We have two services this Sunday, December 28th: the 8.15am Holy Communion and 10.30am Parish Communion with carols.

All are very welcome to our First Eucharist of Christmas, starting at 11.30pm on Christmas Eve. This is a quiet, reflective service in contrast to the fun and giddiness of the Family Service at 10.30am on Christmas Day – come early to that one, to get a seat. There is also a service of Holy Communion at 8.15am on Christmas morning,

All are invited to our traditional Nine Lessons and Carols by candlelight this Sunday, December 21st at 7pm. Come early to get a seat! Retiring collection for the Capuchin Day Care Centre, Bow Street. The service can also be watched on this link: https://youtube.com/live/Hci_CZq6egU?feature=share

No one is too sure what the word Christingle means, possibly Christ light, Christ fire or Christ child.  Its origins lie in the Moravian Church, which has its roots in what is now Germany and the Czech Republic, and the first recorded use of a Christingle in worship was in 1747.  Each aspect of a Christingle has a special meaning, pointing to an important truth about Christ. This very “hands on” service next Sunday, December 14th at 5.30pm in the parish centre is suitable for all the family.  Participants are invited to make their own Christingle using an orange, red sticker tape, cocktail sticks, fruit and sweets all topped off with a candle.  Everyone can bring their Christingle home after the service.

There will be a Move4Parkinson’s Concert Songs of Peace concert, featuring the Voice of Hope Choir, St Nicholas Montessori School and the Stedfast Band, in St Paul’s on Saturday, December 6th, starting at 5.30pm.

Our monthly, all-age informal service on Sunday, November 16th at 5.30pm in the main hall of the parish centre is followed by refreshments. All are welcome.

All are welcome to participate in a time of quiet reflection at our Annual Service of Thanksgiving and Remembrance for loved ones next Sunday, November 2nd, at 7pm. If you would like the name of a family member or friend to be read out at this service, please email the name(s) to garydowd51@gmail.com.

In the run-up to November, the month of remembering, the visiting speaker at the 10.30 am service in St Paul’s on Sunday, October 19th will be the journalist and writer, Kevin Myers . The theme for his address is Remembrance and its significance at this time.  Thank you to Robbie Grier for arranging this.

Our annual pets service will take place next Sunday, October 12th at 10.30 am. All animals and humans are very welcome. The speakers will be Christina Kelly and her guide dog Effie, and Rhonda Plunkett with her assistance dog Tango, who takes care of her son Ben.  There will be a retiring collection in support of the work of Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind.

As has been the tradition in recent years, we hope to join with candidates from other parishes around the Diocese for the Confirmation Service due to take place in Christ Church Cathedral Dublin on Sunday, September 28th at 3.30pm. Those interested in being confirmed this year are asked to forward their name to me at garydowd51@gmail.com as soon as possible.
  The traditional age guideline for candidates in this parish has been second year in secondary school but I am very happy to facilitate a group made up of a wider age range.  If you feel this is the right time for your son or daughter to be confirmed please get in touch.  Thank you.
Rev Gary Dowd