging demonstration.
It was really terrific and showed us how to make beautiful creations
from small to elaborate. At the end they were kind enough to raffle the arrangements
so lots of people went home with a lovely creation. So thank you once again
Janet and Regina
for a great night and all the work you put into the evening
is much appreciated.
Our March meeting will be on Monday 9th March in the Main hall at 8pm when the branch
will be hosting a Diocesan event when we will be
having a talk on how to support the bereaved. This event is open to all so feel welcome
to come alo ng. We are looking forward
to welcoming a good crowd to
this event.
Tea rota this month is Iris Harley
and Yvonne McGlynn,
but as we will have a large number this month it would be appreciated if everyone could bring along
a packet of biscuits and give a hand if needed. Saoirse are
looking for black bags.
Our AGM and Bring and Buy sale is on Monday
6'h April (a week earlier
that usual due to the following Monday
being Easter Monday). Thanks very much.
Valerie
BOWLS CLUB
The Maleruains team played their final Match and we lost to Dundrum who were the better team on the night. We wish
them the best of luck when they play in the final. The Hope team are in the
final against Taney and they play in Clontarf
on Tuesday 3rd March and we wish them the best of luck in their
final match.
Heather
TABLE TENNIS
We are currently getting ready to start
playing matches for the two shield over the next six to eight weeks. The
competition is strong
this year so the matches
should be interesting. Our numbers have increased to a healthy
number now so there
are good games and plenty of chat at tea time. There's lots of room for
more players with our extra tables
so all are welcome. We play from 8pm to 10pm on Thursday nights in the Parish
Centre. Regina
BOYS BRIGADE
If anyone
has a boy that may be interested in joining Boy' s Brigade
please come on down we would love to have them.
Friday evenings: Anchors 7pm - 8:00pm Juniors 7pm - 8:30pm Company 7pm - 9pm.
GIRLS BRIGADE
The Girls Brigade are
busy rehearsing for a number of National and District competitions, in both
team and solo dance categories and are putting the finishing touches
to entries for National Arts and Crafts
Competitions. Fingers Crossed! Following all of that
our annual Company
Display will take place on April 2511, at 3pm in the Parish Hall. Ali are
welcome! Fiona
WHIST DRIVE
Our
next Whist Drive is on Monday 16th, March at 8.00pm in the Main
Hall. All Welcome!
CRAFTY CHATTERS
We will have only one meeting of Crafty chatters
in March on Tuesday 3rd due to our scheduled second
date falling on St.
Patrick's Day. We meet from 2pm -4pm in the Small Hall. Bring along whatever craft
you are working on or learn a new
one!
PARISH COFFEE MORNING
Our coffee morning dates
for the rest of
this session are March 27th April 24th and May 29th 10.30am - 12.30pm.
Join us and bring
along a friend, for a cuppa and a chat. Ail
welcome. Barbara
CROSSROADS is a C of I 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, Dublin.
For details contact
David on 085 7272 019. Follow
them on Facebook, to join Crossroads Group, please send message request
to Valerie Raitt Thomas or Beryl Healy.
