From the Rector
Since I last sat
down to write my Church Review notes Christmas and the New Year celebrations
have come and gone for another year. We had a lovely run up to Christmas day
with our Parish School joining us on Sunday 18th
at our Children’s Carol service in the morning which was followed that evening
by our Nine Lessons and Carols Service. Our Christmas services went well and we
had our annual New Year’s Eve multicultural service to welcome in the New Year.
Following on from the ‘morning after the night before’ I was delighted to see
our service on Sunday 1st January so well attended. Thank you to all
who helped over the festive season with readings, music, flowers and
decorations, refreshments and churchwarden duties, it was very much
appreciated.
We are now back
into the full swing of parish activities and look forward to all of God’s
blessings for the coming year. William.
Funeral
The funeral of
Neville Wright took place in St. Maelruain’s on Friday 6th January.
We express our deepest condolences to his wife Heather and to their children
Shirley, Jennifer and Ian and to their extended family and friends.
Mother’s Union
We had our Christmas dinner on Monday 9th
Jan in McGettigan’s Cookhouse at
Kingwood Hotel, this was our first visit to the Cookhouse and we were very well
looked after and had a lovely meal at very good value.
Our next meeting is on 13th February when our speaker will be
Caroline Morrissey, on First Aid, so do come along to what I'm sure will be a
most interesting and informative evening. As usual our meetings are open to
everyone so you don't have to be a member to come along. You are assured of a
very warm welcome.
We had a lovely letter from Saoirse for
our contributions to them especially at Christmas, so thank you for your
ongoing support of this very valuable and important project.
Bowls Club
Our club held its annual Christmas
Dinner on 9th December in Lucan Golf Club. An excellent meal was
followed by a great nights dancing and singing. My thanks goes to
Ann and Denis Kane who
organised the event and I hope thy will continue to do so in the future.
Our club competitions are well
under way as are the league and cup competitions. The price team are moving along
very nicely while the Rohu is in a tough group.
The ladies and gents are into
the quarter finals of their respective cups.
It is with great sadness we
remember Neville Wright who passed away on Tuesday 3rd January 2017.
Neville and Heather were founding members of our Bowls Club and Neville was
captain for a number of years. Our prayers are with Heather and the family at
this sad time. Alan Stewart Capt.
Flower Guild
A big thank you goes to those who
helped with the decorating of the Church for Christmas and to those who donated
flowers for the occasion. The Church looked lovely over the Christmas.
Thanks also to Canon William and
to Valerie who always arrive with tea, coffee and biscuits for all. It's a good
excuse to stop and have a chat for a while.
We would welcome new people to
join us on the Flower Rota. No experience necessary, as there is always lots of
help to hand, just a willingness to provide flowers for the Church for two
weeks of the year. Please contact Regina
at 4522930 / 0861255161 if you would like to
help.
Whist Drive
The February Whist Drive take
places on Monday 20th February in the small hall, all welcome!
Girl’s Brigade
Happy New Year from the 26th Company St Maelruain’s Girls’
Brigade!! We are back from a lovely Christmas break, getting ready for
our arts & crafts and dance competitions next month, and already working
hard preparing for our annual show – our Company Display – which will take
place on April 1st this
year.
The Girls’ Brigade has been an important part of the
St Maelruain’s Parish Community for a long time now – over 40 years. We
are always looking for new members, girls aged from 3 years old upwards, to
join us. If you are interested or would like some more information,
please contact Captain Fiona Monahan on 086 8519163.
Table Tennis
As we go to press, we are planning
to reopen on January 18th and are looking forward to shedding those
extra kilos we gained over Christmas, all with the help of table tennis.
If you'd like to join us, we play
in the Parish Centre every Thursday at 8 pm.
We are open for new members and
all standards of player are welcome.
Crafty Chatters
We will be meeting on the 7th and
the 21st February from 2 - 4pm in the Parish Hall. Please get you
knitting needles, crochet hook, needle and thread or anything else you
are working on. The chat
is always good and the cup of tea always hot, you would be most welcome.
Bible Study
Bible study of the readings for
the following Sunday continue on Tuesday evening at 8.00pm upstairs, Parish
Centre.
Parish Coffee Morning
Our next Coffee Morning will be on February 24th, 10.30am - 12.30pm as
usual in the Old Hall. All welcome to join us for a cuppa and chat.
